President Barack Obama travels to Marquette, Michigan. SOT on Egypt from Doncker's candy shop. **FED TO NY ON 5102. NOTE: DC TIMECODES WILL NOT MATCH NY.** 12:53:12 President enters candy shop 12:54:03 President inside candy shop. Signs some autographs. Tells a teacher to "keep on teaching." EGYPT QUESTION - MUBARAK STEPPING DOWN? 12:54:30 "We're going to have to wait to see what's going on" 12:55:16 President talking with clerks. Asks what they recommend. 12:56:48 Clerk hands President a box of caramels. He responds "way to bribe me." 12:57:22 Interiors of shop 12:57:25 Exteriors of shop. Sign says "President Obama: Marquette welcomes you!" 12:57:54 Onlookers in Marquette. One has Obama "hope" poster.

PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL SENATOR BARACK OBAMA (DFL) SPEAKS TO A PACKED STADIUM IN ST. PAUL, MN WHERE HE ANNOUNCES HE IS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. SENATOR OBAMA’S SPEECH TAKES PLACE IN THE SAME STADIUM WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS TO BE HELD. HE OFFERS NICE WORDS ABOUT HIS OPPONENT SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON STATING THAT COMPETING AGAINST HER MADE HIM A BETTER CANDIDATE. “AMERICA THIS IS OUR MOMENT. THIS IS OUR TIME, OUR TIME TO TURN THE PAGES ON POLICIES OF THE PAST”

President Barack Obama and stops at Donckers Candy Shop in Marquette Michigan Comments on Egypt ---- XDCAM Log supplied by Colleen_Kelly_Feb 10 2011 4:19PM---- President Barack Obama travels to Marquette, Michigan. SOT on Egypt from Doncker's candy shop. SLUGGED: 1230 WH MI PATH 1 RS33 83 AR: 16X9 DISC# 073 **FED TO NY ON 5102. NOTE: DC TIMECODES WILL NOT MATCH NY.** 12:53:12 President enters candy shop 12:54:03 President inside candy shop. Signs some autographs. Tells a teacher to "keep on teaching." EGYPT QUESTION - MUBARAK STEPPING DOWN? 12:54:30 "We're going to have to wait to see what's going on" 12:55:16 President talking with clerks. Asks what they recommend. 12:56:48 Clerk hands President a box of caramels. He responds "way to bribe me." 12:57:22 Interiors of shop 12:57:25 Exteriors of shop. Sign says "President Obama: Marquette welcomes you!" 12:57:54 Onlookers in Marquette. One has Obama "hope" poster. ----------------------------------------------------------------

**SEE NA-56MO FOR STORY INFORMATION**\n\n--SUPERS--\nMonday\nWashington\n\nFmr. Pres. Barack Obama (no font needed)\n\n--SOT--\nFmr. Pres. Obama: "Like Michelle, I have never had a portrait done of myself. I mean the Hope poster by Shep (Shepard Fairey) was cool, but I didn't sit for it. Nobody in my family tree as far as I can tell had a portrait done. I do have my high school yearbook picture (laughter)...which Which is no great shakes. And so when I heard that this was part of the tradition I didn't quite know what to do."\n-----END-----\n\n--KEYWORD TAGS--\nWASHINGTON SMITHSONIAN ART POLITICS\n\n

US TV POOL: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA REMARKS AT ROUNDTABLE MEETING ON SOUTH SUDAN AND COUNTERTERRORISM ISSUS. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SUSAN RICE ET AL ARE AT THE ROUNDTABLE Remarks by President Obama Before Multilateral Meeting on South Sudan and Counterterrorism Issues Sheraton Hotel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3:37 P.M. EAT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, let me just express my appreciation to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Hailemariam, as well as all the leaders represented here. They have shown extraordinary leadership in trying to address the continuing situation in South Sudan, and this gives me and the U.S. delegation an opportunity to learn from them what progress has been made, where there appears to be continued roadblocks, and how we can partner with them to make progress. So I want to thank IGAD for the outstanding work they're doing, the African Union for their leadership as well. And as a consequence of this discussion, our hope is, is that we can actually bring about the kind of peace that the people of South Sudan so desperately need. Thank you very much, everybody. END **** FOLLOWED BY TRAVEL POOL OF PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE POV DRIVING SHOTS IN ADDIS ABABA 09:21:02 LARGE POSTER BOARD IMAGES OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER HAILEMARIAM DESALEGN OUTSIDE BUILDING SIDE BY SIDE

<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>SHEPARD FAIREY</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p>"FORWARD"- THAT IS THE WORD FEATURED ON KAMALA HARRIS' NEW CAMPAIGN POSTER.</p>\n<p>ITS' AESTHETIC IS REMINISCENT OF THE "HOPE" POSTER DEPICTING FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FOR HIS 20-08 CAMPAIGN. </p>\n<p>AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE SAME ARTIST. </p>\n<p>SHEPARD FAIREY'S "FORWARD" POSTER FEATURES HARRIS WEARING A PEARL NECKLACE AND EARRING AND DRESSED IN SHADES OF BLUE.</p>\n<p>FAIREY IN A NEWS CONFERENCE REPEATED THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE'S WORDS - "WE ARE NOT GOING BACK" </p>\n<p>THOSE WORDS WERE THE INSPIRATION FOR THE WORD FORWARD-- WITH FAIREY SAYING "IN ORDER TO NOT GO BACK, WE MUST GO FORWARD!"</p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p><b>PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2024 POLITICS ART AND STYLE </b></p>\n<p></p>

NAME: US OBAMA 20081113I TAPE: EF08/1146 IN_TIME: 10:32:04:12 DURATION: 00:02:36:18 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Various, 12 Nov 2008 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: Washington, DC 1. Painting of US President-elect Barack Obama on a building, "Progress" written below with image of victory sign 2. Close-up of painting 3. Zoom into building Chicago, Illinois 4. Obama banners on street lights Los Angeles, California 5. Artist Shepard Fairey with posters in studio 6. Mid of Obama poster 7. Fairey with posters 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shepard Fairey, artist: "I made this image very hopeful and patriotic and used red, white and blue with half the face being red the other half being blue to symbolise the convergence of the red states and the blue states because I think that Obama is somebody that's going to unite people." 9. Fairey in studio 10. Magazine cover showing Obama and McCain designed by Fairey 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shepard Fairey, artist: "My idea was to make the image of Obama pervasive and hopefully he would get some cultural traction. I mean that may sound not very intellectual or lofty but I think a lot of aspects in politics actually aren't, and I think that to try to cut through the clutter and get people to find out more about Obama was the ultimate goal because I think he does have substance and merit." New York, NY 12. Various of Obama T-shirts being sold on street 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Arianna Ratner, Vox pop: "It reminds me of the Che Guevara shirts and stuff like that. He'll be an icon in the future, even if he wasn't elected I think he would be. I think his face has been, I mean I see it everywhere, so, yeah I think he's been, he's just become a pop icon." 14. Close-up of lithograph on T-shirt 15. SOUNDBITE: Jodie Patterson, Vox pop: "It will become iconic, I think it's a face that we haven't seen before in politics and it's refreshing for us but it's a face that many of us have seen in our families, so it's really nice to see someone that looks like someone that we know closely and dearly in a political role." 16. Woman folding Obama T-shirt 17. Obama T-shirt for sale STORYLINE: The pop appeal of Barack Obama was sculptured, in part, by a lithograph of the now president-elect, which went on to become a wildly popular poster. Back in May, getting permission from the campaign first, Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey chose a photo of the candidate gazing ahead, then used the colours red, white and blue to create his image, underlined by the word, "HOPE." The Obama image created by Fairey is ubiquitous, and appears on tee shirts, buildings, and street banners across the country. Fairey said he wanted to spark the curiosity of people who did not know much about Obama in order to encourage them to find out about the candidate. He said he made the image appear "hopeful and patriotic". Fairey said that when he was making the image, he wrestled with the idea of putting someone on a pedestal, but did not want the poster to lead to idol worship. Fairey said he does not feel that creating an image of Obama should suggest the man is beyond criticism. He said his goal was to make Obama's image pervasive. According to the artist, the Obama campaign contacted him about two weeks after he first created the "Hope" image, and asked him to create a poster specifically for the campaign. Fairey then created the "Change" poster, followed by the "Vote" poster. An Obama supporter in New York said the president-elect had become a pop icon. Arianna Ratner said the tee shirt reminded her of the popular shirts bearing the image of revolutionary Che Guevara.

[Senator Barack Obama Headquarters] [MANCHESTER, NH USA] December 10, 2007 David Wright on Politics Live, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in New Hampshire, interview with ??, and debrief for World News Webcast RS25/X75 Slugged: 1325 WRIGHT NH X75 13:40:24 Wright on Politics Live 13:57:20 Obama volunteers holding up campaign posters 13:58:06 WS inside campaign headquarters 13:58:33 volunteer on cell phone, zooms in to TS 13:59:27 several volunteers on phone 13:59:46 TS male volunteer on cell phone 14:01:47 MS female volunteer on phone 14:02:31 male volunteer on phone 14:03:39 Hope. Action. Change sign, volunteers on phone(backshot) 14:03:52 TS sideshot of volunteer on phone 14:04:47 push into man, TS SS 14:05:11 widershot of room, walking around room 14:05:38 TS female volunteer dialing on mobile 14:07:16 Wright walking with woman 14:07:46 close up of woman 14:08:23 close up of Wright and woman talking 14:09:01 wright and woman standing near table where people are working 14:10:28 close up of young man sitting at table making a phone call 14:10:57 wide shot of wright and woman 14:11:27 TS pamphlets 14:11:38 push into pamphlets, TS 14:12:36 TS of woman talking 14:14:02 push into woman talking 14:14:29 ts of pamphlets 14:14:47 shot from a lower angle of woman holding pamphlets 14:15:05 Wright doing standup 14:15:20 Obama sign

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/n10:30:18 well new hampshire, a few days ago iowa stood up and announced that it was time for a change in america...and in two days time, NH it will be your turn to stand up, you will have the chance to change america in two days time, right here in NH, right here in Manchester, you can do what the cynics said could not be done, what iowa did this past week and what america can do this entire year. 10:30:55
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/n10:41:37 We're in a defning moment. Our nation's at war. Earth in peril. People working for less. People paying more for everything. Hard to save. Hard to retire. What's worse - people have lost faith in government. The way politics works today - they're not wrong. 10:42:18 
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/nREPORTER 9:31:19 All candidates are drawing huge crowds - Romney about 200 hundred, Edwards about 400, Clinton about 700. Obama drawing biggest crowds - 1200 to 1300 people. Obama events transcend politics. This seems different. People bring young kids to come see Obama. It's hard to put your finger on, something larger, something else goin on.
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/n9:32:27 There is a lot of washington political elite here. At a lot of these events you see college age kids. Not this time.
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/nRANDOM GUY 10:00:00 Hello ladies and gentlemen. Good and bad news - he's coming, he's not here yet. (Talks about safety procedures.)
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/nJOE KEIFFE 10:20:57 Yesterday I endores the next President of the US - Barack Obama. We now have the man that we need in our time. I truly believe Obama is a man for our destiny to put the politics of yesterday behind and build politics of future. 
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/n10:25:55 I'm so grateful to be here. Let me thank Joe Keiffe. Thank you. I also wanna thank Kimberly - big round of applause. Some of you know that I used to be an organizer 10:26:30 That's how I first moved to Chicago. I moved there because I wanted to work on the grass-roots level. 10:26:49 I worked for 12 thousand dollars a year. It was great work - taught me that ordinary people can do extraordinary work. It's tough work - late nights, cold pizza. Whenever I travel around NH I'm inspired by young people who pour hearts and souls into this campaign 10:27:48. (Thanks continues) Let's thank Jack. Jacks dreams of the NH primary. My job is to help Jack do his job. 10:28:43 If there are undecided people - I will be so persuasive that a light will shine on your head. 10:29:02 And you will say - I have to vote for Obama - I have no choice. (crowd laughs) 10:29:15 I would love for you to fill out the voter cards. Let me just see a show of hands who are undecided. 10:29:33 You see that - one there, couple, some live ones. We're coming after you. If I am persuasive fill out voter cards. If you're not voting for me - vote for somebody - this is too important of an election. 10:30:07 (Crowds cheering) 
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/n10:30:18 Well NH, Iowa stood up and announced that it was time for change in America. In 2 days time you will have the chance to change America. In 2 days you can do what could not be done. We will have the chance to come together - Democrats, Republicans, Independents. It is time for change in America. This is our time! 10:31:22 In 2 days time we can put aside all the attacks, anger, to end politics about division and make it about addition. 10:31:54 That's the reason I'm running for POTUS. I wanna see a united country. That's the only way how we'll deliver on the promise of America.
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/n10:32:27 We started last week. When you see people pouring in in Iowa - somethign was changing. I went to a caucus site early to greet people - young people. High school students were excited. Middle-aged folks who belived we can do somethign different. Independents thought stakes were too high. Republicans came and whispered 'Barack I'm gonna support you.' 10:33:42 And I would say (whispers) 'Thank you, why are we whispering?' Something was changing. Iowans said 'enough.' 10:34:07 It's time to change America. A majority will help us govern. A majority will allow us to finally say that we have the power and not only intention to deliver health care, college education, break grip of foreign oil. When we have numbers nobody can break us. 10:34:59
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/n10:35:00 In 2 days time we have the chance to say to the lobbyists - your days are over. They have not financed my campaign and they will not run my White House. They will not drown out the voice of the American people. 10:35:35 In 2 days time we have chance to do things differently. We won't tell them what they think they wanna hear, we'll tell them what they need to hear. 10:36:09 We'll let everybody know where we stand. 10:36:19 What the American people are looking for is somebody to tell them what we need to do to move the country forward. That's why I'm runing for POTUS. 10:36:46 In 2 days we can stop talking of 47 million people without health care, we can start doing something about it. My mother died of cancer - in the final days she was reading insurance papers! I know what it's like to see a loved one suffer! Every American will have health care that is at least as good as mine that I have in Congress. We will do it by the end of my first term as POTUS. 10:37:58 If you stand with me, we will do it! 
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/n10:38:06 In 2 days time we'll bring back the tax breaks from the companies overseas. We will restore balance - there is something wrong with a CEO making more money in 10 minutes that an ordinary American makes in a year. In 2 days time we will grow our own energy, roll back global warming. 10:39:11 Create a better future - our children, grand children. In 2 days time, right here in NH. 
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/n10:39:38 If you come in 2 days time we can bring our troops home by the end of next year. We will end the mindset that got us into war. We can stop using fear of terrorism, we can unite. 10:40:22 If you believe we have the opportunity to remake America. If you believe - that's why you're here. People ask me 'why did you decide to run this time?' It's not because of long-held ambitions. I decided to run because of Dr. King called the "Fierce urgency of now.' 10:41:27 That hour is almost upon us. We're in a defning moment. Our nation's at war. Earth in peril. People working for less. People paying more for everyting. Hard to save. Hard to retire. What's worse - people have lost faith in government. The way politics works today - they're not wrong. The size of challenges have outstripped ability of politics to solve. People are hungry for politics of practicality and straight talk. 10:42:57 I decided to run because I was betting on you. 10:43:04 I was betting that real agents of change have always been its people. Change comes from bottom up. 10:43:20 We are not as divided. We are a decent people, hard working people. If we can rally our votes together we can challenge special interest and there is no destiny we can't fulfill! 10:43:51 That is the promise I made when I decided to run for POTUS.
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/n10:44:04 Starting this week we started to see that will pay off. Pundits doubted us. Each of their predictions were proven wrong by you. Now in NH we have the same opportunity. 10:44:59 They're saying don't believe your gut taht tells you we can do better. They're saying we can't do it because it's a gamble - he may have great ideas, good plans for health care, energy, but he hasn't been in DC long enough! 10:45:57 We need to season him more and boil all the hope out of him before he's ready to be POTUS 10:46:12 They were making these arguments for months in Iowa - and they said ' we don't believe that!' 10:46:31 Playing the same game, the same gamble, we cannot afford. 10:46:58
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/n10:47:24 The kind of change - it will not come from ranting and railing against powerful. There's good reason to be angry. In fact you know when you go to the polling place the name GW will not be on the ballot and you will be happy about that! (cheers) 10:48:07 The name of my cousing Dick Cheney will not be there, and you're happy about that! 10:48:22 That was really embarrassing by the way 10:48:32 I was hoping I was related to somebody cool - Lincoln, Tom Brady - but Dick Cheney, that's a let-down. 10:48:52 The era of Scooter Libby, incompetence will not be on the ballot and that has motivated people.
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/n10:49:11 We have good reason to be angry at an economy that's tilted at Wall Street and not main street. We have good reason to be angry about a war that most Americans that should never have happened. Change will not come from anger. There is no shortage of anger in DC. We don't need more heat, we need more light. If you know what you stand for, if you know who you're fighting for, you can afford to reach out to those who don't agree with you. 10:51:01 Try to find some common ground. I understand insurance companies won't give up their profits, I understand there will be opposition. I'm more interested in Republicans outside DC - who also love this country, who also love their children. That's how you overcome lobbyists, building power that they cannot resist. When I have the power of the American people behind me I fear no man! 10:52:20
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/n10:52:23 For many months I've been teased for talking about hope, i.e. debate last night. It's true, I talk about hope a lot. I was not born into wealth. I was raised my single mom and grandparents. They could give me education and hope. 10:53:14 I put hope on my posters. I have a book called "The Audacity of Hope." The implication - wishful thinking - head in clouds - naivitee. They say "hopemonger." (laughs) They say I'm passive - waiting for good things to happen. Hope is not blind optimism, ignorance. Hope is the complete opposite. I know how hard this will be 10:54:32. It will not be without cost. Problems of poverty dont' lend themselves to easy repair. I know that because I worked on the streets. I fought in the courts. I've seen good legislation die. Nobody mustered political will or workign majority. I've seen thsi nation succumb to fear becaue nobody had courage to ask tough questions. 10:56:00 I also know this - it was because of hope slavery was resisted, the great generation rose out of depression and beat fascism. 10:57:33 That's what hope is. Imagining and then working for it, fighting for it - what has not been done before. There is nothing we cannot do as long as we put in the effort and cast away fear, doubt and cynicism. 10:58:25 We can rebuild this country. Tha'ts the moment we're in. 10:58:37 In the life of every generation - that spirit has to come through. NH this is our time. This is our moment. If you stay with me, if you believe there is nothign that can stop us. If you believe in all of the above (crowd cheering) then you will have a POTUS who has taught the constitution, has fougth for the constitution. If you believe that we can keep the dream alive, you will reach with me, walk with me. If you vote for me, we will win the election and change America and change the world! 11:01:01 Thank you Manchester! 11:01:07 (crowd cheering, Barack leaving, shaking hands) (32:19) /

[Senator Barack Obama Headquarters] [MANCHESTER, NH USA] December 10, 2007 David Wright on Politics Live, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in New Hampshire, interview with ??, and debrief for World News Webcast RS25/X75 Slugged: 1325 WRIGHT NH X75 13:40:24 Wright on Politics Live 13:57:20 Obama volunteers holding up campaign posters 13:58:06 WS inside campaign headquarters 13:58:33 volunteer on cell phone, zooms in to TS 13:59:27 several volunteers on phone 13:59:46 TS male volunteer on cell phone 14:01:47 MS female volunteer on phone 14:02:31 male volunteer on phone 14:03:39 Hope. Action. Change sign, volunteers on phone(backshot) 14:03:52 TS sideshot of volunteer on phone 14:04:47 push into man, TS SS 14:05:11 widershot of room, walking around room 14:05:38 TS female volunteer dialing on mobile 14:07:16 Wright walking with woman 14:07:46 close up of woman 14:08:23 close up of Wright and woman talking 14:09:01 wright and woman standing near table where people are working 14:10:28 close up of young man sitting at table making a phone call 14:10:57 wide shot of wright and woman 14:11:27 TS pamphlets 14:11:38 push into pamphlets, TS 14:12:36 TS of woman talking 14:14:02 push into woman talking 14:14:29 ts of pamphlets 14:14:47 shot from a lower angle of woman holding pamphlets 14:15:05 Wright doing standup 14:15:20 Obama sign

10:48:27:17 HEAD ON CAMERA // President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, respectively. Also contains the H/O of President Obama's complete Inaugural Speech.// 10:44:59 WS Presidential motorcade drives to Capitol for inaugural ceremony (shot from behind motorcade) / 10:47:50 CU Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) on inaugural platform, talking and pointing / 10:48:27 CU Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta walks out onto inaugural platform followed by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and UN Ambassador Susan Rice / 10:49:10 MS Cabinet members walk out including Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Chief of Staff Jack Lew, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Attorney General Eric Holder / 10:50:27 CU First Lady Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson / 10:51:42 James Taylor walks onto platform, follwed by Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce and Jay-Z / 10:53:52 CU Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts walks onto platform, followed by other justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg / 10:57:45 MS Color Guard carries in flags, walking past military band / 10:58:26 MS drummers and trumpeters stand in crowd on platform / 10:59:00 MS Former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn walk onto inaugural platform / 11:00:35 CU trumpeter / 11:01:10 MS Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walk out / 11:03:14 MS Hillary standing next to Carter / 11:04:30 CU Carter talking to other guests / 11:06:20 CU Bill Clinton talking to other guests / 11:06:56 MS Vice President Joe Biden's family walks out, son Beau carrying family Bible followed by Hunter and Ashley / 11:10:30 MS Malia and Sasha Obama walk out, followed by their grandmother Marian Robinson / 11:10:57 CU Malia / 11:11:02 CU Sasha / 11:11:10 CU both girls / 11:13:00 CU Clintons talking to Beau Biden (?) / 11:13:40 MS Dr. Jill Biden / 11:16:26 MS First Lady Michelle Obama walks out with Iris Weinshall (Sen. Chuck Schumer's wife) following behind, hugs Bill Clinton and brother Craig 11:17:04 CU Michelle stands next to daughters / 11:18:30 CU trumpeter / 11:19:26 MS Vice President Joe Biden, followed by Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) / 11:20:16 CU Michelle smiling, talking / 11:21:08 CU Michelle and brother Craig / 11:22:48 MS President Barack Obama salutes, walks onto inaugural platform followed by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), chair of inaugural committee, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Reid, Pelosi and House Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) / 11:23:33 MS Obama hugs Bill Clinton, greets Hillary. Boehner and Cantor visible in background / 11:23:46 MS Obama greets brother-in-law, kisses Michelle, daughters and mother-in-law / 11:22:58 MS Obama hugs Biden, kisses Jill / 11:26:26 MS Schumer gives welcome at podium / 11:32:17 MS Obama kisses civil rights leader Myrlie Evers before she delivers invocation / 11:39:00 CU Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir sings Battle Hymn of the Republic / 11:43:56 MS Sen. Alexander remarks / 11:46:30 MS Biden family gathers at poidum (Jill, Beau, Ashley and Hunter) / VP raises right hand to take oath from Justice Sotomayor (standing off camera) / 11:46:52 CU SS Biden repeats oath, Obama watches / 11:47:36 Biden finishes oath with son Beau looking on, kisses Sotomayor on cheek, kisses wife Jill / 11:48:02 MS Biden hugs Obama and Michelle / 11:48:40 MS Musician James Taylor plays guitar and sings America the Beautiful / 11:50:35 First family stands at podium, Obama raises right hand and puts left hand on Robinson family Bible to take oath from Justice Roberts / 11:50:58 CU SS Obama repeats oath, Michelle watches / 11:51:12 CU Obama finishes oath, shakes Roberts' hand, kisses Michelle and daughters / 12:51:27 MS Obama shakes Schumer's hand, waves to crowd / 11:51:40 MS Obama hugs Biden / 11:52:24 MS Schumer introduces 44th President of Unites States / 11:52:44 MS Obama steps to podium, waves to crowds, begins inaugural address / 12:11:44 MS Obama concludes speech / 12:12:58 MS Kelly Clarkson sings My Country Tis of Thee / 12:16:38 MS Richard Blanco shakes hands with Obama, Biden and Schumer, reads inaugural poem / 12:23:58 Rev. Luis Leon delivers the benediction / 12:28:30 MS Beyonce sings National Anthem, accompanied by US Marine Band / 12:31:05 MS Obama kisses Beyonce's cheek / 12:41:28 MS Obama talks to Biden and Sen. Alexander before exiting platform, followed by his family / 12:34:00 WS Clintons exit platform, followed by Carters / 12:35:07 MS Presidential Seal / 12:35:16 MS Marine band below inaugural platform / 12:37:39 WS platform as people leave // MSBLOG JH (115:33) / 11:19:26:00 Logged in DC - ifowler & tsloan (SOTS ONLY) CNN ID: 09016887 / 09016889 FORK SLUG: INAUG RX 401 POOL #4 / INAUG RX 402 #4 SHOT DATE: 1/21/13 LOCATOR: DC SOURCE: POOL RX: 401 / 402 (DC) TX: AX: 759, 760 NY: 701, 702 FONTS: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) New York OR Chairman of Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Sen. Lamar Alexander (R) Tennessee OR Vice Chairman of Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies John Roberts Chief Justice of the United States Sonia Sotomayor Associate Justice of the United States Myrlie Evers-Williams Civil Rights Activist SOTS: WX-SCHUMER/SACRED INAUG TRT :32 OC: BARACK H. OBAMA. 11:26:48 This is the 57th inauguration of an American president, and no matter how many times one witnesses this event, it's simplicity, it's innate majesty and, most of all, it's meaning, that sacred yet cautious entrusting of power from we the people to our chosen leader never fails to make ones heart beat faster as it will today with the inauguration of president Barack H. Obama 11:27:20 WX-SCHUMER/AMERICA PREVAILS TRT :15 OC: AND AMERICA PROSPERS. 11:30:39 As our history shows, no matter how steep the climb, how difficult the problems, how half-finished the task, America always rises to the occasion. America prevails and America prospers. 11:30:54 WX-ALEXANDER/DEMOCRACY TRT :37 OC: RESPECT THE RESULTS. 11:44:36 This is a moment when millions stop and watch, a moment most of us will always remember. It is a moment that is our most conspicuous and enduring symbol of the American democracy. How remarkable that this has survived for so long in such a complex country when so much power is at stake. This freedom to vote for our leaders and the restraint to respect the results. 11:45:13 WX-BIDEN-SOTOMAYOR/BIDEN OATH TRT :56 OC: CONGRATULATIONS. 11:46:43 SS: I Joseph R. Biden Jr. do solemnly swear. JB: (repeats). SS: That I will support and defend the constitution of the United States. JB: (repeats). SS: Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. JB: (repeats). SS: I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. JB: (repeats). SS: That I take this obligation freely JB: (repeats). SS: Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. JB: (repeats). SS: And that I will well and faithfully discharge. JB: (repeats). SS: The duties of the office of which I am about to enter. JB: (repeats). SS: So help me god. JB: (repeats). SS: Congratulations. 11:47:39 WX-ROBERTS-OBAMA/OBAMA OATH TRT :34 OC: MR. PRESIDENT. 11:50:40 JR: Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I Barack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear. BO: (repeats). JR: That I will faithfully execute. BO: (repeats). JR: The office of president of the United States. BO: (repeats). JR: And will, to the best of my ability. BO: (repeats). JR: Preserve, protect and defend. BO: (repeats). JR: The constitution of the United States. BO: (repeats). JR: So help you god. BO: (repeats). JR: Congratulations, Mr. President. 11:51:14 WX-OBAMA/CONSTITUTION TRT 1:11 OC: PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. 11:53:38 Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenants of our faith, or origins of our names. What makes us exceptional, what makes us American, is our allegiance to an idea in a declaration made more than 2 centuries ago. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness 11:54:49 WX-OBAMA/COLLECTIVE ACTION TRT :31 OC: REQUIRES COLLECTIVE ACTION. 11:56:58 Our celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character. We have always understood that when times change, so must we. That fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms requires collective action. 11:57:29 WX-OBAMA/RESILIENCE TRT :40 OC: SEIZE IT TOGETHER. 11:58:17 This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolved and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. America's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands, youth and drive, diversity and openness. An endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it so long as we seize it together. 11:59:02 WX-OBAMA/COMMITMENTS TRT :34 OC: THIS COUNTRY GREAT. 12:01:43 We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other - through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security - these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great. 12:02:17 WX-OBAMA/PEACEFUL RESOLVE TRT :19 OC: SUSPICION AND FEAR. 12:04:48 We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully - not because we are na ve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear. 12:05:07 WX-OBAMA/SOURCE OF HOPE TRT :23 OC: DIGNITY AND JUSTICE. 12:05:40 We must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice - not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity; human dignity and justice. 12:06:03 WX-OBAMA/EQUALITY TRT :35 OC: EQUAL AS WELL. 12:06:53 Our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law - for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. 12:07:28 WX-OBAMA/ACT NOW TRT :46 OC: IN OUR TIME. 12:08:22 That is our generation's task - to make these words, these rights, these values - of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - real for every American. Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life; it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happiness. Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time - but it does require us to act in our time. 12:09:08 WX-OBAMA/NO DELAY TRT :42 OC: SPARE PHILADELPHIA HALL. 12:09:15 Decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect. We must act, knowing that today's victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall. 12:09:57 WX-OBAMA/CITIZENS TOGETHER TRT :18 OC: AND ENDURING IDEALS. 12:10:56 You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country's course. You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time - not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals. 12:11:14 WX-OBAMA/ONE MORE TIME TRT: 2 OC: SEE THIS AGAIN 12:32:49: I wanna take a look one more time. I'm not gonna see this again. 12:32:51 ROUGH LOG: 11:19:26 Biden enters with Pelosi, Reid 11:22:31 obama enters with schumer and alexander, cantor, boehner 11:23:50 crowd chanting obama! obama! 11:24:02 obama hugs biden, dr. biden 11:25:42 obama walks over to the justices SCHUMER: 11:26:29 mr president, mr vice president, members of congress, all who are present and to all who are watching - welcome to the capitol and to this celebration of our great democracy 11:26:49 57th inauguration and no matter how many times one witnesses this event, it's simplicity, majesty, it's meaning, that sacred yet cautious in trusting of power from we the ppl, never fails to make ones heart****** 11:27:13 beat faster as it will today with the inauguration of president barack h obama********** 11:27:28 now we know that we wouldn't be here today were it not for those who stand guard around the world to preserve our freedom, those in our armed forces, offer our thanks for bravery, honor, sacrifice 11:28:03 this democracy of ours was forged by intelliect and argument, activism and blood, and from john adams to martin luther king, but a stubborn adherance, we are all created equal, deserve nothing less 11:28:25 than a great republic worthy of our consent. theme of this year's inauguraul is faith in america's future, perfect embodiment is an event from our past. i speak of the completion of the capitol dome 11:28:48 and capping it with the statue of freedom, 150 years ago in 1863. when lincoln took office 2 years ealier, dome was a half built eye-sore. conventional wisdom said left undone until the war was ended 11:29:12 but to lincoln, the half-finished dome symbolized the half-divided nation. if ppl see the capitol going on, a sign we shall intend the union go on. dispite the conflict, the dome continued to rise 11:29:36 on dec 2, 1863, the statue of freedom, a woman, was placed atop the dome, still stands today. sublime irony, former slave, free american, phillip reed helped cast the bronze statue 11:29:56 present times aren't as disparing as in 1863, but in 2013, too many doubt the future of this great nation and our ability to tackle our own era's half-finished domes. the times are so complex, the differences 11:30:17 so deep, we will never overcome them. when thoughts like these produce anxiety, fear, dispair, we remember america's have always been and still are a practical optimistic problem solving ppl***** 11:30:39 and as history shows, no matter how steep the climb, how half finished the task, america always rises to the occasion. america prevails, and america prospers******** 11:31:02 and those who bet against this country have been on the wrong side of history. so, it is a good moment to gaze upward and behold the statue of freedom. a good moment to gain strengthen and courage from 11:31:23 those who were determined to finish the dome, to rejoice today at the inaugural ceremony and the perfect moment to renew our faith in the future of america. thank you and god bless these united states 11:31:57 now like to introduce myrlie evers-williams, lead us in the invocation EVERS-WILLIAMS: 11:32:31 america, we are here our nation's capitol, on this day, jan 21, 2013, the inauguration of 45th president, barack obama. we come at this time to ask blessings upon our leaders. the president, vice president 11:33:01 members of congress, all elected and appointed officials of the usa. we are here to ask blessings upon our armed forces, blessings upon all who contribue to the essence of the american spirit 11:33:24 the american dream, the opportunity to become whatever our mankind, womankind allows us to be. this is the promise of america. as we sing the words of belief, this is my country, let us act upon the meaning 11:33:48 that everyone is included. dignity and rights of every woman, man, boy and girl be honored. may all your ppl, especially the least of these, flourish in our blessed nation. 150 years after the emancipation proclamation 11:34:19 and 50 years after the march of washington, celebrate the spirit of our ancestors, a nation of unborn hopes and a history of disenfranchised to todays expression of a more perfect union. we ask too that where our 11:34:46 paths seem blanketed by oppression and riddled by pangs of dispair, we ask fo ryour guidance toward the light of deliverance and that the vision of those who came before us and dreamed of this day that we 11:35:08 recognize that their visions still inspire us. they are a great cloud of witnesses, unseen by the naked eye. but all around us thankful that they're living was not in vain. for every mountain, you gave us the strenghtn to climb 11:35:35 your grace is pleaded to continue that climb for america and the world. we now stand beneath the shadow of the capitol, unity and democracy of one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 11:35:57 approx. 4 miles from where we are assembled, the hallowed remains of men and women rest in arlington cemetary, they who believed, fought, and died for this country. may their spirit infuse our being to work 11:36:20 together with respect, enabling us to continue to build this nation. and in so doing, we send a message to the world that we are strong, feirce in our strengthn, vigilant in our pursuit of freedom 11:36:43 we ask that you grant our president the will to act courageously but cautiouslessly when confronted with danger, prudently when challenged by adversity. please continue to bless his efforts, lead by example in 11:37:05 consideration and favor of the diversity of our ppl. bless our families all across this nation. we thank you for opp of prayer to strengthen us for the journey through the days that lay ahead. we invoke the prayers 11:37:32 of our grandmothers who taught us to pray, god, make me a blessing. let their spirit guide us as we claim the spirit of old. there's something within me that holds the reigns. something within me that vanishes pain 11:38:02 something within me i cannot explain but all i know, america, there is something within. there is something within. in jesus name and the name of all who are holy and right, we pray. amen. SCHUMER 11:38:43 pleased to intro the award winning tabernacle choir, brooklyn tabernacle choir, to sing the battle hymn of the republic. 11:39:01 the battle hymn of the republic SCHUMER: 11:43:42 please join me in welcoming my colleague and friend, senator from tennessee, lamar alexander ALEXANDER: 11:43:58 mr president, mr vp, ladies and gentleman. the late alex hailey, author of roots, lived his life by these words, find the good and praise it. today we praise the american tradition of transferring or reaffirming power in the inauguration 11:44:26 of the president of the usa. peaceful orderly way. no mob, no coux, no insurrection. a moment when millions stop and watch. a moment most of us always will remember. it is a moment that is ***** 11:44:47 our most conspicious and enduring symbol of the american democracy. how remarkable that this has survived for so long in such a complex country when so much power is at stake. this freedom****** 11:45:07 to vote for our leaders and restraint to respect the results****** 11:45:21 george washington - what is most important of this grand experiment, the usa? washington answers his own question in this way. not the election of the first president, but the second. the transfer of power 11:45:43 is what will seperate our country form every other country in the world. so today, we celebrate the 57th inauguration of the american president. find the good and praise it. now, it is my honor. 11:46:07 my honor to introduce the ass. justice of scotus, sonia sotomayor for the purpose of administering the oath of office to the vice president SOTOMOYOR 11:46:42 raise your right hand and repeat after me. solemnly swear (biden repeats) 11:46:53 support and defend the constitnution of the usa (repeats) 11:46:59 against all enemies foreign and domestic (repeats) 11:47:04 that overbeat true faith and alligance to the same (repeats) 11:47:11 that i take this obligation freely (repeats) 11:47:16 without mental reservation or purpose of evasion (repeats) 11:47:22 and that i will well and discharge (repeats) 11:47:28 the duties of the office of which i am about to enter (repeats) 11:47:34 so help me god (repeats 11:47:37 congratualtions 11:48:10 biden hugs michelle and obama SCHUMER 11:48:22 pleasure to introduce james taylor 11:48:45 james taylor sings america the beautiful SCHUMER 11:50:20 honor to present chief justice roberts who will administer the presidential oath of office. everyone please rise ROBERTS & OBAMA: 11:50:40 raise your right hand and repeat after me. i do solemnbly swear (repeats) 11:50:50 that i will faithfully execute (repeats) 11:50:54 the office of president of usa (repeats) 11:50:58 and will to the best of my ability (repeats) 11:51:02 preserve protect and defend (repeats) 11:51:05 the constittuion of the usa (repeats) 11:51:09 so help you god (repeats) 11:51:12 congrats mr president (repeats) 11:51:41 obama and biden shake hands and hug 11:52:13 gun salute going off SCHUMER: 11:52:24 ladies and gentlemen, priviledge and honor to introduce the 44th president of the usa, barack obama! OBAMA: 11:53:03 thank you. (obama! obama!) thank you. thank you so much. vp biden, mr chief justice, members of the usa congress, guests, and fellow citizens. each time we gather to inaugurate a president we bear witness 11:53:45 to the strengthen of our constitution. we affirm the promise of our democracy. recall that what binds our nation together is not the color of our skin, tenants of our faith, or origins of our names. what makes us exceptional*********** 11:54:10 american, is our alligance to an idea in a delcaration made more than 2 centuries ago. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal*************** 11:54:38 endowed by creator with rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness********* 11:54:52 today we continue a never ending journey to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. for history tells us that while these truths may be self evident, never been self executing. while freedom 11:55:15 is a gift from god, it must be secured by his ppl here on earth. but patriots of 1776 didn't fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the priviledge of a few or a rule of a mob, gave to us a repiublic, a govt of and for and by the ppl 11:55:43 intrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed. for more than 200 years we have. through blood by lash and sword, no union founded on liberty and equality could survive half slave and half free. we made ourselves a new. 11:56:14 together we determine a modern economy needs railroads, schools colleges to train workers, we discover a free market only thrives when there are rules. together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulerabler 11:56:39 and protect ppls from worst hazards and misfortune. through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, or the fiction that all societies' ill can be cured through govt alone. our celebration of enterprise 11:57:02 insistance on hard work, these are constants in our character********* 11:57:12 we have always udnerstood when times change, so must we. fidelity to our principles requires new responses to new challenges, perserving freedoms requires collective action****** 11:57:32 can no more meet demands of todays world by acting alone than soldiers could have met communism with muskets and militias, or build the roads that will bring new jobs to our shores. now, more than ever, we must do 11:58:01 these things together as one nation and one ppl********** 11:58:15 this generation has been tested by crisis that stealed our resolved and prooved our resiliance. decade of war is now ending. economy recovery has begun. america's possibilities are limitless, possess all the qualities this world demands***** 11:58:44 youth and drive, diversity and openness. endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. my fellow americans, we are made for this moment and we will ceize it so long as we ceize it together***** 11:59:10 for we, the ppl, understand our ocuntry cant succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. we believe that america's prosperity must rest upon a rising middle class. we know america thrives when 11:59:35 every person can find pride in their work. we understand that programs are inadequate to the needs of our times, harness new ideas to revamp tax code, reform schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to reach higher 12:00:27 but while means wil;l change, our purpose endures. a nation that rewards efforts of every american, that is what this moment requires, give real meaning to our creed. we the ppl still believe that every citizen deserves a basic 12:00:55 measure of security and dignity. we must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. but we rejewct the belief that america must chose for caring in the generation that built this country 12:01:20 and the generation that will invest in our future, remember lessons of our past when twilight years were spent in poverty, we dont believe in this country freedom is reserved for the lucky or happiness for the few, 12:01:43 no matter how responsibliy we live our lives, any one of us may face a job loss or sudden illness or home swept away in a terrible storm. committments we make to each other through medicare, social security, dont sap our iniatiivve, 12:02:06 they strengthen us. they dont make us a nation of takers, they free us to take the risks that make our country great. ****************** 12:02:23 we the ppl still believe our obligations as americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. we will respond to the threat of climate change, failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. 12:02:52 some may still deny the judgement of science, none can avoid the impact of raging fires, crippling drought, long and difficult road, but american cannot resist this transition, we must lead it. we cant cede to other nations. 12:03:21 we must claim its promise. that's how we will maintain economic vitality and our national treasures - forests and waterways, snow capped peaks. that is how we will perserve our planet. that's what will lend meaning to the creed 12:03:48 our fathers once declared. we the ppl still believe that enduring security and lasting peace dont require prepetual war. our brave men and women in uniform tempered by flames in battle are unmatched in skill and courage 12:04:19 our citizens seared by memory of those we have lost note too well the price that is paid for liberty, the knowledge of their sacrifice will be forever vigilant for those who will do our harm. heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war 12:04:41 turned enemies into friends, carry those lessons into this time as well. defend our ppl through strengthen of arms and rule of law. show the courage to try to resolve differences with countries peacefully, bc engagement 12:05:05 can lift suspicion and fear******** 12:05:12 remain the anchor of strong alliances, renew those institutions, no one has a greater stake than the most powerful nation. support democracy bc our interests compell us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom 12:05:40 and we must be a source of hope to the poor, sick, marginalized, victims of prejudice, not our of mere charity, but bc peace requires advance of principles that our common creed dscribes, tolerance and opprtunity***** 12:06:03 human dignity and justice******* 12:06:07 we the people delcare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forefathers through selma, all those men and women who left footprints along****** 12:06:32 this great mall to hear a preacher say we cant walk along, a king proclaim freedom is bound to freedom to every soul on earth******** 12:06:52 it is now our generations task to carry on what those pioneers began, for our journey is not complete until wives can earn a living equal to their efforts. not complete unti gay borthers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law 12:07:20 if we are truley created equal, the love must be equal as well*********** 12:07:30 our journey is not completed until no citizen has to wait for hours to vote. not complete until we find a better way to welcome the immigrants who still see america as the great land of opportunity. 12:08:01 not complete until all our children know they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm. that is our generation's task. to make these words, these rights, these values, of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness 12:08:35 real for every american******** 12:08:39 being true to founding documents doesn't require us to agree on everything, doesnt mean we all define liberty the same way or follow the same path to happiness. progress doesn't comprise us to settle the debates of role of govt, 12:09:06 requires us to act in our time************ 12:09:15 for now, decisions are upon us and we cant afford delay. we cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or treat name calling as reasoned debate******** 12:09:34 we must act, we must act knowing that our work will be imperfect, that todays victories will be on partial, up to those who stand here in 40 years, and 400 years to advance the spirit once confired to us in a spare philly hall************ 12:10:03 my fellow americans, the oath i have sworn before you today like the one recited by others who serve in this capitol was an oath to god and country. not party or faction. and we must execute that pledge. 12:10:28 but the words i spoke are not so different from oath taken each time a soldier signs up for duty or an immigrant realises her dream, we all make to the flag that fills our hearts with pride. the words of citizens 12:10:52 and they represent our greatest hope. you and i as citizens have th epower to set this countries coarse, has the obligation to shape the debates of our time not only with votes but with voices we lift************ 12:11:17 let us each of us now embrace with duty and awesome joy what is our lasting birth right. with common effort and purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history and carry into that light of freedom 12:11:39 thank you, god bless you , and may be forever bless these united states of america. SCHUMER: 12:12:38 at this time, please join me in welcoming kelly clarkson, accompanied by us marine band. KELLY CLARKSON: 12:12:52 oh, i'm nervous! 12:13:26 sings my country tis of thee 12:16:08 obama and kelly clarkson hug SCHUMER: 12:16:17 wow! our next guest is the poet, richard blanco, who will share with us words he has composed for this occasion. BLANCO: 12:16:57 mr president, mr vp, america, one today. one son rose on us today, kindled over our shores, peaking over the smokys, spreading a simple truth across the great plains then charging acorss the rockys 12:17:31 one light waking up rooftops, under each a story told by gestures moving across windows. my face, your face, millions of faces in mornings mirrors, each one yawning to life, crescending into our day 12:17:55 the pencil yellow schoolbuses, fruit stands, apples, limes, and orages arranged like rainbows begging our praise, silver trucks, heavy with oil or paper, bricks or milk, teaming over highways alongside 12:18:16 us on our way to clean tables, read ledgers or save lives, to teach geometry or ring up groceries as my mother did for 20 years so i could write this poem for all of us today. all of us as vital as the one 12:18:44 light we move through, the same light on blackboards with lessons for the day, equations to solve, history to question or atom's imagined, the i have a dream, we all keep dreaming or the impossible 12:19:03 vocabulary of sorrow that wont explain the empty desks of 20 children marked absent today and forever. many prayers but one light breathing color into stained glass windows, life into the faces of bronzed status 12:19:30 warmth onto steps of museums and park benches. one ground, our ground, routing us to every stock of corn, head of wheat sown by sweat and hands, hands gleaning coal or windmills, digging trenches 12:19:58 routing cables, hands as warn as my fathers, cutting sugar cane so my brother and i could hav ebooks and shoes. the dust of farms and deserts, cities and plains, mingled by one wind, our breath 12:20:25 breathe. hear it through the days dim of honking cabs, symphony of footsteps, subways, songbird on your clothesline. hear squeaky playground swings, train whistling, hear the doors we open each day 12:20:53 for each other saying hello. shalom. bonjorno. howdy. namaste. or buenos dias. in the language my mother taught me, in every language, spoken into one wind, as these words break from my lips 12:21:22 one sky, since the applachians claimed their majesty and since mississippi worked their way to the sea, thank the work of our hands weaving steel into bridges, finish a report for the boss on time 12:21:44 stiching another wound or uniform, the first brushstroke of a portrair or the last floor on the freedom tower jutting into the sky that yeilds to our resilience. one sky toward which we sometimes lift 12:22:04 our eyes tired from work somedays guessing at the weather of our lives, some days giving thanks for a love that loves you back. sometimes praising a mother who knew how to give or for giving a father 12:22:27 who couldn't give what you wanted. we head home through the gloss of rain or weight of snow or plum bliush of dusk but always home, always under one sky, our sky and always one moon like a silent 12:22:55 drum tapping on every rooftop of one country. all of us facing the stars, hope a new constellation, waiting for us to map it, waiting for us to name it, together. 12:23:22 shakes hands with obama 12:23:26 shakes hands with biden SCHUMER: 12:23:36 ladies and gentlemen, priviledge to introduce luis leon to deliver benediction LEON: 12:24:02 let us pray. gracious and eternal god, as we conclude the 2nd inauguration of pres obama, we ask for your blessings as we seek to become, in the words of mlk, citizens of a beloved community, loving you and neighbors 12:24:28 as ourselves. bless us with presence bc without it, hatred and arrogance will infect our hearts. with your blessing, we can break down the walls that seperate us. we pray for your blessing today, without it, mistrust 12:24:50 and rankor will rule our hearts but with a blessing of your presence, we can renew the ties of mutual regard, best form our civic life. we pray for your blessing bc without it, suspicion, despair, fear will be our rule of life 12:25:15 but with your blessing, we can see each other created in your imagine, a unite of god's grace, irreplaceable. we pray for your blessing bc without it, we will see only what the eye can see but with the blessing 12:25:40 or your blessing we will see we are created in your image, male or female, first generation immigration, or DAR, gay or straight, rich or poor, we pray for your blessing bc without it, only see scarcity in the midst 12:26:09 of abudance, we will recognize abundance of the gift of this good land of which you have endowed this nation. we pray for your blessing, bless all of us, privoledged to be citizens of this nation, we may become 12:26:34 a blessing of nations in this world. pray that you will shower with your life giving spirit the elected leaders of this land, especially barack and joe, fill them with the love of truth and righteousness that they serve 12:26:57 this nation glad to do your will. endow their hearts with wisdom and forebarance, so peace may pervail with righteousness, can find the fulfillment of our humanity. we pray that the president, vp and all in policial 12:27:21 authority will remember the words of mika - what will the lord requires of us but to do justice, kindness and always walk humbly with god. mr president, mr vp, may god bless you all your days. all this we pray in your 12:27:53 most holy name. amen. 12:28:01 shakes hands with obama and biden SCHUMER 12:28:07 remain standing for the singing of our national anthem by award winning artist beyonce accompanied by u.s. marine band. following anthem, remain at your place while party exits the platform 12:28:54 beyonce sings national anthem 12:31:07 hugs obama 12:32:11 obama and biden and families leave ############################################################################# (72:45) /

[Senator Barack Obama Headquarters] [MANCHESTER, NH USA] December 10, 2007 David Wright on Politics Live, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in New Hampshire, interview with ??, and debrief for World News Webcast RS25/X75 Slugged: 1325 WRIGHT NH X75 13:40:24 Wright on Politics Live 13:57:20 Obama volunteers holding up campaign posters 13:58:06 WS inside campaign headquarters 13:58:33 volunteer on cell phone, zooms in to TS 13:59:27 several volunteers on phone 13:59:46 TS male volunteer on cell phone 14:01:47 MS female volunteer on phone 14:02:31 male volunteer on phone 14:03:39 Hope. Action. Change sign, volunteers on phone(backshot) 14:03:52 TS sideshot of volunteer on phone 14:04:47 push into man, TS SS 14:05:11 widershot of room, walking around room 14:05:38 TS female volunteer dialing on mobile 14:07:16 Wright walking with woman 14:07:46 close up of woman 14:08:23 close up of Wright and woman talking 14:09:01 wright and woman standing near table where people are working 14:10:28 close up of young man sitting at table making a phone call 14:10:57 wide shot of wright and woman 14:11:27 TS pamphlets 14:11:38 push into pamphlets, TS 14:12:36 TS of woman talking 14:14:02 push into woman talking 14:14:29 ts of pamphlets 14:14:47 shot from a lower angle of woman holding pamphlets 14:15:05 Wright doing standup 14:15:20 Obama sign

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Hillary/Pennsylvania Votes trt :17 oc: ...compete in pennsylvania!
12:13:33 Now I'm really happy that Pennsylvanians are going to get vote. some people didnt want your vote to count for very much, but i said 'wait a minute. I don't see how any Democrat gets to Pennsylvania Avenue without going through Pennsylvania. so let's go compete in Pennsylvania! 12:13:50

Hillary/Debate "Nothing" trt :34 oc: ...that was nothing.
12:13:58 Some of you see that debate the other night? (cheers) Well, I know that some of my opponent's supporters and my opponent were kind of complaining about the hard questions.. well, having been in the White House for eight years and seeing what happens in terms of the pressures and stresses on a President... that was NOTHING. 12:14:32

Hillary/United Dem Party trt :26 oc: ...and the Republicans.
12:41:26 i will do whatever i can to make sure we have a Democratic President next january. And i will, as a nominee, be reaching out to Sen. Obama's supporters, bc i want everyone to understand that whatever differences there are between Sen. Obama and myself, they pale in comparison to the differences between us and Sen. McCain and the Republicans. 12:41:52 (0:00) / 00:00:00:00 ROUGH LOG

12:07:30 how many vets do we have here today? lets thank all vets.. thank you thank you thank you!
12:07:50 grateful to be joined by a few vets... former undersec bill cassidy...
12:10:19 the values that PA has, the values i was raised w, are the ones that make merica great, and thats what we're gonna bring back
12:11:00 prez who once again puts ppl first, who gets up every day and asks ...what am i going to do......
12:12:16 what ami going ot dfo to make college affordable again? (cheers)
12:12:29 what am i going ot fo to make sure that the students at this great HS believe theyre goinjg ot have a positive future they deserve?
12:12:48 ....to restore american leadership and moral authority, work w other countries, finding common ground, so we can be world leader, and that is someone who DOES lead, as congressman said, by values and ideals
12:13:15 so many pf ythose questions can be answered te righ way, if pennsylvanians make the right decisions
12:13:39 im glad you get tt vote, some ppl didnt want your vote to count very much... dont see how you get to PA Ave without going thru PA ***
12:13:59 some of u see that debate the other night?
12:14:10 i know that my opponent is complaining about th ehard questions.. having been in the WH for 8 yrs, and seeing what happens, that was nothing ***
12:14:35 i'm with harry truman on this, if you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen **
12:14:51 speaking for mnyself, very comfortable in the kitchen, so as the heat goes up, thats ok with me bc we've got tough problems
12:15:11 for me, this primary on tues is not just about next election, abotu next gen, and what we will dfo to make sure that our country remians strong
12:16:19 im asking that we finally have a prez again who understands americas purpose and promise
12:16:31 you think about how improbable, umlikely the story of our country really is. it didnt have to happen. t he reason it did isa bc ppl said we want to be free
12:16:56 we want to commit ourselves toi the prop that all ppl are created equal
12:17:22 every generation of americans has made our country better, that is really the story here
12:17:34 part of what i hope to do is to set our sights high again, set some goals, for us to believe that we can make a diff, continue this journey of progress
12:17:58 i am committed upon taking office to ask my sec of def and sec advisers to give me a plan to enable me to withdraw our troops startign w/in 60 days
12:18:28 some ppl have said, why not first day? thats just not possible, u have to plan

12:19:09 we will do it in a way that keeps faith and honors sac of those who have given iraqi ppl the best gift - freedom
12:19:38 they believed in the values and hopes a poss repd by freedom
12:19:51 never forget that ouryoung men and women in uniform have done everythign they were asked to do.. asked to get rid of saddam, they did.. free and fair elex, they did.. there is no military solution, and unless the iraqis understand clearly they no longer have blank check from govt of US that we have done all we can for them, and it is timenow for them to demo how they will receive trhis gift of freedom
12:20:59 what if things get worse? what if when we begin to withdraw more fighting breaks out? 
12:21:16 first, i dont know what will happen. we dont have the ability to foresee future, but i don know what will happen if we stay there, if we continue to try to do for them what theyre unwilling to do for themselves
12:21:38 we will continie to lose our men and women.. we will continue to spend 10-12 bill amonth in iraq.. cont to be tied down in iraq, with threats in aghan continue to build and are clearly directed right at us
12:22:12 we will cede ground .. places where we need to be engaged
12:22:27 but we're not. we'll continue to see deter in the middle east
12:22:38 so its not only what will happen if we leave iraq, its what will happen ifd we stay in iraq, and i think the challenge for our next prez is to be able to manage this very diff situation
12:23:10 there is no good answer.. there are risks and dangers assoc with every decision we make
12:23:22 you hire a prez for this.. extended job interview that now has come to PA
12:23:47 there is no more daunting and painful part of this job than making a decision when, whether, and how to commit our military forces
12:24:06 i beleive i am ready to make those decisions, i have not only.... an understanding of the planning that is required, the conswequecnes that have to be evaluated, the steps to take to execute decisions, but more than that, i understand awesome respons that we invest in our prez to make decisions that are in keeping with both america's values and interests
12:24:54 we have to keep fqaith wiith who we are as a nation. the character of the amer ppl
12:25:33 if we begin to diminish our moral auth iun the world, we undermine our strength
12:25:51 i want this world to be exciting dynamic, secure
12:26:03 your prez has to make the smart and right decisions for the direction that our country needs to go
12:26:16 i will guarantee you i will take care of the men and owmen who serve int he military, and their families
12:26:32 and ill understand that the use of force should be used as last, not first, resort in solving our problems
12:26:54 as dave stone said, we have to end the war in iraq and win the war in afghan. both are challenging, but we're up to it
12:27:15 if we have a prez who explains what we're trying to accomplish, who asks amer ppl to do what we can
12:27:32 that challeneges us to do more than we ever thought possible, to fulfill that higher calling the gens of americans have been 
12:27:51 i invite u to be part of this campaign in its closing days, lots of first time voters int his gym, and i would be honored to have that first vote, and i pledge i will do everything in my power to tell u what i intend to do, and work my heart out to deliver results, and i ask u to hold me accountable. im not just here to make a speech, here to engage you
12:28:43 a rez who understands clearly that its not up to one person, up to all of us

QUESTIONS

12:30:41 (how have u helped other women along during ur career?)
12:30:52 so endebt ted to so many ppl, women who have influenced me along the way.. always believed that part of what i needed to do to pay back was help many more
12:31:12 never thought id run for prez, when i was growing up i cared about what was going on in the world
12:31:29 i have always believed in our amer democracy and the way we make decisions
12:33:14 womens rights are human rights, and we needed to unleash potential of american women so they can be full partners in amer society
12:33:32 i never thought i would run for office.. after elec of 1998, and sen. moynahan announced he was going to retire
12:33:49 and as soon as he made that announcement, one of the congmen from ny called me at the WH and told me
12:34:05 'there are a nunmber of us who want u to consider running
12:34:21 and i said no no no
12:34:25 then something would always happen that would make me consider it
12:34:39 i was at an event in a gym like this, i was supporting young women in sports, bc im a huge supporter of title 9
12:34:57 i was never a good athlete, but i loved sports
12:35:03 little historical fact, when i played bball in junior high and HS, we could only play half court
12:35:42 im introduced by young woman who is cpt of bball team
12:35:53 and i say to her 'that was an excellent intro, congrats'
12:36:00 and she leaned over and whispered 'dare to compete, ms clinton, dare to compete'

12:36:50 (..can you give to make envrion a major issue?)
12:37:13 i think its fitting that april 22nd is not only primary day, earth day, also equal pay day for women
12:37:31 i have laid out plan about what i will do.. website
12:37:44 in that plan, i talk about what i will do
12:38:01 on day 1, i will announce that i want to be part of leading to reach new global warming agreeent
12:38:19 ti be replacing kyoto, and i want it done within a year, pledge to do every three months
12:38:33 and i want to include china and india, south africa, brazil, other quickly developing countries, ptherwise wont get GHG emissions down
12:38:57 i will also look at every exec order that bush signed that prevents us from taking strong action to move toward energey indpendence and reverse those
12:39:20 i will call upon the congress to immediately consider legilsation, put it on fast track
12:40:27 thats the problem, i could talk all day about this, but those are some of the thingsi would do on day 1

12:41:03 (when u become dem nominee, what will u do to ensure that obama's supporters will support u?)
12:41:23 i have said i will do whatever i can to make sure we have a dem prez next jan. and i will as a nominee be reaching out to obama's supporters, bc i want everyone to u nderstand that whatever diferences we have bw us, they pale in comparison to those we have between sen. mccain and the repubs**
12:42:06 (takes more than a prez to make change, we have bipartisan congress, sexist congress, sexist country, ppl out there who want to see u fail. what is your plan to get coop u will need to make psoitive change?)
12:42:36 a prez is not a king or queen, ppl dont just do what you say
12:42:50 what ypouve gotta do is figure out... 
12:42:59 when i was elected to senate, lots of ppl said 'she'll never work with the repubs, they wont work with her' they dont know me
12:43:28 there are so many area where we can make progress together... when i was elected.. they said maybe she wont show up, i did show up
12:43:55 very proud of record i have of passign leg, of achieving change
12:44:11 i think admiral stone mentioned one of the most impt piece of leg i passed
12:45:10 if everybody worked only with those who you liked.. and sicne he has become someone im very friendly with
over the objection of the WH and pentagon, we passed leg that required the natl res and their families have access to healthcare
12:46:35 bc i told ppl, 'here's what i will do, i didnt give up, i went to get healthcare for our children
12:46:56 i was reelected in 2006 with 67 percent of vote in NY, and I.....I'm very grateful for that bc ppl voted for me bc they know they can count on me, i cant promise i can give you 100% of what we hope will happen, but ill give you 110% of my effort
12:47:41 (how are u gonna make the lifes of the children better?)
12:47:55 i have to say, my fav poster in PA.. Hillary Offers Proven Experience (HOPE)
12:48:23 if life isnt better for our children and grandchildren, our country is not fulfilling its purpose
12:48:36 wheni was young, i decided i wanted to help children, a lot fo children have health probs, neglected... dont get good education
12:48:55 so i went to work for childrens defense fund
12:49:02 and i lived for a long time in Arkansas, which was wonderful satte where my husband was governer
12:49:25 we didnt get everything we wanted, but we began to make some progress
12:50:11 as prez i will make sure more families have good jobs w rising incomes
12:50:20 we have 9 million children in america wo health insurance
12:50:29 i was in west philly w mayopr nutter.. how to protect ppl
12:51:14 (first, youre like my surrogate mother... question is, what kidns of things do canddiates like u do on your off time?)
12:51:55 i have to say that this campaign has been obviosuly long... and it has been hardfought, its been great for dem party and country, so many ppl getting involved
12:52:21 there is no denyign that its a very challengiung sked.. exhausting
12:52:33 i like it bc what i care most about is trying to figure out how to empower ppl
12:52:44 every day something happens that gives me good energy backj
12:52:51 as soon as i have any opp, i shut my eyes and nap
12:52:59 try to go for a walk whenever possible
12:53:18 i love to try to find some time to spend w my family, daughter and husband working very hard for me
12:53:43 it is a real challenge to find time to do very much beyond that, in the last 15 mos ive seen maybe 2 movies
12:54:00 goneout to eat maybe five times
12:54:06 u give up certain things, but wellworth it
12:54:13 i think i should get some extra point bc it takes me so much longer to get ready than the men*

12:57:09 (environment stuff)
12:57:23 i think also impt that we try to get 25 percent of elec from alt. by 2025
12:57:56 i know we can do this. in fact, its unvelievable we havent.. if henry ford were to come back today, he would be amazed by what he saw
12:58:17 size of them, bells and whistles
12:58:23 but if he looked at the engine, he wouldnt be surprised, hasnt changed much
12:58:36 im convinved that if we create the same kind of feeling in america that we want you to be part of the energy revolution
12:58:56 that we want u to participate, make changes that will drive us from fuel
12:59:40 lets have a declaration of energy independence, then lets go out and fight to achieve it (0:00) /

<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>File</p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>Lady Gaga singing and playing piano, Geoge and Amal Clooney interview, Kerry Washington on red carpet, Jon Batiste and wife Suleika Jaouad at the White House</p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS NAMED </p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WH: Biden appoints Lady Gaga, George Clooney and others to the President's Committee on the Arts & Humanities</p>\n<p>From DJ Judd</p>\n<p>President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a slew of luminaries to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, including musicians Lady Gaga and Jon Batiste, actors George Clooney, Troy Kotsur and Kerry Washington, and former Congressman Steve Israel.</p>\n<p>In 2017, Biden teamed up with Lady Gaga for a PSA addressing campus sexual assault—since then, the singer campaigned for Biden’s 2020 election bid and even sang at his Inauguration. Gaga, along with producer Bruce Cohen, will co-chair the committee.</p>\n<p>Per the White House, the committee aims to advise the President on cultural policy—traditionally, the First Lady has historically served as Honorary Chair of the Committee.</p>\n<p>“The PCAH will also engage the nation’s artists, humanities scholars, and cultural heritage practitioners to promote excellence in the arts, humanities, and museum and library services and demonstrate their relevance to the country’s health, economy, equity, and civic life,” the White House said in a statement Thursday.</p>\n<p>FULL RELEASE –</p>\n<p>President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities: </p>\n<p>•<tab />Bruce Cohen, Co-Chair</p>\n<p>•<tab />Lady Gaga, Co-Chair</p>\n<p>•<tab />Jon Batiste, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Constance M. Carroll, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />George Clooney, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Philip J. Deloria, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />M. Angélica Garcia, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Jennifer Garner, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Nora Halpern, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Steve Israel, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Marta Kauffman, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Ricky Kirshner, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Troy Kotsur, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Katie McGrath, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Laura Penn, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Arnold Rampersad, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Shonda Rhimes, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Kimberly Richter Shirley, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Horacio Sierra, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Anna Deavere Smith, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Joe Walsh, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Kerry Washington, Member</p>\n<p>•<tab />Pauline Yu, Member</p>\n<p>President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities</p>\n<p>The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) was founded in 1982 by Executive Order to advise the President on cultural policy. The First Lady has historically served as Honorary Chair of the Committee, which is composed of members appointed by the President. Private committee members include prominent artists, scholars, and philanthropists who have demonstrated a serious commitment to the arts and humanities. Public members represent the heads of key federal agencies with a role in culture, including the Chairs of the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, the Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian, and the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, among others. PCAH advises the President and the heads of U.S. cultural agencies on policy, philanthropic and private sector engagement, and other efforts to enhance federal support for the arts, humanities, and museum and library services. The PCAH will also engage the nation’s artists, humanities scholars, and cultural heritage practitioners to promote excellence in the arts, humanities, and museum and library services and demonstrate their relevance to the country’s health, economy, equity, and civic life. Over the past 40 years, PCAH has catalyzed federal programs and played a vital role in the advancement of arts and humanities education, cultural diplomacy, and the creative economy.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Bruce Cohen, Co-Chair</p>\n<p>Bruce Cohen is an Oscar and Tony-winning, Emmy-nominated producer of film, theater, television, and live events. He won an Academy Award for Best Picture for "American Beauty" and earned additional Best Picture nominations for "Milk" and "Silver Linings Playbook." He produced both the feature film and Broadway musical versions of "Big Fish," won the Tony for Best Play in 2020 for co-producing Matthew Lopez’ "The Inheritance," and was Tony nominated the same year for co-producing Jeremy O. Harris’ "Slave Play." In television, he was Emmy nominated for producing the "83rd Annual Academy Awards" and executive produced "Pushing Daisies" and "Broadway at the White House."</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>During the Obama-Biden Administration, Cohen served as the entertainment industry liaison for Joining Forces, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden’s initiative supporting service men and women and veterans. With Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, he is producing "Rustin" for Netflix, directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin and coming out later this year. He is a graduate of Yale University and started his film career as the DGA Trainee on Steven Spielberg’s "The Color Purple." He lives in New York City with his husband and daughter.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Lady Gaga, Co-Chair</p>\n<p>Stefani Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist. She has sold over 170 million records, and has won 13 Grammy Awards, making her one of the best-selling most awarded female musicians in history. As an actress, she is known for her roles in “A Star Is Born,” for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won for Best Original Song for “Shallow,” and “American Horror Story: Hotel,” for which she won a Golden Globe, among others. She’s been recognized with the Fashion Icon award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and has been included on Forbes’ list of the World’s Most Powerful Women and TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2022, Lady Gaga launched Haus Labs, a clean and vegan color cosmetics line that develops innovative formulas that push the boundaries of clean makeup.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Lady Gaga is known for her philanthropy and staunch support of LGBTQI+ rights and mental health. She has traveled with President Biden to support the It’s On Us campaign to combat campus sexual assault, has worked tirelessly over the years to advocate for equality, and has been an outspoken champion of mental health awareness. At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, she curated a televised concert to benefit the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, helping raise over $128 million. Alongside her mother Cynthia Germanotta, she founded and leads Born This Way Foundation, which supports the mental health of young people and works with them to build a kinder and braver world. Since its inception, the Foundation has demonstrated the transformative power of kindness and its impact on mental health through youth-driven initiatives, research-based programming, and high-level partnerships.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Jon Batiste, Member</p>\n<p>Jon Batiste is one of history’s most brilliant, prolific, and accomplished musicians. Batiste studied and received both a B.A. and M.F.A. at the world-renowned Juilliard School in New York City. From 2015 until 2022, Batiste served as the bandleader and musical director of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS. In 2018, he received a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots, and in 2020, he received two Grammy nods for the albums "Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard" and "MEDITATIONS" (with Cory Wong). In 2020, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the Disney/Pixar film "Soul," an honor he shared with fellow composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Batiste’s work on "Soul" also earned him a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, an NAACP Image Award, and a Critic’s Choice Award. He is the second Black composer in history, after legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock, to win an Academy Award for composition. Batiste’s latest studio album, "We Are," was released in March 2021 to overwhelming critical acclaim. Subsequently, he was nominated for eleven Grammys across seven different categories, a first in Grammy history. He went on to win five of those Grammys, including Album of the Year.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Constance M. Carroll, Member</p>\n<p>In 2021, Dr. Constance Carroll established and currently serves as the president of the California Community Colleges Baccalaureate Association, a nonprofit organization with the mission of providing assistance and expanding opportunities for California’s 116 community colleges to offer four-year degrees in selected workforce fields that now require a bachelor’s degree. Carroll served as Chancellor of the San Diego Community College District from 2004 to 2021, when she retired. In addition, she served as president of three community colleges: San Diego Mesa College, Saddleback College, and Indian Valley Colleges. Carroll was also Director of Freshman Academic Advising at the University of Pittsburgh and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern Maine.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Carroll received a B.A. in humanities from Duquesne University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in Classics (Ancient Greek and Latin). She earned a Certificate of Proficiency in Hellenic Studies at Knubly University in Athens, Greece, and attended the Harvard University Institute for Educational Management. Currently, Carroll serves on the National Council on the Humanities, which is affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, having been nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2011. She is a member of the national boards of the Community College Baccalaureate Association, the College Promise National Advisory Board, and the Community College Humanities Association.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>George Clooney, Member</p>\n<p>George Clooney’s achievements as a performer and filmmaker have earned him two Academy Awards, five Golden Globes including the Cecil B. DeMille Award, four SAG awards, one BAFTA award, two Critics’ Choice Awards, an Emmy, four National Board of Review Awards, and the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. Films from his production company with Grant Heslov, Smokehouse Pictures, include Warner Bros’ Academy Award winning drama “Argo,” “Good Night, and Good Luck,” “The Midnight Sky,” "The Tender Bar," and “The Ides of March.” “Ides,” which Clooney starred in, co-wrote, and directed, received Golden Globe nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Motion Picture Drama. In addition, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He has also starred in films such as “Out of Sight,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” “Syriana,” “Michael Clayton,” “Up in the Air,” “The Descendants,” “Gravity,” and the “Oceans” trilogy. Before his film career, Clooney starred in several television series, becoming best known to TV audiences for his five years on the hit NBC drama “ER.” His portrayal of Dr. Douglas Ross earned him Golden Globe, SAG, People’s Choice, and Emmy Award nominations.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Among the many honors received as a result of his humanitarian efforts was the 2007 Peace Summit Award, 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award, and he was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2022. Clooney has produced three telethons: "The Tribute to Heroes" (post 9/11), "Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope," and “Hope for Haiti Now,” the latter of which raised a record 66 million dollars from the public. In August of 2016, Clooney and his wife, Amal, launched the Clooney Foundation for Justice.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Philip J. Deloria, Member</p>\n<p>Philip J. Deloria is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, where he chairs the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature. His research and teaching focus on the social, cultural, and political histories of relations among American Indian peoples and the United States, as well as the comparative histories of Indigenous peoples in a global context. He is the author of several books, including Playing Indian, Indians in Unexpected Places, American Studies: A User’s Guide, with Alexander Olson, and Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract, and is co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to American Indian History (with Neal Salisbury) and C.G. Jung and the Sioux Traditions by Vine Deloria, Jr. (with Jerome Bernstein).</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Deloria received the Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1994, taught at the University of Colorado, and then, from 2001 to 2017, at the University of Michigan, before joining the faculty at Harvard in January 2018. Deloria served for over a decade as a trustee of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, where for many years he chaired the Repatriation Committee. He continues to work toward the return of Native American ancestors and cultural patrimony and for the flourishing of Indigenous life. Deloria has served as President of the American Studies Association and the Organization of American Historians, and will begin serving as President of the Society of American Historians in May 2023. He is an elected member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>M. Angélica Garcia, Member</p>\n<p>Dr. Angélica Garcia is an educational leader who is passionate about issues of access, equity, and student success in higher education. Garcia serves as the President of Berkeley City College, which is recognized as an Hispanic Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution, both proud symbols of being the community’s college. Unapologetically, she believes community colleges provide liberatory education experiences that disrupt the status quo, especially for historically minoritized communities. She is a Co-Founder and Board Member of COLEGAS, a statewide organization focused on advocacy and development of Latinx professionals in California Community Colleges, and has a proven record of equity-minded leadership. Garcia serves on the Puente Project Advisory Board, the national LGTBQ Leaders in Higher Education Board, and previously on the Board of Directors for Higher Education Resource Services. Appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, she served as the Vice Chair for the Student-Centered Funding Formula Oversight Committee, charged with reviewing legislation, data, and its impact on the California Community Colleges. She has been a fellow with the Aspen Presidential Institute, the National Community College Hispanic Council, and the UC Davis Wheelhouse Institute, all of which are leadership programs focused on equitable student outcomes. Garcia is a proud second-generation Latina and first-generation college graduate, who earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership at San Francisco State University, a master's in social work at San Diego State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal and Civic Studies at Saint Mary’s College of California. Garcia has been appointed to be the Superintendent/President of Santa Rosa Junior College, effective July 1, 2023.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Jennifer Garner, Member</p>\n<p>Award-winning actress Jennifer Garner has enjoyed a successful career at the top of her field in both film and television and has also taken on the role of philanthropist and entrepreneur. Garner is known for her versatility in a wide range of starring-roles in "Alias," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Love Simon," "Juno," and more. She recently starred in and produced the film "YES DAY," based on the children’s book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, which became Netflix’s biggest Kids & Family film release. She also recently starred in the sci-fi film "The Adam Project "for Netflix opposite Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, and Zoe Saldana, directed by Shawn Levy. Up next, Garner executive produces and stars in the Apple TV+ limited series "The Last Thing He Told Me," based on the eponymous New York Times bestseller, which premieres on April 14th. She most recently wrapped production on the Netflix comedy feature "Family Leave," which she is also producing, and will also star and produce a sequel to "YES DAY."</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Garner is a Save the Children Trustee and has worked with the organization for more than a decade. In addition to bringing Save the Children’s early childhood education programs to her home state of West Virginia, she has advocated on Capitol Hill and traveled to Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington to meet with lawmakers, press, and philanthropists to raise awareness and funds for the organization. In 2014, Garner joined the global non-profit's board of trustees, deepening her commitment to issues affecting children in America and around the world. In 2017, Garner co-founded the organic food company Once Upon a Farm with Cassandra Curtis, Ari Raz, and former Annie’s president John Foraker. Together the visionaries have grown the company with a goal of providing children with the best tasting, most nutritious, and highest quality food utilizing sustainable methods. As a businesswoman, Garner has worked with major brands including Neutrogena and Capital One, and most recently joined the Virtue Labs team to amplify and raise awareness about the unique health and beauty benefits of the company’s premium hair care line.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nora Halpern, Member </p>\n<p>Art historian, museum director, and curator Nora Halpern has spent her public and private life advocating for art, artists, and social justice. Since 2001, she has been a Vice President at Americans for the Arts, focusing on arts policy convenings and engaging individual thought leaders to advance the arts and arts education across America. She is co-founder of Street Scenes: Projects for DC, a public art program that provides access to the broadest possible audience by utilizing the city as a gallery space. Raised in New York City, Halpern began her career in Los Angeles as the Frederick R. Weisman Collections Curator and Founding Director of Pepperdine University’s Art Museum. She was a Los Angeles Human Relations Commission member and received the Mayor’s Award of Merit for Outstanding Volunteer Service.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Halpern has taught and lectured internationally. Among her many publications is the recent Putting the Arts to Work: 15 Years of National Arts Policy Roundtables, 2006-2020. She has curated numerous exhibitions, including a Yoko Ono retrospective in Venice, Italy. Halpern has served on the boards of the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, ArtTable, PS Arts, and Scholastic’s Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, among others. She was appointed to the Arts Commission of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021 and was a Biden Arts Policy Committee member. Halpern received her B.A. and M.A. from UCLA and was awarded a Helena Rubinstein Fellowship in Curatorial Studies from the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Steve Israel, Member</p>\n<p>Steve Israel served in the U.S. Congress between 2001–2017, including four years as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 2011–2015. He left Washington to pursue new passions, including opening an independent bookstore, Theodore’s Books, in his historic hometown of Oyster Bay, fulfilling a lifelong dream. He also directs the nonpartisan Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at the Jeb S. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University, which serves as a platform for civic engagement and bipartisan dialogue. He has published two critically acclaimed satires of Washington: The Global War on Morris and Big Guns. He proudly serves on The Library of Congress Madison Council as well as many other boards of directors.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In Congress, he served on the House Appropriations Committee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, which has jurisdiction on historic preservation, fine arts, cultural arts, museums, and related activities. He also served on the Subcommittee on Defense and the House Armed Services Committee. Israel’s written commentary has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic magazine, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He writes a biweekly column in The Hill,covering the state or democracy. He lives with his wife Cara in Oyster Bay, Long Island.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Marta Kauffman, Member</p>\n<p>Marta Kauffman is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning television writer, producer, director, and showrunner. Kauffman recently finished the Netflix comedy "Grace and Frankie" starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. She may be best known for creating NBC’s long-running hit "Friends" with David Crane. The iconic series ran for 10 seasons and earned 63 Emmy nominations, winning Outstanding Comedy Series in 2002. Reruns continue to delight with "Friends: The Reunion" being a ratings juggernaut. She and David Crane also created HBO's "Dream On," recognized with CableAce Awards and additional Emmy nominations. The Writers Guild of America West awarded Kauffman and Crane the 2016 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for lifetime achievement in television writing. She also earned the 2016 Outstanding Television Writer award at the 23rd annual Austin Film Festival & Screenwriters Conference as well as the Kieser Humanitas Award. She recently received an Honorary Doctorate from Brandeis University. Kauffman's other credits include "Georgia," "Five," "Veronica's Closet," "The Powers That Be," "Call Me Crazy: A Five Film," and the documentary "Seeing Allred." Kauffman has served on several Boards of Trustees including CalArts, Oakwood School, The Lung Cancer Foundation of America, Big Sunday, and IKAR.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Ricky Kirshner, Member</p>\n<p>Ricky Kirshner is one of the entertainment industry’s preeminent producers of televised special events. During his 30-year career, he has been tasked and entrusted in imagining and implementing many of the world’s most widely acclaimed and award-winning television specials, stadium spectaculars, and conventions; producing shows for every major U.S. network and watched by millions of people. Kirshner’s Executive Producer credits include The Tony Awards, Super Bowl Half-Time Shows, The Kennedy Center Honors, Democratic National Conventions, Presidential Inaugurals/Galas, The Oscars, and many others. Throughout his career, Kirshner has collaborated with artists and performers across all disciplines of classical arts, musical and dramatic theater, cinematic arts, and the music industry, working with major stars as well as up and coming performers and amateur groups. Kirshner has been recognized by industry peers for excellence in television, receiving 26 Emmy Nominations and winning ten Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Strongly committed to Arts and Music education in schools, Kirshner supports internship programs for college students on his shows. He is also a frequent guest speaker at colleges and universities, inspiring future generations to pursue careers in television and performing arts.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Troy Kotsur, Member</p>\n<p>Troy Kotsur earned the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Frank, the Deaf</p>\n<p>fisherman father of a hearing daughter who wants to be a singer in director Sian Heder’s “CODA.” The film also won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Kotsur is the first Deaf male actor and only the second Deaf actor overall to win the Oscar, after his “CODA” co-star Marlee Matin for her role in "Children of a Lesser God." Kotsur also earned BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, Gotham, Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in “CODA.” Other recent film credits include “Wild Prairie Rose,” “No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie,” which he also directed, “Universal Signs,” and “The Number 23.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In television, Kotsur was most recently seen in the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian," for which he created the Tusken sign language, and was also used in the show’s spinoff series "The Book of Boba Fett." Other television roles include "CSI: NY," "Scrubs," "Criminal Minds," "Strong Medicine," "Doc," and "Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye." A native of Mesa, Arizona, Kotsur began acting in grade school, with some of his earliest performances including reenacting "Tom and Jerry" cartoon storylines to his classmates. He studied theater, film, and television at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, and following graduation, toured with the National Theatre of the Deaf.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Katie McGrath, Member</p>\n<p>Katie McGrath is Co-CEO at Bad Robot Productions. She oversees the company’s corporate culture, communications, and ancillary businesses. Prior to joining Bad Robot, McGrath was a founding partner at First Tuesday Media, a political media firm based in Los Angeles. Earlier, she served as Director of Communications at MTV Networks and as Vice President at the strategic communications consulting firm Robinson Lerer Sawyer Miller. McGrath began her professional career in Washington, DC as a legislative assistant to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). She currently serves on the transition team for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the boards of Pro Publica, ARRAY Alliance, and The McGrath Abrams Family Foundation.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Laura Penn, Member</p>\n<p>Laura Penn has been Executive Director of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) since 2008. Under her leadership the Union’s membership has grown over 100%, a result of her work expanding SDC’s jurisdictions, leading bold and successful negotiations, and furthering its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives and political engagement. She serves on the General Board of the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) and is an active member of DPE's Arts and Entertainment and Media Industry Coordinating Committee. She is Co-Chair of the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds, the first woman to hold a leadership position with this coalition of 18 influential unions representing workers on Broadway. Penn serves on the Tony Awards Administration Committee and is a Tony Voter. She served as a panelist for the New York State Council for the Arts, for more than a decade was a site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts, was Vice President of the League of Resident Theatres, and was two-term Chair of the Seattle Arts Commission. Recognized with Seattle’s Distinguished Citizen Medal, she is an advocate for civic dialogue and public participation and has been dedicated throughout her career to the idea that artistic excellence and community engagement are intrinsically connected. Penn previously served as an arts executive for Intiman Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre and began her career at Washington, DC’s Arena Stage, Living Stage Theatre Company. Penn currently teaches Labor Relations in the graduate program at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Member</p>\n<p>Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and community builder based in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Atlanta to Thai and Indonesian immigrants, her practice spans sculpture, textile, large-scale murals, participatory installation, and public art campaigns. Her work examines the unseen labor of women, amplifies AAPI narratives, and affirms the depth, resilience, and beauty of communities of color. Phingbodhipakkiya’s art has reclaimed space in museums and galleries, at protests and rallies, on buildings, highway tunnels, subway corridors, and on the cover of TIME magazine. She has been artist-in-residence with the NYC Commission on Human Rights and created art in collaboration with the US Embassy in Thailand. She is a 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow in Visual Arts and is building community archives of AAPI stories as part of civic practice residencies with the San Francisco Asian Art Museum and Poster House. Her work has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Museum of the City of New York, the Museum of Chinese in America, and the Library of Congress.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Arnold Rampersad, Member</p>\n<p>Arnold Rampersad is Sara Hart Kimball Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Stanford University. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, he earned his Ph.D. in English and American Literature at Harvard. He also taught at the University of Virginia, Rutgers, Columbia, and Princeton. His books include The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois; The Life of Langston Hughes (2 vols.); Days of Grace: A Memoir, co-authored with Arthur Ashe; Jackie Robinson: A Biography; and Ralph Ellison: A Biography. His edited volumes include The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry; Complete Poems of Langston Hughes; and, as co-editor, Selected Letters of Langston Hughes. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>From 2003 to 2006 he served as Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities at Stanford. Winner in 1986 of the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography and autobiography, he was later a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography and, in 2007, the National Book Award in non-fiction prose for his biography of Ralph Ellison. He won fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation (1991-1996), the J.S. Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the ACLS. Princeton University awarded him its Howard T. Behrman Medal for distinction in the Humanities. In 2011, he received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama at the White House. Harvard awarded him its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Medal in 2014. He holds honorary doctorates from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and the University of the West Indies, among other schools. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Shonda Rhimes, Member</p>\n<p>Shonda Rhimes is an award-winning television creator, producer, and author, as well as the CEO of the global media company Shondaland. Rhimes is the first woman to create three television dramas - “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” and “Scandal” - that have achieved the 100-episode milestone. In 2017, Rhimes shifted the entertainment industry’s business model when she left network television for an unprecedented agreement for Shondaland to exclusively produce streaming content in partnership with Netflix. “Bridgerton,” Shondaland’s first scripted series with the streamer, has become a worldwide franchise with seasons one and two of the show holding top spots among English language programming for Netflix. Rhimes broadened her company’s content landscape when she launched the culture website Shondaland.com in partnership with Hearst Digital Media. More recently, she launched Shondaland Audio in partnership with iHeart Radio to produce podcast content. She’s a New York Times best-selling author for her memoir Year of Yes and has built multi-platform partnerships with such leading brands as Dove, Masterclass, Microsoft, and Mattel. Rhimes has been included three times in the TIME 100 list of most influential people and her work has been celebrated with numerous awards including induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Kimberly Richter Shirley, Member</p>\n<p>Kimberly Richter Shirley is a retired attorney and certified public accountant whose professional career specialized in providing legal and financial expertise to not-for-profit organizations and startup companies. Shirley is a trustee of the Seattle Art Museum, the Tate Americas Foundation, and the University of Washington Foundation and is a former trustee of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. She is a member of the National Gallery of Art Collectors Committee, the Tate North American Acquisitions Committee, the University of Washington Henry Art Gallery Advisory Council, and the Wellesley College President’s Advisory Council. Shirley and her husband Jon live in Medina, Washington and actively support arts, education, and human service organizations. Together they are committed collectors of modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on sculpture. Shirley received her Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College and her Juris Doctor from the University of Puget Sound School of Law.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Horacio Sierra, Member</p>\n<p>Horacio Sierra is an educator, journalist, activist, and creative writer. His research on English and Spanish Renaissance literature has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the U.S. Department of Education, and the University of Texas. As a tenured English professor at Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest HBCU, he has created in-person and online courses such as Graphic Novels, Studies in Popular Music, Queer Cultural Studies, Shakespeare & Film, and U.S. Hispanic Literature. The University System of Maryland awarded him their Excellence in Teaching Award for his commitment to experiential education.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Sierra’s work as a theatre and literary critic has been published in The Miami Herald, Comparative Drama, and Theater Journal. His editorials on topics such as the importance of a humanities education have been published in The Washington Post, The Hartford Courant, and The Baltimore Sun. His poems exploring the intersections of history, geography, and identity have been published in The William & Mary Review, Saw Palm, and Gulf Stream Magazine. As a Miami native with strong ties to his family’s Cuban and Spanish heritage, Sierra is President of the Cuban American Democrats, Director of the Sierra Family Scholarship, and has provided college application workshops for his alma mater, Miami Coral Park Senior High. He is also an Executive Board Member of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Sierra earned his BS from the University of Miami and his PhD from the University of Florida. He lives in Miami with his husband, Dallas Clay Sierra.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Anna Deavere Smith, Member</p>\n<p>Anna Deavere Smith is a writer and actress. She is credited with having created a new form of theater. Her plays, sometimes called “docudramas,” focus on contemporary issues from multiple points of view and are composed from excerpts of hundreds of interviews. Plays, and films based on them, include "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles," both of which dealt with volatile race events in the 1990s; "Let Me Down Easy," about the U.S. health care system; and "Notes from the Field," which focused on the school-to-prison pipeline. Her work as an actress on television includes "Inventing Anna," "The West Wing," "Nurse Jackie," and "Black-ish." Mainstream movies include "Philadelphia," "The American President," and "Rachel Getting Married." President Obama awarded Smith the National Endowment for the Humanities Medal. She was the 2015 Jefferson Lecturer. She is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, several Obie awards, two Drama Desk awards, the George Polk Career Award in Journalism, and the Dean’s Medal from the Stanford University School of Medicine. She was a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and nominated for two Tony Awards. She’s a University Professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has several honorary doctorate degrees including those from Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Spelman College, Prairie View University, Juilliard, and Oxford.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Joe Walsh, Member</p>\n<p>Multi-Grammy award winning singer, songwriter and producer, Kennedy Center Honoree and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Joe Walsh has entertained the masses and captivated his peers for more than five decades. His classic hits like “Funk #49,” “Walk Away,” “Life’s Been Good,” “Rocky Mountain Way,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” “In The City,” “Ordinary Average Guy,” and “Analog Man” embody his American origin story, guitar genius, and lyrical wit. Born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Ohio and New Jersey, Walsh’s musical journey began with the Cleveland-based James Gang in 1969, continued with his trio Barnstorm and then took off with the launch of his 12-album solo career in 1973. In 1975, Walsh was recruited into the Eagles who would become the highest selling American band in history and one of the top touring acts in the world to this day selling out stadiums and arenas into 2023.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Walsh has honorary doctorates in music from Kent State University and the Berklee College of Music and has been celebrated for his charitable works in the fields of music education, recovery from addiction and women’s health and safety. In 2017, Walsh founded VetsAid, an annual music festival that brings together musicians and audiences of all backgrounds to raise funds for veterans and their families. A Gold Star son himself, Walsh brought the festival most recently to his hometown of Columbus, Ohio with guests Dave Grohl, Nine Inch Nails, and The Black Keys. He has, to date, disbursed $2.7 million in grants to veterans’ services groups nationwide.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Kerry Washington, Member</p>\n<p>Emmy-winning, SAG and Golden Globe-nominated actor, director, and producer Kerry Washington is a versatile and fearless multi-hyphenate who has received high acclaim for her work in film, television, and theater. Washington is a lifelong advocate and activist, dedicated to using her voice to fight for justice for all communities. She is focused on building a more equitable democracy and in service of this goal, founded Influence Change (IC) and the Vision Into Power Cohort. IC is a strategic initiative that partners with high impact non-profit organizations to increase voter turnout. The VIP Cohort, launched in partnership with Movement Voter Fund, provides ten grassroots organizations with the resources and knowledge to build civic engagement in their communities through storytelling and collective action.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 2022, Washington was honored as one of TIME Magazine’s 2022 Women of The Year. She has been involved with many social and political causes, including her service on President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is also Co-Chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote campaign and the Black Voices for Black Justice Fund, an organization funding Black leaders who are helping to build a more equitable America. In 2021, Washington and several other industry leaders co-founded The Roybal School of Film and Television Production, in partnership with the LAUSD. It is a magnet school aiming to drive transformational change across the entertainment industry and provides education and practical training in the arts and sciences of filmmaking to marginalized communities.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Pauline Yu, Member</p>\n<p>Pauline Yu is President Emerita of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), a non-profit federation of 79 scholarly organizations which she led for sixteen years. ACLS has been the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences since 1919 and has provided competitive fellowships and grants to individual scholars in those fields since 1926. Yu was previously dean of humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles for ten years, founding chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Irvine, and professor at Columbia University and the University of Minnesota. She received her B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard University, her M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Stanford University, and holds five honorary degrees. In 2021, she received the award for Distinguished Service to the Profession from the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages of the Modern Language Association.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Yu has been elected to membership in two honorary societies, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She serves on the Academy’s board of directors and is also a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study. In addition, she is a member of the board of several philanthropic organizations, including The Henry Luce Foundation and The Teagle Foundation. She is the author or editor of five books and has published widely on topics in Chinese poetry, comparative literature, and the humanities.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TEASE--</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>File</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--MUSIC INFO---</b></p>\n<p></p>

[Senator Barack Obama Headquarters] [MANCHESTER, NH USA] December 10, 2007 David Wright on Politics Live, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in New Hampshire, interview with ??, and debrief for World News Webcast RS25/X75 Slugged: 1325 WRIGHT NH X75 13:40:24 Wright on Politics Live 13:57:20 Obama volunteers holding up campaign posters 13:58:06 WS inside campaign headquarters 13:58:33 volunteer on cell phone, zooms in to TS 13:59:27 several volunteers on phone 13:59:46 TS male volunteer on cell phone 14:01:47 MS female volunteer on phone 14:02:31 male volunteer on phone 14:03:39 Hope. Action. Change sign, volunteers on phone(backshot) 14:03:52 TS sideshot of volunteer on phone 14:04:47 push into man, TS SS 14:05:11 widershot of room, walking around room 14:05:38 TS female volunteer dialing on mobile 14:07:16 Wright walking with woman 14:07:46 close up of woman 14:08:23 close up of Wright and woman talking 14:09:01 wright and woman standing near table where people are working 14:10:28 close up of young man sitting at table making a phone call 14:10:57 wide shot of wright and woman 14:11:27 TS pamphlets 14:11:38 push into pamphlets, TS 14:12:36 TS of woman talking 14:14:02 push into woman talking 14:14:29 ts of pamphlets 14:14:47 shot from a lower angle of woman holding pamphlets 14:15:05 Wright doing standup 14:15:20 Obama sign

NAME: KEN MUSICAL 20081103E TAPE: EF08/1107 IN_TIME: 10:10:09:13 DURATION: 00:03:31:08 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Nairobi, 2 Nov 2008 RESTRICTIONS: Check shotlist for details SHOTLIST: music/video/performance rights must be cleared AP Television Nairobi, Kenya, 2 Nov 2008 1. Various shots of actors on stage performing in 'Obama the Musical' (which tells the story of US presidential candidate Barack Obama) 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Orido, Director of 'Obama the Musical': "What inspired me to do 'Obama the Musical', is the great message of hope and peace and unifying people that Obama himself preaches and I think Kenyans need that message so that we unite around those messages." 3. Wide of actors performing 4. Mid of actor playing Obama, Eric Makori, speaking on stage 5. Actors clapping 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Eric Makori, Actor: "It feels great, it feels wonderful to play the Barack Obama role because, first of all, he is my role model and he is someone who inspires me, to change the world just like he does." 7. Various shots of performance featuring actor Paul Njoroge Kamau playing the part of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, and actor John Nguge playing the role of US President George W. Bush 8. SOUNDBITE: Paul Njoroge Kamau, Actor playing McCain: "It is kind of hard, tricky, me being a black guy playing McCain's part, but the message that I am trying to give to the audience is to show them who McCain really is, the guy who hits below the belt, he is a tough fighter." 9. Various shots of 'Obama the Musical' 10. Various of audience leaving theatre 11. Tilt up of posters advertising 'Obama the Musical' 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kepha Dina, audience member: (Reporter's Q: "If you were an American who would you vote for?") "If I were an American I would vote for Barack Obama, this is simply because of his policies." 13. Wide of stage, actors taking bow, tilt down to audience STORYLINE: OBAMA MUSICAL PREMIERES IN NAIROBI In two days, US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain will go head to head in the race for the Whitehouse, but in a separate event, the Democrat and the Republican shared the stage in a new musical that opened in the Kenyan capital on Sunday (02 NOV 2008). 'Obama the Musical' tells of the challenges that Obama, who has Kenyan roots, has faced, just days before his possible election as America's first black president. During the premiere of the long awaited musical, actors portraying the two presidential contenders expressed their hopes, dreams and expectations in a unique message for Kenyans. US President George W. Bush also features in the hour-long musical, which director George Orido calls a "message of hope and peace." Eric Makori stars as Obama and says it's wonderful to play him because he's someone who inspires him to change the world. The show uses a variety of musical genres, including traditional and contemporary Kenyan music, in which the lyrics have been changed to suit the storyline. The play ends with an enactment of Obama's acceptance of the Democratic nomination, but shies away from predictions about who will emerge victorious in the election.

21:06:29:25 Elder Charles Blake II Community Relations, West Angeles Church Benjamin Jealous NAACP President Rev. Al Sharpton Civil Rights Activist Rev. Jesse Jackson Civil Rights Activist Pastor K.W. Tulloss Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church Big Boi (Kurt Alexander) Radio Host Rev. Omarosa Manigault Vicky D. Lindsey Cry No More David Banner Musician Paul Rodriguez Actor Boris Kodjoe Actor Michael Hall Justice For Trayvon Martin Foundation Daniel Maree Activist (0:00) / 21:10:07:29 omarosa 21:06:25 we got a lot of people that want to come up..work with this person many times..feeding the homeless, I know her from a reality show, I've seen her before, you don't really know that this lady is erally in the trenches, are right them for many individuals, I'm going to tell her... big boi 21:10:13 If I could take a text, as I was talking to sabrina, and I was having an esther moment perhaps we were all brought here fora time, perhaps we fought loud perhaps if we come together and we really come together ..there are young black men ..come together, with a plan in action...brought to this place at this time at this moment for a moment as tulloss 21:11;39 I stand here today, the national action network of los angeles, show wonderful support for this family, we here in los angeles, we are prepared to work with this foundation, and we are excited to bring in cases, many of the families...I want to first of all to thank those that organized for this rally show them some love...I thank god for each of you thsi family some support I want to thank lindsey 21:14:16 I want to thank god, for me being here, you don't understand, this is a hard struggle, before I go into...that came to support you guys...(pan of room of people standing up) 21;14:57 we want to ...and there is nothing like a mothers' pain, so I tell you I hear...I heard you..rev. sharpton, I'm goignm to the river, I've been there, I'm there for you, we are there because we ...I got to make the best of this..rev. sharpton... 21:16:19 Reading "A Mother's Pain" ??? 21:21:03 Instead of the...we are not gang bangers teh day we live...we are one community we ...keep dividing us...that is waht we are ...we are united. Family of Oscar Grant 21:22:37 I am trayvon martin. I am still oscar grant. to the martin family I want you to know the grant family did all that we could do, we marched, we prayed, we cried, we did all that we could do so that...because of the community that stood with us that cried with us, that did all that they could do with us...and we want to thank specificially the oakland community, ...would not know about oscar grant...we owe much love to la... 21:24:02 the support of what it's important...that we really and protest and support the family all over the country. all power to the people...all power to the people...that's right we do have the power and we only ahve that power when we united, that all in this country that we come together when it comes to police brutality...I'm sorry I get a little emotional I need tyou to know that the fmaily stand in support of you and be there for you, and I could say to all the men in here, this is very passionate to me 21:25:25 I'm tired of seeing a teary eyed mother. we men must stand up for our mothers, our wives, our sisters our daughters and we need to let the world know that we are tired 21:26:06 if you heard what tracy said...will youd o this until he died. I am your brother nad I will this race ...the wheels of justice turn slow, so we must endure to the end, we must understand that we become our brothers keeper, and speak to the issue, I'm trayvon martin, I am oscar grant....I am .... 21:27:28 to all the young people...thank you banner 21:29:29 I prayed to god...he gave me some...he asked me about sacrifice, but before I start what I wrote on a piece of paper...I want everyone to close their eyes...how do you really feel about black people, you don't have to answer that question how do you really really feel about black people, black people how do we feel about ourselves...I alwasy feel the best 21:30:19 since we were slaves we were told that we were nothing, I asked a white friend of me...we are in church...I said would you have called me a nigger ten years ago, because i was scared...and because I respected black people I respected your struggle that your families went through...what does that mean, I don't respect your or i don't fear you. 21:31:10 the thing that I ask...white black latino, if trayvon martin was white would he be dead right now, he would not be...the thing I want to tell you guys, before we march, before we rally, we have to figure out do we get out of this sacrifice to make sure that this does not ever happen again...by a pickup with seven whtie kids...black kids are dying...so for me it's about black. 21:32:20 whehter we understand that or not, to the family and friends of trayvon martin...far too many times esepcially with tragic circumstances, we often ask teh simple question why, it is in times like these we ahve to hold onto the spiritual truth that god does nto make mistakes...gods rationale, we should alwasy be reminded, to them that love bod, and to them that are called to his purpose...we now see gods purpose all too short...not just to us...to this nation...god has reminded us with these circumstances comes a need to sacrifice and i ask you what are we willing to sacarifice...27 years of freedom, what are we willing to sacrifice...what are we willing to sacrifice the very strong people of the occupy movements...and their freedom to protest for social injustices, what are ...are we willing to sacrifice our endorsements and in my case am I willing to sacrifice a platinum hit, what are we willing to sacrifice...about this race based society 21:34:54 what are we willign to sacrifice.....let me clear on this point, oscar grant and trayvon martin...due to the color to their skin...this tragedy does not happen to white families...we dont' see black police beating...innocenet white teens, we just don't see it. and even more on that...we are getting away with it. we certainly don't see black men...arrested months or until there is a national outcry, we ahve to be honest, young and black is...criminal and violent 21:36:19 the reason why its a little bit different to me...on the face of this earth, but to themselves. we might break into your car, we might break into your house, but we all kmow that if we do anything ew are going to jail or die. in closing guys, I just want ot make sure that in all the things that we do we have a purpose, we don't let this time pass, we need legislation, we need somethign tangible, so that america does ...only america does two things, if we don't make them feel that...it will never stop if we don't stop their finances...skittles made money...arizona tea made money...so if anyone needs some hoodies and buy their hoodies... 21:37;55 In closing...what are you willing to sacrifice sharpton 21:38:25 I want us...an offering for this foundation...I believe that we cannot ask others to finance our movements, these parents did not plan on being the parents ofa victim. there was no budget for that...dealing with conflict revolution they are fighting a battle that we need to put as david banner put a sacrifice too...do what you can do best tonight, be honest with yourself..and give me ...if you got it give it. if you don't but what we should make sure taht this foundation is financed by us...is that fair? 21:39:55 if you have a check that is made payable to the trevon martin foundation, justice tm.org..if you go write it out...if you are sending... 21:40;41 I want all te ministers...I want to start with them...come on, that's perfect...I want I want ou that can give, can we raise some serious money, this is LA. If it's a check it's justice for trayvon martin foundation...get your bst offering in yoru hand, I've been giving in every city, I'm going ot start with $500 cash, we know you...i want some ministers, come on...omarosa...rev. chip murray...pastor ward...$100 brother smith... 21:49:46 whatever you can do...everyone on the side on each side stand up even if you don't have no money, I want everyone to see us march around and do for ourselves, I want us to come from both sides...we dont' have no ushers...come on back aroudn, everyone come on...from the two sides, bless you come on... 21:58:32 has everyone given, if you don't remember if you gave, please give again, ...this is for the family...conflict ...do yoru work...you'll hear from them in a minute...the foundation they set up for their son...take days off for the top to do their work...do we love them...in the name of their son jackson 22:01:28 for his sense of duty...give it up... 22:01:59 I want to raise several concerns for this matter that is burning my heart as we speak for the long haul and struggle, 35 blacks have been killed htis year by police ro security guard, 18 since trayvon. since 1976, 300,000 have killed each other, more than most wars 22:02:46 when whites kill blacks...its revolt time...it's jail time...when blacks kill blacks its milelr time or just another time, somehow we got to stop the killing...everywhere 22:03:16 blacks must not become the weak link in the justice chain and get less time for the same crime, life on the occupation I want ot ask you a few basica 22:03:40 if you have ar elative in jail stand. be seated. if you know someone who has been shot stand. 30,000 people are killed by gun shots...be seated. if you know someone who has been profiled by the police please stand 22:04:25 if you know someone in home foreclosure please stand...if you know someone in student loan debt stand or credit card debt...if you know someone looking for a job stand. if you ever served on jury duty stand, if you ever served on jury duty. be seated. lastly, if you know someone who hasa considered committing suicide. 22:05:34 I want to talk a minute about life under occupation under occupation are diminished and taken the lives of the occupier has the right to kill the occupied, the occupied have the right to kill the occupy is the weak link in the justice chain, rodney king, 20 years ago, trayvon martin 20 months ago, from rodney king to trayvon martin the killing coninutes...rodney king symbolized something bigger then himself, racial profiling and lying and coverup...african american in the white house...in ma...20 years later, walk the streets somewhere free, while trayvon lies in teh grave 22:07:03 on the witness and it broke tonight on the cooper on cnn, that zimmerman has 200,000 in his bank account...unemployed man, where is the 200,000 who is bank rolling this movement...you all with me so far, there is trayvon in sanford florida, there is ...and you all in the rose bowl country...darryl...north chigoa...howard morgan...pulled over by the police...himself a policeman, get out of the car and showed him this sign that he is a policeman, four of them came shot at them, but no one was hit, no evidence of hom...and he survived...but last week, he got 40 years in jail for shooting at them...this crisis is larger than trayvon. 22:08:59 god is using trayvon...it shows the power of resurrection the light beyond the marter, is for the resurrection, if jesus just stayed in the ground, if ...just stayed in the ground 22:09:30 I asked rosa parks...why didn't you go back...took his watermarked defaced body, and put him in an open casket bring him to chicago acquitted his killers, after ...and 67 minutes of deliberation, would have been less...they felt that he was guilty not worth the time...i thought of emmit till...frightened people and that's why this family deserves use his body for our broader purpose 22:10;53 two men in tulsa and they were caugth in two days..for them to reach and charged with a hate crime, they didn't want a sanford in tulsa and they were charged with a hate crime, is a misdemeanor...there have been ten hate crimes, hate crime for them a misdemeanor 22:11:38 till opened a toll...why did this boy get 200,000 the barack obama a liar and raised am illion, not just trayzon, some stand yoru ground laws...for vigilantilism...which what's at stke here, racial profiling, not just profiling, that's why you lost your house...profiling our homes. what's at stake race profiling is at stake, stand your ground lawas at stake... 22:13:12 we must march until the repeal...until the revive a ban on assault until profiling is a federal crime, until voter suppression laws...where is the money coming from...some are called...legislative exchange...where's the money. blue cross blue shield...they pull out who is still financing the movement....att ...coke brothers, phiser ink...talk to me, salt river project..state farm, johnson and johnson...this is a well financed right wing movement undermining o ur vote 22:15:07 financing state rights laws... a shorter term, a long term struggle, if you are wearing a hoodie...you are being hoodie winked 22:15:33 would you like to be in sanford florida, would you like to be on the jury can I break the news only register voters can be on the jury. you can't be on the jury ...when to a high school in pasadena...and they walked across the stage every high school in may a voter card civilizing power and repsonsibility to power to protect power to protect medicaid to protect medicare...power to elect prosecutors...say whoever is behind you must...use their power 22:17:00 I make this in closing tonight, this is a long term struggle this is a ong...president barack announced thsi is a longer term struggle...till ...this is a long term struggle 22:17:59 say trayvon...with emmit till...we must stop evil man...say we have the power to extend life by working and by...we thank god for using the life of this child to bring us the light, we thank god for using trayvon for making easter real...trayvon is in the house, I am trayvon...I am... scott parker 22:19:42 all of us have a reason to be here tonight...introduce you to lorenz...going to florida a&m university in the fall just like trayvon...single mom just like sybrina...and the children just like him...no other reason... kenneth mcdade family 22:20:44 i want to thank everyone coming out and supporting, I don't know if anyone know who I am...I don't know how many of you know...some disturbing news, got up in the morning to ...some coffee...my son had been killed by...which is pasadena police...I don't know how many of you are afraid of hte plice...a few weeks ago i was scared of the police..that you want to stand up and give them a piece of my mind...I'm going to tell them pasadena liek this ...you lookign at me in my face, you are not going to have anywhere to hide, I'm on your bumper, and you don't have to really worry about me, and it's cary harper and i'ts my attorney, I don't know if you know kendrick or not...kendrick didn't have anything bad... 22:23:04 one bad thing..we coming get ready 22:23:21 I'm carrie harper, we are fresh out of patience, we are fresh out ...we are fresh out of we are looking into it, we are going to get back with your they have deprived my clients son of the ultimate right and that is the right to life, these police officers to get of ...my client was an unarmed man, but instead what they sought to do they villified him, that he was a criminal they tried to flip the script so the common thing, and I ...police agency oh well he was justified by law...he wasn't even a ...I don't think so...here we have officer who used their discrection who won't rolling with lites and ...to record or videotape or ...they didn't send out...there was nothing to explain an unarmed man, so as meideval as they got with ...that's how ...the police department Paul Rodriguez 22:25:56 I am trayvon martin, I'm ashamed today that there are not more latino leaders...standing shoulder...we benefit from teh struggle we are y our neighbors, there ......our children go to the same schools...we are bleeding...it has no color. ...i grew up in compton... 22:27:00 they talk to school shootings, there were school drive by shootings some still going on today, it took columbine for it to put ...movie songs...fresh on teh internet...why is our community..soemone has to got to get them there, it doesn't grow it there...wo brings it there, this is giong to stop and our mothers and going to funerals. this is going to stop I'm tired of going to funerals... 22:28:14 when I first heard about this and said that he was a hispanic man our relations should be tighter not let this separate this...I've been hispanic a long time...I've never met a zimmerman, never. I've been latino all my life. no zimmerman latinos. w e cannot let this divide us. we are a formidable force. 22:29:02 22:29:15 don't let the color of my skin...untilw e can truly..we will be powerless...yoru children's children fighting for their 22:29:35 mr. obama...his life would be in endagered. he needs to be reminded of that. every time these situations we are asked to patient...change doesn't happen change is change by us...burying our childe. 22;30:17 anyone remember...attacked them with a butter knife...you ain't a man. they shot her 38 times, they had to reload, they all to be fired for being lousy shots...just the other day on the freeway thsi is excessive, I'm here...who was shot by the police...otu there protesting somewhere...wouldn't be a lot stronger if we came together, we are not goign to ahve this anymore...how many police...my mother ...whatever they say...we'll take care of you...go a little further...we have a ...to the eye when it comes to police...it's ahrd to explain to them... 22:32:12 sometimes I can't even drive right when they are behind me...far too often they know what's going on in our neighborhoods, to see that person across the street they are your brothers and sisters, we are only afraid of the things we don't know of, we celebrate life, until you are secure...you are not secure...and this time...you are just tired of it, you don't know if you ...reverend jackson, 300,000 there were only ...that's six vietnam wars, how much blood do you need, at least time...every riot... 22;33:39 we have to drive up to...support black owned businesses, don't vandalize...and if you have to do what your...don't do it in your own yard...go somewhere...I'm not going to condone crime, do it for the love of your momma 22:34:22 if you ahve a child...you are man there ...my kids will never hold me up.....I'm representing no one, 'm here to simply tell you...let us come together...let us understand, I speak ebonics...we are your neighbors...I'm grateful...just let me say we were there also, brown board vs....latino school board, we were there, his name was mendez... kodjoe (reading a letter from Chaka Khan) 22:36:49 when I first heard...through no fault of his own...pay tribute a key message that fear kills...met in miami an injsutice to trayvon is an injustice it si my honor I hope that you all will do the same, god bless isgned chaka khan 22:38;05 I have a trayvon of my own, his name is nicholas and teach him to avoid talking to strangers in...I've questioned that myself...what do we do now...so he doesn't get shot...there are many trayvons out there, there are thousands...that are shot every year...we have become so desensitized we ahve accepted this tragedy as a norm...the only rason we are standing up here, the murderer happened to be white. so we ahve to take this tragedy and let it motivate us let it it happens ever single day and I want to thank trayvon for giving us this wake up call...so I want to appeal to everys ingle person in this room, i want to challenge, because it's up to you, i'ts up to me to raise our trayvons, to raise them right to raise them with love and to raise them knowin that each one fo them 22;40;19 so its up to us ...lets stop complaining about our young people, lets all do a beter job as parents, as teachers, churches community leaders, lets be that village we love to talk about, lets be that community that is there for each other, we all have jobs, never there, lets put some effort forth, lets do better, lets look int he mirror, I'mg iogn to make a different today, only one minute makes a huge difference in a young person's life...it shows them...not only do you care but they are worth it... 22:41:36 I want to thank the parents..lets remember it's up to us...god bles syou I love you. hall 22:42:31 I don't have...thirteen pages long, but I have realized that sometimes you have to take a backseat...soas I stand here in front of you...but I have heart and I was trayvon, I remember having my dreads...and nothing more so I took this as my mission as we are here inf ront of you that we are here to support that wants to see a change...and we are going to be part of it. ??? 22;44:20 some of you...two month anniversary since trayvon martin has passed away, and diligently ...assist to get this movement moving, and I wanted ot make sure that our voices were united...are heard thatw e can advocate...and we ahve someone here special who was my inspration daniel marie who inspired me to do something liek that here...doing all thypes of things mak...the when we come ...the change we so ...bought his ticket just two days ago how important this movement is maree 22:46;20 I just want to say what an honor..a.t the beginning of this who oever ina little month ago, so I posted a youtube video and wrote a blog...blossomed...so on behalf of the that came out in new york on march 21st that came out nationwide thanks to this lady righthere, I'd like to prevent this poster...terrence jay..my colleagues at mccann... crump 22:48:37 the history of it is amazing that the people made this happen it was young brothers like this that said I refuse to stay quiet...we were going to new york to do interviews...we were trying to get teh word out, if people just see the facts, we did today show, we did gma, we did anderson cooper than we were doing rev. sharpton's...keep watching politics nation, he was the first and he was amazing brothers and sisters, when we got on the plane leaving florida, we found out that from...hey i got this call, planned a million hoodie i said in new york..find time in your schedules to stop by...they were coming to union square, after we were taping this show, we were not prepared for the love that ny gave us that night 22;50;37 I've told this story...tracy and I we would be okay, emotionally spent...and she was having a little head cold, I read it because...it will be 100-200 people and hundreds of cameras...walking and tracy and I were so worried and what she said is the most profound thing...this whole trayvon martin, she was shakign she was nervous...I just want to thank you...trayvon martin, they are not just his son...he is all of our son...if it can happen to my son, and we all have to stand up for trayvon martin and the crown went crazy, and I"m so honored, for this imagination they started having rallies...I'm excited to tell you all his project ...in south france, it tells you the international scope of i am trayvon...give him a round of applause maree 22:53:27 I just want to fofer a few words, that lost loved ones 22:53:40 In south africa to clean the graves of their ancestors...by clearing the ...the spirit of the dead may be set free, the elders sing a song of remembrance, with mourning...they rejoicei n the resurrection and so today, I officer a similar requiem whom you honor with your strength, as a result of your strength... 22:54:37 I believeand profiling in this country, it's my firm belief to amplify our efforts with other global movements for justice, from occupy to the progressive movement in the arab world...syrians today and our hearts go out to them because at the end of the day these m ovements, by young people by a new set of tools in the millenial generation the way information flows in this world...secondly the common denominator...basic human dignity to this end the million hoodies...occupy wall street movement that will empower of police misconduct...like stop and frisk 22:56;05 if I had the time... 22:56:18 has been deployed to corruption...in my firm belief...and micro targeting...these hotspots... hall 22:57:25 the purpose of this foundation to prevent ..s.tand your ground...making sure that our social media tools when you woke up...the gossip we see...we briefly like to bring the key people sybrina and natalie jackson attorney for Trayvon Martins' family jackson 22:58:38 a wise man once said...evil cruetly..to trimphy that good men stand by, there is no doubt...confronted shot and killed this captain was armed not only with a nine millimeter, we are not here to talk about him...that mankind can do, the good that you can do...the good that 22:59:27 the main purpose fo this rally...which was born out of ...to remember the overwhelming good of society and how the good ness of society that small segment of evil. ti's my duty to tellyou about he first pillar is advocating of senseless crimes and their families...this foundation is for you too 23:00:13 tracy and sybrina...by this type of crime, the sad part is that a lot of people don't even know 23:00:45 this organization was designed instead of waiting for the sytem to change...and to show the world that go dis love...and love and hate Jasmine Moran??? 23;01:40 we are here tonight...to treat a person differently based on race, gender, nationality, most importantly we know in our hearts...to make prsumption because they are wearing a hoodie, we must hold our legal...because a law in the books is nothing unless its law in practice, something is wrong in our society ...on our media and state with ease...commiting crime that is profiling. it is an injustice that george zimmerman looked suspicious, but perhaps the greatest travesty..ont eh vitim ...and let the criminal walk free. 23:03:05 this ..soem fo us suffer from a social..and this social illness pull our purse whena person that doesn't look like us...it is the same mindset...to follow child that cause..that take the life..we must take responsibility and the next time that we reach for our purse strap of the color of sombodies skin....sabrina fulton...weap over the loss of their son, the tears in their eyes, the lens of our legal system in all of it's forms... 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