>> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm lisa fletcher john seigenthaler is off. >> fatal mistake date day. >> on behalf of the united states government i offer deepest apoplogies to the families. to al qaeda operatives and an american aid worker killed in a drone strike. >> police protests. tensions rides in baltimore over the in-custody death of a black man. we talk to the city's former

police commissioner rare eruption - a volcano in chile comes to life trail blazer - ruby bridges paves the way. >> i think what protected me was the innocence of a child. the civil rights pioneer on her life-long fight for civil justice. first came the drone strike, then the apology. two high valued targets for the u.s. killed in the unmanned attack in pakistan in january. there were other casualties two hostages with the unintended guests information and the out come. jamie mcintyre with the latest.

>> the white house said the protocol was followed to a t but had unintended consequences of a tragic nature. a spokesman admits this raises questions about whether changes need to be made. >> the white house says there were two separate drone strikes in january targetting an al qaeda compound in pakistan along the border and one attack unknowingly killed two aid workers held captive. american lauren wine stephen and an italian -- wine stephen, and an italian. both working to improve the lives of pakistani people. president obama said he did not sign off on the strikes personally as commander in chief he offers his deepest apologies. >> i take full responsibility for all terroro operations including the one that took the lives. i regret what happened.

>> reporter: the white house admitted the strike raises objectives about protocols used for targeted killings and the near certainty of accuracy of intelligence. >> the first is near certainty si that this is an al qaeda compound. that was true. it was correct. the or near certainty was no civilians would be harmed if the operation was carried out. unfortunately, that was not correct. >> the u.s. says the two january strikes killed two al qaeda leaders, both americans. adam and ahmed. gidan grew up in california and converted to islam at age 17 was one the better known americans tied to al qaeda, after appearing in a number of videos. the two americans were not the targets. despite over 100 hours of surveillance some of it around the clock, all u.s. intelligence was able to say for sure was it bombed a suspected al qaeda

compound. that is a human rights advocate, they say, is a problem. >> it appears the united states literally in the two operations announced today did not know who it was killing. >> the president said he declassified details because americans have a right to know when a mistake takes the lives of u.s. citizens. >> i have directed a full review of what happened. we'll identify the lessons that can be learnt from this tragedy and changes that should be made. >> the white house says the tragic accident will not stop efforts to target and kill suspected terrorists and for now its secret drone programme will be largely in the shadows the white house says that any lessons learnt will be applied to future strikes and the president will do his utmost to make sure this incident is not repeated. that lisa however, is not certain, because these strikes

are based on intelligence and as one official said today, intelligence is not an exact signs. >> indeed it's not. the president has been criticized as one of the least transparent. what do you make of him calling for the declassification of the drone strike. >> first of all, they didn't declassify everything. they have not admitted it was a drone strict. u.s. officials confirmed that to al jazeera america the other thing is i don't think they had any choice. one american was killed and an italian. he had to talk to the family tell them what was going on. it meant that this was going to come out any, so the best thing is to put the information out and say that you are doing what you can to avoid a repeat. but it's going to be difficult to see how they can change the protocols to avoid this when they have to rely on the intelligence which is necessarily imperfect. >> jamie mcintyre at the

pentagon thanks. >> dr winestein was held prisoner for more than three years before he was killed. his family once hopeful is devastated by the news. lisa stark is in washington d.c. with more. >> in a statement tide winestein's wife said no words can do justice to the disappointment and heart break that we are going through. he said his al qaeda captors bear the primary blame for his death, but mrs. winestein had harsh words for the u.s. government. in its actions during her husband's 3.5 years in captivity. >> reporter: like rings on a tree the yellow ribbons on the maple at the winestein home marked time, more than three years in capt isty. long-time residents in rockville maryland are mourning the death of their neighbours. >> i wondered how he could be in

a place like pakistan. but he want to help those people it cost his live. >> he was a husband and father spending decades travelling the world as an aid worker. in 2004 he was contracting, helping small businesses. at age 70, days before he was to return to his family al qaeda kidnapped winestein from his home in lahore pakistan. >> he thrived on helping people. >> his wife and daughter spoke to me last summer frustrated by what they saw as lacklustre effort to win his release. whatever they need to do they need to do it quickly.

bring him home to us now. >> reporter: the family held on to hope. images showed a lively man. he suffered a heart condition and asthma. he appealed for help. >> now when i need my government to change i have been totally abandoned the state department told us it was trying to win his release. and president obama on thursday, and extending his condolences echoed that. >> we are doing everything we can to bring him home to his family. >> in a statement elaine thanked three members of congress and the fbi but added:

the president has asked for a review of how the government communicates with families of hostages. for this family though there is only grief. and memories of a loving man who devoted his life to helping others. >> in weinstein's neighbourhood, there were yellow ribbons up and down the street. i spoke to a neighbour, he said the homes are owned by muslims, christians and jews. they wanted the same thing - for a good man to come home. maryland's governor larry hogan is sending state troopers to baltimore to help with protests over the death of freddy gray a 25-year-old man that suffered a fatal spinal

cord injury. protesters gathered outside city hall and the spot where gray was arrested. commuters were warned to head home early for unpredictable conditions caused by the protest lemon ham is a former commissioner of the baltimore police department and joins us. baltimore is racially diverse, hor so than ferguson, missouri -- more so than ferguson, missouri. you were commissioner from 2004 to 2006. historically how contentious is the relationship between the people that live in the baltimore neighbourhoods and the police? >> normally the citizens in baltimore get along very well. of course we know that we have challenges in baltimore, we have some citizens who are challenged and we need to do better. but for the most part we are diverse in our city government.

we are diverse in the police department our fire departments, in terms of being racially and sexually diverse. so i think that we do good as far as the virtually is concerned. >> wednesday, the baltimore police union compared protesters to a lynch mob and they got a lot of heated push back on twitter and other areas online. there's a protest today and saturday. do you feel we are reaching a flashpoint in baltimore, like ferguson. >> earlier i was worried. as the evening wore on and i saw the performance of the police force, the leadership and the demonstrators, that gave me hope that may be we can survive and let people protest peacefully

and let themselves be heard, and get their word out. and not have the lawlessness that other communities have seen mr ham, one of the chief complaints and accelerates was the withholding of information. do you think the police in baltimore should release what they know to the public? >> i think that they should be releasing information to the family. my understanding is that they have released that information that they've had to the family. i think that the department should talk about to the public and press conference of sort the procedures that they are going through where they are right now. what are the bumps that they find right now. without compromising the investigation. i think that some information

should be released to the public. >> sometimes when information is released out of context, it can be indicting. i'm not suggesting that the baltimore "sun" took things out of context, but they reported the city paid out close to $6 million for alleging police wrongdoing. do you think the payouts create an unjustified perception of police brutality in baltimore? >> first of all, i have to believe that those fact were true. i have to believe that when this came out it was a signal to the department and city that we have to change what we do in the baltimore police department. i think it was good for the public to know and understand that. and i thing that as tragic as the death of freddy gray is, i think that this is going have a permanent change in the city of

baltimore, especially the police department former police commissioner leonard ham, thank you for joining us. now, the family of michael brown has filed a wrongful death suit. brown, an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a white missouri police officer last summer. his death struck nationwide igniting an ongoing debate about race and the use of force by the police. diane eastabrook is in chicago with more. >> the suit says officer darren wilson unjustifiably michael brown, and the city helped to cover up evidence. >> reporter: wearing sweatshirts bearing their son's image, michael brown stood with their attorneys, demanding accountability for their son's death. >> when is america going to exam the standard police narrative

when they kill unarmed youth of colour. >> reporter: the suit says the police officer unjustifiable shot brown when he raised his hands to surrender, and returned to the police station and destroyed evidence and interfering with the investigation. washed bloodstains off his hands and tampered with residue by destroying gun residue on his hand. the city says it failed to: >> the evidence has not changed. but the presentation of that evidence will. we expect to put on evidence that you have never heard about before. >> reporter: protesters marched in ferguson for weeks after brown's shooting claiming the press department is racially bias and unfairly targets blacks. a grand jury declined to indict brown for the shooting.

the u.s. justice department decided not to bring civil rights charges against the police officer, but found widespread racial bias in the police department and the noounize pal court. it led to the resignations of the police chief, judge and others. the d.o.j. reports will be critical in the civil suit as well. >> to use a fancy term you need to show official policy or custom. that's why the d.o.j.'s report on ferguson with numerous incidents reported by the department of justice, that are incorporated in the complaint, that is going to be very important by way of recovering anything. >> the brown family is seeking an unspecified amount for damages and legal fees. >> now, we talked to the city late this afternoon, and it said it has not read a copy of the lawsuit, and said it does not

comment on pending litigation. thank you, diane eastabrook darrell parks is a managing partner with parks&crunch and attorney for michael brown's family and joins us from tallahassee. there's a lower burden of proof for civil suits. what does the family have to do to win its case? >> two things. we have a wrongful death lawsuit based upon the preponderance of evidence in this case. we have a pattern and practice aspect of the lawsuit based upon the culture that existed within the ferguson police department over the years. the experts had it right, the lawsuit is almost parallel to many of the findings found by the department of justice, that a part of our lawsuit as well. we have a preponderance standard there within a civil case too. those are the things we'll have to prove in the case. also too as you heard from the

press conference we believe that focussing on a lot of the evidence that has not been made public has not been focused upon will lead to us prevailing in the case. we are moving forward. as us know this lawsuit is a first step. as both the city and his family start looking for the dispute that exists between them. so today began a long journey. >> speaking of the evidence in november the prosecutor uncharacteristically released all of the evidence that was presented to the grand jury, are you not going to rely on the same evidence? >> some of the evidence yes. however, i think that some of the things that were focused on by him doesn't go to the strength of our case. there's some forensic evidence that exists that has not been focussed on by him or the u.s. government. we should be there to focus on along with the cross-examination of officer darren wilson

certainly to many things that have not been totally uncovered. remember also, too in the two previous investigations these are prosecutors making decisions as to whether they believe they can prevail with criminal charges against darren wilson. that's not the standard or the world that we live in. we live in a different world that we plan on using a whole different strategy to move forward as relates to the civil aspect for the wrongful death of michael brown. >> okay. specifically, what prevented the grand jury from focussing on the key evidence that you are referring to. >> well you know i think in your question it's a good question. nothing stopped them. however, they are presented the evidence by the prosecutors in the case, and they presented the evidence in a manner that they wanted to. i think our presentation of the evidence will be different from how the evidence was presented to them.

>> it sounds to me like you are saying that they spun it one way and you'll spin it another. >> i'll give an example. are factors not facts. i'm a little confused with how it can come out a little differently. >> fact are not facts, especially when presented in a way as to not make you want to indict. you can take facts preventing them that shows a version of story i want you to see and fits the players' theory of the case. any defendant present the evidence in their way of the case. they may use the same facts, but based on your version and strategy we believe there's evidence. we did the private autopsy. we believe we showed the evidence from the private autopsy, that there are things that favours the plaintiff. now, i won't be specific about that. but there's aspects of the autopsy that are favourable for

us this we believe will make people really question this officer's judgment that he did not have to kill michael brown in the manner that he did. >> if the prosecutor had an ulterior motive. what would the d.o.j. and attorney general eric holder have to gain by ignoring some of the evidence. >> i think you are taking it out of context. the decision that they made as prosecutors are their decisions. i think that their decisions were based upon the fact of whether or not they believe they could get a conviction based on the evidence. that's a different strategy that prosecutors use. they don't base on whether or not a person should be charged or there's a probable cause. they say that we don't believe we would have been successful in a prosecution of darren wilson. now, that's their standard, the standard for a private civil

lawyer in america trying a case is not their standard. that standard is different. it's based on a prepond rans of evidence, not beyond a reasonable doubt. they are two totally different standard and ways to weigh evidence. >> darryl park family attorney for the browns. thank you for joining us. civil rights pioneer ruby bridges is speaking out on the michael brown draj di. in 1960 she broke the colour barrier. as a 6-year-old she received death threats and had to be escorted to and from school by federal masters, in an interview with john seigenthaler she says a different experience connects her to brown's family - the murder of her son. >> when i speak about ferguson again, you are speaking to a parent that lost a child to violence. by the happened of someone that looked exactlilike him. we are being divided. there is an us and a them.

but i think what is dividing us is good and evil. evil stood over my child and shot him. >> despite all she has seen and done ruby bridges believes there's hope for the future. more of john seigenthaler's interview with her coming up in the next half hour. >> next - we return to michigan's dirtiest zip code. and met a woman helping residents live with the polluted air they breathe. >> and the legacy of attorney general eric holder, where he succeeded and failed and what he left undone. >> images from chile's erupting volcano. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion.

we have been telling you about river rouge michigan the dirtiest zip code in the state

because of poor air quality. bisi onile-ere joins us from detroit. how is the dirty air taking its toll on the people that liver in river rouge? >> i can tell you complaints are growing among people that have asthma. there are residents that feel the state of michigan is not doing enough to enforce stricter emission rules. >> the coughing at night... >> elizabeth milton's work takes her all over metro detroit. >> if you hear the coughing at night, you should know something is going wrong. >> when she began doing this. she had 20 clients, now she serves nearly 300. >> we want to stop it in this zone. >> milton is an asthma educator. and her first stop is river rouge, an area with some of the highest asthma rates in michigan. >> sometimes are you tired or

pail. 12-year-old derek naggi has been suffering asthma since he was born. it's getting worse. >> just about every household has a form of asthma, if it's one child or adult. they are impacted by it. >> in the community short of doctors, milton's days are nonstop. she refers clients to specialists, and educates them on the latest medicine and life-saving technology. she worries about the impact the power plant. factories and refineries surrounding river rouge are having on clients. >> is this a link between the air quality and the plans, and the illnesses that you see? >> absolutely. the air quality, we know will affect and cause asthma. we know that. >> we reported on what many residents called michigan's dirtiest zipcode. cameras were rolling as hundreds

packed the town hall meeting. >> a lot of us are getting our lives cut short because we don't have a chance to breathe like normal people. >> reporter: five years ago sulphur dioxide levels were so high they violated standard. so2 can trigger attacks and cause breathing issues. the michigan department of environmental policy or mdeq says they have the problem in check. >> in an interview with the mdeq the spokesperson said that the air here is safe. >> is it everything it could be? maybe not. it's industry. it's an industry area. is it conforming to state and federal clean air laws? yes, it is. >> reporter: do you believe that? >> safe for home. who determines what is safe for us? someone that doesn't live here or care about the people here.

it's not safe for us if our asthma rates are continually increasing. >> i always cough every day. i wheeze like two times a week. >> what do you think is the cause? >> our air. the pollution in the air. something has to be wrong. >> why do you say that? >> the bad smells the stuff in the air. it has to be. >> the e.p.a. gave the mdeq until april 6th to submit a plan to reduce emissions. the state messed the deadline. >> the dangers posed to health by sulphur dioxide are worrying. >> stephanie is watching the developments. she's an attorney with the great lakes environmental law center. >> who should be accountable for making sure the air that people are breathing in south-west detroit is safe? >> they need to rely on the

agency in charge of enforcing the permits, and the permitted levels, and we should be able to trust them. we need our elected officials. we need our governmental regulatory agencies to do their job, to protect the health and our air. >> elizabeth milton is not alone in the fight for clean air. she and many of her clients hope a push for federal intervention will gain momentum. >> expected to submit a pollution reduction plan to the e.p.a. in the coming weeks. i had the opportunity to speak with someone with the detroit wayne health authority. they told me that the organization planned to reach out to some companies and engage in a conversation on how to better support public health. >> thank you. next - punishment or a slap on the rift. general david petreaus is sentenced for leaking classified information to his mistress.

>> thousands on the run in chile as a massive volcano erupts for a second day.

hi this is al jazeera america, i'm lisa fletcher john seigenthaler is off. secrets and lies. sentencing day for david petreaus. >> today david petreaus admitted that he improperly removed and retained classified information. why some say the retired general who leaked military secrets is getting off easy the inferno, thousands fully a volcano in chile. the terror and beauty as a sleeping giant wakes after decades. plus, life lessons. civil rights pioneer ruby bridges. >> we are being divided. there is an us and a them. but i think what is dividing us is glad and evil. >> her fight for equality and

fears about the future he was the highest profile u.s. germ in iraq and afghanistan -- general in iraq and afghanistan, a former c.i.a. director discussed once as a presidential candidate. today retired general david petreaus pleaded to two years probation, pleading guilty in march to leaking classified information to miss mistress. robert ray has more. >> good evening. general david petreaus is known to be one of the best military mind in u.s. history. now his legacy comes down to this - a former mistress and classified documents. >> reporter: what can you say about people that are disappointed. >> i'll have a statement after. >> reporter: he was calm and to the point. retired 4-star general david petreaus fought through a media crush on his way to sentencing in federal court. it's been more than a month

since he agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanour for turning over notebooks to mistress and biographer paula brode well. >> today david petreaus admitted that he improperly removed and retained classified information, and lying to the fbi and c.i.a. about his possession and happenedling of classified information. >> david petreaus could have been sentenced to a year in prison. prosecutors recommended two years probation, and a 40,000 fine. the judge increased the fine to $100,000, to in his word reflect the seriousness of the offense. he also said david petreaus committed a grave and uncharacteristic error in judgment. >> today marks the end of a 2.5 year ordeal resulting from mistakes that i made. as i did in the past i apologise to those closest to me and others.

including those with whom i was privileged to serve in government and the military. >> while general david petreaus will not go to prison. the obama administration pursued others accused of leaking secrets. david petreaus's steve steel is one arms expert steven kim would have taken in a heart beat. instead he's serve a 13 month sentence in maryland. kim's lawyer argued in a letter to the justice department: there are significant differences between the david petreaus and the kim cases. david petreaus's biographer had a security clearance, not at a high enough level and did not publishing any secrets. kim disclosed that north korea planned nuclear tests published

by a fox news reporter, and made the potential to tip off north korea that the u.s. had sources deep in north korea. both admitted to lying to the fbi, and what about others that have been punished and is this fair. >> we have people in exile who weren't as highly placed as david petreaus. i'm referring to edward snowden, and there's manning and, you know generally you are not supposed to leak secrets, and people are outraged because david petreaus was a highly placed well-regarded representative of our government overseas and here at home. >> david petreaus's former mistress lives in charlotte with her husband and two children. for the former general, he's advising president obama on i.s.i.l. and iraq. >> i now look forward to moving

on with the next phase of my life and continuing to serve our great nation as a private citizen. thank you very much now, the judge today, you know clearly upping the money to $100,000 from the original $40,000 that attorneys asked for in the plea deal. the judge making a point as he noted in the courtroom but the question is today, tonight, was that just a slap on the wrist. will that set a weak precedent moving forward for anyone that may have classified documents and share it with those that should not have the access? >> what are the guidelines for the probation? >> minimal. it's two years, he has to met with probation officers four times a year. he has all the access to travel anywhere he wants in the united states and internationally. the one caveat is if he's arrested or pulled over doing

drugs or anything like that he is in deep trouble again. fairly simple baut he is allowed to go where he would like he is a free man back with his wife tonight. >> loretta lynch has been confirmed as the next u.s. attorney-general. the senate approved her nomination today by 56-43. 10 republicans voted for lynch. she'll be the first african-american woman to hold the position and will be sworn in on monday. today's vote means attorney general eric holder will soon love the office. he announced plans to step down last september. randall pinkston has a look at his tenure. >> he's been a divisive attorney-general in our history. >> the best i have seen. >> reporter: supporters praised holder for taking strong

positions, refusing to defend the defensive marriage act, supporting same-sex marriage. opposing state efforts to impose voter i.d. laws. speaking against police practices, such as racial profiling. >> it undermines the public trust, making us not good at what we need to do. >> harvard law professor credits him with changing the government's approach to drug prosecutions. >> he insisted that the war on drugs was a smack that the government had the wrong approach and the men should be treated and given an assistance to rehabilitate them. >> holder launched investigations into police practices, and inserted himself into controversial cases alleges police abuse against african-americans. >> mr garner's death is one of several recent incidents across our great country to test the sense of trust that must exist

between law enforcement and the communities they are charged to serve and protect. >> but from the cato institute it was said that policies damaged race matters. >> he had one of the most race-conscious tenures, in terms of how he enforces voting rights laws, other civil rights. affirmative action. >> holder will be remembered for his poor relations with congress. >> stonewalling congress is a theme that comes you again and again. whether it comes up if "fast and furious" where he was held in contempt and referred to the federal prosecutors, he has stared congress to investigate further and not provided disclosure when requested. >> fast and furious was a department drug smuggling operation that holder admitted failed miserably. >> unfortunately we'll feel the

effects for years to come. guns that were lost continued to show up in crime scenes here and in mexico. when he refused to turn over documents. holder became the first cabinet officer to be held in contempt. two years later. this exchange with acongress reveals how much holder was stung. >> i rrld context is not a big deal to the attorney-general but it is important to have proper oversight. >> you don't want to go there.. >> i don't want to go there. >> no. >> about the context. >> you should not assume that that is not a big keel to me. i think it was appropriate. i think it was unjust. but never think it was not a big deal. >> i don't need lectures from you about contempt. >> another complaint while the

department of justice issued fines after the economic collapse. >> the justice department obtained a landmark solution with city group totalling $7 billion. reporter: he failed to go after the top predicted a negative legacy for attorney general eric holder. >> he has not brought the country together in the sense of the fair administration of justice and the rule of law. >> reporter: holder's defenders disagree. >> i think going forward he'll be viewed as someone that made an enormous difference and used his time as the attorney-general, to make things happen. >> on that point critics and supporters mite agree. if you haven't used it, you probably heard it. uber the mobile service app is valued at $40 billion, it's rolling into cities across the not everyone is rolling out the welcome mack.

michael oku has -- mat. michael oku has this report. >> reporter: sin city the strip is lined with invitations for gambling buns and girls. -- guns and girls. just about anything goes. one thing that does not a uber. it is not feeling the love from this silver state, where it has no permit to operate. there's a $400 million taxi turf war in vegas. uber wants in on the action. and briefly set up shop last october in nevada, before a judge ordered them to shut council. uber is used to getting its way, legal or not. it's rolled into 41 states and cities worldwide. arguing current laws don't apply to them. why. they say they are a technology company, not a transportation company. we try to find out what the difference is from the uber spoegs person. >> a common person on the street

asks what is the difference between a car company that gets requests from perspective consumers via telephone, and uber which essentially processes requests through picking up the cell phone. >> there's technology that licences the software to drivers, and connected for different - whether it be for a connection to, you know the strip from summerland or in some parts of country, connecting people to foot to delivery services. >> a poll by the los angeles review journal showed more than 60% of respondents would prefer to take uber in vegas. so far the taxi cartel has kept them out. >> we have about 1,000 vehicles. >> reporter: if jonathan swarts has his way, uber will not open up. >> uber is unsafe in our opinion. >> reporter: swarts owns three cab companies in vegas, about 20% of the market share.

>> uber likes to say that they are a technology company rather than a transportation company do you buy it? >> i don't buy it at all. they are a transportation company, and should abide by the same rules we do. they came into the state. >> the fight over uber moved from the strip to carson city, the capital. that's where two gills unleashed armies of lobby exists. taxi cab companies released 750,000 to various officials, and it may have paid off. the uber bill was killed this week. the company will have to wait two years to get another bill introduced. you can see more of michael's report on "america tonight" 10:00p.m. eastern 7

pacific. >> for 42 years, the calbuco volcano was dormant. now it's erupted not once but twice. >> reporter: chile's cal bucko vol cane owe erupted not one, but twice in the last 50 years. >> at the beginning it was small. later the cloud grew and there was a huge cloud over me. i got really scared. >> it was impressive to see an enormous cloud, with the immense volcano, and see the ash. at that point there was a lot of panic, chaos, traffic jams people going to supermarkets. everyone looking for water. the eruption forced officials to close local airports schools and clear 4,000 from the area. >> we'll increase the evacuation

from 10 to 20km and are asking anyone nearby to evacuate the area and take precautionary measures for safety. >> reporter: chile has dozens of volcanos, and calbuco is one of the most dangerous. in yemen, the saudi-led coalition carried out 20 air strikes. most on rebels fighting and loyal to the yemen government. on friday they said they'd end a campaign but later said they would continue as long as the rebels continue to attack protests in brussels outside an emergency e.u. meeting. demantors carried covins to symbolize hundreds of people who died trying to make the journey. officials tripled the budget for the border patrol vowing to identify capture and destroy

vessels used by human muglers. the u.k. general assembly and france committing to sending ships. south africans are confronting a wave of violence against foreigners. antonio mora is here with more on that. >> attacks on immigrants to south africa killed seven, leaving 5,000 homeless since they started three weeks ago. many demonstrated their anger. 30,000, citizens and immigrants came to march against zenno phobia. >> it is knob that all south africans are xenophobic. we told them that it is not good for the image, let us come together. let us march together. >> coming up in the next hour. we tell you what is behind the attacks, and where to look for the south african government and what they are trying to do about them next, john seigenthaler speaks to ruby bridges on her

pivotal role in the civil rights movement. movement.

is the six years old ruby bridges became on unlikely trailblazers. she was one of the first black students at an all-white school in the south. john seigenthaler sat with the icon reflecting on the prejudice she faced during that time. >> reporter: ruby bridges first steps into the elementary school in new orleans were met with chants of hatred and prejudice. what do you remember hearing sh. >> i remember theme saying two, four, six, eight, we don't want to integrate - over and over again. and i really didn't know what integrate meant. i was only six. i remember going home, and my sister and i jumping wrote to 2

4, 6, 8, we don't want to integrate, because it rhymed. that's all we knew. i remember that chant. it lived with me. >> it was 1960. she was the youngest black student in an all-white public school in the south. she was just six years old. >> i have seen the picture so many times, and think of the little girl the innocence of a little girl on the first day of school which should be pure and wonderful. and what you were subject to. but in many ways your parents protected you from that. >> absolutely. i think, you know we today, we want to rationalize it and make it make sense the truth is none of our six-year-old kids would

understand it unless you sat and explained them. >> reporter: bridges was the first black student after a ruling brown and education. which called for the desegregation. >> i think what protected me was the officials of a child. >> officials couldn't find anyone that would teach the black student. they brought in a teacher from boston. >> it's a picture of your teacher. >> yes, barbara. she came from boston to teach me because teachers quit their jobs. they didn't want to teach black kids. she was amazing. she made school fun. she didn't care what i looked like. >> did she talk about her feelings or concern? >> no. she just taught you. >> she tried hard to keep my mind off the screaming and

shouting outside the window. >> why were you in an empty classroom? >> why was i? the first day, maybe, everyone was absent. but every day - i didn't see them on the playgrounds. i wasn't allowed go to the cafeteria. >> you weren't allowed? >> no i could smell the food cooking. i remember that the kids met in the cafeteria at my old school. for a long time i thought the kids are in the cafeteria, i can't go because they are threatening to poison me or harm me and screamed that outside. so the marshals instructed my parents prepare my lunch and eat it at my desk. >> her parents knew that her integration was crucial to the civil rights movement. it came with consequences. threats to your family. >> threats to my family. my father lost his job, and my

grandparents forced off of their farm in mississippi, because they found out it was their grandchild in new orleans going to school. >> did you have the police protection at your home. >> federal marshals blocked off the street. you had to live on the street to get on to it. you had to show identification and they had lots of bomb threats, had to change their number. >> when did you realise that there were people who hated black people. there were people who wanted to do you harm because of what you did, going to the school? >> i realised that when i started to hear voices of kids and i was constantly searching and looking for the kids the whole year. i thought my teacher was ignoring me because i would mention it to her, and she never said anything. i since found out that she was going to the principal and

saying that you are breaking the law, the law has not changed, and kids can be together. but you are keeping them from ruby if you don't allow them to come together i'll report you to the superintendent. so that forced them to allow mrs. henry to take me to where the kids were. when i went there they were four or five kids. not many. sitting playing. i was excited. when you are six, the most important thing was friends. i didn't care what they looked like. i wept in and sat to play with them and a little boy said i can't play with you. my mum said not to play with you because you're a nigger. that's when i realised that's what this is all about, it's about me. >> race. >> yes, black and white, colour of my skin tomorrow more of john's conversation with ruby bridges on what she things about race

relations, ferguson and president obama. that's the news for that hour. thanks for watching. news continues next with antonio mora. ntonio mora.

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