we found him working his barber chair in a no frills shop. >> we have three barbers in here.y to be here at all times. so we all have to know how to cut all kind of hair. >> as with any barber, it's important to keep the customers satisfied. that's especially true when your clients are inmates. >> you know, occasionally guys, they drop by and want to give you a little something if you give a good haircut, you know? want to give you a soup or something like that or a canned good or something like that. it's not a mandatory thing but they won't let you refuse them. you know what i'm saying? they won't let you refuse them. >> barber shops have been a favorite stop for "lockup" crews at prisons nationwide. >> any man that walks through the door can get a haircut and he'll get a good haircut. he might not get a whole lot of layers and feathers and all that, but he'll get a good haircut. >> we met willard lucas at indiana state prison. he had been working the same chair for 26 years. >> my special haircut is a taper haircut. and my other specialty before they took the razors away f

first up, "the barber of birmingham: foot soldier of the civil rights movement," the story of a barber and his journey through history. then, in conversation with lucy walker on her latest "the tsunami and the cherry blossom," a film which chronicles the japanese efforts to heal from last year's devastating earthquake and nuclear crisis. a look at to of this year's oscar-nominated documentaries, coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: robyn fryday is a first- time filmmaker who has been nominated for the first time, i am laughing, the first time for an academy award for her short subject documentary, "the barber of birmingham," telling the story of a world war two veteran and barbara, james armstrong, so here is a scene from "the barber of birmingham: foot soldier of the civil rights movement." >> i always grew

have you met the barber.n michael steele and anita hill on this question. have you met the barber. professor hill, in your new book, you talk about beauty shops as a space of political and social organizing. michael, during the break, you were telling me yes, i grew up in the barbershop. >> yes. the barbershop is where you got your education. you go there with your dad and you learned your manners, how to address the barber. yes, sir, no, sir. how to sit up straight. how to comport yourself. and as you got older, you integrated into the conversation from the neighborhood and everything as a nat a could tell you in the beauty shop is on the table. politics, love and marriage, men and women. all of it. it just -- listening to his grandson touch that legacy and be a part of that. i think it's very important culturally for african-americans especially not to lose that. there's something unique that happens there. for those of us who maybe don't get as much taken off the top as we used to, you still go and you sti

barber says the slower pace at which meals are consumed is healthier than our grab & go lifestyle. >> the slower you eat, the less you eat, because it takes probably about 20 minutes to 30 minutes for your stomach to realize that you're full. >> so let's talk about the take home message. we need to slowdown. we need to avoid foods that cause a rush in blood sugar like this doughnut and stick to stuff that takes longer to dye guest. here are three more things that research shows help with this process. what i've got here is vinegar, which you can mix with olive oil and that's the traditional dressing in mediterranean food and the vinegar helps people feel full longer. fish oil tablets. if you take this before a big meal, it helps stabilize fat and sure res in the bloodstream ahead of a big meal and even this little cinnamon, that helps too. >> everybody always giving the glazed doughnut a tough time. >> [laughter]. >>> tonight, we mark a milestone in space exploration. it was 50 years ago that john glenn became the first american to orbit the earth. glenn actually circled the globe thr

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. >>> former aide ron barber is running in the arizona special election to finish her term.ber was among those wounded in the shooting attack on giffords early last year in tucson. he says, giffords asked him to run in the special election. barber decided to seek a full term in november. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch," the green light for the stock act and greece strikes a deal for a bailout, but will it be enough? ashley morrison is here in new york with more on that. good morning, ashley. >>> good morning, betty. overnight markets in asia slid. the nikkei lost about a half percent, while the hang seng fell more than 1%. >>> another flat day on wall street after coming within 75 points of 13,000. the dow ended up just six points 11.her while the nasdaq gained - >>> the house of representatives overwhelmingly approved the stock act on thursday. legislation is aimed at making it illegal for members of congress from using inside information to make stock deals. the bill gained support after a report on "60 minutes" revealed how some lawmakers were enriching themselves by making t

all right well money out of capitalism mr barber dr barber please thank you so very much for joining us we hope to have you back on the program sometime soon thank you and. also ahead an r.t. from bad to worse the situation in syria is quickly deteriorating before you decide who are the heroes and who the villains are make sure you have both sides of the story all that up next.

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ron barber was there and wounded himself. ron barber joins me now. mr.arber, welcome. >> thank you very much for having me tonight. >> i love, i love the inspiration of this story. i love the fact that you just like gabby giffords fought back from this appalling day last january and ready to put service ahead of anything else you might want to do. tell me about this decision. why did you come to it? >> well, the decision really started when congresswoman giffords looked right at me and said, ron, will you run? i told her it was a decision i have to think a lot about, a lot of considerations. my family. my own well being in terms of doing this and whether it was right for the district. very hard to say know to krn giffords. i've never said no to her in my life working together five years. but i went away from the conversation and gave it considerable thought, finally i was able to say to her, congresswoman, i will do that. and i'll be proud to run for the seat that you have vacated. >> tell me about the injuries that you suffered on that awful day. >> wel

my barber wasn't aware of this particular rule. second, we have a rule requiring child care providers to smile [ laughter ] finally, and this shouldn't be surprising and i appreciate our leadership today, but the department of environmental quality has 28 separate requirements for outhouses. including the requirement that the seat not be left up [ laughter ] [ applause ] i don't know about you, but i have a higher authority at home. i don't need the state telling me that. [ applause ] it's going to be an interesting evening. now let's talk about 2012. 2012 will be a very different year from 2011. 2011 was focused on dramatic policy improvements over a broken model of the past. we set a bright course for the future. 2012 is about finishing that work. the work leftover from 2011. tackling a number of challenges and really making this year about good government. it's not about big government or small government. it's about good government. government doing the right things for the right reasons. let's fully implement what we already s

money and see all right well money out of capitalism mr barber dr barber please thank you so very much for joining us we hope to have you back on the program sometime soon thank you kraft all right well new developments out of iran today which has reportedly threatened to preempt the european union or oil embargo by cutting off its own fuel exports to the region now iran also proclaimed a major advances in its nuclear program an announcement that's not likely to sit well with the west which already suspects that program of being aimed at creating atomic weapons now the significance of these developments lies partly in the timing iran has reiterated its readiness to resume talks with major powers in order to discuss that controversial nuclear program but the message does seem to have been drowned out by the loud drumbeat of war at least aggressive aggressive talk out of israel now prime minister benjamin netanyahu has accused iran of destabilizing the globe alleging that tehran was behind the recent bombings in georgia india and thailand now iran and turns as that israel is waging a psy

she worked during the day as a manicurist in the barber shop, and at night she studied french. >> the businessmen who supported bessie's plan were hoping she could open the doors of aviation for the race, which wassite in line with her own -- which was right in line with her own plans to start a flight school for blacks. her family was concerned, to put it mildly. >> her mother thought she was crazy, that's what my grandmother told me. bessie is insane. it's so dangerous. plus, she's a female. who would want to take her serious? >> bessie hoped that someone on the other side of the atlantic would, so on november 20, 1920, she set sail from new york. abbott had already arranged for her lodging and enrollment. she didn't know there was yet another roadblock she would have to face down. >> well, the flying school she was enrolled at was about five miles away. she walked to that flying school with her registration in hand, so excited the day after she arrived in paris to get that license, only they turned her down. they had lost one student flier in an airplane accident and refused to tea

ron barber joins us now from tucson. how are you doing in your recovery.as well and it's taken a lot out of you. you had i believe two bullet wounds? >> yes, i was wounded twice. once in my face and the other in my leg. and it's been a long recovery but i have to say, in the last couple of months, i have made great progress over the last year, i have made great progress. but particularly in the last couple of months. i have more stamina and in fact, i am up to 100% stamina. my legs that a new brace, so i'm really feeling very fit and ready to run this campaign and hopefully be elected in june and serve out the rest of the congress woman's term. >> how did you reach the decision? did she approach you and ask you to run for the seat? was this difficult to think about taking her place in fwres if you were elected? >> i'm not a politician and never intended to run for congress. as the congress woman reached her decision, a lot of people approached me, republican ares and democrats and independents alike asked if i would consider running for the vacant seat and

democrat ron barber was redistricted director and like her he was injured during the gunman's rampage last year and tucson arizona. both her and her husband have personally endorsed barber to fill out the remainder of her term. . >> the education gap between the rich and poor americans is getting bigger. according to an analysis of several studies family income is a big factor in educational success. in one study researchers at stanford university found the gap in standardized test scores between rich and poor students has increased by 40% in the last 50 years. the fatal shooting of a marine sergeant in california is under investigation that story coming out next. >> and later a possible breakthrough in the treatment of alzheimer's. i like cancer drug may reverse the symptoms of the brain altering deceased. >> and we have some music for you coming up next... [music] [music] [singing] [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents: the cold truth. i have a cold. and i took nyquil but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] sorry buddy. truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. what?

i love my hair, i'm a barber, i love my hair. i lost that and i thought i lost my life. >> let me see your head. >> it's ashy. i ain't shaved. >> on top? >> i know you got the hookup on that. >> glass' job as a prison barber has allowed him to not only change the way other inmates look, but the way he sees them as well. robert burzee is one of his regulars. >> i sat right here in this chair and said -- >> no, the first time you asked me to cut your hair, i wasn't willing to cut your hair. i used to gay bash because i had a homophobia nature. i think everybody does when you're young because you think everybody wants you. and you don't want anybody coming at you like that. >> they call you bra-zee now. >> huh? i didn't get that e-mail. what are you talking about? bra-zee. like his last name. make kind of a joke out of it. which is kind of funny, you know. >> so you don't have a problem cutting gay guys' hair? >> as long as he respects who i am as a man, me being married and all, as long as you don't come at me with that stuff, he's

giffords and her husband endorsed barber today.l done on the democratic side in that district. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. at the start of president obama's re-election campaign, the journalist james fallows has written a piece on his presidency so far for "the atlantic" magazine. the story is entitled "obama explained." it addresses the question, is obama the master political chess player seeing ten moves ahead or is he a pawn in the game overwhelmed and out of his depth. big question. james fallows joins us now to answer. so what is the answer? >> the answer is he's becoming more of a master. one of the premises i start with is every president comes in flawed in various ways. you and i worked for jimmy carter. we recall that. but they all have limitations. nobody can do all the thing wells the job requires. the question is, do they get better. >> he says he's getting better. >> i argue he is. the way he handles the congress, more sophistication about the politics, more comfortable making economic arguments which were his

haley barber says he didn't know the man he paroled was charged with fatal dui.applied for a pardon a month before the dui arrest. barber and the parole board claim they were never told about the charges. the u.s. warning egypt to resolve disputes with pro dom see groups or lose another billion dollars in aid. they are set to deliver 1.3 billion this year. again gazzara died. best known for his role in the big lobowski had been battling cancer. he was 81 years old. >> mitt romney scored big in florida. he is expected to do well in nevada. new rules of this summer's nominating convention. candidates in second or third or even fourth don't have many reasons to drop out and a wealthy supporter can donate to a so-called super pack and single handedly keep a campaign afloat. is this a good thing? here for a fair and balanced debate cal thomas daily columnist kirsten powers. nice to see you both. good thing or not? >> the politicians have been tinkering with these rules and regulations since the co called mcgovern reforms of 1972 which followed the watergate scandal or

examples of competency licensing range all the way from barbers to attorneys and doctors.all of those--all three of those professions, every state has some form of competency exam. either in the case of a barber, it's a hands-on examination, as well as a written examination to the lawyer where it may be a three-day written examination, but the state is trying to assure the public that there is some level of competency for the people practicing in those particular occupations and professions. >> by contrast a revenue generating statute, although there may be skills involved, is primarily designed to regulate who is involved and to generate funds when people buy the license. a good example is a peddler's license. i mean obviously being a salesman is hard work. people that are good at sales are very good at sales, but nonetheless when they get their peddler's license the city, the state, the county, whatever, does not give them a test to see if they are qualified to be a salesman. they give them a form, the salesman fills it out, the salesman pays the fee and he's got his lic

run barber will be on the ballot -- ron barber. he was also injured in the deadly shooting last year. the gop campaign rolls into washington, d.c., today. >> kate amara has more. good morning. >> the candidates are coming here to d.c. today because that is where the conservatives are. three of the four republican candidates will be in washington, d.c., today at the annual conservative political action conference which attract activists from across the country. the white house hopefuls are looking for votes. >> we are looking for someone who can lead this country. >> rick santorum and newt gingrich tried to cast themselves as the conservative alternatives to mitt romney. he said ronnie's views are too close to president obama. >> it is part to draw in sharp contrast to someone who is an illinois radical. >> senator santorum and speaker gingrich are the very republicans who acted like democrats. they lose. >> he believes he will win the gop presidential nomination. ron paul decided to give his supporters daybreak. >> we made a decisi

. >>> gabby giffords' former aide rob barber will run in the special election to fill her arizona houseeat. barber, who was shot twice in the attack that nearly killed his boss, says he wants to continue her legacy of working across the aisle. the special election to complete giffords' term is scheduled for june 12th. it's not clear in barber wants i think there will be a lot of short-term consequences in terms of disappointment among young people and political consequences, as well. >> what have you seen in terms of political mobilization? young people came in higher levels than in 2008. >> if you've recently signed up for medicare or will soon, you're starting a whole new journey. and, like many people, you're probably wondering, where do i go from here? consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. call now for a free information kit and guide to medicare to get started. basically, medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. a medicare supplement insurance plan helps cover some of those e

in ohio, you can't get a license to be a barber if you're convicted of a felony.get a job at mcdonald's but actually getting a job at mcdonald's is no easy feat if you've been convicted of a felony. you can be barred from public housing based on an arrest record. people returning home from prison, their families risk eviction if they live in public housing if they allow their loved one to come home to them. just basic survival is extraordinarily difficult for millions of people who have been swept into the system through the war on drugs and the get tough movement, both of which have been concentrated in poor communities of color which, you know, would have benefited from a massive infusion of investment in education and economic investment in job creation but, instead, we spend a trillion dollars on a drug war and a prison building boom. >> you talked about checking a box on employment applications. i should give a shout out. naacp and others have been waging a campaign to get large employers to stop putting that box on applications because it acts as a very easy

it remains to be seen whether barber will run in the november election.ning is a democrat who has already announced he's running in that special election, arizona state representative matt hines. it's great to see you this morning. thanks for being here. >> sure, my pleasure, thomas. thanks for inviting me. >> if gabby giffords endorses barber, he would be the sentimental favorite but would that change your decision to run, and have you made your own appeal to congresswoman giffords to endorse you? >> if ron barber does indeed announce that he is interested in running for the special, i have already stated i would be happy to support him. he's a dear friend of mine, someone i respect tremendously and of course the congresswoman i respect tremendously as well so i would honor that and i would actually help him as much as i possibly could. and then i would, of course, change my own filings and my paperwork to run in the november election, the august/november election. >> so this is something you do have your sights set on no matter what, whether it be now o

giffords and her husband endorsed barber today. that district. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you love the taste of 2% milk. but think about your heart. 2% has over half the saturated fat of whole milk. want to cut back on fat and not compromise on taste? try smart balance fat free milk. it's what you'd expect from the folks at smart balance. try smart balance fat free milk. between taking insulin, testing my blood sugar. is this part of your life? freestyle lite test strips? why, are they any beep! wow, that hardly needs any blood! yeah. and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. so easy. freestyle lite needs just a third the blood of onetouch ultra. really? yep, which is great for people who use insulin and test a lot. max and i are gonna run out and get some right now. or you can call or click today and get strips and a meter free. test easy. take the privileged investing tools of wall street and make them simple, intuitive, and available to all. distill all that data. make information instinctual, vis

you can get your hair cut from a cool place called the public barber's salon. they use scissors only. you can find out about local geology, too. >> that sounds like fun. let's check it out. >> this is the most common rock on the surface of the earth. interesting thing is, most of this rock is covered over by the ocean. >> error congested a cool presentation on plate tectonics. tell us about what we just saw. >> we wrapped up a section of a lesson on a plate tectonics, here at the exploratory and -- exploritorium. >> are you excited to see people here having fun and learning about science? >> the people that come here are some selected to begin with, they actually enjoy science. i teach teachers to have fun with their kids. the general public is a great audience, too. they're interested in science. >> we have a blast every time. they have different names. >> they have a bar and a cafe. everything i need. we are excited for the speaker. >> it is nice to be in the exploratorium when there are not a lot of kids around. >> before tonight, i never knew there were maj

even if he wins it is not clear whether barber will seek a full term in the fall. to be a heck of a race. >>> three of the four republican presidential candidates are set to speak at today's gathering of conservative republicans in washington, d.c. they're trying to make the case to rally conservative support in the coming contest. joining me now on the phone is nbc's jamie novagrad. thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning. >> jon kyl who is in the senate leadership had a very interesting quote. he said it was quoted in politico, this is not exactly a mitt romney-mania right now. how can you tell me what is going on on the ground? is this mitt romney-mania gaining traction? is there going to be good reception to the former governor of massachusetts's message? >> well the reason that he probably said that is that there was a lot of red meat yesterday with the crowd that was -- that seemed please to hear some pretty sharp speeches particularly one from minority leader mitch mcconnell who launched several sharp arrows at president obama over all sorts of issues

stunning information on the controversial pardons of former governor haley barber as the mississippiing ready to rule on whether they were valid. >> the governor has the power to reach into prison and pull out a handful of people and pardon them. >> any governor for the next 100 years will hear about this case. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. alisyn: we want to show you new scenes of chaos on the streets of greece. striking workers are protesting a new wave of government austerity measures. police firing teargas at demonstrators who threw stones, and molotov cocktails. this was the start of a 48-shower strike against planned paycuts. they want to aissue arrest warrants for international lenders saying they have subverted. some of the