so i stepped it up a little bit to try to get there. >> brinkley turns into the mall parking lot andflames engulfing the vehicle. >> when i arrived, the fire was over the whole back half of the vehicle. i knew there wasn't much time left if there was somebody in there just because the car was roaring. >> as brinkley arrives, he gets a request on the radio. >> need your camera on the car if i can get some video of the car burning before the fire department gets there. >> one of our arson investigatored said, hey, can you get video of that for me just so they can watch the burn pattern of the fire of the car, for the investigation that probably was going to follow. >> brinkley angles his car to capture the fire on his video and jumps into rescue mode. smoke fills the vehicle and the officer can't see inside. >> i just had to break out the windows in order to have visibility into the car. i couldn't see into it. i couldn't tell if anybody was in it or not. >> i think there might be. it looks like there was a crash. i got a window out of it but i can't get the smoke out. >> as brinkley p

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abc news reporter leslie leslie brinkley is live with the story. it is not exactly publisher's clearinghouse turning up on your doorstep. >> that's right. let me outline this for you to get a scope of what they are zeroing in on. this is a building that is basica apartmenn apartment floating above an open garage area and not size lickly retro -- seismically retrofitted. >> we need to act now. >> city officials and activists all joined forces. they walked into the nearby neighborhood hit the buzzers and knock on doors. >> it is susceptible incollaps. >> berkeley launched phase one of an ordinance requiring landlords to post signs like this one. kdown on the seismicpposed to retrofitting. but a lack of fund and staffing stopped the plan. they found some residents are quite trusting. >> i felt these days are buildings are earthquake safe, but now that i know that it is not. >> did you know this building is to the earthquake safe? >> i did. >> and you moved in anyway? >> my sons chose it and i was convinced. i do understand my safety is in jeopardy. >>

leslie brinkley is live in san jose where catholics attended a joyous service in honor of pope francis this evening. >> reporter: it is quiet right now, it is symbolic of a changing catholic church. the bells were ringing and people were singing here at the san jose church to celebrate the first latin american pope. it is something they have waited 20 centuries for. >> i think that this particular pope would have deeper sympathies and understanding of what it it is to be a child of an immigrant and hopefully our own children of immigrants can relate. >> the 1.2 billion catholics are from latin america. the faithful cried and prayed across argentina for the new pope francis who they knew as jorge, bergoglio, the archbishop of buenos aires. >> i spoke to my relatives and they are emotional and happy and pleased. they say he is a very, very inteligent man. he is not easy to manage. he is a person of principal. >> members of the argentine club of san jose toasted their new pope. >> i have a wait and see attitude toward this pope because he has a reputation for being an ultra conservative.

abc news reporter leslie leslie brinkley is live with the story. it is not exactly publisher's clearinghouse turning up on your doorstep. >> that's right. let me outline this for you to get a scope of what they are zeroing in on. this is a building that is basically an apartment floating above an open garage area and not size lickly retro -- seismically retrofitted. >> we need to act now. >> city officials and activists all joined forces. they walked into the nearby neighborhoods to hit the buzzers and knock on doors. >> it is susceptible to collapse in an earthquake. >> berkeley launched phase one of an ordinance requiring landlords to post signs like this one. by 2007 they were supposed to crackdown on the seismic retrofitting. but a lack of fund and staffing stopped the plan. they found some residents are quite trusting. >> i felt these days are buildings are earthquake safe, but now that i know that it is not. >> did you know this building is to the earthquake safe? >> i did. >> and you moved in anyway? >> my sons chose it and i was convinced.

leslie brinkley is live at hp pavilion where tomorrow's memorial will be held. >> tomorrow at noon, thousands are going to fill hp paw vol yen and perhaps to capacity of 18,000 to honor two officers who died in the line of duty. these flag-draped caskets were made available for those who wanted to pay their final respects to sergeant bush baker and officer elizabeth butler. both were gunned down on february 2 sickth as they will toed -- february 26th as they followed leads in an abuse case. >> this is the first time here that our local officers are and it is a terrible thing. >> i am here to pay my respects. i think due to santa cruz county, it is a good thing that people will come down and support the police officers. >> it is a big loss for our community and i am just -- everywhere i go i can just feel the sense of sadness. we need to get our community back. >> hundred brought flowers or signed the book of condolence in lieu of following the procession to san jose on thursday. local venues could not uh accommodate. all of the personnel paying tribute to the slain officers. governor jerry br

leslie brinkley is live in san jose where catholics attended a joyous service in honor of pope francisevening. >> reporter: it is quiet right now, it is symbolic of a changing catholic church. the bells were ringing and people were singing here at the san jose church to celebrate the first latin american pope. it is something they have waited 20 centuries for. >> i think that this particular pope would have deeper sympathies and understanding of what it it is to be a child of an immigrant and hopefully our own children of immigrants can relate. >> the 1.2 billion catholics are from latin america. the faithful cried and prayed across argentina for the new pope francis who they knew as jorge, bergoglio, the archbishop of buenos aires. >> i spoke to my relatives and they are emotional and happy and pleased. they say he is a very, very inteligent man. he is not easy to manage. he is a person of principal. >> members of the argentine club of san jose toasted their new pope. >> i have a wait and see attitude toward this pope because he has a reputation for being an ultra conservative. an ult

abc news reporter leslie leslie brinkley is live with the story. not exactly publisher's clearinghouse turning up on your doorstep. >> that's right. let me outline this for you to get a scope of what they are zeroing in on. this is a building that is basically an apartment floating above an open garage area and not size lickly retro -- seismically retrofitted. >> we need to act now. >> city officials and activists all joined forces. they walked into the nearby neighborhoods to hit the buzzers and knock on doors. >> it is susceptible to collapse in an earthquake. >> berkeley launched phase one of an ordinance requiring landlords to post signs like this one. by 2007 they were supposed to crackdown on the seismic retrofitting. but a lack of fund and staffing stopped the plan. they found some residents are quite trusting. >> i felt these days are buildings are earthquake safe, but now that i know that it is not. >> did you know this building is to the earthquake safe? >> i did. >> and you moved in anyway? >> my sons chose it and i was convinced. i do u

leslie brinkley is live in san jose where catholics attended a joyous service in honor of pope francis this evening. >> reporter: it is quiet right now, it is symbolic of a changing catholic church. the bells were ringing and people were singing here at the san jose church to celebrate the first latin american pope. it is something they have waited 20 centuries for. >> i think that this particular pope would have deeper sympathies and understanding of what it it is to be a child of an immigrant and hopefully our own children of immigrants can relate. >> the 1.2 billion catholics are from latin america. the faithful cried and prayed across argentina for the new pope francis who they knew as jorge, bergoglio, the archbishop of buenos aires. >> i spoke to my relatives and they are emotional and happy and pleased. they say he is a very, very inteligent man. he is not easy to manage. he is a person of principal. >> members of the argentine club of san jose toasted their new pope. >> i have a wait and see attitude toward this pope because he has a reputation for being an ultra conservative.

have to because of the rebels fighting on the gravity jacketed of the the interim prime minister brinkley and they hardly accepted the coalition. so we don't really need to guess here not the case they have absolutely no going for them himself today he was flirting with extremists he was saying that these are people with a weak conscience and they were the lead if you want to watch the killing without being in it without coming and interfering and he's talking about nancy and people who are coming to fight and i think extremists coming from outside the country to fight the syrian people and this is this is what the person who is supposedly are presenting to syrian people saying which is. just too late have a syrian man to turn to a large majority of the syrian people so what is the prediction for the future will sad hold on or now with this pressure although you say it's not extra pressure from the arab league from the gulf states saying that we're going to provide more weapons do you see this conflict going on at all and yet more and more deaths. well yes we we we are looking at forms of

leslie brinkley is live at hp pavilion where tomorrow's memorial will be held. >> tomorrow at noon, thousandsre going to fill hp paw vol yen and perhaps to capacity of 18,000 to honor two officers who died in the line of duty. these flag-draped caskets were made available for those who wanted to pay their final respects to sergeant bush baker and officer elizabeth butler. both were gunned down on february 2 sickth as they will toed -- february 26th as they followed leads in an abuse case. >> this is the first time here that our local officers are and it is a terrible thing. >> i am here to pay my respects. i think due t county, it is a good thing that people will come down and support the police officers. >> it is a big loss for our community and i am just -- everywhere i go i can just feel the sense of sadness. we need to get our community back. >> hundred brought flowers or signed the book of condolence in lieu of following the procession to san jose on thursday. local venues could not uh accommodate. all of the personnel paying tribute to the slain officers. governor jerry brown will atten

leslie brinkley is live at hp pavilion where tomorrow's memorial will be held.row at no >> tomorrow at noon, thousands are going to fill hp paw vol yen and perhaps to capacity of1o 18,000 to honor two officers who died in the line of duty. these flag-draped caskets were made available for those who wanted to pay their final respects to sergeant bush baker and officer elizabeth butler. both were gunned down on february 2 sickth as they will toed -- february 26th as they followed leads in an abuse case. >> this is the first time here that our local officers are and it is a terrible thing. >> i am here to pay my respects. i think due to santa cruz county, it is a good thing that people will come down and support the police officers. >> it is a big loss for our community and i am just -- everywhere i go i can just feel the sense of sadness. we need to get our community back. >> hundred brought flowers or signed the book of condolence in lieu of following the procession to san jose on thursday. local venues could not uh accommodate. all of the personnel paying tribute to the slain officers.

i want to turn to doug brinkley, presidential historian.ou went to see hugo chavez in 2008 with christopher hitchens and sean penn. what was your take on him as a world leader? he was there 14 years on and off. how do you think history will judge him? >> well, he's a classic cadillo of latin america, a strongman, who was infat baited with che guevara and fidel castro. they would go visit castro all the time and write a regular letter that would be messengered. some day there will be these castro/chavez letters. he had a love/hate with the unite. sean penn and danny glover were his friends. couldn't understand the u.s. government. thought the cia was behind all the mischief in the world and was very prone to conspiracy theories such as the apollo missions were a fraud and done in a hollywood backlot. baseball was a big deal with him. the cincinnati reds baseball team was his team and because his really good friend was dave enconcepcion. >> he made a statement but i preferred his tweets. he said hated by the entrenched classes hugo chavez wil

. >> the historian douglas brinkley has written of the delay between claudette colvin, her act, and rosark's arrest, about dr. martin luther king to emerge as a leader. he most likely would not have fled the bus boycott if it had occurred in the spring after claudette colvin's arrest instead of the following winter but he writes, he might have ended up as just another preacher. we will hear what king has to say after the break. we are joined by a woman who made history, claudette colvin, is with us. ♪ [music break] singing "claudette colvin." this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. to dr. martin luther king, jr. speaking december 1955, just days after rosa parks was arrested. the african-american community had gathered to decide whether to begin what became the famous montgomery bus boycott and the young pastor called the decision to a vote. >> it has been moved and seconded the resolution will be received and adopted. are you ready for the question that, all in favor, but it been known by standing on your feet. that was t

better representation of minorities and women on shows like "nightline" and "this week" with david brinkley it was at the time, it was all white guys. every sunday when martin luther king birthday's came along they would get some black guests to talk about it. i remember they used the congressman from california who was head of the house armed services committee. but they wouldn't talk to him. they wouldn't book him when they were talking about arms. they booked him when they were talking about martin luther king. >> right. >> so, we came up with a list of experts that were asian and hispanic and black and female that could be used in these expert roles without the same usual suspects. >> that's a good point. we're going to get a break right now. a reminder that we're standing by for a news conference in texas about the shooting death of mike mclelenland and his wif cynthia. >>> when we come back, latest plot twists in the soap opera known as "today" show. [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4

this annual charlottesville, virginia, event features douglas brinkley and congressman john lewis. also that weekend it's the 26th annual tennessee williams new orleans literary festival in louisiana. it'll feature its third annual poetry contest, live one-act plays and highlight presentations by authors william j. smith and patricia brady. florida will host the venice book fair and writers' festival during the first weekend in april. it'll feature author presentations and readings in the historic venice theater. please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area, and we'll be happy to add them to our list. post them to our wall at facebook.com/booktv, or e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> we have allowed a human rights nightmare to occur on our watch. in the years since dr. king's death, a vast new system of racial and social control has emerged from the ashes of slavery and jim crow. a system of mass incarceration that no doubt has dr. king turning in his grave today. the mass incarceration of poor people of color in the united states is tantamount to a new caste-like

>> douglas brinkley, the presidential his store general, his tore general is joining us on the phone. christopher hitchens and sean penn. what was he like? >> i spent quite a bit of time with him. he was very charismatic and quite sunny. i was surprised about that and he also had a great love for christ. chavez was not an atheist. his jesus was a radical jesus who helped the poor. he is loved by the poorer people in venezuela. i got concerned about his intellect. it was one thing to not like the monroe doctrine and it was another thing to think he was the ghost of simone boulevard and he told me that americans went to the moon, that that was staged in hollywood. he seemed to me to even question 9/11 and the towers being hit. so acai came across where he wa very charismatic and he was anti-american and too much of a conspiratorial bent for me to admire. >> when you say that he was raising money about 9/11 and the destruction of the world trade center by the planes, was he saying that was some sort of a conspiracy made up by the u.s.? is that what he believed? >> yes. and and somehow --

even before huntley/brinkley back from john cameron swayze days as the anchor of nbc news.e of breakthroughs, sadat and decision to sign a peace treaty probably the one -- to peace. my feeling is at some point, i almost think an american secretary of state or even a president should say, look. you have my number. 456-1414. if you got a serious plan, i'd like to help but i'm not going to put the united states once again in the middle of a deal where two folks think that god gave them the same piece of land. >> that is what is so fascinating. >> alex, we have a debate inside our country where george w. bush was going in in 2001, if they want peace, give me a call. i'll do whatever it takes. dr. brzezinski saying the past year there will be no peace unless the united states gets in the middle of it, grabs both sides and forces them to the table. >> but you look at the polling on it. two-thirds of the country thinks that peace process should be left to the guys involved in it which is israel and palestine. i think it's also worth noting, joe, this is the tenth anniversary of us

he was on with brinkley and cokie. >> dr.ezinski. >> that would have been fun to watch. >> call him. >> i actually would have watched that. >> call him. >> wow. okay. >> what was that about? >> i don't know. i think that about says it all. and you just sit right there. good morning, everyone. it's monday, march 4th. i'm a little angry about that. >> please, i think -- listen -- >> my author friend is back. >> we need to share. share with the table. >> i don't share. >> what are you angry about? >> loaded question. >> are you serious? right now? >> what particularly are you angry about when it comes to george stephanopoulos having dennis rodman on "this week"? >> i think that you just said it right there. that coupling probably is not what you expect to see on a sunday show, nor do you need to see. nor do you need to give attention to someone who clearly brings nothing to the table. >> except some cash, obviously. that north korea gave him, right? he didn't go over there for -- you know, the beaches. >> no, he didn't. with us

brinkley in the hallway, who is one of the leading researchers from baylor university in my congressional region, if you will. i consider representation, because it is a massive institution and he brought with him two of his researchers. in fact, my headline in one of my papers was the standstill work of one of our important researches because of the sequester and this budget. all of that points to women who are most vulnerable as it relates to the need of research in chronic illnesses. let me talk about medicare and medicaid that's drastically cut and reordered under the ryan budget. i'm really saddened about the misinformation that comes in terms of its help goes to those who are fat cats. let me share numbers with you. many of these are women. women live longer so the needs that they have for medicare and social security may be extended. and may i take something out of our vocabulary, though it is in the dictionary. medicare and social security are earned. i don't know where we got the word entitlement. entitlement suggests you're entitleded with no basis of responsibility. but they ea

this annual charlottesville event features authors including douglas brinkley and congressman john lewis. also this weekend the 26th annual tennessee williams new orleans literary festival in louisiana. the festival will feature its third annual poetry contest, live one-act plays and highlight presentations by authors william j. smith and patricia brady. florida will host the venice book fair and writers' festival during the first weekend in april. the festival will feature author presentations and readings in the historic venice theater. the 11th annual annapolis book festival will be held at the key school in annapolis, maryland, on april 13th. authors gary crist and hannah rosen are all scheduled to present books. on april 20th, montgomery, alaska, will host the eight -- alabama, will host the eighth annual alabama book festival. the event features a children's education area and has about 45 authors and poets' presentations scheduled. that same weekend booktv will be live from the los angeles times festival of books. checkbook tv.org for updates on our live

this annual event features several authors including douglas brinkley, and john lewis.t is also the new orleans literary festival that we will feature, it features presentations by william smith and patricia brady. florida will host the venice book festival in april. it will feature author presentations and readings in the historic theater in venice. the annapolis festival will be held in annapolis maryland on april 13. jake tapper and hannah rosen are all scheduled to present books. then montgomery will host their book festival. forty vendors of exhibitors of children's education and about 45 authors and put presentations. booktv will be live and check booktv.org for updates and a light schedule. please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area, we will be happy to add them to our to our list. post them to her while facebook.com/booktv. we can e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> for the next several hours, booktv is five from the 2013 tucson festival of books on the campus of the university of arizona. we joined in progress a discussion with author timothy