john louis said if it wasn't for freedom summer, barack obama wouldn't be in the whies how white house. 40 years from now our children are going to see a better criminal defense public defense system because of you. so our lawyers are changing the world. public defenders are changing the world everyday and you don't realize it because you are caught up in this wrath of injustice. part of it is supporting the public defenders to advocate with stories to try to get the resources that we need and to ultimately build a movement where the voices are too loud. you can't ignore the voices saying. remember what gideon said, this is a civil rights issue and we need to shame the country into stepping up to

john louis said if it wasn't for freedom summer, barack obama wouldn't be in the whies how white house. 40 years from now our children are going to see a better criminal defense public defense system because of you. so our lawyers are changing the world. public defenders are changing the world everyday and you don't realize it because you are caught up in this wrath of injustice. part of it is supporting the public defenders to advocate with stories to try to get the resources that we need and to ultimately build a movement where the voices are too loud. you can't ignore the voices saying. remember what gideon said, this is a civil rights issue and we need to shame the country into stepping up to the plate. >> if anyone wants to learn more about gideon's promise i have borrow brochure. the website is gideon's promise.org. >> can you tell us about your personal story ? >> my personal story came in 1991. i was convicted of second degree murder of shooting into an occupied car and attempted murder. it all erupted from the area i was from. i was from the projects in san francisco off the -

>> first, a book by my former colleague in the house, john louis. we came to congress together in 1987. he wrote the book "march," looking forward to reading it, what an incredible person i had the opportunity to serve with, his story inspirational to all, and looking forward to reading about his life and becoming more involved in making sure people know his story. >> let us know what you are reading this summer, tweet us @booktv, facebook, or e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> now joining us on booktv to preview the upcoming new book, best selling author, bill bryson, one summer america, 1927, the name of the book. why "1927"? >> i stumbled into it really. i was always fascinated by the fact that ruth hit 16 home runs and the atlantic in the same summer, the summer of 1927 so i had it in mind that that in itself made it an interesting summer, that two iconic events happened in exact parallel, and maybe it was interesting to do a dual biography of the two guys with the narrative arts meeting in the summer of 1927. that was the starting point. when i

so i'm sitting there having this conversation and telling friends there, oprah is there, john louis ishis eyes. he said i am one of the people that sat in at the counter at one of his hotels that he did not want to integrate. so here we are standing on the land that he used to own. the significance of that every morning. i get chills thinking about it. i wake up open the curtains and i realize the shift of what god has done you know for so many of us. for so many of us. >> you had endured child abuse. you then tried to go into -- you got the idea watching oprah of starting to write down things. tell us how this seed was planned. because i think oprah doesn't get a lot of credit for a lot of inspiring that she has done. >> listen if i hadn't seen that show. first of all, i saw this woman on television every day that looked like me my aunt or cousins. you know for the first time. she said it was cathartic, and i had barely graduated. i had to look up to see what it meant. so i started writing all the stories. i didn't want people to know i went through different things that i went throug

john louis alexander, thank you for your service to this country and thank you very much for joiningry. >> thank you. have a good day, steve. >> steve: you as well. all right. coming up, can eric holder force the department of veterans affair to give benefits to same sex couples? right back at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. made gluten-free cereals in a bunch of yummy flavors. like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex... we're in cereal heaven. so thanks. from the mcgregors, 'cause we love chex. so thanks. from the mcgregors, nascar is about excitement. but tracking all the action and hearing everything from our marketing partners, the media and millions of fans on social media can be a challenge. that's why we partnered with hp to build the new nascar fan and media engagement center. hp's technology helps us turn millions of tweets, posts and stories int

was a march over the edmond bridge that connected selma, alabama to montgomery, bamtionz, led by john louis and other courageous americans, many of you nodding your head, peaceful protesters wanted to show the world the importance of full inclusion in our democracy, and particularly, for african-americans who were locked out for nearly a century, began a march over the bridge and there we know that they were met by alabama state troopers who did violence to what was a peaceful protest. john's skull was literally fractured, and it moved this country to action just a few months later. lin don johnson, the then president, pushed through the voting rights act, and it became the culminating piece of federal legislation for the civil rights movement. the voting rights act went a very long way to remove so many barriers that for a century kept black folks out the political process. there's a core provision of the voting rights act which is section 5. section 5 applies to all or part of 15 states that had ha long history of discrimination in voting, and what section 5 did is required these jurisdic

john," which he wrote and directed. it will be a >> our coverage leading to the nfl coverage of the 49ers game in st. louis begins today at 4:00 p.m. and larry beale and mike shumann and jerry rice take over with our 49ers pre-game show. we are airing the nfl network coverage of the 49ers and rams gave at 5:00 and then larry and jerry and mike are here for the after game. before we leave you we want to tell you about a special clinic that helps abandoned stuffed animals fiend new homes. a woman in arizona calls the clinic the "urgent bear center," specializing in surgery like sewing new eyes on the bears and dressing them up. they get new homes with children and some have landed in art galleries. >> all of them leave with a prescription for daily hugs. >> cool stuff. see you in 25 minutes. we run errands. we run to the grocery store. in fact, the average american drives fewer than 29 miles a day. the 100% electric nissan leaf goes two-and-a-half times that on a single charge. it's a car. it just doesn't take gas. [ farrar ] so think about where you go in a day. do you really need gas to get there? [ male a

john reeves. >> we've been here for five weeks. we came up for the louisouitton finals and stayed on. >> reporter: not exactly the actual end. reeves and his family came from new zealand to watch the races leaving plenty of sightseeing on the end of their trip. through wind delays and unlikely oracle usa comeback, the racing sailed well past its scheduled ending date. >> we're committed to fly out tonight. regardless of what happens today, we're off. >> reporter: oracle's dramatic pair of victories today over new zealand means reeves will be back home in front of his own tv when the final race is held tomorrow. still, the longest race in america's cup history has had benefits for fans, bleacher seats on the marina green once going for over 100 bucks are now free. today, as the teams are racing up and down the bay, crews were already racing to take down the marina's racing village. >> what you see happening at moment is we started the process of removal of, let's say, some of the bleachers. >> reporter: the extended races have made sailing fans of hotel and

john eddington penned the heartfelt note to his newborn daughter peggy... during a war deployment that he would never return from. the letter was found 14- years ago... as a saint louis woman helped clean out the home of her husband's grandparents. the woman tracked down peggy eddington- smith...delivering the letter that was written all those years ago. that's all for fox45 news at 5:30. "family feud" is next. and we'll be back tonight for fox45 news at ten -- and the late edition at 11... we'll see you later. ♪ i woke up to a lightbulb ♪ every little thing is possible ♪ [ female announcer ] here's a fresh take on what to do with that chicken kraft fresh take kraft natural cheese on one side expertly blended spices and breadcrumbs on the other transforms your chicken in just 30 minutes ♪ love is a bright idea ♪ life is amazing ♪ with the love that i've found ♪ [ female announcer ] fresh take from kraft. every flavor is amazing. ♪ joey fatone: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: how you kids doing? thank you very much. how you folks? come on. hey, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm y

joining me by phone is california assembly member louis alejo, who wrote the bill just signed into law and in sacramento, john says the increase will hurt small businesses. good morning to you both. louis, i want to start with you. why do you think it was so important for california's minimum wage to go up to $10 an hour? that would be the highest minimum wage in the country. >> well, first of all, this bill was a compromise. having dealt with business groups and different voices of opposition, we got this bill in the best shape but this bill would put california at the highest minimum wage in the country when it gets to $10 an hour. i think that's reasonable. i think this bill gives the dignity and respect that our families have been asking for so they can provide for their own families with their own hard-earned wages. i think this is a big victory for over 2.4 million californians that will benefit from this increase in the minimum wage in california. >> this minimum wage is going to be phased in over a period of a couple years. to give small businesses a chance to adjust. will that help? >> actually, no.

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john morris of washington university in st. louisntion. his team is studying over 100 families worldwide with a rare genetic mutation that predisposes them to early onset alzheimer's. some of them are then given medications preemptively, before trouble really begins. >> never before have people who don't have the symptoms of alzheimer's disease been given medications. >> at the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota, another approach. dr. ronald peterson studies individuals with mild cognitive impairment, pre-alzheimer's condition where people lose some memory but can still function. patients undergo numerous tests, including sophisticated brain scans. >> the question we were asking, can we predict who is going to develop alzheimer's december. >> he wants to develop a risk prediction tool similar to heart disease and determine who is el visible for early intervention drugs. >> much like we treat hypertension these days with multiple different drugs, i think that at the end of the day in alzheimer's disease we may very well use a combina

john eddington penned the heartfelt note to his newborn daughter peggy... during a war deployment that he would never return from. the letter was found 14- years ago... as a saint louisdparents. the woman tracked down peggy eddington- smith...delivering the letter that was written all those years ago. coming up... discover your roots. find out how easy it is... to get to the bottom of your ancestry. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 5)) ((ad lib meteorologist)) ((ad lib meteorologist)) weather kid tease weather kid tease weather kid tease when you're driving... put down the cell phone. take the "no text zone" pledge. go to our website at foxbaltimore dot com to get started. everyone who takes the pledge also qualifies for monthly prizes. coming up... cook... with confidence. stratford university is here to walk us through a delicious new recipe... step-by- step. plus... new at 9... six thousand dollars found... along the side of a maryland road. how it ended up there... and how a good samaritan... tracked down the rightful owner. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 6)) ((bump in)) spend sin the k