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she has another message, too emilia boynton. and that is why she went to sheriff clark's funeral in 2007. it's a message of hope and change even though there's a lot still to be done around here. but that bridge symbolizes the link between then and now. charlie? >> bill incredible reporting. it just reminds us on our own history and the challenges that we have. >> oh emilia boynton. i could watch an hour of an interview with her. and, bill i've told you this before. i've e-mailed you. i know all of your work there. it's online on cbs.com. there's a beautiful "60 minutes" overtime that i absolutely love. you have all your notes and scripts from back then. it's just fabulous. >> i saved that all. and speaking of emilia boynton, we've got to put her online. you can see more of her. >> i'll be watching it. thank you. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> 50 years after bill first reported from selma, he's going to mark the occasion with an interview with president obama. you can see part of their conversation saturday on the "cbs evening new
she has another message, too emilia boynton. and that is why she went to sheriff clark's funeral in 2007. it's a message of hope and change even though there's a lot still to be done around here. but that bridge symbolizes the link between then and now. charlie? >> bill incredible reporting. it just reminds us on our own history and the challenges that we have. >> oh emilia boynton. i could watch an hour of an interview with her. and, bill i've told you this before. i've e-mailed...
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family they marched arm in arm with john lewis and 103-year-old emilia boynton, and the cbs news poll782% americans think race relations in america are generally good. only 32% blacks think they do. >> we've made great progress and the country is undeniably better off for it. but what's also true is that we've got more work to do. >> reporter: in his speech at selma, the president said the voting rights act had been weakened by a supreme courts decision which removed some of its requirements and he urged the more than 90 members of cob congress who were here to go home and restore and broaden its protections. gayle. >> all right, bill plante. i watched the coverage all weekend. as was reported george and laura bush were there walk hand in happened. >> but this makes it more true what we're hearing in oklahoma. >> yes. on this very day. it is now 7:19. >>> ahead, will apple convince you do strap a compute own >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by toyota. let's go places. >>> a death on a movie shoot leads to a rare criminal case in hollywood. >> parents fight for just
family they marched arm in arm with john lewis and 103-year-old emilia boynton, and the cbs news poll782% americans think race relations in america are generally good. only 32% blacks think they do. >> we've made great progress and the country is undeniably better off for it. but what's also true is that we've got more work to do. >> reporter: in his speech at selma, the president said the voting rights act had been weakened by a supreme courts decision which removed some of its...
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. >> reporter: emilia boynton said now it's time for new generations to take up the fight. >> have things gotten better? >> as i have told so many people who have approached me about what we did, i then would say we would appreciate what you've done we're standing on your shoulders, and my curse word was get the heck off of our shoulders and get to work. >> reporter: she's still got the spirit. today look for the president to talk about voting rights, to urge congress to right new protections now that the supreme court has freed states from getting federal approval for election changes. anthony, vinita? >> i love that bill. get the heck off of my shoulders and get to work. i understand you're sitting down with president obama later today, bill. what are you going to ask him? >> reporter: we have a chance to chat with him certainly about race. he hasn't talked much about race as president. he did a little bit before he got elected but he's referred to stay away from it. so this is an obvious opportunity to do that. we also want to ask him about hillary clinton's e-mailse-mails, for example
. >> reporter: emilia boynton said now it's time for new generations to take up the fight. >> have things gotten better? >> as i have told so many people who have approached me about what we did, i then would say we would appreciate what you've done we're standing on your shoulders, and my curse word was get the heck off of our shoulders and get to work. >> reporter: she's still got the spirit. today look for the president to talk about voting rights, to urge congress to...
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then we had people whose names -- emilia boynton. you may not have heard of her, but she was the woman in the wheelchair next to the president last weekend. and so many others who are martyrs in that movement. and what that movement was about was ordinary people doing extraordinary things. ordinary people who had a bold vision of an inclusive america that works for everybody. an america in which we feel the full team. everybody is treated with dignity. everybody has an opportunity to punch their ticket to the middle class. discrimination is a thing of the past. and so i was inspired last weekend to continue to make sure that we put in place that vision of america. and what that vision is about is a movement and then extraordinary individuals. and every issue i work on you need that combination of the movement and extraordinary individuals. and that's no different for any issue that i've been involved in. and you are part of that movement for consumer rights. because you know, i look at the pillars of vital families and vital communit
then we had people whose names -- emilia boynton. you may not have heard of her, but she was the woman in the wheelchair next to the president last weekend. and so many others who are martyrs in that movement. and what that movement was about was ordinary people doing extraordinary things. ordinary people who had a bold vision of an inclusive america that works for everybody. an america in which we feel the full team. everybody is treated with dignity. everybody has an opportunity to punch...