joe lewis, jackie robinson, wilma rudolph. were achievements reflection of what all black americans wanted, right? they were symbols of integration. mohammed ali, he is the symbol, the embodiment of the black power movement. when he succeeds, the movement succeeds. historically speaking, this is the power of the black athlete, that what they do seems to have so much more significance than just that isolated event. this is the power of the black athlete. this is also the burden of the black athlete. they are never just competing for themselves. they have the weight of black america on their shoulders, for example, joe lewis. a perfect example. yes? player,had one black bill russell. matthew: bill russell is a great black player, and the first black coach in the nba. let me keep on talking. here is what happens though . h. in the 1980's, the script about symbolic rotation flips. suddenly, they are talking about the symbolism of the white athlete, focused on larry bird. larry bird became something bigger than himself, a represent

. >> [indiscernible] karen: rebounding in 1936, joe lewis returned to the ring in 1938. karen: jackie robinson made history less than a decade later brooklyn dodgers. stripped of his heavyweight refusing induction into the in the war. >> you won' t even stand up for me here at home. karen: at the 1956 summer olympics, two were criticized using a black power salute during the ceremony. the st. louis rams entered the stadium with their hands up, beyonce' s controversy with her performance at the super bowl. critics interpreted it as paying tribute to the black panthers. to speak more on this, we are joined by robert lewis, junior, and with him is daniel lebovitz. i want to "the question, why is -- why does sports become the foundation for promoting a political cause? >> generally, if you look at sports, it is a common denominator. we are divided as we see, race, religious division, political division. art is another thing that can be put in this category. it is an out to break common denominator. it allows us to have conversations in other arenas. it is the things people a

. >> reporter: before cassius clay rows to prominence at mohammed ali, or joe lewis reached his pinnacle, there was jesse owens, blazing a trail for others who followed in his tracks in the race to greatness. ron mott, nbc news, new york. >>> up next here tonight we'll meet some people who did something today that hadn't been done in years. they'll tell us why they voted. >>> finally tonight, as we have seen, this presidential campaign has energized some voters looking for alternatives to candidates they consider mainstream. as kerry sanders reports from south carolina, they include voters who had pretty much dropped out. >> reporter: today 51-year-old laurie bins road. her return to the voting booth for one reason: donald trump. >> i felt good. i felt like i was voting for somebody who would do what they say they were going to do for a change, or at least try to. >> reporter: one in ten voters who went to the polls in south carolina today is a so-called lost voter. apathetic americans who had given up on the process until now. who was the last president you remember voting for? >> uh, r

. >> reporter: before clay rose to prominence, or jackie robinson, carl lewis, even joe lewis reached their pinnacle, there was jesse owens. white. there's only fast and slow. >> reporter: blazing a trail for others who followed in his tracks. >> owens! >> reporter: in the race to greatness. new york. >>> up next here tonight, we will meet people who did something today that hadn't been done in years. they will tell you why they voted. done in with the pain and swelling of my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... ordinary objects often seemed... intimidating. doing something simple... meant enduring a lot of pain. if ra is changing your view of everyday things orencia may help. orencia works differently by targeting a source of ra early in the inflammation process. for many, orencia provides long-term relief of ra symptoms. and those not helped enough by other treatments. do not take orencia with another biologic medicine for ra due to an increased risk of serious infection. serious side effects can occur including fatal infections. cases of lymphoma and lung cancer have been rep

joe lewis and max schmeling but nationalism is also a factor. isaac murphy and snapper garrison. they were the biggest show in town in the 1890's. major taylor. cycling was very exciting when it was taylor against the white cyclists. then he was segregated out of the sport. race-based rivalries in sports intrigue and excite the social stakes of the event are just raised. it becomes much more than a sporting event. magic and bird come into the nba. it is because of skin color that people think of them as being polar opposites. let me make a case for their remarkable similarities. the similarities far outweigh their differences. they were both 6'8". larry bird played small forward and magic johnson played point guard. neither bird nor magic were especially athletic. no incredible speed or explosive jumping ability. but they were two of the smartest most creative and most competitive players the nba has ever seen. they demanded everything from their teammates. tremendous leaders both of them. they made everyone around them better. bird and magic were basketball geniuses. both had a

. >> reporter: before clay or jackie robinson or joe lewis reached their pin nickels, there was jesse owens. >> there is no black and white, only fast and slow. >> reporter: blazing others who followed in his tracks in the race to greatness. nbc news, new york. >>> "race "is rated pg13 and playing in theaters in tampa bay. >>> i bet there are many of those folks out there that are run k the distance classic they wish they can run as fast as jesse this morning. got great weather for our run and great weather to be outside this weekend and today will be similar to yesterday. we're starting out cool and then warm up nicely into the 70s. 62 shoreline right now on st. pete beach at the dawn. you can see how the sky blends into the horizon. the water is so still out there. these clouds which are along the i10 corridor will sink south ward through the day. it will block the sun until late this afternoon. the frontal system in the north, areas of low pressure rip pling along it will keep it wet along northern georgia and tennessee valley. rain on our door step tuesday and wednesday. now tempe

a shootout joe lewis arena starts 8 second in marshawn offer the face-off. look at that. 13 goal in 13 games brett conley serving for injured. wins the draw and marshawn does the rest. still first period. 2-1 berlin and louis eriksson makes it one and louis eriksson makes it one. 19 goals for eriksson. >> coming out smoking in the second. fourteen straight shots and three unanswered goals. and power blai play gives a 3-4 league and darin helm beats zuca. seen enough. five goals given up by tuka out goals to the bullpen and brings gufstan. and and 7 plus minutes into the third henry disketteerburg gets second goal of the game. that's the game winner. 6 6-5 bruins lose. three more on the games. next sunday, 1 p.m., fox 25, 58 daytona 500. today at daytona chase elliot becomes youngest driver ever to tate poll in daytona. earlier i spoke to nascar legend wild bill elliot and year to win daytona on first try and i don't know really until it -- next sunday comes i think some he motions and things you will be faced with prerace you don't know full get that. i thin

. >> before cassius cl rose to worldwide prominence or jackie robin, carl lewis, even joe lewis reached their pinna calls, there was jesse owens. >> there ain't no black and white there's only fast and slow. >> blazing a trail for others who followed in his tracks. >> owens. >> in the race to greatness. ron mott, nbc news, new york. >>> i can't wa to see that. there's no more waiting -- well, maybe just a few more hours until the much anticipated must james burrows. if you ever watched an episode of cheers, frazier, friends or will and grace you've seen his works. cast members from some of his biggest hits including friends highlighted for a celebration of his career. it airs tonight at 9:00 on nbc 6. >> i used to watch all those shows. >> i think everybody did. that's -- it was everything. it was so great. >> it was everything on thursday. yes. >> and back to the film "race" got to see it. looking forward to that. steen the young man who plays jesse owens from canada. going to have to see it just to support him. >>> still ahead, big results in nevada and south carolina. the talk of soc

vice president wants to run away from him, there is an old saying that you might remember about joe lewisster about al -- and this is true about al gore. he can run but he cannot hide. larry king: do all of you expected tough race in november? governor bush: there are not a lot of mothers and dads naming their sons, bill clinton. [laughter] larry king: we have about 10 minutes. i am going to get each of you a minute and a half to wind things down. in these final moments, do some hopscotching for topics. around the world. should jerusalem the capital of israel? governor bush: yes. mr. keyes: yes. i think we ought to recognize it. senator mccain: yes, immediately. that will make the peace process much simpler. as soon as the palestinians and others know exactly where the the capital is, they will be off the table. larry king: should the united states the involved in settling disputes? mr. keyes: yes. larry king: we should be involved in ireland and england? mr. keyes: it is the role we play given our position in the world. where we can play it constructively, we ought to do. senator mccain:

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then you have people older than me, the john lewis generation, remember joe lowry, 20 or 30 years olderted obama. so i think sometimes we're simplistic with the generational divide. >> are you going to be endorsing? >> i don't know. what i'm very concerned about is what are we saying? not the slogans. not what is easy to say. i think we need to hear what we started hearing yesterday from hillary clinton, some substantive things that they're committed to. i think they must earn our votes and i think they played us cheap with just rah rah rah. >> exactly. so hillary clinton is -- i think it's ironic. hillary clinton is saying you need to have been there in the fight for a very long time. if you look at their economic messages, actually, bernie sanders' economic message has been far more consistent over 30 years than hillary clinton's. >> and just automatically addresses the african-american community. >> and bernie sanders has been opposed to wall street consolidation for 30 years hillary clinton, like joe biden said is new to the party. >> and we're meeting with bernie sanders. sanders h

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lewis? >> data expected to come in after 5:00 today. right, joe? >> that's what i hear.f you think you know who is going to win, well, you're an idiot. who wrote this in the script? nobody! listen, nobody knows nothing. nobody knows what's going to happen tonight. this is a state that time and time again makes experts look stupid. >> all right. >> it's like hillary. we had hillary back in 2008. gary hart all the way back in 1984. gary hart was ahead by, what, 40 points -- or mondale. 40 points. >> exactly. and as you saw, hillary in 2008 surprised everybody. surveys in history indicate that people here may still be making up their minds. we just heard great anecdotal evidence for two people who were going to vote for two separate candidates, and both went in and voted for hillary. >> i want to tell that story now. >> go ahead. >> i'm not going to reveal the people here, but we had two voters come up to us and say they voted. and i said, oh, that's great, and i start to tell the story. i said, i was going to vote for bernie, my wife'sing go to debate it for a month. then

joe, thank you very much. >>> let's discuss, shall we? we have david gregory of "meet the press" fame. cnn political commentator and anchor for time warner cable news, erol lewis, and maggie haverman. it does seem it is a big moment for hillary clinton tonight. your take? >> there is an argument to be made. no. i actually think this is an important moment. first of all, debates in general are such important moments in the course of this campaign. they are significant moments because they can change the dynamic of the race. we've seen that with marco rubio. look, hillary clinton's got to begin the rest of the race now. her whole argument is that, well, iowa and new hampshire, they are whiter states, more liberal states. the electorate becomes literally more colorful. it opens up for the democratic party. she's got to change her argument about not only taking down sanders and his policies, but also the rational for her connect to a wider part of the electorate, younger voters. she's got to change the way she's making her pitch. it is not working so well so far. >> i think we got a tell from the clinton campaign that she will change her pitch, or at least come ou

lewis reminding you you're watching box right here on cnbc. ♪ it's all right ♪ it's all right ♪ now listen to the beat >>> be about to box. i'm becky quick along with joeg to you live from the at&t pro-am at pebble beach, california. business leaders are gathering on the golf course and keeping a close eye on the markets and talking to us. u.s. equity futures this morning have stabilized pretty substantially after the declines from yesterday. remember the dow was down by over 400 points at one point wred before coming back to tend day down by 250 points. you can see that the dow futures are up by 122 points. s&p futures up by 15 and nasdaq up by 35. >> you think with the nikkei where it is we would have some problems. nikkei catching up with problems that the rest of the world had because it's re-opening after yesterday's public holiday and it promptly plunged almost 5% closing at its lowest level since october of 2014. index is down in seven of the last eight sessions, down 11% for the week. remember, it took years for us to get a 10% correction and the nikkei was one -- look at the absolute number there. 15,000. under 15,000 and remember the high in

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