borders center for constitutional rights are working on the very things we ofd to restore the balances land we love and cherish. >> thank you. it is incredible honor for me as the president of the center for constitutional rights to receive this honor. it has special significance for us. of course, a lot of people said to me, michael, what are you guys going to do with the money? one of the things we will be doing is continuing to represent some 500 men that are in cages at guantanamo bay, cuba. [applause] the other thing some of you may be aware of is the united states president bush recently pardon himself and all high-level u.s. officials for war crimes. awkward in may be the united states, but it is not in the rest of the unite the world. amy: that was michael ratner in 2006 in iceland as he was awarded by yoko ono the lennon ono grant for peace. we only have one minute. your remembrance, your fond remembrance? >> michael and his wonderful wife sharon were at the center. their children, j, an activist with a motley workers and a performance artist, the only july 4 softball game in

for victims of human rights abuses across the world. he served as the longtime head of the center for constitutional rights. ttorney david cole told "the new york times" -- "under his leadership, the center grew from a small but scrappy civil rights organization into one of the leading human rights organizations in the world. he sued some of the most powerful people in the world on behalf of some of the least powerful." in 2002, ccr, the center for constitutional rights, brought the first case against the george w. bush administration for the indefinite detention of prisoners at guantánamo. the supreme court eventually sided with the center in a landmark 2008 decision when it struck down the law that stripped guantánamo prisoners of their habeas corpus rights. michael ratner began working on guantánamo in the 1990's, when he fought the first bush administration's use of the military base to house haitian refugees. michael ratner's activism and human rights work dated back to the 1960's. he was a student at columbia law school during the 1968 student strike there. michael was a clerk for the legendary federal

michael ratner was the head of the center for constitutional rights, he was a pioneering aman rights lawyer, who was person and part of a movement. yes, he used law, but equally believed in people taking to the streets around the issue of war, of torture. and ultimately brought the case of the guantÁnamo prisoners to the supreme court. not believing he would win, but purely on principle, that they should have habeas corpus rights. they should have their day in court. and ultimately, actually, he did prevail. the center for constitutional rights did prevail. these that need to be heard, the need to populate the media. because i really do think that those who care about war and peace. those who care about inequality. those who care about climate change, the state of the planet, are not a fringe minority. not even a silent majority. but the silenced majority. silenced by the corporate media, which is why we have to take the media back. last caller is anthony from north las vegas, nevada, calling on the democratic line. go ahead. amy, i'm a follower of democracy now!, i really thank you

michael ratner, the former head of the -- or the late head of the center for constitutional rights, theilblazingng human rights attorney who died last week at the age of 72. i had interviewed michael last year in washington, d.c., at the reopening of the cuban embassy after it was closed for more than five decades. and i asked michael to talk about the significance of this historic day. this is an excerpt of what he said. >> well, amy, let's just say, other than the birth of my children, this is perhaps one of the most exciting days of my life. i mean, i've been working on cuba since the early if not 1970's, before. i worked on the venceremos brigade. i went on brigades. i did construction. and to see that this can actually h happen in a country that decided early on that, unlike most countries in the world, it was going g to level e playing fielfofor everyonene --o more rich, no more poor, everyone the same, education for everyone, schooling for everyone, housing if they could . and d to see the relentlesess ud states go against it, from the bay of pigs to utter subversion on and on, a

michael ratner was the head of the center for constitutional rights, he was a pioneering aman rights lawyer, who was person and part of a movement. yes, he used law, but equally believed in people taking to the streets around the issue of war, of torture. and ultimately brought the case of the guantÁnamo prisoners to the supreme court. not believing he would win, but purely on principle, that they should have habeas corpus rights. they should have their day in court. and ultimately, actually, he did prevail. the center for constitutional rights did prevail. these that need to be heard, the need to populate the media. because i really do think that those who care about war and peace. those who care about inequality. those who care about climate change, the state of the planet, are not a fringe minority. not even a silent majority. but the silenced majority. silenced by the corporate media, which is why we have to take the media back. last caller is anthony from north las vegas, nevada, calling on the democratic line. go ahead. amy, i'm a follower of democracy now!, i really thank you

that is what groups like senate for constitutional rights and the brennan center are working on. watch the software problems now. the software is owned by private companies. as researchers at johns hopkins have pointed out, it is easy in a close election to rig the software and flip it. we really have to look at this. internet has paper ballots. -- canada has paper ballots. they don't have machines. at night in this giant country, they know who won or lost because they had a paper trail. that i have machines which engage in shenanigans. ler made a very important point. there is a strong argument for universal voting like australia. if you give the people t the right to vote no, or write in a candidate, i think our civil issues are resolved. vote, have ale stake in the system, the better the process will be. host: we want to thank you mr. nader for talking to our viewers this morning. if you want to learn what mr. nader is up to, you can go to breakingthroughpower.org. the washington journal. coming up, discussing health and those lobbying congress. the national council for behavi

that is what groups like senate for constitutional rights and the brennan center are working on. watch the software problems now. the software is owned by private companies. as researchers at johns hopkins have pointed out, it is easy in a close election to rig the software and flip it. we really have to look at this. internet has paper ballots. -- canada has paper ballots. they don't have machines. at night in this giant country, they know who won or lost because they had a paper trail. that i have machines which engage in shenanigans. ler made a very important point. there is a strong argument for universal voting like australia. if you give the people t the right to vote no, or write in a candidate, i think our civil issues are resolved. vote, have ale stake in the system, the better the process will be. host: we want to thank you mr. nader for talking to our viewers this morning. if you want to learn what mr. nader is up to, you can go to breakingthroughpower.org. ohio governor john kasich will announce later today that he is suspending his presidential campaign following las

for an hour, making it a safer events. >> reporter: expect eight full days of free family fun around town, including free admission to seven philadelphia museums including right here at the national constitution center. >> that will be fun. >> awesome. >> reporter: and free movie screenings from here at the art museum steps xfinity live and other neighborhoods, and, plus, a city wide book reading at 54 public libraries giving 10,000 books to local kids. >> i think that sounds great. i think free events are always good for families. >> reporter: the festival honors veterans, local police and fire giving thousands of dollars in grants to local groups celebrating america's birthday in the place it all. >> to honor the great and often unrecognized individuals and organizations in our city that are everyday heros. >> reporter: don't forget the big parade here at independence hall. you can watch all of this live on bc 10 and telemundo 62. by the way, first time it's being broadcast in both english and spanish. if you're at the beach, watch it on nbc 10 app. nbc 10 news. >> no excuses. so manies to see it. as we approach the july 4th holiday, download the nbc 10 app if you do not have it alreadimealready m

constitution center will focus on baseball milestone, but about a lot more than sports. jackie robinson is part of the centers history tree, for breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. and as a vocal civil right advocate, the new exhibit spotlight the contracts robinson signed, the documents are on display until june fifth, including free admission on memorial day. >> well, still ahead on "eyewitness news": cbs-3's justin finch takes on the joker. >> this is nice. go on up here. >> it is great adventure's newest ride. see what makes this roller coaster stand out from the rest. hey, katy? >> justin was such a good sport about this. so looking ahead my friend to the more summer like heat, but building humidity, the chance for little bit of wet weather and of course the holiday weekend is coming up. so coming up i'll time everything out for you, give you a sense how your picnic plans are looking whether we come back. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. >> dangerous weather destroyed several homes in kansas yet. correspondent omar villafranca with a look at some of the dam

for just continue but it is morning at the museum. open national constitution center where you can see this cool thing right here, this is original contractf a baseball barrier breaker we will tell you how when how and why coming up next. >>> well, time has come thrill seekers a new roller coaster opens up this weekend at six flags great adventure. >> it is call the joker. but after all of the loops, turns it is no joking matter. justin finch, first 4-d coaster travels four stories high before it drops you, 12 stories and then drops you. >> i heard that. >> i just didn't want to picture it. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch bravely accepted the assignment to go on a thrill ride of his life and ready for the launch right now. >> okay. >> he is getting ready just like they do. >> we heard him during the break, you could not hear that but he sounded nervous. >> i her beeping but you that was just a truck in the background. i was joking it was paramedics >> yes. >> he didn't eat anything, didn't drink anything. i would have a heart attack. >> not only is this scary but he is about to do it on live tv. >> yes. >> justin, can you hear us.

constitution center, and that will be on sunday. >> all right. we actually have a few details to get to on that. thank you so much forring a little bit of the background on that. now the public performance of "homeroom," here are the details here. that is tuesday night, june 7th at 7:00 p.m. at the cherry hill high school west. we've posted a link to more information on the "nbc 10" mobile app so folks can go there and get all of that. thelma and andrea, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you very much for having us. >>> the presidential race is not taking the holiday off. coming up, you'll hear part of my phone interview with senator bernie sanders. if he does not get the democratic nomination, does he think some of his supporters might vote for donald trump? his answer coming up. >>> and eye surgery can cause anxiety for some patients. we'll tell you about something simple that can calm their nerves without drugs. ♪ i had an injury to my neck. it wasn't as serious injury it was a herniated disc. anything that could go wrong went wrong. i've been in the hospital twenty three times since. the bills started to

constitution protects filmmakers. she did a free speech fellowship with the thomas jefferson center for the protection of free expression. she has also had some really cool civil rights internships including one with the transgendered legal defense and education fund as well as the aclu lbgt and aids project and currently she is with the foundation for individual rights in education. rofessor kerry brian melear is professor of higher education at the university of mississippi. his areas of expertise are college and university law, finance and public policy. he is a member of all kinds of things. he is on the authors committee of west education law reporter, the book review editor for the journal of law and education, the contributing editor of the higher education lawyer blog and a member of the editorial board of the journal of cases in education. and he has worked as a higher education policy analyst for the florida legs la tour and as a research associate for the florida post-secondary education planning commission d we also have leonard niehoff who is a professor at the university of michigan school of law and a council to a law firm with lots of names. he is the

constitution protects filmmakers. she did a free speech fellowship with the thomas jefferson center for the protection of free expression. she's also had some other very cool civil rightsnternships including one with a transgendered legal defense and education fund as well as the aclu, lgbt and aids project. and currently she is with the foundation for individual rights and education. professor carrie brian, or k.b., is professor of higher education at the university of mississippi. his areas of expertise are college and university law, finance and public policy. he is a member of all kinds of things. he's on the authors committee of west education law reporter, the book review editor for "the journal of law and education," the contributing editor to "the higher education law blog," and a member of the editorial board of "the journal of cases and education." the journal of case and education. and she's worked as a higher education policy analyst for the florida legislature and research associate for the florida postsecondary education planning commission and we also have len niehoff, professor at university of michigan school of law and of counsel to a law firm with lo