in 1969, flood was told that he was being traded to the philadelphia philadelphia phillies, which attorious for its racist and hostile fans. not anything like the inclusive and intolerant philly fans of today. anyway... flood refused to be traded and he ended up suing major league baseball claiming that the league's control over a player's rights amounted to involuntary servitude. i guess it's no surprise that it took a black person to tell white players, fellows, trust me, getting bought and sold like this is not going to end well. thanks to flood's efforts, players now of all races have freedoms that they might not have had otherwise, from the freedom to enter free agency, to the freedom to speak their minds, to the freedom to dress like they're in a white reboot of harlem nights. well, that's all the time we have for today. i'm roy wood, jr., and this has been "cp time." and remember... we're for the culture. that reminds me, i need to renegotiate my contract for this show. my mustache need a new hair dresser. mm-hmm, still hot. >> trevor: thank you so much for that, roy. when we

the indians and the reds, and on june 4, the philadelphia phillies.ccinations, this is vaccination story. the majority of teams in the league have at least 85% of their players and staff vaccinated, that will allow them to get of covid protocols, specifically masks in the dugout. major league baseball hopes this is a bit of a trial run for july 4, alex. >> how are the stadiums returning for all the fans coming back, and what kind of things can fans expect when they do go back to the ballpark? >> reporter: one of the interesting things is they're basically demoing a lot of new stuff. in the gate behind me, you can only enter the gate behind me with a red ticket. if it's a blue ticket, tough go through another entrance. you can only order concessions from your seat right now. they're trying out things made technologically possible because of the pandemic, protocols that the nationals, the team behind me, want to put in place. >> next time include the l.a. dodgers, got it? >> reporter: next hour. >> thank you. the grand canyon is seeing an influx of tour

future games great fans may not be too keen to rush back after this 12 to 2 loss against the philadelphia phillies. i am mad as hell yes for now back to you daryn i think you so much thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera we're back on the other side of the break we'll have much more of the day's news coming your way and all the latest headlines thanks for watching. frank assessments of poison but. what exactly how and what major taking what a situation might be if you ever get informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking military positioning in the middle east or is it just to simply reorganize the ministry this is a message to the region the united states is already think you're its military in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. being comfortable in one's own skin is a birthright or at least it should be a black filmmaker raised by white parents in east berlin in the 1960 s. embarks on a stunning journey of self discovery. a touching tale of family identity lifelong secrecy and reconciliation. the coming black eye witness documentary on al-jazeera. t

a pretty excellent catch here during yesterday's matchup between the new york mets and the philadelphia phillies ball flew into the stands and was caught, get this, bare handed by an unsuspecting fan who was enjoying some ice cream. announcer said the ball clocked in at 97 miles per hour. the mets ultimately took the game 8-7. i can't believe i'm reading this. they are now tied for first place in the nl east. all right. time now for the weather. let's go to meteorologist bill karins for a check on the forecast. bill, good morning. i'm sorry, this is the week you're going to have to deal with me asking about sick kay das, according to my twitter feed they are here and i am really not thrilled about it. >> i'm waiting to see. there is a lot of anticipation for this, it's supposed to be like the biggest broad they call them in 17 years. we will see. they're supposed to be super loud, too. we will all know when they hatch. let's get into what happened yesterday. i want to show you some pictures we just got in from tupelo, mississippi. they had a tornado emergency at one point last night around 10:00

future games race fans may not be too keen to rush back after this 12 to 2 loss against the philadelphia phillies. ok matt is all your sport for now and thank you very much and thank you to now belgians beer taps flowing again for the 1st time in almost 7 months since coronavirus restrictions these bars and restaurants were shot in october to cap a spike in infections they can now serve customers outside under strict guidelines on group sizes and closing time. all right that's it for this is i'll be back in a couple minutes with nothing from leeds we shall see you there. in 19054 young anti-apartheid activists were murdered by south african security forces if you gone solve the problem by the moving the guy then you could keep 36 years on a family's quest for justice reveals systemic resistance to prosecution and musselburgh conflict for can our father already and exposes the influence the former apartheid establishment still wielded in the new south africa my father died for this people in our investigation on al-jazeera being comfortable in one's own skin is a birthright or at least it should b

violated, i would take the plane, land in the united states, go through cities like new york or philly -- philadelphiato death row. but on my way to death row, i would encounter another type of death sentence. and that is the shootings of unarmed black and brown people in our streets, also of vulnerable minorities like mentally challenged people. and i remember being absolutely shocked, for instance, by what happened to james byrd down in texas, who was dragged behind a white -- i believe there were three of them, three white supremacists' van, until he was dismembered, alive, while he was still alive. i remember abner louima in new york and his sodomizion. i remember in those years -- amy: by police. >> as i was going to death row -- yes, absolutely, by the police, always by the police. and also i remember amadou diallo, shot by the police 40 times, not because he was the one suspected of rape -- it was somebody else -- but he was a convenient black target. so when i got to yale and to beinecke and -- i have this memory of entering this very plush, comfortable, air-conditioned library in july of 2010

in contrast, 49 women were murdered in philadelphia last year. philly has a similar population to trinidad and had 500 murders, it's worst record for 60 years. trinidad had 100 fewer homicides. but the percentage of women killed in trinidad was slightly higher. although the real death toll may be even worse. more than 400 women were rerted missing. some were found, but its feared others were trafficked into prostitution, or killed and their bodies hidden. one common complaint is that politicians only talk tough at election time. >> successive governments would come in and they just try to outdo each other in terms of fines, in terms of the prison sentences. but by now, they should have figured out that bitself isn't going to work. >> reporter: randy seepersad heads the a criminology program at the university of the west indies. he's critical of the government for ignoring a study by the inter american development bank. among its recommendations greater help for women needing to escape from violent situations major improvements in police procedures, incl

the philadelphia phillies were taking on the new york mets over the weekend when this happened.p the hotdog! food remains intact stop but will they give - never drop the hotdog! food remains intact stop but will they give him - never drop the hotdog! food remains intact stop but will they give him a i intact stop but will they give him a job? he will get to keep the ball at the very least. job? he will get to keep the ball at the very least-— here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. is it going to brighten up, please? eventually, not as wet as yesterday, but it that way, yesterday, caple carrick had 63 millimetres of rain, almost two and half inches and almost two and half inches and almost half of the rainfall we would expect for the whole of the month of may. that was not all, though, the top damage was a0 degrees, recorded in parts of london and essex, making it the coldest early may bank holiday on record. the records go back to 1978. way below average for the time of year. the last early may bank holiday, the top temperature in the uk was 2a.5 at kew gardens. so

philadelphia. drunks support out of pubs in philly and they surround the building we now know as independence hall paid sort of like the insurrection on january 6 threating to grab people in civil disobedience and civil insurrection but this scares the hell out of washington. he realizes this government may not endure. what we do about the government question the second problem is factions and sectionalism. see the formations of the federalist between the hamiltonian's the jeffersonians and we are already seeing this rift in washington of course is displeased and worried about that and today in our politics we see the inevitability of all about. the third problem we identify as we have no credibility in the eyes of europe. we are a cultural backwater. we aren't upstart. we are a republican era of monarchs. wearing deerskin and raccoon hats. not too far off the mark in some places. how do we conduct your treaties how do we have alliances? how do we deal with your pulley cannot repay them we don't have any credibility that's the third problem in the fourth problem also alluded to of an american iden

philly girl. you know what i mean? philadelphiaost informed and the most obnoxious fans in the world. they know everything. you know what i mean? i never disagree with my wife. she's always right. that's smart right? it's kind of a philly thing. >> the the extremism within the government. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i'm chris hayes. you know the defining experience, the biden glue of the republican party under donald trump is the performance of self debasement and humiliation. that is what you do to be part of the trump cult, that is what binds all these people to each other. we've watched it happen over and over, almost ritualistically. republican senator ted cruz of texas is the most obvious and cringing example. just last night, senator cruz posted this picture on twitter showing him and the defeated former president having dinner at mar-a-lago.

philly d.a." the figures are absolutely astounding. you have philadelphiathe second-most supervised state under the country after georgia. new york has 12,000 people under probation and parole, six times larger than philadelphia. philadelphia has 40,000 people under probation and parole. your story tells the story of what so many people are going through. if you can take us from those clips to why he became an activist on this issue, why you think it is a critical civil rights issue in this country right now. >> first i will just say thank you so much for lowing me be on this segment today to talk about these issues that impact us so greatly. we talk about probation and parole, that is a strait line to mass incarceration. the reason i was inspired in being an advoce, i fnd my purpose through my pain. i was rested. i did not know what advocate or activist was until i started to voice -- raise the voices of our concern and there it was a community of organizers, community of people that understood and explained to me this was systematically happening on purpo

philly area native, first lady jill biden. now, here comes the remark that philadelphiians are quite proud of. >> philadelphia fans are the mostht. that's smart, right. kind of a philly thing. >> the most informed and most obnoxious and proud of it. that is our broadcast for this wednesday night and thanks for being with us. on behalf of all of my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. goodnight. september 11th, 2001. the day of the al-qaeda terrorist attacks on our country that was a tuesday. part of what new yorkers remember about that day was that it was a local election day. that tuesday in new york city. a beautiful early fall day. when, planes hit the buildings, and the buildings came down, in lower manhattan turned into hell. but, afterwards, even before the next tuesday rolled around, inside a week of the 9/11 attacks happening, something else on a different scale, but also terrible and terrifying,

local chefs in philadelphia cooked up a record-breaking 510 foot long philly cheesesteak.record of 480 feet. it took 500 pounds of meat and two hours to prepe. it shut wn thre somehow it distlong. the restaurant owner said people ate it up in less than an hour. that's always how it is. >>> today, a nice day to enjoy the outdoors. it will get toasty inland. there is live doppler 7. the fog is with us along the san mateo coast. it is shrinking, mixing out already as a big dome of high pressure builds into the west coast. it's deflecting the storm track to the north that will shift our winds. it won't erase them altogether at the coast. 51 downtown. 54, oakland. 55, san jose. 52, morgan hill. half moon bay, 50. isn't this a cool shot? you can see the deck of low clouds not wanting to give up its presence yet. fortier, novato. 53, napa with low 50s by the delta. relative humidity 80% to 90%. yuko webb and we are down to 35% on top of mount diablo. a final look, san jose pretty with the clouds. looking at clouds around the coast and be. summerlike heat today. tomorrow the marin

philadelphia. jeff. >> reporter: and, neil, you are looking at a group of workers, they don't want unemployment, they want to work. and they are now in an apprentice program here at the phillyilders right now. but, gee, philly shipyard. >> what you're seeing here is our apprenticeship program. we're starting out with new people, they have never touched this before. they have only started on monday, and as you can see, they're starting to burn time. >> reporter: i was going to saw, neil, here's an interesting story. you know, we talked yesterday about people in the restaurant industry leaving that profession. hey, elena, can you come here? this lady i just met. she was working in the food service industry in a restaurant. she decided, hey, that's not the future. can you hear me? >> i can hear you. >> reporter: tell me what you were telling me before about changing careers. why are you doing what you're doing? oh, you're lovely. [laughter] >> a promising future, really. looking for something that's going to be take careful me and my family. >> reporter: you felt like restaurants weren't going to do that. >> it's a great industry to work at, very gratified work but, unfortunat

. >> west philly is where you find generations of black working-class, working poor people. there's a long history of tension and violence between philadelphiaand the black community. >> reporter: west philadelphia is where 27-year-old walter wallace jr. grew up. his dad, walter sr., a proud sanitation worker. his mom, kathy, hands full with walter and three was he? > a normal son, he was a pain in my behind a lot of times. i'm going to keep it real, know what i mean? >> kathy, when you close your eyes, what memories of him come to mind? >> he sang rap. ♪ you got yours i got mine ♪ >> reporter: walter struggled with mental illness as early as 6 years old, eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder. >> he was on lithium? >> yes, adderall. >> 12, 13 different types of medicine. >> you'd been through the wringer? >> yeah. >> reporter: walter's emotions they say sometimes led him to act out in violence ways. he'd faced trouble with the law, serving time in jail in 2017. his father says he was a devoted dad who after a series of odd jobs found steady work during the pandemic as a door dash driver. walter's dream was to make it big with his music.

then they go to philadelphia is a trap game going all the way across the country to philly. they're going to lose that one. then play the green bay packers, the packers. i don't know who their quarterback is going to be right now, aaron rodgers might sit out. you might be on another team that's going to be a when there's green bay first game at levi's sunday night football. i believe or mondays a primetime game. i know that then they take on the seahawks. always a hard game division rival. they're going to lose that game. so they're too into right now. then another division game arizona cardinals. they're going to win that going to the by 3, 2, out of the by the plane. indianapolis colts, carson wentz that defense is going to get to. they're going to beat the colts at the chicago bears. justin fields, probably their starting quarterback he's young. nick bosa. all niners defense. that's a loss. they're going to win that game. cardinals. they sweep the cardinals and then the los angeles rams, they're going to beat them, too. so let's go to the next page. at the jacksonville ja

a south philadelphia restaurant owner invited other chefs to cook up a record-breaking 510 foot long phillyheesesteak. only in philly. it breaks what was previous record of 480 feet. it took 500 pounds of meat and two hours to prepare. the whole thing shut down three blocks and it didn't last long. the restaurant owner said people aided up in less than an hour. do what you've got to do win philly.>> >>> lisa, let's get a check on the weather. >>> watching the marine layer behind you. the sun is poking through allowing the clouds to mix up pretty soon and then we will get a northerly flow due to a ridge of high pressure aching for a warm-up around the bay. there's a look at live doppler 7. the fog is around the coast. the ridge offshore which builds in and switches the rain direction in the upper elevations. as we look here, the low clouds and fog that will mix out throughout the early morning hours. 51, san francisco. 54, oakland. 55, san jose. 50, half moon bay. mt. tam with the low cloud deck. not very impressive. that's what it will mix up pretty soon. 46, san santa rosa. relative humidi

philadelphia. >> check out this giant cheesesteak. its 510 feet long breaking the old mark by 30 feet. >> the owner of a cafe in south philly built thehday. the cheesesteak spanned three city blocks, but the big question was it really one sandwich since it was constructed with separate rolls. >> good question. >>> and finally proof that life can be a voyage of discovery. >>> even for an animal. case in point, this young giraffe at a zoo in australia clearly intrigued by seeing her own shadow for the first time. >> only two weeks old and who could blame her for being a from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon, up to 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long term consequences. now as you're thinking about all the vaccines your teen might need make sure you ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. need better sleep? try nature's bounty sleep 3 a unique tri layer supplement, that calms you helps you fall a sleep faster

philadelphia fed a little bit lighter. i will call it a turn searching for more data. jonathan: the phillys outlook, does that that get your attention? lisa: it does. i'm wondering how high cost seem to be stymieing some of the outlooks by factories that are meeting incredible demand. i wonder how much that could slow growth or put sand in the kinks of the recovery. jonathan: getting revisions to the previous month. 478,000 revised. the numbers decent compared to what we are expecting from the previous month. continuing claims with a kick higher. lisa: i do not get this. jonathan: a lot of people are struggling with claims. claims has been the head fake for people plugging it the payrolls estimate. lisa: that is the reason why a put it asterisk around it every time we talk about this. we have lower-than-expected jobless claims but higher-than-expected continuing claims. how do you make sense of this? it is viewed as a very noisy data point and that is why was interested in what the philly fed data was. jonathan: claims coming in better-than-expected. the philly fed business outlook much so

phillies ballpark and see the skyline in the background. pretty dark. it sure is. nearly 20 buildings in philadelphia'sed to turn off or dimmed their lights until the end of the month. scientists say the birds tend to fly at lower altitudes this f year using the sun moon and stars to navigate and the bright lights like those from buildings. our natural and tend to confuse the poor birds often causing them to collide into them. >> and time for a final look at weather. yeah, guys were seen the skies clear out. now. the 's some good news. we get in toward friday and the weekend looks like it's shaping up to be pretty nice outside rm nice and clear out toward the fog to speak of up toward the beaches. again, the other nice clear. but we did have the storms rotate through this afternoon through parts of the east bay see up in the sierra nevada to they have some snow showers there. those also coming to a close temperatures outside right now. a lot of 50's around most of the bay area and overnight lows going to pin down the 40's in some spots tomorrow we're off an especially in the san francisco you're lookin

philadelphia with more. hey, jeff. >> reporter: the philly shipyard this morning, incredible place as maybe you see, surrounded you've got enough people. have you got enough? >> we do not. we need hundreds of people from welders to shipbuilders, crane operators. >> reporter: show me what you guys are doing. you're working on a big, major product. >> right. you'll see guys welding profiles to the flat plate. those -- >> reporter: these are jobs that a pay good money. i know you don't want to tell me exactly how much, but you can make a lot more than collecting unemployment, right? >> sure can. pensions, benefits, the whole 9 yards with. >> reporter: it's tough because china, japan, south korea subsidize their shipbuilding industry. the u.s. does not. you're working just the old-fashioned way. >> that is correct. but, you know, we're hard working union members, and we are america so we'll do fine. >> reporter: yeah, no doubt. no doubt. but you're still having trouble finding people. >> we are. anybody that's looking for a job, go on our web site, philly shipyard.com, and you'll see plenty of jobs. >> reporter: i

philadelphia were too good for the washington wizards, and game 33203. the 4 as 76 is take a 3. nothing lead in the series, joel and bead was an impressive form for philly. as he schooled 36 points on the night, the montero canadians in toronto maple leafs will require a 7th game in there and h l 1st round playoff series. there's still no separating these 2 sides off to the game 6 is 132 by mom, trill, the winning goal came courtesy of yes, 3020. i mean in over time, game 7 will take place. on monday in toronto, the window will face the when a picture next. while the boston bruins, a new island is already in the 2nd rounds game, one took place on saturday, david passenger was in super form. he helped himself to trick the bruins 152 m o 23 rider has di, delta crash, and today's qualifying session ahead of the italian chrome pre. jason, due past year, was just 19 years old. the swiss writer was treated on the truck for more than 30 minutes and for being lifted to hospital in florence, where he died. i mean, it's fine. it's was held out the track. he had some days motor g p, race. all right, that is all the school from now. i have more weight fully. thank

philadelphia police department. chief, thank you for being here. i know you're paying close attention. help me unravel for a national audience what is going on in philly on this issue? >> philly, in particular, as you mentioned in your opening remarks, i mean, the gun crime, in particular, is at a level that is going to set records by the end of the year. homicides up 34% already this year and they are on pace to have the highest total in philadelphia's history. all gun-related crime. and, at the same time, police have recovered more firearms this year than in years past. they are on pace to set a record in terms of firearms recovery. so, you know, violence is taking place not just in philadelphia but across the country. i do think some of it rests at the feet of some of these progressive prosecutors that just refuse to actually charge individuals or don't request high bonds for your more violent offenders, plea deals, some of these more serious indicates and so forth. it's not entirely their fault but i do think that that adds to it and some of these criminals have become emboldened as a result. >> one of your predecessor complaining to me 5,000 form

a philly cheesesteak that's probably going to flavor town in guy fieri's eyes, over 500 feet of sandwiches for the birthday of long time restaurant owner in philadelphia. hundreds came together to build one large sandwich out of different cheesesteaks, hoping to officially break a world record of 480 feet. i haven't had a really good ste. if you know of a great place in the bay area, i'm up on twitter this morning. come on, people, tell me, what's your favorite. >> share that. share that. >> hold the onions if we're working together soon, yeah, hold the onions although we're at a distance so it should be okay. >> right, right. it's like, ooh, good morning, laura! [ laughter ] >> yeah, no kidding. you may not want me to come back in studio. >> i'll take you even with the onions i'll take you back. >> okay. >> all three of you, come on back! >> we need to get together, maybe for a distance lunch outdoors, guys, how are we looking for that maybe today, kari? weather is cooperating? >> it's going to be perfect. great weather for today. look at the sunrise from our cupertino camera from alert wildfire and yes, the sun is kind of reflecting on that layer of

philadelphia, washington wizards star russell westbrook received a popcorn shower leaving the court after injuring his ankle after the loss to the 76ers. westbrook had to be held back against the fan. phillieshe series. >>> the jazz and the grizzlies are now tied at one game apiece after utah's 141-129 victory. >>> now, let's go to major league baseball where their crackdown on illegal substances that gives an advantage to pitchers was on display yesterday where reliever was stopped by umpire over a dark marking on the brim of his hat in the seventh inning, the cardinals manager meanwhile was ejected after voicing his does pleasure of the hat check. in a one-run ball game. west forced him to swap hats and confiscated the old one for further evaluation. cardinals beat the white sox, 4-0. >>> finally, a big day for baseball in new york city, after rainouts yesterday for the mets and the yankees each team will host doubleheaders today, it's just going to be the fifth time since the so-called expansion era began in 1961 that the same city has played hosts to two twin games on the same day. >>> let's go the meteorologist bill karins for a check on the forecast. bill, rain in new york yesterday,

philadelphia, local news reporting that there were at least 15 shootings over the weekend between friday and sunday evening, the cities homicide rate up 36% this year, and over the weekend a really grim milestone, phillyy with local news reporting 47 people shot, including nine deaths. the spike in violence comes as supporters of police reform continue to demand action, on sunday george floyd's family marched in minneapolis, this comes tomorrow as they mark one year since floyd's death. >> [chanting] reporter: tomorrow, floyd's family is going to be meeting with president biden here at the white house this all comes as the administration was really hoping to see some progress on a comprehensive police reform bill by the anniversary of his death. that is not going to happen. that legislation is stalling at congress, we'll see if there's any new movement after the president meets with floyd's family tomorrow. steve, ainsley and brian, back to you. ainsley: thank you, mark let's bring in dan bongino, fox news contributor former nypd officer. dan we're seeing all of these crimes across the country. we're seeing numbers go up. the new york times is actually admitting this defunding thing is not working. th

philly. >> i'll tell you what. i don't want to insult anybody. [laughter] philadelphia, you can identify the neighborhoods based on who lives in the neighborhood. i married a philly girl. you know what i mean? i may philadelphia -- philadelphia fans are the most obnoxious in the world. i've never disagreed with my wife. that's smart, right? kind of a philly thing. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. >> what did you get? >> tacos and some enchiladas. >> [indiscernible] >> congress returns for legislative work next week. the senate is back on monday to consider biden administration nominees, including andrea palm to be deputy health and human services secretary. later, senators may consider a bill aimed at human rights issues, trade and technology competition with china. the houses back on tuesday beginning with the swearingen of representative elect troy carter. he replaces cedric richmond. mr. carter one on april 24 special election for the new orleans-based house eat. later in the week, work on a bill to protect consumers from certain debt collection practices. watch l

philly? >> [indiscernible] president biden: yeah, fishtown. philadelphia, you can identify the neighborhoods based on who lives in the neighborhood. [indiscernible] i never disagree with my wife. she is so smart. that is a philly thing. tacos and enchiladas. [indiscernible conversations] ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we take your calls live on the air about the news of the day and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, the cost of prescription drugs in the u.s. compared to the rest of the world, with john dicken of the government accountability office. then, the coronavirus in the u.s. and globally within an up dummy allergist from the johns hopkins school -- with an epidemiologist from the johns hopkins school of public health, and also, literacy requirements for undergrads and challenges facing higher education overall. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> thursday, car s