nuclear safety, travis moore, sent back to us censorship agency, and the international agency for thomas county, for atomic energy. the only thing that can help me understand is going directly to the power of course, the cameras review as the pulse with explosion and the building of react to to the rules remain intact was a part of the react to stuff as serious damage. tapco abandons all hopes of saving the situation and consider the possibility of evacuating on its employees. now to come decides to go personally to the headquarters in tokyo and full says the president should meet so not to abandon the ship. doing so would imply the uncontrolled meltdown as old reactors, thus putting the very existence of japan at risk the, you know, which you find it difficult to maintain the constant awareness that behind every broken window, every distorted car and every turn about the mice. the story, if a person of a family of an entire country here you have no peace. if you know that the platform was not accepted for the cost of work and still wanted to send wherever, which he is no longer part of the, th

i'm going to assume the role of thomas jefferson of albemarle county. and you are going to assume the role of the delegates from your county and what that means is. you are encouraged to vote on any resolution or business that comes before this body. if you hear that you like, you say, here, here are well said, sir. we hope and expect that you'll participate. now, i am told that mr. henry is going to propose a today that is going to put you in front of all of us a very difficult a choice between liberty and allegiance to the king. so now is the time to go back in time and to our roles. so those in favor of ringing the church bell and calling this convention order respond by saying, i those opposed nay, the i's have it, ring the bell and look to convention, begin. good afternoon, mr. and mr. henry. mr. harrison harrison. you're all order. i let us consider this proceedings begun. i will begin with the beating of the met's of yesterday. the minutes of wednesday, march 22, 1775. the delegates, according to german, pursuant to order the convention, resumed

say you should buy your tickets early because they're expecting a large crowd and warren county, michael thomas kron. 4 >> 76 new u.s. citizens sore celebrated during a special independence day. naturalization ceremony today aboard the uss hornet in alameda, the ceremony celebrates the conclusion of the immigrant's journey to citizenship and honor the commitment they have shown along the way the new citizens originate from 32 different countries. we're learning more about the recovery mission that found the remains of the submersible that imploded near the wreckage of the titanic last week. the ceo of the company that recover the debris says it took an hour and a half or his remote vehicle to go down and reached the sea floor upon arriving. they we're almost immediately able, he says, to find the wreckage of the titans oven says they instantly knew all aboard were lost. >> before. >> when asked what went wrong with the sub. at the news conference today, the head of that recovery company said, quote, they pushed it beyond its depth rate. >> still ahead after being sworn in this morning, we'll in

i rise with a heavy heart to honor the life and former knox county commissioner chair thomas strickland, who passed away on july 18 at 70. he grew up in east tennessee and attenned austin -- attenned austin -- attended austin east high school. he dedicated his life to making knoxville a much better place. when he announced his retirement, he said he hoped he left every situation, organization and person in a better condition than when he started. mr. speaker, that was a great understatement. after retiring in 2016, tank continued to serve the east knoxville community and entire community as a whole. a week before he passed away, he asked me to honor some of the east tennesseans, leo and judy on the house floor for their service to the community. he hand wrote his needs and -- notes and sent them to our office. a testament to how much he loved our community. i'm thankful not just for his service in knoxville but i can call him a dear friend. when my daddy had his stroke, tank would chk on my mom every -- check on my mom every day in the hospital. my momma would always say, that handsome

county fair kicked off today. a lot of fun, lot of food. and for the first time since 2019 events will be both indoors and outdoors can force michael thomas takes a look at the festivities. >> the marion county fair is back. and it's better than ever. both indoor and outdoor. and of course, they've got tons of fair food. the marion county fair starts today and ends next tuesday on july 4th with tickets starting at $25 excluding children under 4 and active military which can enter for however, today on friday, entry is free for all seniors. 65 and up veterans in kids 12 and under spoke with one organizer who says this year is expected to be better than ever are excited to be fully back both indoors and outdoors >> and we have everything for everybody. with injury, you can get up to 28 rides for free fireworks every night. concerts, sheepdog trails and a petting zoo with of course, lots of fair food. >> and find our find it harder todd. these blue-ribbon winners far from far and wide in the county. the fair thing is electrifying with the foces on all things electric and solar being charged with excitement with celebrate your 4th of july weekend w

. >> ultraconservative supreme court justice supreme court justice -- counties thomas is no strangerns of text messages with trump's new chief of staff in her attempts to overturn the 2020 election. despite the obvious conflict of interest, clears tomas refused to refuse himself from cases related to the election or january 6th. this, year pro republica broke a series of reports exposing a undisclosed relationship that the justice maintained with a billionaire republican donor named harlan crow. quote tug thomas on several all expensive paid luxurious look vacations where hundreds of thousands of dollars. he paid for his grandnephews private school tuition as well, and even purchased the justices mothers home. justice thomas did not disclose any of those lavish gifts. the washington post recently reported that federalist society chairman leonard leo directed tens of thousands of dollars of business to the term of thomas's wife ginni, while keeping her name off of the bill paperwork. and now, the new york times has published the latest story of thomas's association with an exclusive o

county crews. >> they put out 58 fires. now they believe 50 of those were caused by legal fireworks. we problems. michael thomasg in contra costa county with the very latest. good morning, michael. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. you know of those 58 fires contra. officials say that one of them actually took out around 3 acres of the grassy area. and that happened here and walnut creek. take a look at this video that we have from last night. and again, this video is from multiple different situations across contra costa county. now, according to officials, they took out. 58 fire calls last night with 50 believed to be firework-related. cole started around 8 o'clock. and during the 11 o'clock hour last night, they actually had 10 fires specifically happened. and here in walnut creek, there was a grass fire that was likely caused by fireworks taking over 3 acres near the 1900 block of white cliffs way. and in addition over in antioch, there was another one acre fire that also took place overall. officials say there was only one serious injury that was reported yesterday by fireworks. it was their limited respons

thomas, more news. the santa clara county sheriff's office is mourning the death of 2 of its deputies. >> deputy arturo romero died early saturday morning when a suspected dui driver hit his car head-on on highway 87 in san jose. the sheriff's office says romero was planning to retire at the end of this year after 24 years with the force, he was 51 years old and that deadly crash comes after the death of deputy richard troy reynolds. the 27 year veteran on july. 11th from a medical emergency as he was heading out from work. bay area drivers could soon get an automatic ticket if they're caught on camera speeding a bill is making its way through the state legislature that would use speed cameras and major cities, including some here in the bay area. kron four's will tran has the latest now from san jose. >> 11 miles over the speed limit. wherever that speed limit is in a particular street. if you get a ticket, that's at least $50 could be more. i'm sure if you're going faster, but that's the jumping off point. and police officers like the ones at the san jose police department. they don't even have to pe

you have a meeting to meet with the fire department for contra costa county in the next 15 minutes live in walnut creek, chemical thomas will send it back to you. okay, michael, thank you much. >> a home caught on fire in san bruno this morning. that fire happened florida avenue right near linesville park. several fire departments as that fire was contained to the garage in the kitchen. no word yet on if anyone was inside at the time or if there were any injuries. crews are still on scene. the cause of that fire is currently being investigated this morning. >> another developing story out of the south bay. we've got santa clara police now looking for 2 people wanted in connection with a stabbing at levi stadium. that happened sunday night at the gold cup soccer event. we have kron four's gayle all with the latest on that. >> cell phone video shows a fight breaking out at levi stadium just before 9 sunday night during a game between mexico and qatar. santa clara police responded to the fight and found one man stabbed in his collar bone with a knife and the suspect nowhere to be found. video shows an officer escorting th

the former election director, chris thomas, who advised detroit election clerk in 2020, the -- countyveral lawmakers including a republican lawmaker who oversaw an affirmation of our election results after the fact, so casting a wide net in seeking facts of any wrongdoing, and that's the pattern throughout these last few years. >> what do you tell jacks mitt's investigators? >> as i've said, i don't want to compromise the investigation in self but a lot of what i've said is already public through my testimony through january 6th committee hearing before congress in 2022. so a lot of the focus is on -- county. we know a lot of experiences that we had were about how lies and threats transform themselves and manifested themselves, i'm sorry, how lies about elections transform themselves into threats against us personally and how that impacted us. not to mention the full slate of electors, which appears to be an intentional coordinated effort to lie to the federal government about who won an election. so casting a wide net looking at all of those things and i continue to share all the evi

firefighters in contra costa county were hard at work to for the 4th and they spent most of the night putting out dozens of blazes kron four's. michael thomas has the details. >> over 60 fire calls came in across contra costa county last night and one of them took out 3 acres of land here in walnut creek. and this morning around 7 hikers tell me that they found a box of sparklers just feet away from the scene. contra costa fire says of those 60 plus fire calls that came in last night. at least 50 were firework-related in walnut creek. the grass fire took out around 3 acres near the 1900 block of white cliff way. i spoke with one neighbor who says he saw my neighbor cause my wife. she saturday up in bed. >> didn't hear a thing. >> and then come out here and 25 fire and this right. >> big plays up it is believe that fireworks were the cause of this grass fire and county officials tell me those sparklers that were found by hikers this morning may have played a role possible that sparklers might approve that fire last night. >> of course, some of the type of firework at them as well. >> numbers are still being tallied up regarding emergency cal

thomas kron. 4 news. >> a cooling center opens in napa county starting today at noon just about 30 minutes ago, the calistoga community center is opening its doors in the east bay. there are several options for you to cool off, including community center's in antioch and brentwood. those open tomorrow. in the south bay, several libraries open their doors as cooling center's the milpitas cupertino, gilroy libraries are open today and all weekend. the santa clara community rec center is also open today. and tomorrow morning it will be closed on sunday. you can find a full list of cooling center's on our website. kron 4 dot com. and francisco's un plaza is about to undergo a major transformation over the years. the site has turned into a hotspot for drug use and violence. kron four's terisa stasio reports on how the city plans to revamp the historic area. >> once a symbolic site housing the emblem of the united nations and public transit center. the un plaza has become a hot spot for drug use homelessness and violence. just last week, san francisco police released this video showing an 83 year-old man pushed to

thomas mceachin and nancy gamble went to high school together in plumas county in 1960.ollege, but married other people. now, 63 years later, they're getting married. we admired each other from a distance. i never thought i had a chance with it. i had a crush on her. she was a cheerleader. but he decided to take a chance after they reconnected at a high school reunion. ten years ago, and they stayed in touch on friday. when she arrived at the airport for another school reunion, he surprised her and proposed with a lot of people looking on and recording the scene, she says the proposal came as a very happy surprise. two homes damaged in an overnight house fire in the east bay. why homeowners say that fireworks are to blame. we're live in antioch with the latest on what happened. plus, the 4th of july is routinely one of the most dangerous days for drunk driving collisions. how people in the bay area were extra careful to stay safe. then many questions unfolding about a situation in hayward where multiple people were shot. what we do know so far about the attack from ktvu

county. h% crews spent the night putting now dozens of fires. yeah, it was a nightmare situation for them. we've got kron four's. michael thomas live in walnut creek to explain. michael. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. you know, fire officials with contra costa county say they had total of 58 calls regarding fires and 50 were firework-related here in walnut creek. there was about 3 acres that burned just 20 minutes ago. hiker walked up just to be a look at a lower dew found these. now this is a 5 pack of sparklers. it was sitting right next to where that fire is. and there's only one sparkler laugh. again. this is from a hiker that just walked up. take a look. this is a live look of those 3 acres right here in walnut creek. and as i there was a total of 58 calls last night, 50 believed to be firework-related. now the call started around 8 o'clock and then around 11 o'clock, they actually had about 10 calls come in all at once. now here in walnut creek, it's a grass fire area and its popular hiking trail. it sits right off the 1900 block of white cliff way. and in addition to this fire, there was another acre that burned over

thomas mceachin and nancy gamble went to high school together in plumas county in the 1960s. they had a couple dates during college. they each ended up marrying different people, but they just recently reconnected and they're now about to tie the knot. we admired each other from a distance. i never thought i had a chance with it. i had a crush on her. she was a cheerleader. he decided to take a chance after they reconnected at a high school reunion ten years ago. and they stayed in touch on friday when she arrived at the airport for another school reunion. he surprised her with a marriage proposal, and she says it was a really happy surprise. it's wonderful because we don't have a lot of life left. and to be able to spend it in that way with this person is to dream come true. so sweet. he proposed her with a necklace with their two birthstones. they're planning to have their wedding right near where they first met. all right. let's take a look at some of these commutes. now, today is kind of a different day on the commute because there are people out there. it's not as heavy

county also on the program called robin and stopped being attacked in tel aviv ends with several interest and the suspected attack of shot dead at the same time civilians palestinian militant, proved thomas says it carried out via guessing to europe. no max of the cost of worship. we are so tired and ready to cross the sea as soon as we can. it doesn't matter if we die here. the more out there to visit coast got officials say the intercepting increasing numbers of people playing ball hung up on how to ship the items ok, welcome to the program is ready. the police say at least 8 people have been injured and i called dropping and stopping attack and tel aviv. as long as you say the attack there has been needs to be a public opinion from the occupied. westbank honestly was shot dead by the by stand at the c version success. mallory forcing the samples of the injured in the critical condition, the palestinian militant group. how much sense the attack is revenge. the israel ongoing right in the occupied westbank is ready. defense for says if he's pressing ahead with the rates and the safety of jeanine, at least 10 palestine in. so if he confirmed that didn't want israel is describing as a cou

thomas >> i am audrey asistio. there is a 911 calling crisis and in oakland it is far worse than any other city or even county in the state. one man tells us that he had to wait more than ten minutes to talk to a dispatcher. in another case an oakland police officer was stabbed and his nooichb calls failed to connect. his 911 calls failed to connect. >> reporter: oakland's 911 system is waiting to fail catastrophically. those are words out of this recent alameda county grand jury report. our investigative unit analyzed statewide call records showing oakland and another bay area 911 center are the worst in the state when it comes to answering times. >> oakland emergency number 19. >> in jefferson a police officer just got stabbed by a homeless person. >> reporter: officer danny chore was off duty when a woman stabbed him in the neck. the profusely bleeding officer used his cell phone to call 911 and his repeated calls failed to connect according to a grand jury report at the time. >> a police officer just got stabbed. >> reporter: the caller is a waste management is up visor. you are hearing her voice because not onl

county because crews spent the night putting dozens of fire. was what they were trying to avoid. but unfortunately they had a lot of them breakout proffers. michael thomas live in walnut creek to explain. michael. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. you know, in total they got 58 fire calls in contra costa. fire officials say one of them took out 3 acres of land here in walnut creek. and this morning around 7 o'clock hikers came just to take a look. and they brought me these and said that they found them just feet away from that fire. now, again, nothing's been confirmed by officials, but take a live look right now at the scene before we get into videos from that scene, you can see there's still a fire hose there. and let's get to some video that we pre-recorded this morning of that now contra costa fire says of those 58 fire calls last night. 50 are believed to be firework-related. many came in around 8 o'clock with 10 fire calls reported during last night's 11 o'clock hour. now, here in walnut creek, this grass fire took out around 3 acres near the 1900 block of white cliff way. i spoke with one neighbor who saw it on action. >> my neighbor cause my wife

earl thomas road five later this week, alameda county district attorney pamela price plans to hold a town hall meeting on thursday to talk about her policies on crime right now, the district attorney is a target of a recall campaign and her supporters are calling for a big turnout out at the town meeting to show support for price. the district attorney since she took office in january has been pushing policies focusing on restorative justice and she released a video criticizing enhancements which are special allegations added to a felony charge that lead to more prison time. to be clear, we have not stopped using the enhancements altogether. we are, however, evaluating whether an enhancement is necessary to protect public safety. now supporters of the recall campaign against price say she's not tough enough on violent crimes. pamela price's town hall meeting will be thursday night, 6 p.m, at montclair presbyterian church. elon musk's quick twitter logo change caused some problems and confusion at the headquarters on market street, police started receiving reports that someone might b

thomas kron. 4 news. >> and there are going to be cooling center's starting today. it at noon in napa county, the calistoga community center will opens its doors for people so that you can escape the heat. there in the east bay. there are options for cool off, including community center's in antioch and brownwood. those however should know those don't open til tomorrow, which is the hottest day. but still today's hot, too. so in the meantime, their options in the south bay libraries. the milpitas library open today and all weekend. the cupertino gilroy libraries are open and nice and cool for you. the santa clara community recreation center is open today and tomorrow morning, they're not going have that one open on sunday and we have a full list so you can go over which, you know, ones are closest to and what works best for you. just go to kron. 4 dot com. and what about schools and the kids when they're hot, california has a plan for keeping students and staff cool by creating more shade on school campuses. governor newsom announced a 47 million dollar grant to help schools convert asphalt

county jail on suspicion of homicide. the 2 deaths are now being investigated as san jose's 18th and 19 thomas sides this year. >> well, in pacifica, a driver is arrested on a dui charge after a two-car crash. it happened saturday morning at the intersection of peralta road and boulevard. they say one of the 2 drivers. 25 year-old brandon, a lair us had nearly 3 times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. he was arrested and taken to a sobering facility. police are asking the public to report suspected drunk drivers by calling 9-1-1 so they can get them off the street. atherton police say that they're going to be increasing patrols following an armed robbery over the weekend. police say the incident happened at about one 30 sunday afternoon on rittenhouse avenue. just awful coming. re ow. they say a woman approached the victim and forcibly took a necklace and a wedding ring. she then got away in a white sedan with another woman and a man inside anyone with information about who is behind. this is asked to call atherton police. >> well, coming up in the next hour of the kron, morning news, twist a 4th of july tradition

night for fire crews as well in contra costa county crews spent the night putting out dozens of fire. there were so many we've got kron four's. michael thomas walnut creek with the number and the challenge that they face. good morning, michael. >> yeah, good morning. you know, last night they see that they had 58 calls and 50 of which were firework-related and one of them actually caused 3 acres to burn here in walnut creek. take a look behind me. you can see it's along this hillside. now, again, according to officials, they did have that busy night. they started to get calls around 8 o'clock last night and then around 11 o'clock. actually had 10 calls within that hour alone. take a look at this video that we have from last night scene. and these are from multiple different areas and the one here in walnut creek, it was a grass fire. it was likely caused by fireworks. it took over 3 acres near the 1900 block of white cliff way. and in addition to this location, one acre actually burned over antioch, and that was near hull of late. now, overall, officials say only one serious injury was reported last night due to fireworks, but it was their

thomas wyndham. that grand jury in washington has heard from some of these same witnesses who testified to the special grand jury in fulton county, georgia, including georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger who was the recipient of the phone call from donald trump that sounded criminal enough for district attorney fani willis to immediately open a criminal investigation when an audio recording of that phone call became public exactly one day after the phone call. >> all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11, 780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> joining us now is glenn keys fleming, former district attorney in neighboring dekalb county, georgia. also back with us, barbara mcquade. gwen, to clarify for the audience to granted ureys paneled, one presumably to deal with the regular flow of criminal investigations in fulton county and the other to focus on the election investigation. >> actually, i think both of them will focus on regular criminal cases that come through. obviously one of the two will ultimately get the special investigation that the d. a. has been doing into the 2020 election. we don't know wh

thomas on the story for us live in walnut creek. michael. >> yeah, good morning. you know, actually just spoke with fire officials from contra costa county. they actually move the number from 58 up to over 60 calls that they got last night. and they did tell me that those sparklers that were found here by hikers this morning may have played a role in the fire that took place walnut creek, taking down 3 acres. take a look at this video that we have of those 3 acres that were burned according to officials of those 60 plus calls that they got last night. they do believe that 50 or so are firework-related. now many came in around 8 o'clock last night and then around 11 o'clock. they got 10 at the same time. now here in walnut creek, this grass fire took out 3 acres near the 1900 block of white cliff way. i spoke with officials this morning who had this to say regarding this fire and some additional injuries that they had last night. >> possible that sparklers might approve that fire last night. of coutse, some other type of firework as well had a serious injury last 66 year-old and lost part of his hand as a result of handling fireworks. >>

thomas story. james, we'll send it back to you. all right. thanks a lot, michael. well, there will be cooling center is opening up in napa countyat noon. >> to help people there, the calistoga community center will be opening its doors for people to escape the heat >> and then, of course, back in the east bay. there are several options for you if you want to stay cool. we've got the community center's in antioch and brentwood, although those won't open until tomorrow. so just keep that in mind in the south bay got a lot more options because the libraries are being converted to cooling center's the milpitas library is going to open today and all weekend along with the cupertino and gilroy libraries, the santa clara community rec center is going to be open today and tomorrow, however, they won't be open on sunday. so keep that in mind. we've got a full list of all these cooling center's on our website kron 4 dot com. so check that out when you've got a little more time. >> and california schools are going to get some help to keep the students and staff cool by getting more shade on campuses. governor newsom just announced a 47 mi

thomas. i would love, , could you talk about it about the relationship and touch points between your office and the county and local officials come election officials in your state, and how these relationships and touch points have changed over the past few years? >> i'll start first because i've only been in office for months i can only talk about that time frame. but both when i was campaigning and since i've taken office i really believe that those on the front line workers, and assisted in connecticut we have a republican and democrat in every town across connecticut. so whenever i'm on business anywhere i always stopped in to see the registrars. i attended a conference and i took their learning, or their training course, which earned me a standing ovation at the conference. but it also started monthly calls that are not training related or specific messages that i am trying to push. it's really an open forum. i get the updates of what the legislature is doing. i allow them to ask any questions. and it hasn't been done in like a decade. so people been very appreciative. i come from a business backgrou

thomas. not a single home was left untouched. from lost creek to communities and counties like pike and letcher. i saw similar scenes of devastation and heard the painful stories of families displaced by the floods. but in the face of devastation, kentucky's first responders rushed to help neighbors in their time of need. as the full scope of the disaster became clear, i worked with leaders at fema to cut through red tape and encourage a rapid federal response. and i made sure that eastern kentucky received big investments in recovery and that local leaders got more autonomy to restore communities, rebuild homes, and revitalize the economy. last year's tragedy tested eastern kentucky's resolve and today there is still work to be done. but kentuckians are resilient. we rise up to the big challenges. and i'll continue to work with folks in eastern kentucky to build their communities back even stronger than before. on an entirely different matter, republicans -- on an entirely different matter, democrats on the judiciary committee spent last thursday considering the best way

thomas, i will send it back to thank you, michael. >> time now is 10. 0, 2, on the peninsula. redwood city man was arrested for a deadly stabbing. a san mateo county deputies say that jose uriarte martinez stabbed 2 women yesterday morning. one of them died. investigators responded to the home on fair oaks avenue just after midnight because the caller said someone was trying to kill our. and when the police got there, they found a re update. martinez covered in blood. the 2 women were taken to the hospital. one of them died. >> get it off of the kitchen and a full. >> is on the button? is when they kick the boxes, it felt horrible. i felt different slice. >> are hernandez. rice has been in the united states for 4 months and he sells strawberries outside of a san jose flower shop. that's near a home depot in on july. 20th. what you're seeing your security guards who are contractors for home depot, confronted him in the parking lot. city was trespassing and it was going go to jail and then they kicked over hundreds of dollars worth of strawberries and then called the police reyes who doesn't speak english, says just trying to make a living writing i

county. while on wall street today stocks jumped to 223 highs. the dow gained 67 #, nasdaq rose 131. minnesota democratic attorney general keith ellison is comparing u.s. supreme court justice clarence thomas house slave character in quinton tarentino's 2012 film django unchained. the former congressman says the court's affirmative action puts thomas in line with that character a sadistic black man who remains loyal to his white owner. ellison says thomas should be impeached. ♪ jorch kirby says russia's to blockage of aid to ukraine is dangerous and irresponsible. also tonight, russia is blaming ukraine for blasts that have cut off a major supply line for its forces in occupied crimea. ukrainians are calling it a russian provocation. correspondent alex hogan has the latest. >> early morning explosions on the critical bridge connecting the annexed crimean peninsula to russia. the route is a lifeline for russian forces and it's been targeted before. in october, explosions closed the bridge for months. moscow blaming ukraine. >> i want proposal on ensuring security of the bridge. >> ukrainian officials chalk it up to russian provocation. today's attack killed at least two people. a man and a

counties, the census takers actually bothered to list the slaves by name. and that's how i met and found out who my great, great grandparents were. >> hill, known for her testimony against clarence thomasy happy to have you here. >> why is it important to have these first-person accounts? >> how else are you going to know what really has happened in the black community if you don't allow the community to speak for itself? >> you've called these america's missing stories. >> they are. they're america's missing stories. and american history won't be complete without them. >> richardson and her small staff in chicago have created the country's largest collection of african american oral histories. there are more than 3,500 interviews so far. each one is transcribed, then posted online. it's a who's who of black america. there are luminaries like poet maya angelou. >> i'm not speaking to blacks and blacks alone, or tall women, or fat, thin, or sh -- no, i'm talking to everybody. >> and there are rising stars, like a young barack obama. >> who would you say has influenced you most in your life? >> richardson interviewed him when he was an illinois state senator. >> not just dr. king or malc