birmingham libraries in those days are segregated. we have blacks libraries for african-americans, but this building was closed to blacks. they could not enter the building. they could not use the collection you. those four students came in that day, sat down, did what to do in a library. they read for a while, but also knocked down a wall. the next day more students came. they sat down, they read. one of them went to the desk and asked for a library card. on the next day, april 11, the library board, somewhat reluctantly, voted but then into the arc of justice, the library board voted to desegregate birmingham public library. that was one day before dr. martin luther king was arrested and began writing his letter from birmingham jail. think about the fact of this building that 50 years ago tonight was closed to african-americans, the house is one of the finest research collections in existence on the civil rights movement and the african-american experience. and it's out of the election in part of the book we are going to celebrate t

s letter from birmingham jail. jonathan rieder report on the effect the letter and the civil-rights movement and dr. king's believe in the urgency of the movement. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good evening. welcome. we are pleased you have joined us this evening. also want to welcome our good friends from c-span who are kidding tonight's program. it will be broadcast on booktv at a future time. also please note we have books for sale in the back and i am sure our authors will be happy to sign those for you. the doors are locked. you cannot leave until all the books have been sold. martin luther king often quoted the nineteenth century abolitionist thomas parker who said the arc of the universe is long but bends toward justice. i was thinking about that today as we set up and prepared for this program because today is april 9th. on april 9th, 1963, 50 years ago this very day, four young black college students walked in the front door of this building down stairs, went over to a table and sat down and started t

michelle miller, cbs news, birmingham. >> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. the world captioning sponsored by cbs

moving to the birmingham campaign, challenging racism of birmingham, of the south, with the dogs, thehundreds of children put in jail as they protested the racist conditions of the south. , i say it inor's floral, they had to take on the dignified men and women their sunday best lined up to register to vote and they are beaten back by the authorities. they dust themselves off and they get act up if they can and they continue to demand the right to register to vote. i have been talking about the south, but dr. . king said he ws never so afraid as when he went north to chicago to challenge the racist policies particularly around holding, taking on the daly machine, where he was hit in a head -- in the head with a bottle. what was so extraordinary about this three hours of footage is the reality on the ground. no matter if you studied it, are a scholar of this, there is footage you haven't seen before, and a testament to bravery of everyday people. we urge you to call. the documentary is yours for a contribution of $150. i can't say enough about this documentary. come to the phone and le

michelle miller, cbs news, birmingham. >> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.us at cbs news all around the world, good night. the world captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> i love the weather the way normally it is and this is just a little bit much for me. >> it's quite nice. it's refreshing. >> like it or not, the bay area has not been this hot in a long time. we're talking more than six months shattering records and fueling the danger of fires, like the ones in southern california. >> very early season given the lack of rain this year and the warm weather. >> good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen martin. right now, firefighters are watching hot spots in a brush fire in the oakland hills that started about 90 minutes ago near highway 13. it blackened two acres before firefighters got it out. meanwhile, a smoky haze blanketed the bay area skyline today. now, this smoke is coming from brush fires in the north bay. those fires

protests in sioux in birmingham, alabama, in which police turn attack dogs and water cannons on children. five days after president kennedy's assassination, lyndon johnson goes to congress and ask for the passage of the civil- rights bill. despite opposition, johnson makes it happen. what is the lesson for the current occupant of the white house? >> first of all, to understand the congress, but second, to seize the momt. president johnson did, and with all the skill -- called the mention that eisenhower was the best prepared. for that moment, there was no better prepared to achieve what johnson did legislatively and to pose his will on the congress. theas a perfect joining of time than the individual. i think the president should -- president obama would do well to understand lyndon johnson's skills and empathy. obviously getson all the plaudits for what happened in the civil-rights period, but there are symbolic things that also happened in that civil rights era. was inrtin luther king when heingham jail, called coretta scott king, that put him in the right place in the country, put the

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of alabama birmingham quarterback power.ing of that, there is a program in east birmingham called studio by the tracks which provides after-school arts programs and opportunities for troubled teenagers and children with various united way type needs. as concerned as i am -- >> could you get to your question please. >> i'm sorry. i cannot seem to make these people about gun rights and gun ownership and so forth who in the debates ever since, you know, the shooting in connecticut in november realize that criminals getting their hands on guns and firearms comes from a completely different cause blowing up without their fathers and without other significant male role models as children. we have had decreased federal and state dollars for united way agencies and public school boards after-school programs. -- >> you know what, we got your point. we appreciate your calling in. and louise rodriguez, if you could take what she was saying. >> i think what he's saying is you need every resource par rounds. you need to have proper conne

king's letter from birmingham jail, 50 years. at thei got to speak opening of that and john talked about what it takes -- he was almost killed in selma. it change the wind, and we had a of voting rights act five months after that, not the five-year jump that john talked about. it is a matter of us deciding what we are going to do. but i think cynicism is a dangerous thing, particularly for secure people. hats off to you and your brother cornell. in this country, one of every six americans is hungry. the highest poverty rate in 50 years. they are cynical, that all have the wherewithal, so how we act not cynically but responsibly and change washington? that's got to happen from outside. immigration is one form where it is happening, not from within. it is happening from outside. the faith movement has been game changer and all that because we are finally bringing attention to 11 million vulnerable people. what most of us are up against, those of us who fundamentally want to change the dysfunction that has run amok in washington. li

the march goes on in birmingham, alabama.ore than 1,000 students from the region followed in the footsteps of civil rights pioneers. they took part in the 50th anniversary of the birmingham children's march. in 19 1963 police and segregationists stood in the way of children as they tried to march to city hall. progress is a great thing. there is also progress to report in the make up of president obama's cabinet. three days after nominating charlotte mayor anthony fox to head the transportation department president obama nominated penny pritzker lead to lead the commerce department. she'll be the fourth woman to lead the cabinet. she is an her heiress to the hyatt hotel fortune and has donated to the president's campaign. kelly, has not. welcome back inside "the war room." >> i'm not an heiress. i'm just putting that out there. >> michael: i'm assuming you have not raised hundreds of millions of dollars. >> i have not raised hundreds of millions of dollars and i will not be the commerce secretary. >> michael: back in january

. >> reporter: during final trials at the university of alabama at birmingham, subjects are asked to train for 15 weeks and are measured, tested and interviewed. >> the hardest part was just actually deciding to do it. >> reporter: dr. bray says that is fto talking. so, do you think physicians are going to embrace the idea of genetics and obesity? >> well, certainly for early onset severe obesity genetics will be very helpful for the physicians, will help the physicians be more understanding and less biased towards their obese patients. >> reporter: the study also found -- >> it's incredibly empowering. they no longer feel i'm weak. they say, i do have a challenge. so i'm going to do something about it. >> reporter: it worked for shane day. >> i couldn't run a solid mile. couldn't run a solid quarter mile. now i can run six miles. >> reporter: proof you can fight and conquer your genes. dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, birmingham, alabama. >>> and we're back in a moment with a trip around the world and some jaw-dropping images from above. >>> the tesla model s electric car has received

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those on the trailways bus were beaten in birmingham and in anger mob madison montgomery. it was there that president kennedy and robert kennedy and the attorney general thought they had worked out an arrangement that we would be protected when we arrived in montgomery. they made an arrangement that there would be a troll car every 15 miles between birmingham and montgomery in a private plane would be flying over us and the montgomery police department would meet us at the greyhound station in montgomery. they did not show up and an anger mob. if you had a pen and a pad as a reporter and a camera we are in real trouble. they destroyed their pets and destroy the cameras and then they turned on us. my seat mate was beaten, hit in the head with a wooden crate and was left unconscious down on the ground. but all these 52 years later this young person who was not even born three weeks ago today came to raven ralph abernathy's old church and met dr. king and reverend abernathy and apologize for what happened. [applause] >> there are so many of these stories. what kept you two go

and ted fuller, a great guy in birmingham, a lot of real estate, he was in, and the next thing you knowi had about 13 of my friends all investing and we're going to invest in start-ups as an angel investor in these great, great technology company. >> so where do you think the growth is right now? there's so much start-up activity across the country, who's the lucky recipient of your first check that you're writing? where are you investing first? >> well, right now we're looking at a company that's out of boston. they're in the, i'll say, the internet and software technology space. it's not a space that we're used to, but of course in the cars, there's 32 different computers in them. so we're looking there, we're looking in the medical device category. we think that will be very, very strong with what's going on in the health care world. health care sciences, we're looking at some proposals there as well. we're really looking forward to getting into the, what i'll call the industrial space, where we really look at hardware in the technology area. >> what a great space to look at. because

the 1963 bombing of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama, helped galvanize the nationc loss, that heart break helped to -- and a more just and equal and fair america. >> denise mcnair was 11 and cynthia wesley, addie may collins and carol robertson were all 14 years old when they were killed. >>> before those deaths at the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, children were already putting themselves on the line for civil rights. they marched along with the grown-ups at an event that now the subject of a new television movie. cnn's tina kim has that story. >> reporter: it was the time many in the south were not ready to face. alabama 1963. state law enforcers turned against their own citizens, african-americans who cried for an end to jim crowe laws. and all of this is now the latest backdrop for a family movie? >> the family, you first meet them, they're a typical, slightly oddball, funny, think the cosbies, american family. >> reporter: nicky silver, executive produced the watsons go to birmingham with tonya lewis lee, the wife of spike lee. the television movie

bill designated to honor the lives of four young girls killed in a racially motivated bombing in birmingham, alabama in 1963. the tragedy and the protest that attention to more the civil rights movement. first lady michelle obama and " scandal" star kerry washington will be visiting a school in anacostia. one of eight schools selected last year for the turnaround arts initiative. turnaround arts schools use the arts to bolster academic success, and washington is a member of the president's committee on the arts and humanities and a mentor to the school. the shooting death of an alexandria man by an off-duty arlington sheriff's deputy is ruled it homicide. craig patterson shot julian dawkins early in the morning. there was an argument before the shooting. the family wants paterson to face charges. >> if you are going to claim something to be a homicide, there needs to be some results. along with the ruling. i am not impressed by them saying it is a homicide. >> prosecutors say it could be a day or two before charges are filed. police have not said what may have led to dawkins' death. the may

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lives of those four little girls tragically killed in the 16th street baptist church bombing in birminghamg us now from the white house is kristen welker. kristen, can you tell us a bit about the significance of the president signing this bill? >> reporter: well, incredibly significant, martin. first of all, it is the highest sieve ville civilian honor that awarded. this september marks the 50th anniversary since that tragic day in our nation's history. if you remember the bombing, it not only fueled momentum for the civil rights movement but helped to build support for the 1964 civil rights act. now, today's bill signing was not your typical bill signing. there were family members there of those little girls as well as lawmakers who worked on getting this bill passed. so really a mementos occasion here at the white house. i just want to read the names of those father little girls who were killed to remind everyone. addie may collins, cynthia, and denise mcnair, i should say. another 22 people, martin, were injured on that day. and, again, this is the highest civilian honor. other people w

civil rights protests forced the cancellation in birmingham high schools. >>> someone in zephyrhills,up richer. lottery officials say the single winning tick was sold at a publix supermarket at the tampa suburb. the jack spot the largest in powerball history. thank you so much for watching "state of the union". if you missed think part of today's show, you can find us on itunes. fareed zakaria "gps" is next for our viewers here in the u.s. >>> this is "gps the global public square." welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. we'll start today in washington, d.c. it's the week from hell for the white house with three controversies, all rupting on them. -- all erupting on them. how in the world do you handle so many problems, so much incoming fire at once? we'll talk to a man who would know, former white house chief of staff, ken duberstein. and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away.

polls where entertainers were more popular than him. [ overlapping speakers >> when he went down to birminghamo support dr. king. >> right. >> harry bellefonte, the jay-z of his day, marched with dr. king. >> right. >> today i'd have to march with jay-z. >> let me pick up on the idea of independent institutions. because one of the critiques of the black church right now is that it is no longer independent, that it's been co-opted. >> and many have. >> pass, to you've taken this critique yourself in 2004. >> in my church no politician speaks on sunday morning. there are churches that just fling their doors wide open on sunday morning. if the mayor is running for office or the governor is running, then he gets center stage. in our church if they don't stay for the whole service i won't even call their name. >> we are in a position to independently decide what political positions we will take, what political arrangements we will have. and to me that speaks to the independence of the african-american church. [ overlapping speakers >> everybody speaks of the power of black preachers. >> i'm going t

. >>> the president honored four african-american girls killed in a 1963 church bombing in birmingham, alabama. president obama has awarded medals. the girls family surrounded the family. this was at the white house ceremony. three former kkk members were convicted of murder. >>> u.s. soldiers have put flags in front of every grave at arlington national cemetery. there are several hundred thousand graves. the soldiers will remain at the cemetery throughout the holiday weekend to make sure there is a flag in front of every head stone. >> we are now hearing the terrifying voices of people in moore, oklahoma as the tornado hit their town monday. the oklahoma department of emergency management has released the 911 recordings including this one from a daycare center. we have edited in video from the twister. we want you to listen to the call. >>t 911. >> we have right here a daycare full of babies. we need help bad. we need help bad. we have a daycare that just got cremated. >> where are you at? >> what's the address? >> 510 south. we have tons of babies in here. >> we will get them out of

caroline says -- we hear next from kenneth, birmingham, alabama. he is retired. hello. caller: hi. i think the best way to honor is supportveterans their families and support of that -- the veterans who are still living. forbacklog with the va clients, i have had a claimant since 2005 that has not been resolved yet. in since 2005 that has not been resolved yet. it is heartbreaking to think that i spent 20 years in the navy, and i cannot get any support. host: that is kenneth from alabama. a couple of international news, the slum looking at the voter registration for afghan presidential elections that will take place in 2014. it began on saturday. according to "the washington post" -- some of the details for the process. a spokesman for afghanistan's independent election commission -- there is a story in the post about iran and the beginning process of the presidential election there about the replacement of the current president. it says -- again, those stories in the post this morning. bonnie from wyoming, good morning, the republican line. caller: good morning. i believe we shoul

bill awarding the congressional gold medal to the four little girls killed in the bombing of a birmingham, alabama, church in 1963. family members of addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carol robertson and cynthia wesley looked on as the four were given the highest civilian honor this country can bestow. their deaths at the hands of white supremacists helped propel the civil rights movement. >>> this morning in seaside heights, new jersey, seven months after hurricane sandy caused billions of dollars in damage, new jersey governor chris christie cut a world record setting five and a half mile-long ribbon to officially re-open the jersey shore. he said 80% of the shore has been restored which is important for the $38 billion a year tourism industry there. >>> another beach that took a pounding when hurricane sandy came ashore was the main beach in east hampton on new york's long island which today topped 01:08:40:a list of the best. some other summer favorites were cape florida state park, cape hatteras on the outer banks of north carolina and coast guard beach on cape cod. we put the full l

king's words from the birmingham jail. i've seen that all the time, people who are i think in their core good people who don't know what to do who tend to send the paradigm that boys will be boys and girls will be girls and we're trying to shift that paradigm. and that's why in okahenapen we have an accountability document that calls for --. >> (inaudible) with the idea, like i said, there is not a state going that we don't have a parent that has a dead child. we are dragging everybody to the party because at what point do we say, we can't even say, kids are dying. hundreds and hundreds of children have died when this should be the best times of their life and our most sensitive, compassionate, empathetic, our children are not surviving their childhood. >> one thing i've learned in my line of work, and again i want to thank you for your remarks and your doggedness, civil rights is about persistence. you exude persistence. i have attempted to live a persistent life. the civil rights act of 1964 was first introduced in 1948,

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in the meantime, birmingham and the green mountain near the source has the two m ps. it's unbelievable. people can't come and look at the miraculous mound that is the best example. >> host: what was the power of king william at that time and the power of the parliament? >> guest: he was a constitutional law -- mark. the power of the markey has been limited quite carefully by custom if it goes too far there will be rapid reaction. there are struggles with his father in the previous century who had a long range from 1760 to 1820 come struggles with george iii from the american revolution from some of his people. but the powers are he has the power to create the houses of parliament. he's the only person that can create the piers and perhaps he would take advice that is one. he can agree or disagree to the measure in the parliament. he has got to be very careful. it is an extraordinary dance and the character is enormously important and delicate moment. >> host: lady antonia of was the perilous question of 1832? >> guest: the question and everybody used the phrase this w

temperatures in the mid to upper 80s, a chance of showers and a few thunderstorms, mainly scattered. 88 in birmingham, atlanta, 86 degrees. in the northeast, sweltering again. temperatures into the 90s. 92 in boston. even montreal can be around 89. but once again, the high severe weather threat, particularly in oklahoma, that will stretch out as far east as chicago and out west it looks dry and seasonable in california but hot in the desert southwest with highs around 100. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. >>> well, this morning a wildfire that's burning north of los angeles has been slowed by diminished winds and cooling temperatures. an evacuation order for the area has been lifted. the fire broke out thursday afternoon in the angeles national forest and quickly consumed a thousand acres. the fire destroyed at least one building and threatened water and power facilities. it remains out of control, and the forest service warns the potential for this growth of this wildfire is great. >>> now the secret service says the suspicious letter sent to president obama is similar to the threatening ricin-la

stanley's based in birmingham were convicted of plotting such an attack but today it looks like that attack may have taken place it's not confirmed yet but that's what a lot of people are talking about and it's already causing a number of commentators to make the link between british involvement and this sort of what looks to be like a homegrown terrorist attack we've had the british m.p. george galloway saying today to quote this sickening atrocity is exactly what we're paying the same kind of people to do in syria so in the view of some it's british involvement aboard that's increasing the danger for the british people at home. with the attack that we've seen course one of political reporting right there and there are two contributor afshin rattansi hear echoes the view shared by polly linking the london attacks to atrocities committed by rebel forces in syria. it is true that david cameron and hate are at the forefront along with francois hollande in paris trying to support the rebels that are going to death christians muslims people of no faith at all in syria perhaps people woul

without talking to them and she was in prison firstly for taking her father to see a solicitor in birmingham. which makes it sound quite draconian well in a sense it's worse than dr drew because draco would not have gone that far when i was in the chair i was frightened because the less minty of phone calls so i was afraid to speak to dad. because i'm the commission's report on is and also you know in case i got more trouble meanwhile her brother and i even watched their father's health deteriorate under the strain of her absence in the end when he moved into that final home that was the end of him and he wanted it wanted still loved him anything i said you've got to know this she divorce. she's put herself in prison port observers say the difficulty with justice behind closed doors is that no one knows if the lawyer is being followed the evidence is heard in private defendants often lack legal representation and until out to publicize their case when there isn't it is giving the state too much power to intervene in people's lives preventing people complaining about what's been done to them

sort of anti islamic extremists two weeks ago a man a pensioner coming home from his mosque in birmingham in in the middle and of britain was murdered and this got almost no coverage whatsoever and we need to have make sure that the security services are taking exactly the same sort of measures against the anti muslim like the defense league these kinds of organizations as they are against the islamic organizations what they're trying to do is actually demonize muslims in a similar way to actually to the nazis demonized jews back in the one nine hundred thirty s. and it's ridiculous we've got to stop that we don't want that for my five thank you very much. we are following developments in the u.k. on air and online a full timeline of events since the murder of lee rigby last wednesday with reaction and analysis from experts and officials it's all waiting on our websites r.t. dot com. central paris has witnessed violence on its streets over the weekend a mass rally in protest at laws allowing same sex marriage turned into clashes police crackdown on far right activists who had joined the d

sort of anti islamic extremists two weeks ago a man a pensioner coming home from his mosque in birmingham in the middle and of britain was murdered and this got almost no coverage whatsoever and we need to have make sure that the security services are taking exactly the same sort of measures against the anti muslim like the defense league these kinds of organizations as they are against the noise ations what they're trying to do is actually demonize muslims in a similar way to actually to the nazis demonize jews back in the one nine hundred thirty s. and it's ridiculous we've got to stop that we don't want that for my five thank you very much. and online artie is keeping an eye on the latest developments in the u.k. you can log on to our website r.t. dot com there we have a full time line of events since the attack on service believe with me as well as analysis and reaction from experts and officials. french police have clashed with antigay demonstrators in the country's capital there protesting against a recently passed law allowing same sex marriage and one hundred fifty thousand people