from nashvilled to birmingham, birmingham to montgomery, montgomery to jackson, jackson to new orleans. he let aggregator passengers get off the bus, kept us on the bus, then he ordered the police officials to place newspaper and cardboard over the windows, the windshield, the back of the bus to keep the photographers and reporters from seeing us inside of the bus. jail,s, placed us in placed us in protective custody. car riding inthe the same car with me. was takingsaying, he it back to nashville, to our college campuses. and one of the young ladies in our group said, mr. conner, mr. commissioner? >> that is right, he was the safety commissioner. >> he was the director of safety. he could have lunch, or breakfast with us in the student union. he was engaging. and we're right at the tennessee-alabama state line he said, i'm letting you off here. it is claimed territory. he said, you can make it back the best way. a bus will be coming along. a train will be coming along, but you cannot come back to alabama. we start walking, and one of the african-american students said, there must be s

, women in the streets of birmingham. hundreds and thousands of young people, young children, had been arrested and jailed in the city of birmingham. people couldn't register to vote simply because of the color of their skin. back in 1961, '62, '63, people had to pass a so-called literacy test in my native state of alabama. on one occasion, a man was asked to count the number of bubbles in a bar of soap. another occasion, a man was asked to count the number of jellybeans in a jar. >> before he would be allowed to register? >> register. and there was black doctors, lawyers, college professors, high school principals, maids, sharecroppers, tenant farmers, stood in unmovable lines all across the south. but were denied the right to participate simply because of the color of their skin. >> you lived a very frenetic schedule in the months leading up to the march. you were in all the hot spots, from arkansas to mississippi, alabama and north carolina, but in your speech you made a reference to danville, virginia. i remember your

our tickets read from national to birmingham, birmingham to montgomery, montgomery to jackson, jackson to norlina. that's so someone regular to get off the bus. he ordered the police officials to place newspaper and karl rove the windows, the windshield, and the back of the bus to keep the photographers and reporters out. they placed us in jail and then he was in the car riding in the same car with me. he kept telling us that he was taking us back to national tour college campus. one of the young ladies in the conner, mr.r. commissioner? >> he was the safety commissioner. >> that's right. he said -- they said you can have lunch first breakfast with us. he was engaging. we arrived at the tennessee- alabama state line. he said i am letting you all off here. it was klan territory. he said you can make it back the best way and the boss will come along or a train, along but you cannot come back to alabama. we started walking and one of the young african-american students said, it must be some black people here, there must be some colored folks here someplace. we kept walking. we came up on

we think about 1963, 1963 is the year of birmingham and the year that dr. king rights the famous letter from the birmingham jail, and in that letter dr. king says the activism going on in birmingham and the young women and men who are being arrested, sometimes as young as eight, nine, ten years old, are taking the nation back to the great worded of democracy by the founding fathers. king was being too kind because this country is founded on racial slavery. a conversation we still have not had. but 50 years ago with the march on washington provided was a litmus test for american democracy. when king speaks at the march on washington in 1963, he says americans of all colors and races have to struggle together, have to go to jail together, to try to fundamentally transform american democracy. 50 years later, and especially in the aftermath of barack obama's 2008 election we have celebrated an unearned victory, celebrated an unearned victory and talked about post racial america. celebrating the mythology of the end of racism and that's why people were surprised

khalid mahmood joining us live from birmingham firstly thank you very much for joining us this afternoon why do you think mr cameron has appeared to have changed his stance on the syrian crisis. always change his mind because there's been a huge resistance from within parliament from all sides in parliament certainly all of the backbench members of parliament have made it clear that this is not an issue they want to be intervened in terms of military action or british. forces on the ground and now here you are you have to really move with the regional we've also had a problem and only two weeks ago where the backbench committee raised this issue was put on the floor of the house and we only had one person voting against their right to recall parliament if the decision was taken and any decision that would be taken would have to be voted through parliament so i think is realise the position that has been put in is not one that's sustainable that he will be able to do with it originally as you said you thought he marched william hague off to europe and said let's let's get rid of the ban o

friday night i spoke in birmingham, alabama.ocation from the shuttlesworth airport in birmingham. he not only won that battle, but the airport is named after him. the sheriff that turned the hose on him, bull conner, there is no airport named after him. people that change history are recorded by history. i think it was ryan who said truth crushed the earth shall rise again. if we stand up for what is right and be right as we stand, we can change big things and little things will also change. because it shifts with the big things in society. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> aftermath. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews out in san francisco. let me start tonight with this. according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention, a white person in this country is five times as likely to commit suicide with a gun as to be shot with one. you are more likely to deliberately kill yourself with

polls where entertainers were more popular than him. [ overlapping speakers >> when he went down to birmingham. 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 to be a cynic

they went through birmingham and now they're heading toward montgomery. chantal did die out yesterday, lot of that moisture and rain will move into areas near the southeastern united states. that's really of no threat or concern. the thursday forecast, have your umbrellas ready. thunderstorms at any time. still very hot in the areas of texas, still above 100. >> i'm so tired of hearing you say rain. >> seattle is nice this time of year. >> go figure. >>> republicans at odds over immigration and america's most expensive colleges. >>> plus, amajor buzz kill is coming to colorado's pot smokers, we'll explain coming up next. (cat purring) mornings are a special time for the two of you... and you can make them even more special... with fancy feast mornings. mornings are delicious protein-rich entrées... with garden veggies and egg. each one perfectly designed... to start her day with a little love. fancy feast mornings gourmet cat food. the best ingredient is love. a friend under water is something completely different. i met a turtle friend today so, you don'

a family from birmingham, alabama, said it felt just like home. do you think northerners complain too easily about the heat? >> yeah. y'all complain about the heat and we complain about the cold. >> that was stephanie gosk sweating it out with the rest of us. bill karins will be here in a few minutes to tell us when we can expect a break. >>> one place where things have cooled down is capitol hill. senators have reached a deal, at least for now, on a way to get things done. the agreement preserves the delaying tactic known as the filibuster in exchange for up-or-down votes on several of president obama's stalled nominees. majority leader harry reid had threatened to change senate rules if no bargain was met. the immediate result was the confirmation of richard cordray to lead the consumer financial protection board. now, president obama nominated back in 2011, but republicans kept pushing off a vote. while the compromise temporarily got things moving, it doesn't address larger questions. senators did not set any framework for restricting future fi

in the most recent case, police say an 11-month-old baby died in a car in birmingham. summer alone some reports say as many as 20 deaths have been reported as a result of this vehicular heat stroke. it only takes 15 minutes for life threatening brain or kidney injuries to begin inside of a hot car. >> caught on video. two eagles fighting on america's birthday. >> wow. >> the eagles are fighting eagles on the 4th of july. >> next "right this minute." >>> and still to come -- >> this boat incident, wow. >> a small boat takes on a big wave, and let's just say that it does not go so well. see the wipeout blowing up the web. >>>. >>> plus the dude is fired up with a fire krcracker. >> and his buddy is going to light the firecracker while it is in the dude's mouth. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> got a couple of boat accidents to show you guys, and you will be amazed that nobody was seriously injured in these. we start in norway and you can see the two sailboats and coming up to the bridge. and it has the mast up. will it make it? >> i don't think so. >> nope. watch what happens. the bridge comes

. ♪ ♪ >>> so this is the only building that stands -- >> american journalist lucy birmingham visits areasastated by the east japan earthquake. she has lived in japan a long time. contributing to wall street journal and "new york times" times mainly on japan. she began her coverage on the affected areas immediately after the december. and released a book with a colleague. it writes the story of residents

a family from birmingham, alabama, said it felt just like home. do you think northerners complain too easily about the heat? >> yeah, you all complain about the heat and we complain about the cold. >> reporter: a tour guide sharing a bit of interesting history with us. the 1787 constitutional convention was held here during brutal summer temperatures. they stuck it out in wool pants with no air conditioning. brian? >> a healthy reminder. stephanie gosk, independence plaza in philadelphia. stephanie, thanks. >>> let's get more on the heat dome concept we're hearing about. how long it's going to last specifically, from weather channel meteorologist jim cantore at weather channel headquarters. jim, good evening. >> good evening, brian. we're going to take the core of this heat dome, where the heat indexes, the moisture and the air temperature feel like 95 to 105, and show you what it's going to be doing for the rest of the week. it's going to be sitting around. what this is, essentially, think of it, it's like a dome, if you tilt it upwards, you have

in birmingham, alabama, hundreds gathered at the site where civil rights demonstrations were held 50 years ago. also protests in los angeles, frake and oakland, california, as well as in new york. meanwhile, the president promise to release all of the country's political prisoners by the end of the year. he gave at insurance during the visit to the u.k. the british prime minister raised concernings about myanmar's human rights records. we have a report now from london. myanmar's leaders are no longer shunned by the west. president ten sane welcomed to downey street by the british prime minister david cameron, the former general converted himself into an elected leader. he told mr. cameron democracy is young in myanmar but the progress has been made. but outside parliament, campaign groups condemn the meeting. they say many people in myanmar are still suffering persecution that it's too early to welcome president saine to london. it's difficult to know how far the reform process in myanmar will go but protesters worry britain is putting commercial interests before human rights. they'r

a family from birmingham, alabama, said it felt just like home. >> reporter: do you think northerners complain too easily about the heat? >> yeah. y'all complain about the heat and we complain about the cold. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting. meteorologist bill karins will be here to tell you when you can expect a break. >>> one place where things have cooled down is capitol hill. senators have reached a deal, at least for now, on the way to get things done. the agreement preserves the delaying tactic known as the filibuster in exchange for up or down votes on president obama's stalled nominees. majority leader harry reid had threatened to change senate rules if no bargain was met. the immediate result was the confirmation of richard cordray to lead the consumer financial protection board. president obama nominated him back in 2011, but republicans kept pushing off a vote. while the compromise temporarily got things moving, it doesn't address larger questions. senators did not set any framework for restricting future filibusters of nominees. >>> frustration, concern and calls for

criminal and the behavior of the police are criminal that's what martin to say in a letter from a birmingham jail and that's precisely what we must say today but we must say it and loved this is very important the use of love is not in and it's all sounding brass and think symbol is not about hating. george zimmerman it's about hating the white supremacy inside of him as hating the criminalising proclivities inside of him a lot of my a secular left as well this is don't like me saying this but i have to speak the truth on the stand and i don't believe that the hating of person that the poles the hating of systems of global all the dark excess of the matter where they are it could be united states could be in russia they can be a south africa they could be in and south america where ever they are all the darky plutocracy must be called into question wherever every day people are wherever ordinary working people are they must be supported their humanity must be affirmed over against these oligarchic systems and the same is true in the united states but as you know in united states we we we hav

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,

temperatures today are going to be every bit as hot as the last couple of days. 94 expected in birmingham. 96 in memphis, and it's going to be around 90 degrees in atlanta. upper 90s for philadelphia and washington. new york, 92. syracuse, 93. even montreal, toronto getting in on the act with temperatures in the lower 90s. chicagoland not out of it. high temperatures today, 92. as hot as 94 degrees in minneapolis. again, that hot area of high pressure is stuck over the eastern half of the united states, and jet stream is way to the north. the good news is it looks like as we go into the weekend the high is going to retreat to the west and that means a cooling jet stream arrives at least into the eastern part of the united states for a little heat relief. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. >>> meanwhile there is a new wildfire danger in southern california. a blaze in the mountains near palm springs has destroyed at least a half dozen homes and is threatening dozens more. officials say that fire doubled in size monday night and early tuesday morning. it is only 10% contained. the national

supporters of the english defense league board out onto the streets of the ethnically diverse city of birmingham to rally against what they call britain's islamization more than one thousand officers drafted in to control the march and the muslim feelings have grown in the u.k. since soldier lee rigby was butchered to death in london by suspected extremists in may. dust hasn't settled in northern ireland where thousands of probity she unionists vowed approaches weekly in belfast until prohibition is restored for them to stage a march that passes through a key nationalist part of the city the disruption had started last week and will locals blah blah the traditional orange parade route for fear of clashes sparking five nights of on the rest with additional police forces having to be brought in from across the u.k. dozens of activists and police officers wounded seventy eight people arrested political commentator john white says the community's social division and economic issues are no grounds for violence. well certainly there's marginalization been. some of these within their communities well p

droves as a far right protest spiraled into full on clashes between police and a fascist groups in birmingham at least fifteen people were arrested during the demonstration organized by the english defense league in their drive against what they call the islamization of their country over a thousand police were called in to keep the peace but forty say they can ban these gatherings despite the surge in violence since the horrific killing of a british soldier in london in may. at least sixty five people have been killed in a string of coordinated bombings in and around iraq's capital another one hundred ninety people were injured as over thirteen bombs went off in baghdad the attacks targeted mainly bustling shiite areas as locals emerge after they were daily ramadan fast the ramadan and attacks have so far claimed over five hundred lives. germany's der spiegel magazine claims that the country's security services have been eagerly helping the u.s. in its global surveillance operations the publication allege that the national security agency's x. keyscore program was used to collect a huge volu

it is important not only that we achieve the highest need rail between london and birmingham, but the next stages as well. >> the prime minister knows how hard it is to get a visa for work. networks are trying to prevent it from being implemented. we are the only county town without a la-27. can he ensure that this blockage will be resolved? wax the secretary will be meeting next week about this issue. in terms of the answer i gave a moment ago about the high-speed rail, we have to recognize that there is a lot of existing congestion and the high-speed rail will help free up that so we can have more direct connections. >> the department for business proposes to abolish the protections for the named sheffield that guarantees the quality of our manufactured goods. the ministry of defense proposes to move their headquarters out of the city. what has this government got against the businesses and people of sheffield? >> sheffield is a fantastic city, a very important part of britain's industrial base. i am proud of the fact that, through the regional growth fund, we are investing in the f

i've met, i was in birmingham, alabama, recently and i met a mother whose daughter fortunately did not take her own life but it was such a scare and she's put in place a number of programs and i found myself in awe of her. but at the same time, i come from a family of doctors, actually, i'm the only lawyer. all my 4 siblings were doctors, i promised them i'd never be a plaintiff's personal injury lawyer and i kept my promise. but when i heard this very earnest person talk about how she's invested so much time and energy into bullying, i found myself asking, how do we know it's working? there are a lot of things that seem intuitively plausible and appear to be anecdotally moving the ball forward, but we need to move beyond that. we need to, among other things, figure out what indeed are practices that work and we need to understand in so doing that what may work in sioux falls may not work in san francisco. we get that. so solutions need to be taylored to local communities, solutions need to reflect the fact that there are many, many dimensions to this issue. let me tell you about the f

as a far right protest spiraled into full long clashes between police and anti-fascist groups in birmingham at least fifteen people were arrested during the demonstration organized by the english to fans league and their drive against what they call islamization of their country over a thousand police were called up to keep the peace but say they can ban these gatherings despite the surge in violence since the horrific killing of a british soldier in london in may. sixty five people have been killed in a string of coordinated bombings and other out iraq's capital and other one hundred ninety people were injured as over thirteen bombs went off in baghdad the attacks targeted mainly bustling shiite areas as locals emerged after their daily ram it down fast ramadan attacks have so far claimed over five hundred lives. least four people have been killed and dozens injured over after two blasts went off within an hour in pakistan southern city of karachi. the first bomb was strapped to a motorcycle and detonated when a local official drove past killing one of his staffers the second blast hit a t

supporters of english defense league poured into the streets of the ethnically diverse city of birmingham to rally against what they say is britons in this nation over one thousand officers were drafted in to control the march anti muslim feelings that have grown in the u.k. since soldier lee rigby was butchered to death in london by suspected extremists back in may. that does not settling in northern ireland where thousands of pro pritish unionists about to protest weekly in belfast this at least until permission is restored for them to stage a march that would pass through a key nationalist area of the city and the destruction began last weekend when local authorities blocked the traditional orange parade route for fear of clashes which sparked five nights of unrest with additional police forces having to be brought in from across the united kingdom dozens of activists and police officers were wounded and seventy eight people were arrested political commentator john white says the communities social division and economic issues are no grounds for violence. which only those marginalizati

supporters of the english defense league poured into the streets of the ethnically diverse city of birmingham to rally against what they say is britain's islam as a nation over one thousand officers were drafted in to control the march and muslim feelings have grown in the u.k. since the soldier lee rigby was butchered to death in london by suspected muslim extremists in may. that doesn't settling in northern ireland where thousands of pro british unionists val to protest weekly in belfast until permission is restored for them to stage a march that would pass pass through a key nationalist area of the city now the destruction began last weekend when local authorities have blocked the traditional orange parade route for fear of clashes sparking five nights of on rest with additional police forces having to be brought in from across the u.k. dozens of activists and police officers were wounded seventy eight people arrested . political commentator john white says the community's social division and economic issues are no grounds for violence. or certainly there's marginalization within some of t

brief members of the far right english defense league of clash violently with police in the city of birmingham in the united kingdom it's left several people injured these latest pictures through thirty three protesters were arrested after bottles and stones were hurled at offices now the radio said it was taking to the streets to call for the reintroduction of video cameras in the city center to combat crime retard left wing counter protest was held not far from where those clashes erupted. a police station west of paris has come under attack from a mob protesting against officers and forcing france's ban on islamic full face veils five people were injured six were detained in the assault the current wave of rage was sparked by the arrest of a man who tried to strangle a police officer who fired his wife for wearing a veil. protests are kicking off across the us a florida court acquitted george zimmerman of murder organizers expect more than one hundred cities to take part in the rallies zimmerman shot dead unarmed black teenager trayvon martin claiming it was self-defense his acquittal spark

members of the a far right english defense league have clashed with police in the city of birmingham in the u.k. it's left several people injured thirty three protesters were arrested after bottles and stones were hurtful to officers the e.t.l. said it was taking to the streets to call for the reintroduction of video cameras in the city center combat crime a left wing count of protesters held not far from where those clashes erupted. and more will do said brace for man in a wheelchair detonates the improvised device of beijing's international airport he was seen waving a bag near the exit of the arrivals hall and shouting before setting off the explosion the man's now in hospital no one else was injured it's thought he had a grievance against the police who he accuses of paralyzing enjoying a beating several years ago. a police station western powers has come under attack from a mob protesting against officers and forcing france's ban on islamic full face veils five people were injured six people were detained in the assault the current wave of rage was sparked by the arrest of a man

supporters of the english defense league formed into the streets of the ethnically diverse city of birmingham to rally against what they say is britain's isn't the zation over a thousand officers were drafted in to control the march and time muslim feelings have grown in the u.k. since soldier leave was butchered to death in london by suspected extremists in may . when years in about a half an hour do stay with us you are of course watching r t. you want is something truly baffling the u.s. supreme court has ruled that generic drug makers cannot be sued for bad reactions to their products only the original branded creators of the drugs can the court's decision was five to four overturning a multimillion dollar award for a woman who was horribly wounded by taking a medication which gave her toxic epidermal necrosis which is basically the equivalent of getting third degree burns all over her body and of course after winning the case mutual pharmaceutical company is demanding their millions of dollars back from the woman who they naturally blame for having side effects from the medicine they mad

members of the far right english defense league clash violently with police in the city of birmingham has left several people injured thirty three protesters were arrested after bottles and stones were hold offices the a.d.l. said it was taking to the streets to call for the reintroduction of video cameras into the city center called crime as that was hardly a left wing counter protest was held not far from where the clashes erupted. the world news headlines protests and way across the united states a week after a florida court acquitted george zimmerman of murder organizers expect more than one hundred cities to take part in the rallies zimmerman shot dead on our black teenager trayvon martin claim it was self-defense his acquittal sparked days of rage with civil rights activists accusing the court of racial bias. time palestinian prisoners as part of a deal to start peace talks brokered by the u.s. secretary of state john kerry he said the two sides are ready for negotiations which will start in washington within two weeks kerry met the leaders of both states on the sixth visit to t

city of birmingham in the midlands leaving several people injured there thirty three protesters were arrested after bottles and stones were held in offices the v.l. said it was taking to the streets to call for the reintroduction of video cameras in the city's center to combat crime a left wing counter protest meantime was held not far from where those clashes erupted. israel has released several long time palestinian prisoners as part of a deal to start peace talks brokered by the u.s. secretary of state john kerry he said the two sides are ready for negotiations which will start in washington within two weeks care about the needs of both states on the six visit to the region in these many months. so while the politicians try to revive the peace process the outrage over israel's settlements refuses to die down among palestinians what's more the military crackdown on protesters is now seeing children and up on the i.d.f. wanted list of middle east correspondent paula slayer's the story. armed to the teeth it's one of the most sophisticated armies in the world state of the art weapons

most violent southern sheriffs, people like joe clark in selma, alabama, eugene bull connor, in birmingham, and confront them knowing that if we do, they will unleash the dogs, fire hoses, horses, and then you will create an independent national community which will impose its will on the south. that strategy, to me, is workable among the palestinians. yousef munayyer, your final comments? >> israel has been trying to sell for a long time that its position is temporary. only that claim keeps the apartheid label off of the negotiations. up until last week when they announced plans to build a respite -- massive railway network throughout the west bank say that its occupation is anything but temporary and is, in fact, permanent. these negotiations of the israelis to say, actually, our occupation may still be temporary, and create a passat to cover their continued colonial activities in the west bank. once these negotiations fail, and i believe they ultimately will, that the saw will fall, and once again, the international community will be looking at what is essentially a an apartheid system