when birmingham happens, birmingham first of all was designed very much to get the attention of legislators and the kennedy administration. i take the example of clarence mitchell. here's a would have been working decades at the point waiting for a moment and he would say in later memoirs, i was always hoping that something would come along. of course, and there it was. he was able to take that and say okay, we need this. the birmingham church bombing in september of 63, a great example with the bill was already in congress. it was is going to the judiciary committee. there were a number of changes that were potentially could have been made that people are thinking about, but weren't sure there was the momentum for. samore liberal congressmen and certainly mitchell and his fellow lobbyists want these things. the bombing happens, know when it was coming, it happened and right away they were in there in those offices of the kennedy administration and then the leaders, the authors of the bill, the leaders in the house saying okay, we have to act now. you have church groups and you had a really

and people -- birmingham. people talked about that do. >> host: you're talking about newtown. >> guest: yes, the birmingham of gun control, and would rally -- of course i didn't. why is that? in some ways because the other side is pretty well organized, and maybe it's just -- i don't know -- just didn't capture people enough. >> host: the institutional basis is not there. >> guest: i think -- >> host: you talk about labor. >> guest: i think that's absolutely key. it's very hard to underestimate the importance of the labor movement in terms of not just the body but the money. the labor movement basically paid nor march on washington. the uaw, and provided the organizational heft to get speakers. walter luther spoke there, and then also provide a lot of the money for the organizational -- the kind of umbrella organizing done in washington to make sure all these groups were working in tandem. that -- we have that sometimes today but not nearly -- you have it around campaigns sometimes -- certainly there's labor o

so that letter was what came out of him in that birmingham situation. >> dr. vincent harding. 82. died at the age of we will be back with my interview in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we remember today the life of historian, theologian and civil rights activist dr. vincent harding. he died may 19 at the age of 82. he was a close aide to dr. martin luther king and wrote his beyondic antiwar speech, " vietnam" in 1967. i spoke to vincent harding in april 2008 and asked him to talk about the lead up to the 1963 march on washington for jobs and freedom. i asked him what martin luther king was fighting for at the time. amy, that martin saw very clearly that this country could never achieve its best possibilities as long as it continued either to embrace segregation as a way of life or to make believe that segregation didn't exist and try to ignore it. and so, martin was trying to do everything that he possibly could to lift up the reality of what segregation in america meant both to those of us who suff

when birmingham happens first college try to get the attention of legislators here is somebody who hadbeen working for decades at that point and would say later always hoping something would come along and there it was he could take that in the birmingham church bombing september 63 where the bill was already in congress with a number of changes that could have been made but were not sure with the more liberal congressman but the bombing happens and right away they were in there in the offices of the kennedy administration the leaders of the house to say he has to act now with church groups and a coordinated effort to say wilkens was the head of the naacp to say every organization the next day said it respectful terms we have to take advantage of this to use the momentum to get xyz a very specific agenda so not so much the passive organization out there but the environment for legislators to take the bill but more of the interaction with the agency on the part to be ready for a crisis. >> the bill is thought of as one of the old p.j.'s greatest accomplishments could you talk about what

we may have more in common with new orleans and pensacola than we do perhaps with montgomery and birmingham. i really did want to approach it as someone with a golf sensibility someone who is from here but not necessarily -- someone who can look at larger issues and talk about them but also appreciate what we have that special and a perspective that gives us. there is also a section called controversy and censorship because frequently unfortunately local school boards can be counted on to ban certain books and as mark twain said first god created idiots and then he created school boards so when the george county mississippi school board bans steinbeck of mice and men i had to say something about it in print in the best way for me to imagine tackling that was to have lennie and george on, iii wrote happening on a scrap of newspaper where they see they have been banned so that the children in this vicinity can't read about their struggles during the depression. so those kinds of cones were from a very personal because it was a way to really defend literature from what i thought were ridiculou

alabama had a central role starting with a the montgomery bus boycott with the freedom ride and a the birmingham movements and the montgomery march. but there are live to of smaller stories so i tried to tell those the best way i can. people that i had never heard of. there were abuzz they do amazing things under stressful situation. so it was a movement says much says great leaders. wanted to attract down as many people as i could that were still alive to talk to them about their stories while they still remembers the details of what happened. you can watch see old film footage to see the state troopers charging the demonstrators but to have somebody remember that as an 11 year-old girl as she thought they were monsters because they have masks on their faces. i love those details as a journalist but it just makes the story come alive to give it a face. in mobile there is said jesuit college town of western part called spring hill college and that was the first school of any kind in the state of alabama to desegregate. it began the process in the 1940's with the first african-american graduate 1

springhill just kind of went ahead and did it quietly and so in martin luther king's letter from a birmingham jail he mentions the college is one of the places that offered hope and inspiration and try to do the right thing. so i just want to call attention to the fact that in addition to those dramatic headlines for you saw police dogs and you saw the bombed church in earning him and those horrific scenes that were the flipside of the courage that the civil rights leaders and protesters were displaying that you also had these quieter things going on in a number of different places. mobile had an african-american man whose name was john leflore and mr. leflore back in the 1920s decided he was going to take on segregation and started one of the earliest naacp chapters in the south here in mobile and kind of quietly went about the business of opposing lynchings and pursuing the right to vote, pursuing the desegregation of buses and public accommodations and mostly he did it through negotiation and lawsuits and that kind of thing less like demonstrations and confrontation. he found a few moderat

i can think of two wonderful examples, everyone would be familiar with the letter from the birmingham jail by dr. king which is not only briton for the new york times also a pamphlet by christian groups, civil rights groups with the intent of changing public perception about the urgency or the need of civil rights protests and civil rights revolution in the country. did these people are agitators', they don't understand how difficult it is to change this culture, why do they foment these confrontations that lead to violence. so with king in much the way of any pamphleteer throughout history sort of nailing his letter to the church door and appealing to for a shift in the way americans thought about race and it would prove highly effective. the second example i would cite to you quickly comes from experience i recently had. it is in "eyes on the prize" but i went through an experience recently where a group of congressmen and women went south, 50 years, next year will be 50 years after the freedom ride and all that, and after freedom summit, went to mississippi, and one of the places w

when i was visiting that little town of troy were visiting montgomery, when i would visit birmingham -- i saw signs of white men. colored men, white women, colored women, waiting. i would ask my mother, ask my father, why? they said, that is the way it is. do not get in the way, do not get in trouble. one day, in 1955, 15 years old in the 10th grade, i heard about rosa parks. i heard the words of martin luther king on the radio. the words of dr. king, the actions of rosa parks, inspired me to find a way to get in the way. with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins, we went down to the little town of troy. trying to check out some books from the public library. trying to get library cards. we were told by the library and the library was for whites only. i never went back to the public library. on july 5, 1998, for a book signing. hundreds of blacks and white citizens showed up. signed a lot of books, had a wonderful reception. at the end of the reception, they gave me a library card. that may not sound that important. when people tell me that nothing has changed in this state, c

alabama gulf coast have more in common with the word means and pensacola than perhaps montgomery and birmingham. can wanted to approach it with a goal sensibility who is from here that not provincial but could look at larger issues to righty and talk about them but appreciate what we have is special and the prospective. there is the section called controversy and censorship because frequently and fortunately school board scandium certain books and as mark twain said first god created idiots said he created school boards. so i just had to say something about it the best way for me to imagine to tackle that is to have us scrap of the newspaper where they have been vacant so the kids cannot read about their struggles of those columns are personal in a way to defend a literature from ridiculous attacks and respect and recognize not every book is appropriate from all ages but i did feel that steinbecks work was classic for a middle school kids should be accessible. bus and several and one dash wrote the, the book is still banned if anyone from the school board is listening please stop that injustice

. >> and on a personal note, a little girl grows up in jim crow birmingham, the segregated city of the south where her parents condition take her to a movie theater or to a restaurant but they have her absolutely convinced that even if she could not have a hamburger at the woolworth's counter, she could become president of the united states. yes, yes, america has a way of making the impossible seem inevitable in retrospect, but we know it was never inevitable, it took leadership and it took court and jury and it took -- courage and it took believe in our values. >> less than two years later, eric holder. >> in too many of our school districts, significant divisions persist and segregation has recurred, including zero tolerance school discipline practices while well intentioned affect black males at a three times higher than their white peers. >> what a difference is in speeches. this is, the ram -- rahm emmanuel was very angry because the attorney general called the nation a bunch of kawrds. >> i think there's a lot of truth to it. federal jails incarcerate black men and give them 30%

they learned that it was purchased by a man in birmingham, alabama named richard wilson.nterestingly, richard wilson and bart corbin knew each other. >> richard wilson was a guy who worked for barton corbin's father. the father had hired him out of college. he was a salesman for the father's company. >> when interviewed, wilson denied ever owning a .38 caliber miss stall and denied talking to corbin. but bart corbin called wilson shortly before jennifer's murder. now facing prosecution himself as an accessory to murder, wilson decided to cooperate in exchange for immunity. >> he thought his wife was fooling around on him and thought he needed a gun to protect himself and he knew i had guns. he asked me if i had one. i had got one a while back and traded it for a used lawnmower and told him he could have it. >> finding the gun and the origin of the gun is what closed the deal. it's what compelled bart corbin to plea. >> and then, corbin learned the shocking truth about jennifer's internet friend chris. it is the last thing he would have suspected. up. a short word that's a

very dangerous stuff, shep. >> jonathan in birmingham this aven afternoon. you. >>> cops in florida trying to track down a group of ninjas. guys in ninja wear, bandits breaking into people's homes and holding them captive inside and ranning them. we're told they hit five -- and robbing them. we're told they had an incident in the orlando area one in which a millionaire thrill ride inventor became a hostage right in his own house. >> they put the guns right in our face and made it clear we had to obey every word. >> a particularly heart racing moment for the guy who came up with indoor skydiving, and invented the sky coaster swing. >> they were hiding in the bushes alongside of the house. >> three men dressed like ninjas as he describes it. a surveillance image showing them tying him up as they ransacked the place. >> absolute terror because i never had a gun pointed at me in my life. >> he says they spent an hour before take off in his car and surveillance video captures similar invasions in south florida. investigators say victims have all survived with onl

it pete out two new york finalists, one from chicago, another from birmingham, and "slanted door" is located in the ferry building and picking up an award is patterson of big chef in the west at a restaurant on broadway. "shed" won for outstanding restaurant design. >> new yorkers may soon find it is cloudy with a chance of...grilled cheese with plans to bring a parachute-delivered grilled cheese sandwich to new york city as soon as this month. how do you get one of the sandwiches? you order by pay pal and stand on a designated x and a sandwich drops from the sky. >> you got all choked up thinking about that. mike? >> maybe it would be nice if they felt at the coffee tonight but it will probably not happy. maybe the home runs will bring a breeze. dropping down to 57. if you were there last night, dress the same. showers in the high country and that is where they are going to stay, a few over the coast, and upper 70's around chico and sacramento and mid-to-upper 60's around san diego and los angeles and through the when slope, another 2" of snow possible until noon today and winter we

emergency room, and we walked in and he was seen right away when i was in denver, colorado, and birminghamlabama it is easy to see someone, here in washington, d.c. it has taken longer. i think what is important is when the general came in 2009, there was an immediate culture shift. at v.a. he is the guy that wants to know what is wrong. for decades was mismanaged and the number one priority was making things look good. not making them good. that are either unwilling to change, or just don't know any other way of doing business, that don't get that this is -- making things look good is the kind of thing that will get you in trouble. what about that, that this is a really regional and limited problem that's limited to certain centers where care is given, but overall satisfaction is high with the product once you get through the door. >> i think the american he john agrees with that. these are systemic problems that are peppered throughout the united states. if you ask the average veteran, and we ask veterans what do you think about your care, by and large, 95% of the veterans we hall love t

brooke birmingham used to weigh 327 pounds. look at this. in four years, she cut her weight in half with no surgery or fad diets. when shape magazine heard about brooke's accomplishment they asked her before and after photos. all right. look closely now. so brooke sent in this picture showing her new look and the excess skin that a person has when they lose that much weight. but when the magazine asked for a new photo asking her to wear a shirt instead of the bikini revealing area ab area brooke refused and she posted the letters she got. she is proud of the way her body looks now and "shape" says it was all a misunderstanding. >> the principal of an orange county high school is threatening to cancel prom after finding out that female students were being drafted by male students as possible dates. school officials think they've put an end to an nfl-style prom draft in newport beach. male students were ranking possible dates and posting results on twitter. in a letter to parents the school's principal says, it's not okay for students to be ju

el paso, nashville and birmingham and greensboro. >> are we seeing that the cities and counties are doing the same model in san francisco, does that model vary greatly. here i see the list, includes nonprofits or are we seeing for profits and does that skew the models? >> what you see is people tailoring to resources in their community. san francisco has a housing trust fund, and not many cities have that, it's a source for potential financing. and tax credits, and there is a number of ways that cities develop their program. you will use what we call project-based vouchers. and others choose what makes sense for their needs for repair. hard to say there is any one particular model. >> okay, looking around the country, are we seeing any main organization or company that is taking a large chunk of rad ownership or management? >> you know not that ti -- that i know of. there are for-profit developers who are appearing that have experience managing these developments through hope 6 or choice applications. i don't know that their is one particular company doing the bulk of the deals. >> and he

birmingham -- m and do technical as well. here is a graph of pesticides used over time since 1996. on the x axis is the year and the y axis you have pound of active ingredient. the thing to look at is the dotted line, the total amount of pesticides used. one you will notice most of the reduction in the past few years. we got the easy stuff first and now we are working on the hard stuff. one thing you noticed there are some bumps along the road. in 2005-2011 these are golf tournaments. i will talk more about golf later. finally notice the red line which is herbicide use compared to the dotted line, you can see most of what we do in the city is weed control. weeds account for most of the pesticides here. we have 84 percent r uks in pesticides and 99 percent reduction. this does not include public health allocation for mosquitos. this is something that puc funds.99 percent of that in the storm water attachment here in the city. let me just divide this up by department a little bit. these are the major departments doing pest control. parks and recreation has the biggest share, that's t

photos and data from teams across the region were sent to this office in birmingham, where it was piecedhow the path of the tornado. why should anyone care about this report you're making? >> well, we're standing and looking at... fortunately, nobody was injured or killed right here, but we want people weather-ready. we find where a tornado began and ended, the width, the maximum intensity. it can be used for research. it can be used for insurance. it can be used in multiple ways. >> reporter: like improving building designs and better forecasting. the survey teams found the bessemer tornado had winds up to 120 miles per hour. but a full analysis of the tornado's outbreak is expected to take weeks. vicente arenas, cbs news, bessemer, alabama. >> pelley: today in southern california, the wind died down, which was a big help to firefighters battling a wildfire in rancho cook mong gay. more than 2,000 acres burned but ththe is more than 50% containe. the firefighters hope to finish their work in a few days. in a moment, steve hartman on the road with folks exercising the right to help a nei

we've seen a 400% increase in deaths in birmingham from heroin use. 14 in 1910 to the upper 70 last year. that's a dramatic increase in deaths from heroin in birmingham, alabama. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator sessions, and we all appreciate the experience that senator sessions brings to this equation as the former u.s. attorney for his state. >> as the chairman has been himself. >> well, i now recognize senator klobuchar, and before we start her clock, let e express my appreciation to her for the work she's done, i think really leading this committee on synthetic drugs, bath salts and so forth and trying to improve the scheduling response to that. senator klobuchar. >> well, thank you very much, mr. chairman, and thank you for holding that all-day meeting yesterday with senator portman about addiction and the work that needs to be done. i was pleased to take part in that, and we welcome you, administrator leonhart. you spent many years in minnesota, how many years? >> most of my childhood -- >> yes. well, we're proud to have you in th

birmingham who has lost 170 pounds said she was furious at the double standard of the magazine showingn tight fitting tops and sports bras while telling her to cover up. she said it gave readers a false look at weight loss. now after the prcrap storm "shape" will feature it in the magazine. andy, you saw the picture. obviously they were looking for a picture with a shirt on. she caused the firestorm saying you can take this picture or nothing. was she justified? >> i was on her side until i saw the picture and then i understood why the magazine didn't want to run it. she makes a good point in saying that if this magazine is to help people get in shape and to celebrate getting in shape, and by showing people who have always been in shape, when she says they are giving an untrue picture of what you look like when you actually lose a lot of weight she has a point. on the other hand, i don't want to see that. >> joe, the dramatic weight loss, now she has all of these folds of skin on her. andy is right. there is a story here, but it may not be a before and after picture. we know what they

we need to make sure that kids whether they are in birmingham, alabama or bayshore, new england, that kids are in a area that prepares them for working lives. whit becomes lock step where you can actually think you can have a textbook to read one page and another page and another page and that textbook is going to be exactly the same if all states and all cities throughout america, that's standardization. that's wrong. but thinking about that should all kids become critical thinkers and problem-solvers? do all kids need to know fact -- you know factors and multiplication tables and how to do division and multiplication and addition and subtraction and basic algebra? yes. and so there's something in the middle between what are the knowledge and skills that all kids need and total and complete standardization. and that's why i say it should be a guide not a straight jacket. >> i know administrators are concerned, whether the zoe started 20, however long it has been, 45 years ago, has coincided with the decline in how our students do compared to students elsewhere. but ironically conserv

he's from birmingham. >> our paths crossed in this prison, and something good has been coming from itnd i'm going to be one for the rest of my life. i'm going to die a crip. i've had to spill blood to get in it. >> anthony's fear loyalty to his gang almost cost him his life. >> when i was booked into the county jail, they put me in a block with some of the guys i got into it with on the street. i'm banging in the county trying to survive and got stabbed in the eye with an ink pen. >> i call him the pirate. >> this patch, it's not me, you know what i'm saying? it may look like, damn, you're tough [ bleep ] but we're good guys. i've got to be real, whatever it is. >> you know what i'm saying? talking about my home girl. i've been writing about it in this song. >> she was a cripette but she was on cocaine and she was supposed to turn a trick with a guy for $20. and she walked. and she refused to do it and he cut her throat. [ bleep ]. so i gave it some deep thought and i came up with the song, "baby butterfly." it's going to be a masterpiece. hopefully we can continue to stay focused and

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. >> reporter: i spoke earlier to malala, reached her in birmingham, england, where she is still undergoingilitation and treatment. she's going to school there. she said she was appalled and horrified when she heard the news of the 300 nigerian girls who were kidnapped. obviously it took her back to the assault she herself suffered. she said she felt like they were her cyst ste her sisters. her fund is launching a nigerian girl campaign. they had to stand up and she urged the nigerian government to do everything they could to find these girls and she said the international community needed to help them do that. she also told me that when i asked her why she thought girls were such targets, she basically said these terrorists are misusing islam. >> first of all, boko haram, they are extremists and they don't really understand islam. they are actually misusing the name, even abusing the name of islam because they have forgotten that the word islam means peace and the first word that was reveered on the profit was ikra and that means deed. it's the message of get being knowledge and getting ed

meetings have been held with the regional denver office and with comcast for birmingham executives in philadelphia to no avail. why were we dropped? it is the question that everybody has. it is the question that everybody has. it seems to be simple. we are just a true independent. we enjoy excellent relations with all the other cable operators. this past year, charter launched us on their ft. worth system and in october, time warner added us to franchises in the state of kentucky. our concerns with comcast taking over this major western city should be obvious. in addition to 30 million homes may being denied the choice to access this proven channel and a wall built between rural and urban america. in the past, the united states government has taken critical steps to ensure that rural america -- the information superhighway must put on every country road. just as it was when the 1893 indications act led to the establishment of rfd. thank you for allowing me not to wear a tie and i look forward to answering all of your questions. >> thank you very much. you're recognized for your openin

brooke birmingham used to weigh 327 pounds.ur years, she cut her weight in half with no surgery or fad diets. when "shape" magazine heard about brooke's accomplishment they asked her before and after photos. look closely now. so brooke sent in this picture showing the excess skin that a person has when they lose that much weight. but when the magazine asked for a new photo asking not to wear the bikini but a shirt. she posted the article on her blog. she says she is proud of the way her body looks now and "shape" says it was all a misunderstanding. >> abc 7 morning news continue as at 6:00. >>> high speed pursuit that ended if a violent crash in the east bay. live with impact on your morning commute. >>> new this morning, the app purchased by menlo park's facebook for $19 billion at center of an international dispute and how it's tied to mark zuckerberg. >> new video of the teen stowaway from the south bay who made it to hawaii. aviation experts and calling this simply amazing. you can either have high-end or low-price. is spli

she joins me from birmingham. thank you so much for being here.t drew you to the gop given the numberses we have seen over the past several years, even in 2012, that 2% of african-americans identify themselves as republicans. what is it about the party that drew you in? >> well, first of all, i recently graduated from law school. i wanted the the opportunity to the implement as well as revise some new laws. i think i would bring a fresh perspective to the legislature, the legislation. i have been doing a lot of work with the republican party. i definitely wanted to get involved. i truly believe in -- go ahead. >> what was it? i did see some of your record that you have. this isn't something you decided this year to be a republican. this is work you have been doing over the years. what was your draw when so many african-americans don't feel the same way, at least it appears at this point. >> i wouldn't say they don't feel the same way. a lot of people just don't come out and say they want to be involved as much as i am. when i ask minorities for th

. >> on a personal note, a little girl grows up in birmingham, the segregated city of the south whereents can't take her to a movie theater or to a restaurant, but they have her absolutely convinced even if she can't have a hamburger, she can be president of the united states if she wants to be and she becomes the secretary of state. >> what do you think of the different comment? interesting, right? >> everyone comes at life at a different angel and perspective based on her experience. it's not fair to compare what she said -- >> come on -- >> totally different perspect e perspective. >> look at her background -- >> there is racism and racial -- >> i'm -- >> white on black racism, black on white racism. >> can we talk about this comparis comparison, condoleezza rice did grow up in the segregated south and he didn't. >> michelle ocbama said everyboy is going to school with the people that look like them. they don't like school choice that would open doors up. if anybody is at fault here, it's the obama administration. >> eric holder, that is crippling for blacks because when you portra

the chef beat out two new york finalists, one from chicago and another from birmingham, and slanted doorlocated in the ferry building and picking up an award is daniel patterson from san francisco, one of the toughest reservations and won best chef in the west. and "shed" designed >> and there are new drills at home depot. >> attachments? >> yes! >> i'm excited even though he is kidding around. 61 and dropping to 57 and breezy a at the cove with showers winding down whether they are in the central valley, or even the snow in the sierra with a chance of snow there. >> kristen, girl love as good bargain. we have a high wind advisory for a couple of bay bridges. gusty conditions if you are traveling northbound and southbound direction keep both hands on the wheel and on bay bridge, if you are headed in and out of the oakland toward san francisco that is going to be a shaky ride and we have metering lights that were just turned on and hook back to the east bay as we look at 680 southbound from pleasant hill to walnut creek, 680 is building and you can see this. >> amazon is making shopping a

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for an academy award called "four little girls" it's about the bombing of the baptist church in birminghamama. and i interviewed george wallace and this reminds me of george wallace in that interview. >> how so? >> he was trying -- all the stuff he did, all he could talk about was i bought school books for black kids who didn't have school books. he didn't want to hear about the bombing. the german shepherds, the hoses and for him to say, you know, how he's helped minorities and then try to juxtapose that with what magic johnson is not doing. it's ludicrous. and this thing is getting volatile now. the wife says, i'm not selling. she has 50% of the team. the other day, lebron said, and i think he was speaking for all the players, if the sterling name is attached to this team, it's going to be crazy. >> donald sterling doesn't believe that. donald sterling says he believes his players on his team love him, support him, that they are just being intimidated not to speak. >> that sounds like a plantation owner. my darkies love me. they're not going to revolt. like he said before -- >> he says c

this week is anniversary of the birmingham campaign. dr. king was called abnormal.rrible form of political tyranny. know that moral monday, 5:00, we are coming back. >> that's my question. i have had a lot of conversations with you, on and off the air, seen a lot of tape of you. i don't think i've ever heard you raise your voice. you should be squarely within the new rules. the question i have for you, you have now a new legislative session and you built this moral monday movement, incredible, i read this interesting article about you trying to broaden the coalition for moral monday. the naacp pushed into traditionally conservative areas, including the mountains where overwhelmingly white crowd packed an episcopal church to hear your message and interrupt with occasional amen. what is the strategy going forward in widening the coalition? >> first of all, we have been building itself enyears, we have been widening for quite some time. in the last year with moral monday is showing people common destiny. when you don't talk about left, right, democrat, republican, cons

. >> and on a personal note, a little girl grows up in birmingham. the segregated city of the south where her parents can't take her to a movie theater or to a restaurant, but they have her absolutely convinced that even if she can't have a hamburger at the lunch counter, she could be president of the united states if she wanted to be, and she becomes the secretary of state. yes, yes, yes, america has a way of making the impossible seem inevitable in retrospect, but we know it was never inevitable. it took leadership, and it took courage, and it took belief in our values. >> so condoleezza rice speaking in a very uplifting fashion there. and eric holder didn't want to do that, why didn't he have some sort of call to action instead rather than hammering down on zero tolerance policies and calling those racist. why didn't he call for african-american fathers to be fathers and not be baby daddies and take care of their kids and teach them to be good stewards in the community. why didn't he talk about that instead? >> what's so striking between the two i

he spent an awful lot of nights on the deck of his house down in birmingham talking to his absent fatherg that's interesting about michael jordan is he was intentionally a-political. >> he was culturally a-political. i i build this story from the violent riots of 1898. michael's great grandfather was born in 1891. 5'5" and crippled but he was fierce and he didn't die until michael was 14. he lorded over the jordan family, a share cropper and moon shiner and he had this edge and a lot of that edge came through in jordan. but no one in his family had political rights. michael was born into a world where those rights were bestowed. but the people who raised him came out after a culture where none of that was available. >> thank you so much, fascinating. >>> up next. is batman a superhero? vo: once upon a time there was a boy who traveled to a faraway place where villages floated on water and castles were houses dragons lurked giants stood tall and the good queen showed the boy it could all be real avo: whatever you can imagine, all in one place expedia, find yours ameriprise asked people a

and brooke birmingham is with us, now along with the editor at large of "shape" magazine.good morning. >> start a conversation, you did, brooke. was that your intention, and why was it so important to you to get this particular photo out? >> well, yeah, it wasn't my intention to start a conversation. i had no idea that it would come to this. it was important to me because that is my body. and i felt like i needed to put it out there to show people what real weight loss looks like. >> when you first got this response from the freelance writer assigned to the story, this isn't the picture we want, how did it make you feel? were you upset? were you mad? >> i was hurt. i felt like my body wasn't good enough to be on their website, when you log on and do see women in bikinis. >> bahar, let's get you in there. you the editor of "shape" magazine. what happened here? was this a miscommunication? >> absolutely. it was a miscommunication with a freelancer, who's not employed by "shape." unfortunately, she said there was an editorial policy that simply doesn't exist. so that's where