i don't believe i owe the taxpayers of birmingham anything.ng to owe me almost two and a half years back pay. >> don't shop for anything on capitol street. these are stores that helped to support the white citizens council. >> medgar evers, operating in and around jackson, mississippi, would be the heart of resistance to desegregation. >> the nbc network affiliate was notorious for featuring segregationist speeches. it became such a problem that medgar evers demanded equal time. >> when the jackson, mississippi, television station found itself under threat from the fcc, they agreed to allow medgar evers to go on television and make a statement about the goals of the movement. >> you know this black son of a bitch that's on television? been on more than goddamn 17 minutes, they better get his black ass off or i'll get up there and take him off. >> sir, we are required to do this -- >> no, no, this is in the south. this is below the mason-dixon line. you don't have to put these black jungle bunnies on tv. >> to many white mississippians, it was

people talk about selma, birmingham, confront.ncubator of it is nashville, tennessee, where james lawson started teaching his classes on nonviolence. teaching people like john lewis, james bev. limit, diane nash, how to not swing back if somebody hits you in the head with a nightstick. >> we actually practiced sitting in. some took the role of students who were sitting at a lunch counter and others took the role of white thugs. we were practicing how to remain non-violent even in the face of violence. >> there had been other sit-ins in those early months of 1960, but no one is centrally organizing or coordinating this like the student group from nashville. >> it was on february the 13th. and we had the very first sit-in in nashville. i took my seat at the counter. i asked the waitress for a hamburger and a coke. >> the students sit down at the lunch counter asking to be served, knowing full well that it's against the law. >> we were prepared to be arrested and go to jail and if necessary, stay in jail. >> it was a moving feeling w

, the labour leader of the birmingham city council said this is good news for birmingham. a number of major projects will not be accelerated. of the money will go to developments which will give much new jobs to the city but i think he needs a bit more time with sir albert. >> thank you, mr. speaker. tomorrow britain faces damage and destruction from strikes. it's taken 39 from united alone saying he will not stand up to union barons. will be prime minister to make clear we are on the side of the public who by three to one voting for us to stop this sabotage the? >> i think my honorable friend makes a very good point and, frankly, i think the time has come for looking at setting thresholds in strike balance. i mentioned the strike earlier which was a ballot that is taking place to sure i know they're paid for by the union so they might want to listen to this because it will disrupt our children's education. the strike balance took place in 2012. it's based on a 27% turnout. how can i possibly write, be right for our children's education if it disrupted by trade unions acti

birmingham was an economic movement more than a marching movement. when you pull 300,000 citizens out of the economy, everybody was underwater. negotiate to try to with them to help them realize it was really not going to get any better unless they took down the signs, allow people to work, instead we can't qualify. that's not true. the maids you have wearing white knowbarrassing suits, n more about your departments. talk to your wives. cedar they come to when they want to shop at your store and know where something is. they don't go to the clerks. they go to the made. they are running your business anyway. we ended up one by one helping them overcome the obstacles. there's no such thing as why water and blackwater. take the signs down. really very simple. only because we refused to cooperate with injustice. in that noncooperation, we refashion surely society. that's about the time the community relations service was born. it wasn't called that then. andas really bert marshall others from the justice department that while we were talking with busines

i'm live tonight if birmingham, alabama. where we're kicking off a nationwide effort to fight for voting rights. we'll have more on that later in the show. but we start with breaking news in the house of representatives. where we're awaiting a vote to authorize a lawsuit against president obama. remember republicans want to sue president obama for delaying part of the health care law. something they wanted in the first place. democrats blasted the plan as the cheap political ploy. >> the only other group of people i know who scream they want something then throw a tantrum when they get it are toddlers. >> a political stunt. time it peak in november as americans are head together polls in mid term elections. >> it is wrong. it is a waste of time. it is a waste of money. it is a disstraks from the important issues, so important to our people. >> as house republicans waste time on this stunt, president obama told them to do their job and lighten up. >> stop being mad all the time. stop just hating all the time. come on. let's g

in britain and in birmingham in particular, people are now debating the role of reddish values -- british values in education. >> events behind the school fence have gripped the nation. >> do with english people do. go to school, learn english, english ways. >> the british education oversight authority found that conservative muslim governors had exercised inappropriate influence over school activities at a secular primary school where 99% of the schoolchildren are muslims. the june inspection concluded that school governors had been promoting a narrow, faith-based ideology. school funds were used to subsidize a trip to mecca for muslim pupils. teachers said they kept quiet for fear of losing their jobs. the school denies charges of promotes extremism. on its internet site, it said it found no evidence of strict islamic practices in the school, and it rejected claims that any member of staff altered the curriculum in an attempt to deceive. the row over religious ideologies in schools has long been brewing in the city were one in five was born outside britain. around 40% of the population

may 5, 1963 every high school in birmingham and sounding counties closed down. they pushed the gates down. they walked some of them as many as 20 or 25 miles to get to the center of birmingham to get to jail. by that time everybody knew that it was all over and so the justice department is able in 1963 to get 100 businessmen to sign an agreement that the challenges that have been offered by fred shuttlesworth and the alabama christian movement for human rights. 100 businessmen signed it even though it was against the law but it worked. it changed. people suddenly acted different. and we never even had any problems at the lunch counters. and the reason was that the south was basically very comfortable racially but for a few good funds and bonds the established citizens and folks reigned in, we were able to move forward with the help of the really courageous congress and the coming together of the churches, the business community, behind the congress and the president we were able to pass the 1964 civil rights act but don't forget the hundred businessmen agreed to

, the labour leader of the birmingham city council said this is good news for birmingham. a number of major projects will not be accelerated. of the money will go to developments which will give much new jobs to the city but i think he needs a bit more time with sir albert. >> thank you, mr. speaker. tomorrow britain faces damage and destruction from strikes. it's taken 39 from united alone saying he will not stand up to union barons. will be prime minister to make clear we are on the side of the public who by three to one voting for us to stop this sabotage the? >> i think my honorable friend makes a very good point and, frankly, i think the time has come for looking at setting thresholds in strike balance. i mentioned the strike earlier which was a ballot that is taking place to sure i know they're paid for by the union so they might want to listen to this because it will disrupt our children's education. the strike balance took place in 2012. it's based on a 27% turnout. how can i possibly write, be right for our children's education if it disrupted by trade unions acti

. >> reporter: susan robertson coordinates operation refocus in birmingham, alabama. programs that caters exclusively to female vets like amanda marr. she left in 2010. sergeant marr was hurt in what's described in a training incident. she's not comfortable giving details. >> for a long time i went numb, in shock. >> internally suffering. >> suffering internally. it wasn't till i got out of the army, i was like, oh, that's what a woman is, that's what they do, they hug their kids, they lay in bed with their husband, dhiejt have nightmares. >> how close are you to the healthy you? >> to be honest i don't remember the old healthy me and that's tough. >> reporter: the retreat is funded by the nonprofit lakeshore foundation. it lasts five days but they tell us their connections are almost instant. the benefits may last a lifetime it's incredibly liberating, being around my own peer group as women veterans. it really allows me to sort of let down my guard. i can actually be prnt here and just try things. >> reporter: recovery is a process. at this retreat they met someone

. >> reporter: susan robinson coordinates operation refocus in birmingham, alabama.rica's few outreach programs that caters exclusively to injured female vets, like amanda marr. >> it's actually a war piece. >> reporter: the 32-year-old left the army in 2010. sergeant marr was hurt in what she describes as a training incident. she's not comfortable giving details. >> for a long time, i just sort of went numb. i think i was in shock. >> reporter: but internally suffering. >> suffering at the time didn't really seem like suffering and it wasn't until, honestly, until i got out of the army and realized, oh, that's what a woman is. that's what women do. they hug their kids. like, they lay in bed with their husband. they don't have nightmares at night. >> reporter: how close to the old healthy you are you now? >> oh, to be honest, i don't remember the old, healthy me. and that's tough. >> reporter: the retreat is funded by the nonprofit lake shore foundation. >> real nice shot! >> reporter: it lasts five days, but they tell us their connections are almost instant. the ben

so after the outcry in the nation over the brutality bible connor in birmingham, alabama and civil rightsist protesters from the john birch society started pushing a movement to support your local police. in addition to calling for the impeachment of the supreme court justice in addition to attacking martin the 13th as a communist, in addition to suggesting rosa parks was a communist, they also promoted in the immediate onermath of those attacks protesters, a movement to support your local police. those are the types of materials that were promoted in the 1960's , attacking the civil rights movement, in fact, asking what is wrong with civil rights? claiming it was fine without federal intervention. >> your piece details the little-known political operation the kochs ran called triad. can you talk about that? >> after leaving the john birch society and funding a number of other organizations, charles and david koch appear to been involved in an operation called the triad. he was investigated by congress back before smartphones and google. , but a little obscure revealing because the triad

the icon yirk birmingham bridge is one of them. dan ses ner is with the department of transportation. >> there's not too many more years of rusting that that could do that would be acceptable before you have a safety issue. >> reporter: it had a scare? 2008 when a rocker beam that supports the bridge slipped. portions of the bridge were closed for nearly a year. >> if you took this bridge out of service, 25% of capacity to cross the river would be lost, a significant impact on commuters and business in the pittsburgh region, and would have a lot of impacts on people. >> with federal funding in departmenty act 89 was passed, setting aside $40 million to overhaul the birmingham bridge much. >> the project is eligible for federal funds. the lack of federal fund - if we didn't have state funding we wouldn't talk about the fact bridge. >> while bridges can be fixed, lindsay says her mental scars will last a lifetime. she credits art with helping her cope with the drama of that day. one of canvas, the back brace she wore for months. are

and so birmingham was an economic movemented, more than a marching movement. and when you pull 300,000 citizens out of the economy, everybody was under water. my job was to try to negotiate with them to help them to realize that it was really not going to get any better unless they took down the signs, they allowed people to work and they said we can't qualify anybody. that's not true. the maids that you have wearing those white, embarrassing suits, no more than the young ladies that you have coming in from alabama about your departments. go home and talk to your wives. see who they talk to when they shop at your store and want to know who somebody is. they don't go to the clerks, they go to the maids. they're running your business anyway. >>> anyway, we ended eed one-b helping them overcome the obstacles. there's no such thing as whitewater and black water. take the signs down. it was really very simple. but only because we refused to cooperate with injustice. and, in that noncooperation, will slowly be surely refashioned. noo's about the time the community r

the iconic birmingham bring is one.an is with the pennsylvania department of transportation. >> there's not too much more time before there's a safety issue. >>> it had a scare when a rocket beam slipped. portions of the bridge were closed for material a year. >> if you took this bridge out of service, 25% of the capacity to cross the river would be lost. that would be an impact on commuters and business in the pittsburgh region and would have a lot of impact on people. >> reporter: with funding in jeopardy, the state passed an act, setting aside $40 million to overhaul the birmingham bridge. >> the project is eligible for federal funds. if they'd been available, we could have delivered it sooner. if not for the state funding we wouldn't be standing here talking about fixing the bridge. >> reporter: while bridges can be fixed, lindsay says her mental scars will last a lifetime. she credits hope with helping here. one of the canvases, the back brace. >> reporter: are these the names of people that didn't make it. >> yes.

i pulled up the story from the birmingham news. it's two years old, august or its off. again named bert slauson in birmingham one of only 27 residents of customers of alabama power selling solar in the alleges the back to the grid with his full of some. across the country and across the glow solar energy is spreading spurred by falling prices for equipment engineers incentives from governments and utilities. drove across the border and solar arrays star springfield. a national leader. in georgia the first large-scale solar development came on line this summer with plans for future projects expected to boost future generation. alabama finishes at or near the bottom and sores surveys. it would seem that there might be some potential. >> it would be great, the answers to ellis most of the state's. >> well, we will certainly see about that. the cost is coming down. like concern is that when the alternative to the solar is to burn coal there are costs of that the rest of us have to bear that are not in that decision anywhere. if you are in the count and europe during the boo

this guy riding his motorcycle through birmingham, michigan. he comes up to the stop sign.atch what happens. he's not riding fast. he clearly comes to a complete and full stop. they doesn't keep him from getting hurt. >> oh! >> i don't know what that guy in the truck was thinking. he cut that corner. drives straight into the guy on the motorcycle. he's hurt. other witnesses come up, people cannot believe it. we show up. >> which leg are you hurt? >> how do you not see that? how do you not see somebody make the turn like that? >> thankfully the driver does not take off. a little bit of comedy. the police officers can't seem to figure out how to turn off the camera on top the guy's helmet. thankfully it was rolling and it got good information for the guy to go by. >> the next video sent in by a viewer. look what she saw. >> the dude is literally driving on the sidewalk. >> that's bad driving. i don't know how you think the sidewalk is a place to drive. they're two different colors! and there's trees and garbage cans. >> maybe he thought it was an exit. >> i don't know. they y

and stay on smithville road or birmingham road.nd 42 this afternoon, busy across the walt whitman bridge down to 295. by the time you reach this point at creek road moving better towards the a.c. expressway. the garden state parkway an early your broken down vehicle is out of the way, it is dissipating there. and on this finally from time to time afternoon, happy friday everybody. if your headed to the shore through vineland, they were reporting heavy traffic through vineland on that and we will check it again in the next half-hour. >> thank you, sir. >>> 13 young athletes who are already champs are headed to houston. ages 7 to 17, they will represent team philadelphia in the 2014 transplant games. the action cam caught up with them as they boarded a bus for the airport if he hospital. and each received a life-saving organ or tissue transplant there. and the games has transplant recipients and donors in olympic-style competition. >>> and standing over the trenton central high school may have to be demonth momonthly -- demolished. t

some of the inspections in birmingham.he investigation into 21 schools was launched after a letter announced that muslim extremists were plotting to take over state schools. six schools, including some that were rated good or outstanding, were put into special measures. another 12 all made improvements. of theretary summary trojan horse investigation was uncompromising. >> teachers reported and organizing -- an organized campaign to target schools with a culture of fear and intimidation. nationalized and forced out of their jobs. one school leader was so frightened about speaking to the authorities that a meeting had to be arranged in a supermarket car park. are trying tos propose a narrow, faith-based ideology in non-faith-based schools by using school funds inappropriately. at one secular school, terms prostitutes" were used in front of the assemblies by muslims -- by muslim staff. senior leaders told inspectors that a madrasah had been established and paid for from the school budget. the school was not adequately ensuri

. >> she's both transplant surgeon and matchmaker at the university of alabama birmingham medical center. she's helping expand the pool of potential kidney donors by creating chains of living donors. it works like this. a recipient needs someone, a spouse, parent, friend, willing to donate kidney to a stranger so that they can receive a kidney from a stranger in return. >> the magic happens right here. >> by dr. lock's side is nurse katie stegner who looks for donors and recipients. >> i go through this every day and it keeps coming up no matches. what i have to do is make lists for myself. >> reporter: this is base chi your hey stack and you're looking for the needle in there. >> yeah. >> reporter: her cramped office tell the story you difficult it is to find a workable match. what drives you? >> this. just meeting the patients and them being so -- i'm getting emotional -- being so happy. >> reporter: katie is a hard core o.r. nurse, but getting to know these patients has softened her. >> in my old job, i was involved solely in the o.r. now they're really people. >> reporter: people lik

birmingham chester county down wires cleared and no problems through 202 and chester and delaware counties into delaware. in bear, delaware, would he have that overturned truck blocking the westbound lanes of route 40 at school bell road this happened at 2:45, stick with 273 or 13 to get around. i-95 in delaware no delays as you get around the 49 are 5 closure. >> breaking right now a driver was killed in a crash in philadelphia's hunting park neighborhood. the apparently was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. it happened at whitiker avenue and east luzerne street at 2:00 a.m., the driver loss control and smashed into a wall. police say it is unclear why. >>> we're following more breaking news, a shooting in camden county, new jersey, with stray bullets blasting through two homes. a young teen was shot while she was sleeping in her bed. katherine scott is live on the scene in sicklierville with more on this new story. >> reporter: matt, investigators are trying to figure out who fired these shots, a 13-year-old girl was hit while she was asleep in her bed, the shooting happened o

we are joined by a professor of application, who joins us from birmingham in the u.k. thank you for speaking to us. the opposition labor party is calling this a massacre of the moderate. what sort of signal does this reshuffle, in particular with the appointment of philip hammond send to us here in europe? >> well, in your report you touched upon several of the things that are most important. there are three. the first is that we are 10 months from the next general elections. so the new cabinet is the cabinet that will go into the election. that is why it it has been changed. that is why there have been more women appointed to reflect modern pretty an, to try and make the cabinet and government generally appear to be more in tune with society. but the third thing, and perhaps the most important thing for europeans, it reflects the developments with hagan hammond, is that this cabinet has moved significantly to the right. that is how they will move into the election because of the threats and because this cabinet will now reflect the views of many people in the current

if you want to avoid the activity, smithville or birmingham road are possible alternates. we will check it again in the next half-hour. >>> and on "action news" tonight a familiar killing six family members collapses in court and the dramatic hearing next. >> and how a local family is using a bike-a-thon to fight cancer. and ali gorman with their story. >>> and checking back in with meteorologist adam joseph about the weekend. we will all be right back. >> the texas man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife's family collapsed twice in court today as the judge detailed his alleged crime. ron lee haskill is charged with killing steven and katie stay and four of their children when they wouldn't tell him where he could find his ex-wife. and the couple's 15 year old survived and managed to call 911. >>> and 3,000 cyclists hitting the road for the bike-a-thon raiding millions -- raising millions of dollars for support and cancer research. >> and talking to one of the bikers and why he rides. >> a young biker. a fourth-grader who two years ago learned about cancer and de

is actually concern for people in the domestic flights for me going from tampa to washington or birminghamt imagine that is a situation that we have in the country. heaven forbid. >> but that is assuming that we don't have terrorists here. john, the missile defense. >> which we know that we do. >> and john, do you think that these make sense? >> yes, i do. look at what happens about 30 years ago when we first started to have people put on the seat belts, and i remember a lot of people in west texas thinking that it is one of the sillest things that i heard of. and i would not think of getting in the front seat of a car without a seat belt and remember the israeli airlines with the extra security on the cockpit door, and air marshals and now that door is secured on the plane. and now if it is a government mandate and i don't have a problem with that, but the government should not pay for it. i fly three to four days a week and i'm the one that there are millions of others that are respon responsible for this security problem going on and it should be passed on to me and other flyers in the

at the time that those four young girls were killed in a bombing in birmingham, and what he says abouthat, what he had the presence of mind to say as this young guy i was overwhelmed. i had never seen it. the first time i saw it was in the miss, and he talked about the blood on our hands for those bombings and i just think he was just born that way. >> we got to do a little digging. i'm not sure -- i'm not sure that any of us is born that way. i think we live in a world where especially -- roger is of a different ear wra. i think we live in a world where empathy doesn't just happen to people. what i have discovered is there's usually an experience, something in their childhood, something they went through, something they were exposed to, something happens that allows people to have that -- helps develop. at best we have sympathy for other people. >> you are right. >> empathy for other people is another thing. i have to dig a little deeper and see what you think caused that. >> i have to tell you something, tavis. roger and i used to watch your show. >> i appreciate it. i loved having h

it was after the bombing in birmingham that mickey and his wife rita decided they really wanted to goent to mississippi. i guess they got there in the middle of january. and james became immediately part of the group that they worked with in the state. >> and, david, your brother was just a volunteer, right? >> yeah. >> and he just decided -- what -- why did he decide to go? >> you know, my impression and my belief, based on the few conversations i had about his going, was that he was the kind of person who just felt -- he wasn't very political, but he viewed things in terms of fair and unfair. and he heard that if you were african-american in mississippi you couldn't vote, and he said it's unfair and i'm going to do something about it. it wasn't that complicated. >> you can see all of that online on cbsnews.com. >>> and coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll be leave on gaza for the latest on cease-fire negotiations. >>> plus new findings about pesticides on your lawn. we'll tell you about safety concerns for children and pregnant women. and country music legend

thethe also visiting birmingham, columbus, new york city and phoenix, decision likely will be made sometime early in ex year. >>> a lot in town of course for the fireworks to celebrate the fourth. how are those tonight looking? >> it is interesting. i think that the wet weather is gone. but breeze may end up causing some issues. i know over in new jersey got call from the mayor of marlton trying to figure out how things will shake out herement looks like the breeze may be just so that it might mess with some of the fireworks. >> oh, okay. >> hopefully not, but you know, we are at least going to be seeing the weather get progressively better with time. the problem is that we've got two big issues that are really ruling this forecast, a, arthur, that's the big one, but also, on storm scan3, latest cold front. just doesn't want to get out of here, although finally does later today. timing could obviously be better, but could also and lot worse. gradually conditions do get so much nicer for us by the weekends, today still dodging additional rain. see how it is fired one heavier rain back to the

my name is, led and i work at the birmingham heights center. you've heard from our youth program and i ask that you prioritize and public safety work. it's super important. as well as transitional age youth programs but i'm here on behalf of all the seniors. we have -- i have here over 200 signature and statements. we serve home bound and fragile seniors and it's super important that we take care of them. they're our parents, grarnd parents and we'll soon be seniors one day and that's something we should take care of. i do want to read one of the letters that has been written by one of our seniors. dear board of supervisors, i'm concerned about the budget for the city of san francisco. many people like myself and my community including youth, disabled adults, seniors and the underserved families with low income, the home bound and others who are dependent on the program and services that bhnc offer at [inaudible] height. we want it to be culture responses for seniors. we go to these locations for these programs but we come from visitation valle

i remember as a kid watching the kids in birmingham, alabama, stand up and being so moved by their commitmenthis was all a part of it. but then it's just been like gift. just gift. and i describe my spirituality as just walking willing. going to the places where i'm led. and letting people break my heart. over and over. but you know what happens, tavis? i've discovered when my heart's broken, it's like it's broken open to have room for more people. and then hope is released. when we're in touch with each other and hear the real stories, that's where hope is nourished. and you can't do it alone. i can only do it in relationship. and so it's like -- it's a great gift. it's a gift to me. >> i want to close by asking how it is that you sustain your hope. how do you sustain your hope? and i think the answer might be found in the very last paragraph of this text. i wonder if i might implore you to read it for me. >> sure. i haven't read it with that question in mind. let's see. >> it is my faith. this is my question. how do you sustain your hope? >> it is my faith that keeps me on this path. on the

democrats, meanwhile, are eyeing columbus, brooklyn, birmingham, philadelphia and phoenix as possiblefor their 2016 party. >>> former alaska governor sarah palin says it is time to impeach president obama over the nation's immigration crisis. palin claims he has intentionally allowed a growing number of children and families to illegally cross the border. the 2008 republican vice presidential candidate made her plea to lawmakers and candidates in an op ed and a video on facebook. >> enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president. his unsecured border crisis for me is the last straw. it makes kind of the battered wife say no mas! that's enough! it's time to impeach. and on behalf of the american workers and legal immigrants while backgrounds, we should vehemently oppose any politician, any candidate on the left or the right who would hesitate in voting for articles of impeachment. the many impeachable offenses of barack obama can no longer be ignored. >> some people would say to sarah palin no mas. meanwhile, one republican candidate, iowa senate hopeful joni ernst is downp

dnc officials willing doing a site survey august 13th and 14th, and they'll also visit birmingham, clevelandcolumbus, new york city and phoenix. final decision is due in early next year. >>> also, this morning, new details emerge about the emergency closure of the interstate 495 bridge in delaware. an internal investigation by del dot found key warning signs were overlooked for weeks before the bridge actually closed. and an inspector was called out to take closer look at a gap growing between the north and southbound decks. now, he didn't report anything out of the ordinary at first. >> we will be following up with them in the next week to just, you know, better under stands the actions of their employee. it is very clear to me that we did not take appropriate action. >> officials say the bridge repairs will take a few more months. they're confident it will reopen by labor day. >> lawyers for la clippers owner donald sterling wants to turn their lawsuit into federal case. challenging because of racist comments. on monday a probate court will consider whether sterling is mentally incapacitat