birmingham, alabama's mayor william bell joins us tonight here on "the ed show." mr.n in birmingham, alabama, if i heard it once i heard it 100 times, that the resources aren't there and it's going to take educational reform. i want your thoughts on that. thanks for joining us tonight. >> well, ed, you're absolutely correct. one of the biggest issues, especially for urban school systems, is not enough resources coming from the state government. part of the program is political. you have conservative republicans that control the state legislature that really don't believe in public education. and i'm glad that birmingham is acting as a backdrop for the u.s. conference of mayors to discuss those issues and really stand up and speak out about getting more resources to educate our kids. you know, 50 years ago that was the same issue that divided our country. especially here in the south. limited resources for african-american kids. and now we're faced with some of those same issues. but i am proud to say that birmingham is not the city that we were 50 years ago. when you

was in birmingham, alabama. he was not there to sermonize, he was there to eulogize, to make sense of the sunday morning murder of young addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carole robertson, and cynthia wesley. the innocent blood of these little girls may well serve as a redemptive force. what may have been discomfort turned out to be prophecy. birmingham had to go through hell, but found its way back and pushed itself forward and pushed the whole country forward as well. this is one of the true american stories. two representatives from alabama have joined together to see that these daughters will always shine in the hearts of our nation. denise put on skits in the garage to raise money. carole always made sure she had her chores done so she could go to dance class on saturdays. cynthia did well in math and in the band and enjoyed hosting parties in their backyard. they become recipients of our highest civilian honors, the congressional gold medal. the medal has served as an expression of appreciation for disting

today a bomb planted by ku klux clans men exploded outside the 16th street baptist street in birmingham, alabama, skilled four girls and changed the course of a civil rights debate. hundreds of worshippers gathered to remember. natalie tejada of our affiliate in birmingham has more. >> they came to birmingham 16th street baptist church today to reflect. >> sunday in 1963, love and forgiveness would be put to the test. a bomb planted by a white supremacist ripped through the building, 200 people were inside. 22 were injured. denise mcnair, carole robertson, addie mae collins and cynthia wesley, four little girls all under the age of 15 were killed. former secretary of state condoleezza rice, a birmingham native was a friend of denise mcnair. >> i said to my parents as the events were unfolding on television, why do they hate us so much? and i remember my father simply saying, they are hateful men, they are just hateful men. >> the horrific attack shocked the nation making america take a deep look at racial inequality and injustice. >> it also strengthened the civil rights movement and helped infl

lawton on the 50th anniversary of the klu klux klan bombing of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabamaich killed four young black girls. >> it shook the fabric of our society, broadly, not only in birmingham, but in the country. >>> and celebrating the joy and value of life during the jewish ritual of kever avot. visiting the grave of loved ones. >>> "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development and education. >>> additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're you're retirement company. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernathy, it's good to have you with us. there were major efforts this week to prevent a u.s. military strike against syria. secretary of state john kerry began meeting with russian officials to explore a possible agreement with syria, to turn over its chemical weapons to international supervision. earlier, president obama maintained his support for a strike, but asked congress to delay voting on it so the

. >>> in birmingham, alabama, services to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four teenaged girls. hundreds of people, both black and white, gather ted 16th street baptist church to mark the convenient. there was also a wreath-laying service. among those in attendance were eric holder, the nation's first african-american attorney general, and condoleezza rice. at the time of the bombing, she was 8 years old and a playmate of one of the victims. revulsion over the bombing is widely believed to have led to passable of the 1964 civil rights act that outlawed discrimination on the basis of race you ethnicity or gender. >>> from washington, word that former treasury secretary lawrence summers has withdrawn from consideration to succeed ben bernanke, as chairman of the fed reserve. "the wall street journal," which broke the story, said summer made his wishes known to president obama in a telephone call and then a long-term he said he had decided his confirmation hearings would be too acrimonious. >>> back overseas today, philippine army troops and police

in birmingham, alabama sarah dahloff, nbc news. >> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday.ay night football is up. the 49ers against the seahawks. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. . >>> centurylink eld in downtown seattle, where tonight the loudest stadium in the nfl promises to reach deafening levels as the seahawks renew their rivalry with the san francisco 49ers on "sunday night football." they call the crowd here the 12th man but it's the man under center on who has made the biggest difference as of late. quarterback russell wilson tying peyton manning rookie record with 26 touchdown passes and taking the seahawks to a playoff rin win and turning seattle for

today she continues to live in birmingham, alabama, where she joins us now.uch an honor to have you with us, sarah collins rudolph. can you talk about that day 50 years ago, where you were when the dynamite exploded? >> yes. i was in the ladies lounge when the bomb went off. i remember cynthia, denise, and carole walking inside the lounge area and went where the stalls were. denyseey came out, passed by addie and asterisk tied a sash on her dress. i was at the sink. when jimmy's asked her to tie the sash, i was looking at her when she began to tie it. then all of a sudden, boom! i never did see her finish her tying it. all i could do was cry out jesus! i didn't know with a loud sound was. i called,addie! she didn't answer me. i thought the girls had ran on the other side of the church were the sunday school area was. all of a sudden i heard a voice outside saying, somebody bombed the 16th street church. it was so clear to me as though this person was right there, but .hey were outside there was a whole. all of the debris came rushing in. i was hit in my face

also, some rain developing down toward birmingham, alabama. there's two lows on the map, one in lower maine, one down into the deep south, south of kentucky. but high pressure dominating. that will keep us very clear tomorrow, cloud free again. you do see that area of low pressure that came out of tennessee and northern alabama. that continues to stay south of maryland and does not impact our weather. a few more cloud cost mix in by thursday. what you do see, also, is this cluster offshore. that area of low pressure coming out of birmingham. this could be a decent size coastal run are into the second half into monday and tuesday running up the coastline. it could generate wind, shurs and a decent amount of cloud cover into early next week. you can see the center of circulation here. this very weak looking low ultimately could be the nexus or the core of that coastal storm system that runs the coast beginning into sunday and monday. we'll keep an eye on that. tonight down to 46, staying clear and cool. tomorrow 75. mostly sunny. what else is ne

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speech that are totally thinking gave in washington and days later the bombing of the church in birmingham, alabama her. you now realize that it was literally days later in birmingham that this church bombing took lace. -- took place. dr. king went there to give the eulogy for these four little girls, the only time we have him on record crying in public. he couldn't even get through his eulogy without crying. talk to me about the timing of this. of the more of a sense proximity to this great march and then days later here is what happened as they called it at the time in bombingham, alabama. contenteries that the -- the series of events that took place was a settlement to desegregated facilities in birmingham. every positive, step that the civil rights movement was raining, the clan was getting mourn happy and they resorted to more violence. we had so much violence that summer. we had the stand in the schoolhouse door. the clan was unhappy with that. they march on washington was the culmination. all of a sudden, people across america realized that this is real. but there's true hope and true change

stay with us of state "condoleeza rice" joined hundreds of people in birmingham, alabama today f special commemoration cerem 50 years ago today... the ku klux klan bombed a church tt >>> attorney general eric holder was at a special commemorative ceremony. the kkk50 years ago bombed a church that was used for a gathering spot for civil rights workers. four african-american girlsed in were killed and a 5th critically injured. [bell ringing] victims.. addie mae collins, >> reporter: a bronze sculpture memorializing the deadly bombing was unveiled at a park yesterday in bermingham. the work to fit them. >> this monument is not just a local monument or a national, it is a world monument. it changed millions of hearts and minds for love and hate, for love and reconciliation instead of prejudice and hate. >> reporter: the sculpture lives in a nearby mountain brook, alabama, at the time of the bombing. >>> the syrian leader says his country will comply with a u.s. russian deal to hand over the chemical weapon, cbs reporter tells us, secretary of state john kerry is sending a message. if they do

we leave you with these images from birmingham, alabama where 50 years ago, four lives of four littles were cut short by a bomb launched by the ku klux klan.

that's about the same as the entire populations of washington, d.c., nashville, denver, and birmingham, alabama, combined. now imagine moving many of them into the american states of missouri and oklahoma. missouri is about the same size at syrian neighbor, jordan. the population of oklahoma is about the same as lebanon. the resources of those two states, like the countries of jordan and lebanon, would be stressed to the max. crystal joriafa is the commissioner for european cooperation. >> imagine what the southern movement of a city that size means in terms of the increased pressure on the resources, such as education, health, security, for the countries hosting the refugees. >> reporter: and syrian refugees numbers would likely grow in the event of american missile strikes again the assad regime. many syrian christians are finding help and refuge right here in lebanon's macau valley. their churches, homes, and livelihood have been destroyed. many christians, like nicholas george, have lost family members. he owned a small grocery store in syria, but he fled to lebanon because the war caused h

today marks 50 years since the deadly church bombing in birmingham, alabama that killed four little girlsmemorial service in alabama honoring the victims. one civil rights leader says he remembers how painful that day was. >> i remember that i was at church getting ready to either have sunday school or the worship service, and one of our teen aged girls came up to me and had just heard about the bombing. i remember we just stood together and cried. and there was no other way to respond. >> well, these are the four girls who were killed on that september day, a testament to the suffering of the civil rights era. amazing it's been 50 years. >> it's hard to believe. >>> that's going to do it for now. we're going to be back, though, in 30 minutes with more headlines inside america's news headquarters. and by the way, you'll want to check it out. a

and this family, as anika said, they travel from flint, michigan, to birmingham, alabama.ore. >> you showed it in such a way. i've seen films like this before. but it was different. you're one of the executive producers. and one of the screen writers. what i appreciated, the humor. >> and -- as many times as you told me that at lunch. how could i forget that? >> she deserves all of the credit for it. she wrote an incredible script. >> it really comes to life. everyone brings it to life. >> that's what's so helpful, to have that -- those humorous moments come through. >> well, we like to say, it's a film that makes you laugh. it makes you cry. and you want to watch with your whole family. it's a family film. so, we hope that everybody gets together to watch it with their kids. >> and that's true. i'm watching it. i see my family. i see so many different families. it is about family. >> it is all about family. >> and the love they have for each other. and they're a working unit, which is something we don't often see when we talk about families now. a husband and a wife that

awarded to the four girls who had been killed in the bombing in the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabamaback in 1963. it was just days after the march on washington. it was forever remembered as a grim turning point in the civil rights struggle. >>> on friday night it was the east coast that got a spectacular sky show as a space craft launched en route to the moon and was visible to millions. sure could see it from our house. last night it was georgia and bams's turn. a fireball lit up the skies, they say it was a small by potent meteor. while it was probably only the size of a baseball, it came in at a low altitude at 73,000 miles an hour and thus lit up a huge area. >>> this is a good time to live in pittsburgh, having nothing to do with the steelers this time. the pittsburgh pirates last night clinched a winning season, their first in 21 years, ending what became the longest non-winning streak of any pro sports team in north america. >>> and the united nations world happiness report is out. they report the world is a happier place than it was last year, only by a fraction. the happies

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today marks 50 years since the deadly church bombing in birmingham, alabama that killed four little girlsmemorial service in alabama honoring the victims. one civil rights leader says he remembers how painful that day was. >> i remember that i was at church getting ready to either have sunday school or the worship service, and one of our teen aged girls came up to me and had just heard about the bombing. i remember we just stood together and cried. and there was no other way to respond. >> well, these are the four girls who were killed on that september day, a testament to the suffering of the civil rights era. amazing it's been 50 years. >> it's hard to believe. >>> that's going to do it for now. we're going to be back, though, in 30 minutes with more headlines inside america's news headquarters. and by the way, you'll want to check it out. a healthy you with carol alt begins right now. have a great day. >> see you later. >>> i'm carol alt. i've been on the cover of more >>> i'm carol alt. i've been on the cover of more than 700 magazines and traveled the world for photo shoots and movie

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

c-span: what is the first thing you can remember about birmingham, alabama? >> guest: funny you should ask. the first thing i remember is that the time my father was from birmingham but i was growing up and he lived in a small town out in the sticks. we would always come to town to visit his mother and grandmother. there was an inderal paint sign that had the sort of the unlike figures with blue hair sprouting almost like a troll doll. we call them bushy hair and we saw bushy hair we knew we were at my grandmother's house. that of course the largest ironman in the world who held a neon torch that shown green on days when there were no traffic vitality is an red when there had been a traffic fatality. c-span: this is what the pictures about? you say in the early part of your book the 1976 bicentennial or centennial of alabama was the first reason why he got interested in doing this. explain that. >> guest: i have grown up thinking that defense and 63 which is the climax of the book had nothing to do with me. dr. king's demonstrations in the fire hoses and polic

. >>> back here at home this evening, and to birmingham, alabama. where they remembered four young girls killed 50 years ago this sunday. the 16th street baptist church had become a gathering spot for those determined to end segregation. the reverend martin luther king moved by their conviction. >> this birmingham movement is one of the most inspiring developments in the whole nonviolent struggle. >> reporter: those nonviolent protests growing. families famously standing there as the police dogs were brought in. as the high-powered hoses were unleashed on children and their parents. determined to have their quiet message heard. the scenes playing out amid calls from the other side to keep segregation alive. >> and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever. >> reporter: 50 years ago today, as church-goers filled that alabama church, it was bombed. killing four girls, four young faces, gone. the bombing became a powerful symbol, helping to fuel the push for change. the 1964 civil rights act that would come a year later. on th

take your records and paraphernalia to continue ni one of our pick up points in birmingham, alabama. >> while on tour, lennon apologized. >> i said what i said it was wrong. now, it's all this. >> that 1966 tour would be their last. >> they'd been living in a golden tunnel. they worked hard. >> despite controversy with their concert days behind them the band produced some of the revolutionary rock music recorded. >> they took this large piece. john pursuits led him to a new love in november, 1966 in a art gallery the still married 26-year-old beatle made a 23-year-old artist named yoko ono. >> you didn't know who he was? >> no. i had no way of knowing. >> john felt imprisonedded by the beatles. when he met yoko it hit him hard. yoko did not give a damn what anyone thought of her and she said be the same as me. >> i was paranoid. 18 months or a year before we got near to each other physically. >> but when they did get together in 1968 they became inseparable. that same year the couple was arrested in london for cannibis possession. the charge against yoko was dropped john pled guilty.

. >>> tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the 16th street baptist church bombing in birmingham, alabamalan. today bill cosby was a part of a remembrance in birmingham, and earlier he spoke with me about why it's so important to never forget events like that terrible bombing back in 1963. i think that, you know, we've had the march a washington anniversary recently and so a lot it's focused on washington and i think a lot of time birmingham gets overlooked and especially the anniversary of the four little girls. you made it your mission to go down to birmingham to do this event this weekend on this anniversary of the four little girls, the 50th anniversary in birmingham, alabama. not for your health but to empower i would imagine young people, correct? >> and old and white and native american and everyone. what america has to understand is that just -- some people get embarrassed by what happened. same way if i talk about something empowerment and they can do it themselves, you know, there are people who don't want to see these things talked about again. they weren't there. i didn't do i

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"american history tv" is live from birmingham, alabama. hear from speakers including condoleezza rice and attorney general eric holder. we will take your calls throughout the day. that is on c-span three's "american history tv," or streaming live. taking yourey are calls with the education and exhibitions director of the alabama civil rights institute. >> the world is changing. we can't control every event. the oneremains indispensable nation and world affairs, and as long as i'm president, i intend to keep it that way. talkingthe president is about, we are the indispensable nation, what he doesn't want us to talk about -- we don't know how to win wars. military in the world. we certainly spend more on our military than the rest of the world put together. we don't know how to win wars. beseems to me there ought to a serious national conversation as to why that is the case. where does the fault lie? is it that our politicians are too stupid, our generals are inept? the size of our forces is too small? the fact that by its very nature, war i

. ♪ ♪ >> hundreds gather in this birmingham, alabama church to remember the four young lives lost whenomb exploded 50 years ago today. >> it's the world's heaviest salvage operation now under way. the plan to being remove the costa concordia wreckage sunk off italy. >>> it's good to have you with us. rescuers continual their desperate search for hundreds of people missing in flood ravaged colorado. it is tbleefd as many as -- believed as many as seven are dead, hundreds more rescued. ing sheriff praising the crews pluck people over the water. >> those flight-offs if it can be done they will do it. as i mentioned the chinook came in. these heroes bring rest accuse into players you can't imagine. if they can put a wheel down, part of a skit down somewhere, they're -- skid down somewhere they're getting people onto those birds. >> to put this into perspective, the area of flooding covers an area the size of connecticut. boulder, el paso and larimer. the authorities are asking fema to add more area to that list. al jazeera's jim hooley is joining us live. the amount of rest accuse is simpl

he attended a commemoration of the 1963 church bombing in birmingham, alabama.t killed four little girls. before the event, he and i talked. i asked him about our country's next generation of leaders. itis a conversation we had been having with a president of miles college in alabama seated next to him. take a listen. i want to ask you, i have been talking and thinking after the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, the anniversary of four little girls x about leaders. especially african-american leaders, who are they? do we need one? do we need leaders in the same sense we needed a dr. king or ruston or a james baldwin? where do you see our leadership now? >> i think it has to come from the same place. i think it has to come from the universities. i think, women, strongly because when you see 70% in research that says they are the leaders of the household, what we need is for people to realize i want to raise my kid. i want to go back and get my three kids. i want to take on that responsibility. i want to love my children. you know, one of the great pict

he was in birmingham, alabama yesterday to commemorate the church bombing that killed four little girlsneration of leaders. >> so i want to ask you about, i've been talking and thinking, you know, after the ath anniversary of the march on washington, 50th anniversary of four little girls, about leaders. and especially african-american leaders. who are they? where do you see -- do we need one? do we need leaders in the same sense that we needed a dr. king or ruston or james baldwin? where do you see our leadership now? >> i think it has to come from the same place -- i think it has to come from the university. i think, women, strongly. because when you see 70% in research that says they're the leaders of the household, what we need is what people to realize, i want to raise my kid. i want to go back and get my three kids. i want to take on that responsibility. i want to love my children. you know, one of the great pictures that, you know, reaches me, because it is special. is to go to for instance, the essence affair and walking around to see -- yeah. to see a black male with his

the legendary entertainer was in birmingham, alabama to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a bombing that killed four little girls. he talks about what some call respectability politics. >>> today, many people call it respectability polpolitics. and it is respecting the white man because you look at thing this way. what do you think about respectability. >> well, i don't know what they are talking about. i think it is an excuse because they don't know their history and when you speak like that, you don't know how people get to a certain point. for instance, if a person doesn't come to a certain neighborhood, then people say, well, nobody want to come here. okay. so then when a person comes, then they say, well, will he be back? so how many times do you have to continue to come back before the people you are trying to help really believe that you're serious. so somewhere in the psyche is, maybe a low self esseem to or maybe not wanting to get started or very much like some people who will say, oh, wait, give me -- give me the job first then i'll study to see how to do it. i don't want

and father mitch packwell, in birmingham, alabama, tonight. i thank you both for joining us.ohn, i want to start with you. pope francis was very blunt in this interview saying that the church sometimes locks things up in small minded should be about jesus christ. we now know that he doesn't consider himself {^l" ^}. >> you know, he's changing the focus of the way we start off. notice that he said you can't understand these different issues outside of a context. the context is proclaim jesus christ. proclaim the saving love of god . and then after folks have heard that you can begin to deal with explanations of what that means, and then you can deal with the moral teaching. the moral teaching that flows from accepting this love of god. but apart from the basic starting point, the moral teaching and the catechism don't make any sense. >> he talked about how the--the main message of the gospel, the fresh message of the gospel needed to be listened to, and the church needed to be more merciful. john, church liberal versus been cheering some of what the pope said. but there is som

killed when a bomb planted by the ku- klux-klan exploded at the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabamathe tragedy became a rallying point for the civil rights movement. concerts were held throughout the weekend in birmingham. a commemoration ceremony was also held this afternoon. >> next on the kron 4 news at eight. how much is too much for the price of parking at a meter? residents in walnut creek speak out. >> coming up this situation where there seems to be no cure in sight in the next edition of people behaving badly >> here's a situation to consider. so you're sitting behind a driver, waiting for the light to change green. and when it does the driver ahead of you just sits there maybe they're having car problems. or according to our stanley roberts. maybe it's a simple case of people behaving badly. >> stanley: let's face it many of us have an uncontrollable addiction. we are addicted to our smartphones so much that many of us risk a 160 dollar ticket just use them every time we wet behind the wheel. the minute the light changes to red many of us feed our addiction with little hit

>> birmingham, alabama. >> jimmy: now, bo, is that your middle name?jimmy: okay, what is your real name? >> denton. >> jimmy: how did you get the nickname bo? >> i was bowlegged when i was born. >> jimmy: your parents are sensitive people. >> not really. >> jimmy: i was dented when i was born. they dropped me, how do you feel right now? warm? >> a little hot, actually. >> jimmy: that beard can be itchy this time of summer. >> more hot than itchy. >> jimmy: all right, let's bring in the washers -- okay, here we go. here comes wonder woman, here comes superman with the wash. and the rinse. and the dry and look at that, where is the hot wax, i think we forget that. how do you feel right now, bo? [ cheers and applause ] >> much better. >> jimmy: well, thank you very much for participating, i hope we didn't ruin your watch there, and there is your shirt, give that back to him, sal, say hello to everybody back home. >> hello back home. >> jimmy: this is an odd story involving the president of france, one of the biggest french news agencies released a photo o

rebel against his past and his backgrnd. >> what is the first thing you can remember about birmingham, alabama? >> oh, funny you should ask. the first thing i remember was atheim--ven though my father was from birmingham, when i was growing up, we lived in a small town in cherokee county in the sticks and we came into town to visit his mother, my grandmother. there was a paint sign that had these sort of goon-like figures with blue hair sprouting from their heads, almost like a troll doll that we see now. we called t bushy hair, and when we saw those, we were at my grandmother's house. that, and of course, th vulcan, the largest iron man in the world who held a neon torch that shone green on days when there has been no traffic fatalities in birngham and red when there was a traffic fatality. >> that's what this picture is. awe you saw in the early part of the book, the 1976 centennial or something of that was the first reason why you were interested in even doing this. explain that. >> well, i had grown up thinking that the cataclysmic events of 1963 which was the climax of the book and the ci

half a century since the 16th street baptist church bombing that killed four little girls in birmingham, alabamaarded as a turning point in the struggle for civil rights. during a service this morning at the historic church, bells tolled in remembrance. [ bells tolling ] nbc's sarah dallof is in birmingham to mark this occasion for us. sarah, how have things gone this past hour or so since we spoke? are people talking about what happened 50 years ago? does it seem fresh in people's minds? >> reporter: very fresh in people's minds. it really means something different for every person whose life has been affected by this or who may have actually been there. for some people, it's helping to close old wounds from 50 years ago. for other people, it's just opening them back up again. it's a very painful event. now, the four girls who were killed were inside a bathroom at the church. what isn't talked about a lot today is that there was actually a fifth girl in there. her name was sarah collins rudolph. she was the sister of one of the girls who was killed. she was very badly wounded in that bombing. t

aljazeera, birmingham, alabama. >> a mexican city is making history, electing the first openly gay mayor that countries history. he won, despite the fact that the opposition tried to make his sexuality an issue in a smear campaign. a professional singer, he opened the first gay bar in the city where he is now mayor. he said his first order of business is restoring order to a city that has been rocked by drug wars. >> a former musician and coal miner believed to be the world's oldest man has died. he was 112, born back in 1901, in a spanish village. he eventually moved to the united states in 1920. he had two children, seven grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. >> they are doctors, nurses, technicians and soldiers preparing for missions anywhere in the world. part of their training takes place in the u.s. in some of america's poorest areas. they are making a world of difference. >> ain't nothing out here for young people. >> for generations, people in the mississippi delta have been struggling with poverty, illiteracy and severe health problems. these

head sitting at a lunch counter, shutter when i see fire hoses and dogs turned on children in birmingham, alabamao go back and live through that, even through a movie? >> it's difficult to watch, but it's good that we remember. >> how much lenny, do you think it's generational then, getting rid of racism, that it's not so easy as electing one president or saying i listen to hip-hop music now or whatever it is, which so many more people do now. >> it's time. it has to be filtered out. >> right. >> but people don't want to wait for time. they want a magic wand -- >> time is what it takes to accomplish anything. >> yeah. >> and this type of thing is going to take a lot of time because you have a lot of people who are still being taught by their folks, they're taught to be racist. they're taught to hate. these are not things that we have in us naturally. >> in light of all that, back to your characters in the movie -- >> the movie. >> trust me, i could go on all day about this, and it's tied into the movie and your characters how do your characters change in their views of race and white people and w