connected with a local movement led by the reverend fred shuttlesworth to desegregate birmingham, alabama. same as the king is incarcerated in birmingham and he writes on scraps of paper letter from birmingham jail and he really defends the movement against critics who say the movement should move slower. the movement should wait and freedom and justice and democracy. one of the best lines from birmingham jail is king arguing in the future the young men and women being incarcerated and brutalized and arrested in birmingham are going to be remembered as he rose and he says they're going to be remembered as heroes for bringing the nation back to, quote, those great walls of democracy dug deep by the founding fathers. 1963 is the year of german shepherd fire hoses in birmingham, fire hoses that were powerful enough to take the bark off of trees, john f. kennedy says he is sick from the scenes he has witnessed in birmingham of german shepherds and fire hoses and over 1,000 young children, children as young as 8 years old being incarcerated for trying to desegregate birmingham, alabama. 63 is

. >> reporter: a sunny morning on the campus of university of alabama birmingham. student volunteers are spreading backpacks across the campus green. the 1,100 backpacks have a purpose, to lure passersby. >> all the students around here carry backpacks. i guess you never really know what baggage they're carrying. i think the backpack is symbolic of what you carry around in life. >> reporter: the backpack displays the work of an organization called active minds and its founder allison melman. each backpack represents a student who has taken their own life. >> 1,100 backpacks is a lot of backpacks. and each one has a story. >> reporter: allison's brother, brian, was smart, funny, but few knew he suffered with mental illness. he took his life during his senior year in college. >> on the outside nobody could tell. he hid it from everybody because he was scared, he was ashamed, he thought he was the only one. >> reporter: allison's goal, to pull mental illness out of solitary darkness and into the light of public awareness. >> i couldn't imagine doing anything else with

>> birmingham, alabama. >> all right. >> i love my hometown, but it is one of the most nondiverse placesn our first shipment of mexicans yet. i want some diversity. it's like what sucks is in some parts of america, you know, like black people hate on latinos. that makes no sense to me, you know? i got home boys, all the reason the latinos get right is because what black folks did in the civil rights movement. which is true. but that's the point, civil rights movement. how are you going to get jealous? the i have a dream speech was for all races. >> let me ask you something. is it always the man's fault? >> no. let me let you know something, ladies, about men. they have a don't give a damn chip installed right here. it's activated as soon as you open up your mouth, okay? you know, as women we hold on to stuff too long. i went out with this guy for three years. great guy, great relationship. he cheated on me. i forgave him. you know we don't forget about that. every time we got into an argument, i brought it right back up. he couldn't get away with nothing. you know we out of cookies? what

i'm mindful that only yesterday in birmingham alabama, our children crying out for brotherhood.eatened with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. >>> stockholm 1964, 34-year-old dr. martin luther king jr. was awarded the peace prize. and he donated the money to the civil rights movement. as dr. king was honored in oslow he was reviled by white supremecists in the south. it's weapons, widespread violence and fear. burning crosses at homes and churches and pulling people from their houses. some evenclaimed to be ghosts of conservative soldiers. college students volunteered to go to mississippi to help with voter registration. before they left for freedom summer they were given lessons on what to expect. >> they're going the pick you up on the road. they're going to try to put something on you, you're going to wind up in jail there's no doubt about it. >> reporter: the reality of the danger was brutally evident when a 21-year-old black man from mississippi, james chaney and two white jewish new yorkers. michael goodwin and michael sherwerner were picked up on the street and dis

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>> i grew up in birmingham, alabama.n chicken wings and grit, we are about creating a world in which is easier for regular people like my dad to do the right thing and we are proud to be all across walmart, birmingham, alabama, and the walmart next to you, and we're all about making the thing accessible. often when we talk about his issues of food, we can get political about being on the left or being on the right and we try to make a good food be affordable food, and dismissed with different labels around them. stuart: have a suspicion anybody eating all plant food derived food is entirely from plant. i have a suspicion they are on the left. i got $100 that says people who buy your products are on the left. >> you would be fantastically wrong, and here is why. looking at the condiment category, mayo is one of the least expensive in the condiment set. people buying it, you know what they're putting it it on? hamburgers. egg salad, tuna salad out of it. we are in costco, we are very fortunate we have been able to smash th

by that point, police in birmingham, alabama, had a whole block of that city shut down. tf, the fbi, the alabama state version of the fbi, they had two local police forces there. they had a campus police force there, but with all those agencies on site, they realized what they needed they didn't have on hand was the army. and the reason they needed the army and staff sergeant mensink is because an old dude in rural, alabama, was, quote here, tinkering with some kind of explosive device. and it became lodged inside his leg. some random old dude was playing with grenades, tinkering with grenades, we don't know exactly what kind it was. the grenade didn't explode while he was tinkering with it, but it basically fired itself into his thigh. paramedics took him to the local hospital. the baptist medical center there is lying seriously, you have a live grenade embedded inside you? you might explode. you can't come here. you have to go to a level one trauma center. poor local paramedics and the ambulance with this guy might explode at any minute, they drive their potentially goi

. >>> and quite a scare for some passengers aboard a united express flight from birmingham, alabama to denver, colorado. they had to stop in missouri because of a cabin depressurization. three people were hospitalized. >>> and game three of the world series, off to a rough start friday. a huge hole torn in the massive american flag that was unfurled. the seam between the seventh and eighth stripes, there's a total of 13,ing, of course. didn't bother the kansas city royals. beat the san francisco giants 3-2, taking a 2-1 lead in the world series. >> what was that again? they beat the giants. >> rubbing that in a little bit. >> best of seven. last i heard. >>> and finally, here's what a supersonic sky dive looks like. google executive alex ustis was up into outer space with a helium balloon. up to 136,000 feet, about 25 miles high. separated and started free falling back to earth. reaching a top speed of 822 miles per hour. he broke the sound barrier and shattered several sky diving records, including that set by felix baumgartner back in 2012. lasted two and a half hours. >> when you're

. >> i think the worst time in my career was when those four girls were killed in birmingham, alabamaas the worst time. i think that was something that i couldn't hardly take. >> if you think this project is all about terrible stories and hardship, listen to mudcat tell this one. it begins when his cleveland indians were on a road trip in detroit. he gets a call in his hotel room. >> the president was asking me to have breakfast with him this morning. i said, yeah, yeah, yeah. and i hung up the phone. well, they came up and they knocked on the door. and you can tell them anywhere. they dressed alike. they looked alike. and i said, oh, this must be something. so they knocked on the door, and i opened the door slightly. and she said we hate to bother you but really, president kennedy would like to have breakfast with you this morning. and i said, can you wait until i get dressd they said, yeah. i got dressed. i went down there and there was president kennedy. >> they discussed civil rights. when j.f.k. asked mudcat if there was anything he could do for him, grant told him about the dela

yeah, yeah, i do. [ laughter ] this next one is from fraya rudder in birmingham, alabama.ld '80s version of jane eyre on netflix and saw someone that she says looks a lot like me. i'm not sure if i see it. let's take a look. [ laughter ] does that look like me? [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: you got a new shawl? [ cheers and applause ] it's stern. it's stern, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: jane, get away from here. we must leave now. so get in the carriage and we're going off to a different place. [ laughter ] don't make me get angry. >> steve: don't get fresh, eyre. >> jimmy: no. yeah, that's weird. that's on. it does look like me a little bit. this might be my new look. >> steve: i would do it. >> jimmy: i think it's pretty cool. >> steve: there you go. where's my cape? >> jimmy: it's settled. i'm freezing, where's my cloak? [ laughter ] finally, this last screen grab was sent in to us by tammy kelso in fairfield, pennsylvania. she was watching the news and they listed the top five amusement parks in the united states. >> steve: oh great. >> jimmy: yeah. let'

. >>> and quite a scare for some passengers aboard a united express flight from birmingham, alabama, to denver, colorado. the pilot had to make an emergency landing in springfield, missouri. this was on friday in the afternoon because of a cabin depressurization. three people were hospitalized. >>> and game three of the world series, off to a rough start friday. a huge hole torn in the massive american flag that was unfurled during the national anthem. the seam between the seventh and eighth stripes, there's a total of 13, of course. somehow came apart. the pre-game tear didn't seem to bother the kansas city royals. beat the san francisco giants 3-2, taking a 2-1 lead in the world series. >> what was that again? they beat the giants. >> they beat the giants, yes. >> rubbing that in a little bit. >> best of seven. best of seven last i heard. >>> and finally, here's what a supersonic sky dive looks like. this is an amazing video. google executive alan eustace was lifted into outer space friday by a helium balloon. up to 136,000 feet, about 25 miles high. he separated from the balloon a

. >> las rung is now kicking back with his new family, yes, he did get adopted in birmingham, alabamaall right. here's howard with what's coming up in sports. >> well, we have lost a broadcast legend here in philadelphia. there was no one that set the standard in philadelphia may by play broadcasters better than bill campbell. exciting for me when i heard bill campbell again tonight on some of the greatest calls that he made and some of the greatest in philadelphia. a legend talks about bill's impact to the city. that's coming up in sports. >> sad news tonight in sports. one of the greatest and i mean the greatest radio and tv play by play voices in philadelphia history passed away this afternoon at the age of none. bill campbell was truly and i say this with all respect, truly a legend. most people under the age of 40 will not remember bill, but when i was a kid, i loved listening to bill campbell. he brought the game from the radio to me a at home. i was lucky enough to have worked for and with bill campbell doing stats believe it or not for bill for the sixers games early in my spo

fox 6 in birmingham, alabama. a john doe buried in 1981 could be a former state department diplomat who killed his family five years earlier, then disappeared. he was placed on the fbi's most wanted list in april of this year. forensic tests are now being conducted. >>> fox 9 in the twin cities with more trouble for vikings running back adrian peterson. court records indicate he admitted smoking weed in violation of his bond on the child abuse charge. a prosecutor in texas has asked for an arrest warrant. peterson has not played since the first game of the season. >>> this is a live look at boston from our affiliate there fox 25. one of their big stories, the discovery of a small red book in a time capsule from 1901. it was recovered from a statue of a lion atop a boston building. the book has not been taken out of that box because it's in fragile condition. so no one knows what's in it. what good is that? that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. so i can reach all

when i moved back to birmingham, alabama, walking around in public was new because i had a prosthetics missing my arm, but people get used to that and they are supportive. i will eat somewhere and ask for the check and they say it's taken care of. it's been incredible. >> for you and all you do, you have just been in afghanistan also. you are committed to the program. >> we went and spoke to the troops all over afghanistan. >> it's a great honor and privilege. >> thank you for having me on. thank you to men's health and their partners for making this happen. >> it's a great cover. thank you, noah. >> thank you. >> kick boxing. these two males were duking it out for five minutes in a suburban neighborhood of new south wales. it is not unusual for male kangries kang radios to box to show dominance. goal is to grow. gotta get greater growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. like smart pick ups. they'll only show up when you print a label and it's automatic. we save time and money. time? money? time and money. awesome. awesome! awesome! aw

bill: birmingham, alabama. does this show a deep and systemic problem with the secret service? >> absolutely. a man with three assault convictions had a gun and was in an elevator with the president and the secret service didn't know it? when you combine that with the shooting incidents of 2011 and the white house intruder omar gonzalez, these are not isolated incidents. these are part of a systemic problem with the secret service. director pierson's appearance before the house committee was a disaster. she used that horrible washington phrase "mistakes were made" several times. she did not do herself or the secret service any good. bill: there appears to be a coverup. has that been proven. reporter: you were talking about how far gonzalez got into the white house. the secret service initially said he was apprehended immediately after entering the front door of the white house. that wasn't the case. as far as the armed convicts in the elevator with the president we didn't even know about that until yesterday. the secret service had not made that clear. it's clear to lawmakers t

thank you, andrea mccarren on the road live from birmingham to scottsboro, alabama, where we'll expect to hear more reports from her layer on today at 5:00 on what could be resolution to a 40-year-old murder case. >>> also in the news, test results are expected today or tomorrow on a sheriff deputy who was inside the dallas apartment where a man with ebola was staying. some major u.s. airports are getting ready to start additional screening for west africa travelers. omar ville tran came is in -- villafranca is in dallas with the latest. >> reporter: thomas duncan's body will be cremated to spread the virus from spreading further. he died yesterday underscoring questions about the care he received. duncan was initially turned away from the hospital three days before being put in an isolation ward late last month. his remains will be turned over to his family in dallas. texas officials expect ebola test results on the sheriff within 48 hours. he went inside the contaminated apartment where duncan was staying and complained of ebola- like symptoms yesterday. officials say the deputy had

argue act taking on alabama birmingham. arkansas with a trick play. can vote next friday the 31st. black borough and esutis. or williams up to and hammond town. you can call or text your vote to 610624-411. it is always featured every saturday night at 7:00 here on nbc 10. that's sports. we'll be right back. >>> time to check in with lester holt for what's coming up on nbc nightly news. >> new details on why a freshman homecoming prince opened fire inside his high school cafeteria. >>> why three states have quarantine in effect for certain travelers from west africa. what american doctors are really worried about these days. >>> u.s. marshalls search for fugitives. >>> in one office it's okay to work like a dog because dozens of them work there too. for now, denise, we'll send it back to you. >> thanks. see you in just a bit. >>> good evening. as we head into the rest of tonight, mild conditions breezy conditions will return to us. wind gusts closer to 30 miles per hour as we head into the afternoon. average temperatures into sunday. a bit cooler than

that's reeves who will be in there from alabama, birmingham. good pass protection. now he goes out as a receiver. pass is caught. reaching is jerricho cotchery. eight different receivers have caught passes from cam newton today. >> ronde: cincinnati, just as i said it was a true two-minute situation for carolina, so is true for this cincinnati defense. they need a stop. they have to get off the field. >> chris: after a gain of nine, cam newton has a first down across the 40 of carolina. >> ronde: just adds an element to this offense. when he is a threat to run, and he has been that threat all day today, it's so much more difficult to defend this carolina offense. you mentioned earlier about how some people give him slack for lack of a better word for not running enough or running too much. but this offense definitely works better when he is a threat to pull it down and run the football. >> chris: he's run 14 times today. he ran 14 times all of this season coming into the game. he'll keep it again. hard to get up across the 45. let's check in far game break with joel

the children's march in birmingham, alabama that ended with police dogs and fire hoses, and the assassinationf men drivers. -- men drivers. president kennedy had to respond to these events. famously felled -- held a televised address where he announced his intention to send a civil rights bill to the congress. king in turn responded, calling for massive militant, monumental citizens on congress that would ensure its passage. kings call for massive acts of disabled is obedience -- civil disobedience turned into a peaceful march on washington. this is the civil rights movement narrative of the march on washington that we know. there is a subplot that i want to draw attention to. i go back to kennedy. the beginning of his administration, showed more interest in women's issues than he did on issues of racial dissemination. he established a federal commission of the status of women, to which he appointed eleanor roosevelt. dorothy height was one of the members of that commission as well. the only african-american on that commission. the charge of that commission issue amerely to statement supporti

i live in birmingham, alabama. i have filed a discrimination suit because of equal pay. was working for a company. i'm not going to name the company. i found out i was training men to be general managers. i was training guys under me and i had been there longer than either one of these persons, i found out that they was making ore than me. it was disclosed between a conversation. i went to the manager they denied it. i took it to the eeoc and i won the case. what i will say this, what i don't like about republican woman, i am a win, we shouldn't even be having this conversation in 2014. why are we not talking about men's issues? also, we've got all of these men that are making these laws, that's what's so troubling to me. host: olivia thanks very much for the call. we'll get a response. guest: olivia good for you. glad that you took action when you saw injustice. if we elect more democratic candidates we'll pass some laws to help people like you in that situation. host: next is a caller from virginia. mike on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning, ladie

james johnston, assistant professor department of neurosurgery at the university of alabama birmingham, star of screen. dr. tim gay, ph.d. professor of atomic, monlecular and optical fizz ibs university of nebraska. dr. joia, ph.d. division chief neuropsychology children's medical hospital. not quite up to the level of university of nebraska, we have the harvard medical school. that's just humor. professor -- yeah. professor of psychiatry and radiology at brigham and women's hospital harvard medical school. thank you for being here for a very impressive and esteemed panel of scientist and experts. mr. cleland, you'll start. you're recognized for your five minutes. >> the green light is on. is that better? thank you. i'm richard cleland, i'm assistant director of advertising practices at federal trade commissions, bureau of consumer protection. i'm pleased to have this opportunity to provide information about the actions we've taken over the past few years with respect to concussion protection claims, claims that implicate serious health concerns, those potentially affecting children an

i live in birmingham, alabama. i have filed a discrimination suit because of equal pay. i was working for a company. i'm not going to name the company. i found out i was training men to be general managers. i was training guys under me and i had been there longer than either one of these persons, i found out that they was making ore than me. it was disclosed between a conversation. i went to the manager they denied it. i took it to the eeoc and i won the case. what i will say this, what i don't like about republican woman, i am a win, we shouldn't even be having this conversation in 2014. why are we not talking about men's issues? also, we've got all of these men that are making these laws, that's what's so troubling to me. host: olivia thanks very much for the call. we'll get a response. guest: olivia good for you. glad that you took action when you saw injustice. if we elect more democratic candidates we'll pass some laws to help people like you in that situation. host: next is a caller from virginia. mike on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning, lad

en in birmingham, alabama. democratic caller. what issues matter for you? caller: good morning.issues that matter to me everything president barack obama talked about. he went out on the rally and spoke about. as an african-american woman, i'm outraged at these white that were not supporting voting for this president. a lot of these people came in on the back of president barack obama. we are going to get out and vote. they will pay for this later because we are outraged. have a great day. host: thanks for all the calls this morning. we will be back here tomorrow morning. more of your phone calls, tweets and e-mails. thanks for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] ♪ >> c-span's coverage of campaign 2014 continues tonight with two debates. the new jersey senate race and the debate between cory booker and jeff bell. you can follow us on twitter and like us on facebook. 9:00, south carolina's u.s. senate race. faces j

and to be in alabama, right, to be in birmingham, you know, and we shot that october 2011. ad just -- the anti-immigration bill in alabama had just been law of the land that it was a felony for me to even just be in alabama. that if you were driving me, it would be a felony for you to be driving me. in alabama? in 2011? like, what is this? so it -- i have to say, like, this is where i think we need culture and we need media and journalists to really kind of clear, get people cleared up on what the issue is and what thei facts are. >> and what do you think, let's indict the media for what they're not doing. when's the media not doing and do you think that by not doing it, the media is come police it? >> absolutely come police sit. as somebody who journalism was my way of life. i only became a journalist because my name would be on a piece of paper. by jose antonio vargas. if you're not here legally, you don'tte have the right papers, thought what if i'm on the papers? i have to say that lacking in context, right, the fact that undocumented, the social security administration

alabama, birmingham police say the man was tinkering with the explosive device when it fired and begame neighboring roads and an army explosive expert was called in to remove the remnants. he was in the blfrns outside. >> massachusetts, a massive fire left a homeless. damaged are estimated at more than a million. new york. >> it was part of them coming up through the subway and took off. >> the suspect hid under a metal grate waiting to make his move. he threw a single smoke bomb in a cluster of outdortables. actress rose mcgarran tweeted eyes are burning, still many downer ares took it all in stride. >> they made us feel qualm in the restaurant and safe and didn't feel danger. >> the suspect is still on the loose. and california, hello, kitty taking over a museum in downtown los angeles. it is 40 years since the launch of the international pop icon. 40 artist revibtto" new dolls. >> she is a friend to everyone and a unique companion to each person and touches your world. so, whatever we do, it is really about bringing happiness to people. nsome of the artist get creative like the abrah

james johnston, assistant professor department of neurosurgery at the university of alabama birmingham, star of screen. dr. tim gay, ph.d. professor of atomic, molecular and optical ms.ics, university of nebraska. dr. joia, ph.d. division chief neuropsychology children's medical hospital. not quite up to the level of university of nebraska, we have the harvard medical school. that's just humor. professor -- yeah. professor of psychiatry and radiology at brigham and women's hospital harvard medical school. thank you for being here for a very impressive and esteemed panel of scientists and experts. mr. cleland, you'll start. you're recognized for your five minutes. >> the green light is on. is that better? thank you. i'm richard cleland, i'm assistant director of the division of advertising practices at the federal trade commission's bureau of consumer protection. i'm pleased to have this opportunity to provide information about the actions we've taken over the past few years with respect to concussion protection claims, claims that implicate serious health concerns, those potentially af

alabama. jim, good morning. >> caller: good morning, i have a general request about educational opportunity because i'm all three of the above in your categories. just recently finished seminary after going to harvard and birmingham southern down here in alabama and my wife recently got her phd at uva and is now a college professor, but we both came from poor families, i mean a generation ago we were dirt poor. and we received opportunities, but we studied in high school and subsequently. now my question is, i hear so much about the poor people in america and the minority groups in various big cities, they can't get education, they have no opportunity to go to college. but with all i hear, even from your discussion this morning, and all i know from my alumni schools and my wife's, there is so much opportunity, we both worked during our college and graduate school. but we studied our books in high school, we did fairly well on the s.a.t.s, but here's my question, if a person, no matter what area of america they come from, no matter what their race, no matter what their background, if they can pass minimally an entrance example to the average college in america, is there any reason that person, no matter what their

in alabama, for example, in birmingham sovereign citizens tried to put leans on the county courthousere which is a 200-year-old building or whatever. so, you know, the paper terrorist is one. but also just the idea that they do not have to answer to law enforcement. if i can say quickly best break there was some discussion about whether, you know, about gauging the danger posed by the sovereign citizen ideology. it doesn't have to be mesh nerd a body count. this is an ideology that does not believe in the rule of law as it exists in this country. >> that's not true. >> that's not true. >> i want to jump in here and ask. struck by this video i saw of a man named anthony williams who calls himself a sovereign police officer. let's have a watch. >> today is my first official day as a sovereign peace officer. see, i got my badge. i got my handcuffs. and i got my common law citation in my vehicle. >> alfred, how common is that? >> that's the first i have heard of it. but you can find people who are off -- you know, there are people that do crazy things in any group you want to point to. yo

he was joined by a panel of experts at the university of alabama at birmingham. powers of the brain. the university's top researchers, shared with him the work being done at the school's therapy clinic where doctors worked with patient was severe brain trauma to help improve their physical movements. the dalai lama called the work being done there remarkable. >> a monk but he is a remarkably sophisticated in understanding and analyzing western science. >> the dalai lama finish the weekend with a inter faith panel discussion at alabama theater and region's feel. he was interrupted by a protester who was escorted out by security. >>> elections are serious business but in the ukraine, dark vader got on the ballot, and no one was getting in the voting booth. a man with the name of dark vader was on the ballot for ukrainian internet party you. we are not kidding. he showed up in costume yesterday, to vote. he was turn away for not removing his mask. he legally change his name and his parties intentions are serious. they had a candidate on the ballot with the last name

alabama. jim, good morning. >> caller: good morning, i have a general request about educational opportunity because i'm all three of the above in your categories. just recently finished seminary after going to harvard and birmingham southern down here in alabama and my wife recently got her phd at uva and is now a college professor, but we both came from poor families, i mean a generation ago we were dirt poor. and we received opportunities, but we studied in high school and subsequently. now my question is, i hear so much about the poor people in america and the minority groups in various big cities, they can't get education, they have no opportunity to go to college. but with all i hear, even from your discussion this morning, and all i know from my alumni schools and my wife's, there is so much opportunity, we both worked during our college and graduate school. but we studied our books in high school, we did fairly well on the s.a.t.s, but here's my question, if a person, no matter what area of america they come from, no matter what their race, no matter what their background, if they can pass minimally an entrance example to the average college in america, is there any reason that person, no matter what their

james johnston, assistant professor department of neurosurgery at the university of alabama birmingham, star of screen. dr. tim gay, ph.d. professor of atomic, monlecular and optical fizz ibs university of nebraska. dr.

john roberts live in alabama, east of birmingham where the training is taking place. john?od afternoon to you. the centers for disease control reminds us every opportunity to keep ebola out of the united states is to stop its spread in africa. to that end the cdc this week began a series of training programs that will return as long as necessary to train what it hopes will be hundreds of people going into the hot zone. many of these people are volunteers from medical charities willing to risk their lives to help contain the epidemic. the sole purpose of this training is to teach doctors and nurses how not to become victims themselves. program director mike young told me they are all committed to helping out. >> believe it or not they're looking forward to going. they're eager to go, take care of patients. they want to serve, want to help. many also very concerned about their safety. >> scared? >> i think it's safe to say some are a little scared and we hope after this course they will be less concerned. >> reporter: a group of the students here that we ran into are from sam

passage of concussion legislation as well as work we're currently doing at the university of alabama birmingham to improve safety. as in nebraska youth sports and football are an important part of our culture. as a result we take the safety of our children seriously as well. it's gained prominence over the past decade thanks to research and advocacy work by scientists, physicians, public health centers across the united states, work of public officials highlighting research. significant concern recent studies identified potential long-term health consequences depression, encephalopathy and other neurologic diseases associated with impacts. professional football gets media attention, it's important to keep in mind over 70% of all football players in the u.s. are under 14 years of age. any effort directed at safety in football will need to address these youth athletes. parallel to enacting alabama's concussion law as in alabama as in many states alabama task force, think first alabama initiated statewide concussion awareness program and it worked. in the first year we found 500% increase in refer

james johnston, assistant professor department of neurosurgery at the university of alabama birmingham, star of screen. dr. tim gay, ph.d. professor of atomic, monlecular and optical fizz ibs university of nebraska. dr. joia, ph.d. division chief neuropsychology children's medical hospital. not quite up to the level of university of nebraska, we have the harvard medical school. that's just humor. professor -- yeah. professor of psychiatry and radiology at brigham and women's hospital harvard medical school. thank you for being here for a very impressive and esteemed panel of scientist and experts. mr. cleland, you'll start. you're recognized for your five minutes. >> the green light is on. is that better? thank you. i'm richard cleland, i'm assistant director of advertising practices at federal trade commissions, bureau of consumer protection. i'm pleased to have this opportunity to provide information about the actions we've taken over the past few years with respect to concussion protection claims, claims that implicate serious health concerns, those potentially affecting children an

passage of concussion legislation as well as work we're currently doing at the university of alabama birmingham to improve sports safety. as in that state of nebraska, youth sports and youth football are an extremely important part of our culture and as a result we take the safety of our children very seriously, as well. as well known to the committee, the problem of concussion has gained prominence over the past decade thanks to important research and advocacy work done by scientists, physicians and public health professionals at many centers across the united states and through the work of public officials highlighting this research. of significant concern, recent studies identified potential long-term health consequences including depression, chronic traumatic encephalopathy and other neurologic diseases associated with repeated impacts. professional football gets media attention, it's important to keep in mind over 70% of all football players in the u.s. are under 14 years of age. any effort directed at improving safety in football and other impact sports will need to address these youth at

james johnston, the department of neurosurgery at the university of alabama, birmingham, star of screen. dr. tim gay, ph.d., professor of molecular and optical physic at the university of nebraska. ph.d. division of chief neuropsychology children's medical report. and not quite up to the level, we have the harvard medical school. professor of industry and radiology at brigham and women's hospital harvard medical school. thank you for a very impressive and esteemed panel of scientists and experts. you are recognized for your five minutes. >> the green light is on. i'm assistant director if the the federal trade commission's bureau of protection. i'm pleased to have the opportunity to provide information about the actions we have taken over the past few years with respect to concussion protection claims that implicate serious concerns especially affecting children and young adults are always a high priority at the commission. the commission strives to protect consumers using a variety of means. first and foremost they enforce section five of the federal trade commission act that prohibits

i just recently finished seminary after going to harvard and birmingham southern down here in alabama and my wife recently got her ph.d. and is now a college professor. we both came from poor families. a generation ago, we were dirt poor. so my question -- we received opportunities. but we studied in high school and subsequently. my question is, i hear so much about the poorer people in america and the minority groups in various big cities that they can't get education, they have no opportunity to go to college. but with all i hear, even from your discussion this morning, and all i know from my alumni schools and my wife's, there is so much opportunity -- we both worked during our college and graduate school. but we studied our books in high school. we did fairly well on the s.a.t.s. here is my question. if a person, no matter what area of america they come from, no matter what their race, no matter what their background, if they can pass minimally an entrance exam to the average college in america, is there any reason that person, no matter what their background or what their neighbo