in the early 1950's in birmingham, alabama, there were not many republicans. the way that it happened is my father and mother before they were married went down to register to vote and the poll tester looked at my father, big, tall man, football player, and said, so how many beans are in this jar? my father could not answer the question. he said, you don't pass the test. my father went back to his church and told the story to the man who was one of his elders, and he said, reverend, don't worry about it. i will tell you how to get registered. you go down there and there is a clerk who is a republican. he said she is trying to build a republican party. if you say you are a republican, she will register you. my father went down and got registered. he never forgot it. he remained a republican the rest of his life. david: you took up piano when you were 15? condoleezza: when i was three. david: three. condoleezza: the great advantage to learning to play that early is that i could read music before i could read. it was like a native language. i have always been a g

in birmingham, alabama it's the same as birmingham, england. re with local news. he thought they were big local stations with lots of local content so he wanted one of those in england in every major city. some at of, at the time said you've got the wrong end of the stick —— at of common. he said he wa nts stick —— at of common. he said he wants big local stations with local stations across the uk, up to 80 of them. his civil servants were very sceptical and the whole of the television industry said this wouldn't work but there were enthusiasts, people in the local community who wanted to start a tv station, so they apply for licences and as soon as they got on the air they realised there wasn't any money. how are they funded? they are meant to be funded from television advertising but they haven't got the audiences to command much tv advertising. they are effectively subsidised by the bbc, why would that happen you might ask? absolutely. in jeremy hunt's mind is to help it get going. the bbc was giving money from the licence fee to these stati

>> reporter: by day austin peerine is a mild-mannered 4-year-old from birmingham, alabama.bout once a week he turns into his alter ego. >> would you like a sandwich? >> reporter: a superhero set on feeding as many homeless people as possible. >> thank you. >> what's the superhero name? >> president austin. >> president austin. >> reporter: president austin? >> that's his idea of what the president is supposed to do. i was like, buddy, you have no idea. but hey, i'm going along with it. >> reporter: t.j. says this all began when they were watching a tv show about pandas. it showed a mama panda abandoning a baby. t.j. told his son the cub was now homeless. >> he says, what's homeless? i said, well, it's when you don't have a home and sometimes you don't have mom or dad around. >> i can tell what the follow-up question's going to be. >> yeah. are people homeless? >> when i was a 4-year-old i didn't care about helping people. >> i did. >> i see. >> reporter: once austin learned some people are homeless and some are even hungry, he launched this caped crusade. told his mom and d

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one of the great moments of the labor movement came in birmingham, alabama in 1963 because 2000 black children were placed in jail, all of them had to be bailed out. where did the money come from. in fact, it was the union's that raised tens of thousands of dollars to bail out the children in birmingham, alabama in 1963. of course, it was the labor movement that help support the civil rights act of 1964. >> i would agree that there is an ambivalent relationship there. certainly, between some local activist that are more very established and more traditional unions, there could be more friction, particularly with those unions that were still predominantly white and were chafing against efforts like the philadelphia plant diversified their membership. i think if we move forward over time a bit from 1968, the relationships got a little bit better, especially with some of the newer union structures. i would point out 1190 9c, the hospital workers union in particular. the meat cutters union was active at many local plans. the transit workers union and some of the locals of clothing workers

april 1963 in birmingham alabama martin luther king is arrested and from the jail that not right letter to birmingham jail and if there is any production more widely read and it would be an okay from the birmingham jail. it is a famous packet on -- passage to talk about white moderate what is atticus and jeff not a white moderate? and then almost comes to the conclusion it isn't the counselors or the klansman but the biggest stumbling block with the african-american struggle and is a remarkable statement and one of those from birmingham jail but what is interesting about that but to contextualize mlk larger work and ministry that letter becomes chapter three of the book that mlk publishes why we can't wait and in chapter number two came make a defense of nonviolence. by many people in the black community that feels nonviolence is not working and came desperately tries to defend that. i simply there is something in the american a post that response the strength of moral force. something that responds to the strength of moral force. how many years responding to talk about the popularity o

how did growing up in the deep south in birmingham, alabama, influence how you tackle the issue of race think a lot of our views on race as adults are shaped when we're young, but i think the important thing my parents gave me was a lot of pride in myself re because if you're not l, if you're a victim of racism, that can mess with your self-esteem. i've been called the n-word. i've been harassed. i won't dare act like what i've been through compares to what a lot of people have gone through in this country and, you know, the civil-rights soldiers, you know, from back in the day, mpt i think for me it'stant to make sure that i shine a light on the stuffni that's hap in the corners of america where a lot of people, you know, don't consider,ha anng been from the south and having been in that world, m i feel like equipped as any other crespondent on the sho to be able to go and tell those stories. -roy, you're the father of a toddler. w ill you tell your son when he's older about what it's like to be a black man in america? -my son has to understanat t and that sometimes it's a burden, you

for peck but also for harper lee and for this character but that same moment april 1963 in birmingham alabama, martin luther king is arrested protecting segregation in and sent to the jail and it's from the jail that martin luther king writes a letter from birmingham jail and if there's any cultural production that is more widely read and assigned in school then "to kill a mockbird", it would probably be martin luther king's letter from birmingham jail. there's a famous passage he talks about white moderates and what is atticus finch if not all white moderate. he writes in letters, eyeholes come to the conclusion that it's not the citizens counselors or the klansman but it's the white moderates were the biggest stumbling block in the american struggle for freedom. it's a remarkable statement and one of the most awesome quote is the pieces from the letter from birmingham jail. but what's interesting about that too is to contextualize the letter from birmingham jail in the martin luther king's larger work and ministry and in his politics. letter from birmingham jail becomes after chapter 3 of t

. >>> in birmingham, alabama, perseverance paid off for dedicated college student. his car broke down the night before he was supposed to start a new job. that didn't stop him. as melanie reports, he took a 20 mile walk to work. >> reporter: struggling to keay a new car, presented to him after his story of determination went viral. >> i just wanted to get to my job and show people that i was dedicated to the job. >> reporter: the story begins early saturday morning. walter, also to start a new job at admiral, helping a family move in pelham. the problem, he lives in holtwood. his car was broken down. what does walter do? he walks to work, sitting out at midnight to go the 20+ miles. >> when i saw him, he was sitting down, getting his breath. >> reporter: by now, it was 3 am. police officer mark knighton stopped to ask what he was doing. walter told him he was walking to work. he still had another 15 miles to go. that's when night and two other officers took him to breakfast. to his job, where he was to help a family move. >> the heart that it took to do that. i just

the broadcast was accompanied by coming-out parties all around the country, including one in birmingham, alabamave. >> i made the decision that i wasn't going to live my life as a lie anymore. i was -- i belong with everybody else. and that's what i finally did. >> we used to say ellen opened the door and we knocked it down. ♪ i love my mister ♪ tell me lazy tell me so ♪ tell me i'm crazy maybe i know ♪ ♪ can't help loving that man of mine ♪ >> take it, jack! >> and pas de bouree, pas de bouree, i'm gay! >> "will & grace" was a great show in sort of helping a mainstream straight community connect to the gay community. >> i think i can fix this thing with your landlord but might get a little ugly. >> play hardball, baby. throw low and inside. he's crowding the plate and we've got to -- >> grace, sports, you're losing me. >> i figured 25% of the country wouldn't watch the show just based on the fact that we had two gay men on it. >> give it to me! >> but if we could make believe that will and grace would get together. >> will, i told you, you live with a hetero long enough, you're going to catch i

. >> austin and his dad started their mission down in birmingham, alabama.hosting them along their journey. they have already been to l.a. and new york and next up is miami. he is covering some ground with that cape, huh? >> a cute little kid and his heart and head is in the right place. >> sure are. >> still to come, a first look inde the n dinosaur exhibit at the museum of natural history just in time months before it's set >>> the fast and furious rain area, burksf our boy, did it come town in buckets this afternoon as you probably well know. we're looking like we're in good maphape for the big all-star game at nat park. doug and amelia are back in a couple of minutes with an updated foreca n. >>> this the kind of activity you expect to hear in the northern virginia suburbs. >> yeah. two men recently busted for running a busy prostitution ring that treated women like they were inventory. court documents show the women were ordered from a supplier and then picked up in d.c. >> they were then driven around northern virginia and later paid a portion of their

the murder of four young black girls in the 1963 bombing at the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama. senator, welcome to the "newshour". i wonder if you could give me your reaction to the news of the reopening of the inquiry into emmett tils case. >> it's pretty exciting. that's a decades-old case that needs as thorough look as apossible. it uphill battle on any of the old cases, but that one of all the cases out there needs as thorough a look as possible. 'll see how i goes. >> the doj said there is new evidence but haven't ex bhaindz what the evidence might be or who they're looking at. why do you think this is happening now? >> well, obviously, they have seen some ne evidence. i think there are media reports about admissions that the rife of one of the former defendantsw who is n deceased has made. i think that's probably part of it and i think theustice department, over the years, has been very active in trying to take a look athese old cases. from the time i was u.s. attorney in 1997,ey have been pretty active consistently throughout the administrations with regards to these ca

birmingham, alabama boosters built giant delivery boxes around the city. southern arizona promoters sent the company a cactus. while other places touted traits lley're not usually known for. >> las vegas is ositioned to be a catalyst for the most advanced smart city technology in america. >> reporter: dallas' pitch: livability.>> lavor, vibe, margaritas, culture, because it's great for kids, it's great for your homes. >> reporter: detroit's case: make a difference. >> move here, move the world. >> reporter: in january, amazon narrowed the list of cities and regions in contention to host its second headquarters from 238 to 20. the company focused on finding assets, like the tech talent that drew it to seattle. t , no surprise that was p wil reynolds' pitch: >> great university system with a great group of millennials. it's a growing population here, great arts and culture, affordable. >> reporter: reynolds founded an internet marketing fm here in 2002. not much tech where he was back then. >> today, people have tons of options if they want to work in tech i

. >> my first and best intern was with a meteorologist in birmingham, alabama. >> one of the most important. great process. >> best piece of advice i ever got if someone asks you to make a cup of coffee, make the best cup of coffee why would they trust you with anything else. >> i learned that if you work together and you do it with kindness and respect for one another you can really succeed. my advice, say yes to as much as you can to as many opportunities as you can, even the ones you may be afraid of. >> don't wait around for someone to ask you to do something. you go to them and say what can i do for you? >> so, our interns are more half way through their summer internships. how lucky all of you, barbara corcoran is here to answer some questions. barbara, you dntd didn't get the intern yellow memo. first llco aofeg heswe, . niav what's your question? >> i was just wondering, how do you stand out as an intern at a huge corporate company. >> like gma. you have to think of it as a huge competition where only the positive person wins. if you can walk like you're positive, put on your best s

their names are katherine, terrell, lula, marissa, from birmingham, alabama. they are right here.ance. you know which song they like to dance to? "jump." >> will you do it for julia? please. ♪ ♪ >> way to go. >> give it up for them. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that was amazing. >> adorable. >> worth the wait. >> oh, my gosh. this is so cool. >> wait until you see carson and i do it. >> car sentence? >> six, seven, eight. >> julia is coming up in a few minutes. we can't wait. let's get a check of the weather. >> it's going to be a nice start to the day as we head into the weekend. there's something cool happening tonight, a total lunar eclipse. here is the thing you're not going to see it in the northern hemisphere, you have to go to southern hemisphere. we're streaming live on nbcnews.c nbcnews.com/space. a cool sight in the sky. you want to check that out. cooler temperatures in the great lakes, behind a cold front that will still linger, showers and storms around saturday morning. on sunday morning our best chance of rain, we'll be back through the plains, midwest and also across the southeast. mu

jeremiah, who to is calling from birmingham, alabama. what is your opinion on all of this?aller: i am not a business owner, but i talked with business owners. paid family leave is the responsibility of the people that plan to have babies. companies, if they want to do this on their own to attract more qualified and long-standing employees, that is up to the company, but ultimately, all of this stuff is passed on to us, the consumers, and i do not like it. and as far as welfare is concerned, it certainly needs to be revamped. if you are not an old person or have a serious medical issue, then you should be given a to have welfare, offered educational opportunities, at least a two-year college, and go into a field that you can get a job, and then give them one year to get a job. you have people in this country, is building all over the country, brand-new housing puts peopleon eight workingnities where people themselves cannot afford to live. host: let's go to rosie who is calling from pottsville, pennsylvania. rosie, good morning. caller: good morning. i am calling about socia

. >> researchers of the of alabama birmingham, are testing this unbelievable discovery with mice.ecently h published how reversed wrinkles and haiross in mice. the reversal agent is in a lotion that turns on the function that restores smooth skin and hair. this could pentially go beyond the cosmetics industry. it will bee years befhe products are tested on humans. doctors say it can be used for chemotherapy patients battling cancer. >>> still ahead, a shark stolen, nuclear out of an aquarium during the day. and the only thing crazier than the story itself is how the ieves did it. >>> you know those are expensive. i can see why somebody would do that. degrees right now in washington. we have low clouds and patchy fog, even drizzle for the morning drive. coming up after the break, what you can expect inhe afternoon. you can expect inhe afternoon. t welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, sokid's right abou

birmingham, montgomery. we had robert door with us, john doerr's son, who reminded me that john door was a republican. we heard the stories of what senator kennedy and john door dead in alabama in the 60s. i said then and i will say it again, that changed alabama forever, so much so that the congress person from there is an acro -- africa -- african american woman named terry sewall. senator kennedy spoke to us teenagers because our parents identified with president kennedy. even though senator kennedy was not that much younger than president kennedy, we identified with him. he spoke in a different way, directly and genuinely and sincerely to us, across every line you can imagine. and we said, we like that guy. that is someone who can inspire us for a long time. and he did inspire me. i got to go with carrie in the family to south africa to celebrate the ripples of hope speech, about two years ago. what a great honor to be there for that. even though i slipped away to the other party, that does not mean that i don't carry in my heart the things that senator kennedy said and meant for so many of us. the speech i remember that most is the one on the tragic night that martin lu

my hometown of selma, alabama, the national park service brings tourism dollars to a rural black belt county that otherwise would not have such economic development. in birmingham the civil rights monument is already playing a critical role in the downtown redevelopment. in fact, for every $1 invested in the national parks, $10 is generated in national economic activity. national parks also support more than a quarter million private sector jobs. therefore i believe that making a small additional investment in the historic preservation fund will yield great dividends and results in economic revitalization in communities across this country. the civil rights preservation fund has benefited civil rights sites from iowa to nevada to massachusetts and beyond. grant projects from these additional funds would help to provide for interpretation, education, surveys, oral history documentation, and as well physical preservation. it will also help lesser known civil rights sites get known. the national park service found that the civil rights history and landmarks are under-represented in the national park system. so this grant will also give us an opportunity to increas