they'll decline relatively simply because of their great growth of black protestants and hispanics, some catholics, some protestants. but there aren't very big cohort moves. the people who are now moderate and liberal and black protestants are not in the surge towards fundamentalism. hard core fundamentalism, i don't think has as much future as moderate evangelicals and the pentecostals. i think that's where the future is. it's pretty hard to stay hardcore fundamentalist in america. there are so many lures out there and to build rather thick walls is frustrating. it will remain around, but i would watch much more for the exuberant groups black pentecostal, white pentecostal and moderate evangelical. [interviewer:] okay, one of the difficulties people come uwith when we talk about religious diversity and a classroom religious pluralism there's a tendency to say, "well, if you study all the religions, you water down your own religion." is there a way that a model or technique people might use, to cherish the integrity of their own views yet appreciate other worldviews or are we just barkin

. >> reporter: the 1968 games saw controversy in the form of black power protests but nothing like theolympics at munich in 1972. the israeli team was attacked by palestinian terrorists. from the balcony of her dorm she could see it but it took them a while to realize what was happening. >> we all turned and ran for the door and blocked the door and nobody could get out. i could just imagine bullets riveting through my back. i was scared. >> reporter: 11 israelis, a german policeman and five terrorists died in the aattack. the race went on and so did mims. >> a couple of times i didn't run such good races when i was up in the morning trying to help another athlete deal with different issues. >> reporter: only later did she realize this was all preparation to become a chaplain. london is her seventh olympics as a chaplain. sometimes she says all she has to do is listen to athletes. >> let them think out loud and reflect. a lot of times they will say you have been so helpful and i haven't said anything. i'm like yeah. >> reporter: when they do need her to speak she has something to say.

they could prosecute groups of black people protesting. >> i think it's absurd for the state to chargeare exploited on a daily basis with murder. they have a right to protest. >> reporter: the minister of justice has decided to intervene. he's requested the national prosecuting authority to furnish him with details of how they came to this decision. we're expecting that when these 270 men appear in court next week thursday for a bail application we'll hear arguments for and against the inclusion of this controversial charge and at the end of the day it's the court's here in south africa that will make the final decision. the police and the national prosecuting authority have been accuse t in the past of allowing political interference in their work but people in south africa have confidence to rule fairly and independently. that's what they are looking for the courts to do. >>> jump starting the sluggish economy, ben bernanke gives a speech at what might be ahead. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas pro

. >> how the national black church initiative will protest again the same sex marriage initiative. >> here since i was 8 and this is my life i can't imaginehaving to start over in another country. >> what more than a million people in the u.s. must try to avoid. deportation and they need a work permit. >> reporter: the strong storms rolled through and people lost power but the sun is coming out now. i am linda so. some of the problems you might encounter on the roads coming up. >> as we head to break this morning, there's the sight you don't see very often. a very quiet picture of bourbon street in new orleans. people are just getting started. >> it's 5:30. that's switch. >> that's a switch over. we will be right back.

she covered many of the most explosive stories of our era such as the berkeley student protest, the birth of the black panthers, the assassinations of mayor mosconi and harvey. among many other stories. bella activates community awareness through her poignant reports and demonstrates her awareness through her poignant reports and demonstrates her

she covered many of the most explosive stories of our era such as the berkeley student protest, the birth of the black panthers, the assassinations of mayor mosconi and harvey. among many other stories. bella activates community awareness through her poignant reports and demonstrates her involvement by being a board member of community organizations, a labor activist and a supporter of diverse cultures and certainly of the african-american culture. through her hard work

she covered many of the most explosive stories of our era such as the berkeley student protest, the birth of the black panthers, the assassinations of mayor mosconi and harvey. among many other stories. bella activates community awareness through her poignant reports and demonstrates her involvement by being a board member of community organizations, a labor activist and a supporter of diverse cultures and certainly of the african-american culture. through her hard work and dedication, she helped establish the san francisco's museum of acan dispra and numerous other civic projects in our area. bella davis has challenged and successfully overcome both race and gender-based discrimination in the journalism profession with courage and fortitude. she's brought untold stories of african-americans and women out into the mainstream news, giving them the attention and respect they deserve. you are an outstanding citizen that has changed the face of television news and shed light on many of the most significant stories of our era. you have inspired all of us for decades with your grace. your dignity, your stre

. >>> the protest was organized by a group of black professional for fighters.ome members feel the current leadership of the union is plagued with problem including lack of representation for minorities and financial issues. they will be outside the firefighters union hall on ridgely street within the city between 2 and 3 this afternoon. >>> and a summit today in the nation's capital talking about something we have been it will you about for months -- telling you about for months. the state's first lady will be the keynote speaker for the bullying prevention summit discussing the importance of bullying brie vention and our state's effort to -- convention and our state's effort to stop bullying. you can view it live on stream and on twitter. >>> illegal immigrants are hoping -- those in favor of the dream act came out in a rally supporting the measure in silver spring yesterday. the dream act allows undocumented immigrant students to go to college and pay in- state tuition. some say it's not fair. but students say it's their only chance at getting higher educatio

the protests is organized by the group that represents black professional firefighters. some of the members feel the current leadership is the -- in the union is plagued with problems including a lack of representation for minorities and financial issues. they will be outside the firefighters union hall on rigly street within the city from 2 to 3 this afternoon. >>> well what pumps up michaelphelps and the rest of team usa. what they listen to before the big events. what is in those workout play lists? we will take a look. >> and what a study shows about the connection between vitamin d and your child's health. something you will want to pay attention to. and now it's back to school just around the corner, what you can do to help ensure children get the start of school they alldeserve. >> and temperatures are 10 to 15 degrees above a norm -- above normal this morning. lauren. >> reporter: well, traffic is really starting to slow down here on 695 at wilkins avenue. i let you know if that's the same on 95 and 83 coming up on good morning maryland. >> reporter: in today's t

they have just been given three years in prison for it performing a protest song for black america putin. this is in moscow. the have already been jailed for five months. >>darya: the like calfire -- the lee county fire has been updated at 85% control. >>darya: we could pick up an isolated thunderstorm this again. we will continue with the cooled down as we start the next work week. you can see cloud cover and ground fog over the golden gate bridge pi. sof has a delay. check with your carrier before leaving home. here are the afternoon highs. >> i set this up for a 11 p in tonight. you can see high clouds for the entire bay area. this is pratyahara to track. it will be -- it is very difficult to track. it will be random at best. we will continue to see those tropical clouds tomorrow morning. 7 day around the bay forecast does show the cool down as we began the next work week. do not forget to check out comcast channel 193 for the latest on news and weather. >>george: it is friday light of around the bay area. i went head and said it is like a perfect game of baseball your not supposed to

states like alabama and mississippi were 70% of the people are either black or white evangelical protestants they are not going to pass same-sex marriage in the legislature anytime soon i can tell you. on the other hand we have seen legislatures in new hampshire and connecticut, new york pass same-sex marriage so we saw that it survived the political process and effectively endorsed by the voters of massachusetts after being opposed by a court. we have seen it come close in new jersey, where governor christie wants a referendum. and i think you know, as the millennials become a march -- larger party electorate in time we are going to see marks have been. california's vote was 52-48 against the late and i think if it came up this year california would vote in favor. so far it's only been the opponents of same-sex marriage that want to bring it to referendum. i think it may be time in some states for proponents to bring in a referendum and take their chances for the voters because i think the chances for the voters -- that's going to be a step-by-step process. let me just conclude by noting th

in states like alabama and mississippi were 78 percent of people are black or white given to local protestants, they're not going to pass same-sex marriage and the legislature any time soon. on the other hand we have seen legislatures in new hampshire, connecticut, new york pass same sex marriage. we saw that it survived the political process and it is endorsed by voters in massachusetts after being imposed by court. we have seen it come, and the jersey where quebeckers it -- governor christie once in front of i think as the blood meals become a larger part of the electorate with regard to see more acceptance. 52-48 against. i think if it cannot this year it would vote in favor. so far it is only been the opponents of want to bring it to referendum. the chances of the voters about that is going to be a step-by-step process. let me conclude by noting i am on resident fellow at american enterprise institute, and from the arrival and friendly think tank and am always happy to be here. >> i would like to thank both david and michael for appearing. fundamental freedom. available from your favorite

protesters journalist and author of several times he says western support for the black rainy monarchy exposes their fear of genuine democratic news in the country and. responses indicative of a policy that is from somewhere are you dying powers because the united states and nato countries deliberately try to see the arab spring and try and put it through their prism the arab spring when it when they don't like it as we all know they will do everything they can have to snuff out any type of democracy the united states wanted to export fifty million fifty eight million dollars worth of weapons some of them presumably will be used and some weapons also from european countries used against men women and children in bahrain the nation with the highest number of political prisoners but kept around the world meanwhile there have been grown breeze in bahrain and the queen of britain personally as some people have said it invited the king of bahrain this ruthless dictator as i said thousands of people hundreds of people arbitrary arrest twenty position sentence for trying to heal the people in

different story in southern california, in some case diseases t-- the protest have -- it tastes like hate was written in large black letters. police say they will now look at surveillance video from outside the restaurant to try and identify those responsible. >>> now a follow-up on our exclusive investigation into child labor in california. calls for change in u.s. labor policy tonight from washington, following an nbc bay area investigation that uncovered children working in the fields of america. last night investigative reporter stephen stock showed children as young as 8 years old picking vegetables that end up on our table. a bay area congresswoman says she wants it to stop. >> representative woolsly says -- just last week the house voted to block changes in current law, law that date back to the 1930s, because the law has not changed, it was relatively easy for us to find dozens of children working in the fields here. look closely, through the trees, at who is up on the lad ter. or who's thinning the grapevines. their faces are often hidden. much like their role in picking the food we eat. they are children

and he really wasn't trying to steer the protest movement into electoral politics as a part of black becoming a part of democratic party coalition. from southern voters coming in, black voters who are already pretty much electively active with any political party. and so, that vision of coalition politics including idea that issues, concerns should be in many ways universal perspective. and that blacks should join coalition with labor movements, sympathetic swipes, liberal organizations to provide policies that would be very important. not that he gave up on sort of anti-discrimination legislation, and the importance of that, but this has been the big clash. it's clash as we see in this first chapter, in many ways crystallized with shirley chisolm running in 1972. there's tensions between these independent black politics and the coalition because she announces her campaign in brooklyn at a church. i'm not the candidate of black folks but i'm not the candidate of women. i'm proud to be both to i'm here to serve the interests of the people. so she was thinking coalition terms but when

protesters wore gas masks as they chanted the the apologize for the due to a chemical vapor leaps the senate, the jet black smoke 1,000 ft. high. >>> an apology for the disruption in concern we cause the user community. last night. an apology does seem to be an insult. >>> where is your boss? how these suburbanites? get out of here. some even storm the stage is the public, the session began. >>> you should be angry. chevron now says 949 people had to be treated for health issues asthma and other respiratory problems health officials are still testing for toxins. >>> asked him directly to tell us that we could figure out what's on our food. members of a rich and activist group claim whatever what whatever was in the air kill their garden. >>> this committee is a better community having chevron here and i think that is the end of the story. but some residents fear this is just the beginning of this worst nightmare. chevron is offering compensation for property costs and medical cost to residents. are victims of this fire however residents tell me their concern that that will simply mean signing over any righ

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south korean stages an emotional protest after the clock breaks down with one second left costing her a shot at the gold. in the intersection of motorcycles, how the blackborn to be wild. coming up later. that's the cbs morning news for this wednesday. appreciate you watching, take care, everybody. take care, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ,,,, person and dead and now san francisco police are searching for suspects. how these are targeting victims on bart. >>> some hot weather ahead, we will talk about a coming up >>> more roadwork in the south bay, al ricket down for you coming up >>> timeout is 430. another deadly shooting has san francisco police looking for a suspect. the latest murder happened on san bruno ave. >>> the the police are removing the crime tape from behind me. police are now looking for tuman as root took off in a white ford door corps

black usa what she hopes to accomplish. we have those stories and much more coming up at 6:00. >> protesters will rally in the today in an efforte the minimum wage. michaelncil member be part of the demonstration to raise minimum $9.80.rationto be near the will e metro station at morning.s >> crews are testing the e-z pass system on the beltway. trying to evaluate traffic sensors that will monitor congestion. the tests will go on several weeks and are expected to slow traffic. should remain alert. >> new a crash test results could be concerned for drivers of midsized luxury cars. institute for highway safety of the cars performed poorly in the new diaper frontal and that could lead to make safety modifications. s60 and acuravo rated good. all midsized luxury cars earned ratings in the institute's older tests. >> social media is shedding more light on the man behind monday's shooting near texas a&m university. appears half of his profile pictures are of are hearing from his mother. it happened in college texas, blocks away from the university. a constable went to serve an on 35-year-old caffall. according to police, thomas leadi

black jeans when he bought his house. >> this video posted by occupy oakland shows a group of more than 100 protesters vandalizing the president's campaign headquarters in oakland friday night. they broke windows and damaged cars nearby. reggie kumar spoke before who say they witnessed the destruction. we in >> this was the scene friday night. a plate glass window was shattered. businesses david demonstrators clashed with is no has the first friday of the month of at called art maummar. >> been shot through the window with a gun. there have been the barack obama birthday celebration right under the window. there were children there. were on the street is it was anarchist's. >> i was concerned about my location here. i took down my obama this because i thought we were once the next. >> this shopowner ran over to help campaign workers as soon as she heard >> i wanted to make sure that my neighbors were ok it was scary but i had to do the right thing. taft >> some california lawmakers want to make it tougher for people to get their hands on assault weapons. pamela harris is joining democratic lawmakers to propose a change to trust

she use her time to free young black youth at her prison for some silly crime if she's so concerned about justice system in russia. it's not only russia been seeing protests against high profile cases in the u.s. at least six people were arrested as a hundred a strong group of war veterans and activists occupied barack obama's campaign office in oakland over the bradley manning case. manning is currently being detained for allegedly leaking classified information to wiki leaks pretrial hearings are currently under way if found guilty the private could face severe punishment although prosecutors say they would not seek the death penalty argues ramon glinda reports from california. we saw several arrests happen there in oakland there were actually several arrests in portland as well as a group of supporters conducted several protests up and down the west coast now in oakland where dozens of people showed up supporters a man there were trying to deliver a couple of demands to president obama first of all they want president obama to apologize to bradley manning remember last year president obama during a fundraiser said that. many had committed a crime now i

protesters. >>> back here in the u.s., we're following a story out of pennsylvania that started back in 2009. black and hispanic kids who say they were kicked out of a swim club because of their race. to now get compensation. fox's anna kuman has the latest. >> it is taking some three years of fighting for what they call a civil rights issue, but it looks like dozens of minority children from a philadelphia based day camp who were asked not to come back to a swim club are being awarded over a million dollars. creative steps use the huntington valley pool in june of 2009. and it paid $1,950 to swim there. the camp director said when campers got to the club, some took their children out of the pool. some of the campers said they heard racial slurs coming from members. a few days later, they canceled the contract. club officials said it was because there weren't enough life guards for the 65 campers, many of whom could not swim. >> it is not something you expect a child to grow up. am i going to be accepted? >> what are they doing here? and i'm assuming that it means african americans, because they pu

protesters wore gas masks as they chanted outside of the memorial auditorium. inside officials apologize for the fire that ripped through crude unit for last night due to a chemical vapor late sunday, jet black smoke 1,000 ft. high. >>> after an apology for this irruption any concern that because user community last night. an apology that seemed to be an insult to some of the residents here. where is your boss? how you sleep at night? >>> to get out of here. some even storm the stage is the public, and session began. chevron now says 949 people had to be treated for health issues. i asked him directly to tell us what the police hours of weekend figure out what's on our food the way distributed in communities. members of the rich and activist groups claim whatever was in the air kill their community garden. dewi's this committee is a better community having chevron here. and i think that is the end of the story. and some residents fear this is just the beginning of their worst nightmare. chevron is offering compensation to residents who had property costs related to this or medical costs they've established a hotline now that they say will help people make those claims. well as thousands of t

the heart of the deep south where blacks and whites could meet, and he started training people there how to organize, how to become community organizers, how to protest and that's when we started singing "we shall overcome." that's where rosa parks heard it. she had her first meal with someone of a different race. it was also for me, the first place that i had a meal with someone white. but we worked together. we studied together and we studied the philosophy and the discipline of nonviolence. we studied for what gandhi attempted to do in south africa, what he accomplished in india. we studied about marine luther king jr. and restudied the role of disobedience. by the time of selma we were more than prepared. >> so rosa park was in 1965, the bus incident. >> she took a seat on december 1, 1955 in downtown montgomery and that led to the montgomery busboy colt of 1955 and 1956. >> you'd have been 15 then. >> i was 15 years old and i remember it like it was yesterday. i heard it on radio and read it about it in the number. my grandfather had one. we were too poor to get it. i would read his number and i followed drama of the montgomery busboy company be

guilty of hooliganism in their protest performance against russian president vladimire putin was found to be disrespectful and offensive to the orthodox church, but as phil black shows us the band has worldwide support. >> reporter: at the start of the year, the pussy riot was a small and noisy group on the fringe of russia's opposition movement, but then they did this. a punk prayer in moscow's main cathedral asking the virgin mary to take vladimire putin which triggered them to be here and since then fellow clubbers were singing and dancing on the streets n. gl streets. in glasgow, san francisco, berlin, new york, washington, d.c. -- >> any one can be pussy riot whenever they want to be. >> ♪ >> reporter: there was this ukelele tribute in melbourne, australia. and there was this group who got together outside of the cathedral where they performed the allegedly criminal prayer, and the security reacted faster and more forcibly this time, but no problem with the authorities in iceland's capital reykjavik, that man in the pink dress is the city's mayor. members of their global army include some of the best known musical artists. madonna performed pussy riot sty

to ratify the extension of russia's black sea flee in the ukraine and it's a controversial deal and the news correspondent is outside the building reporting on protestshis whole issue has been making waves in the ukrainian politics. russia had had no base to hold its own ships and own troops that is why it was paying rent to use the black sea base. the previous administration demanded that this base had to be removed after several years. >> but when the next president was elected, he signs a new agreement with russia that extends the lease for another 25 years. the majority of parliament supports the deal, but some politicians and many ukrainians vehemently disagree. and they intend to make their objections known. >> me and my crew, we were working outside the parliament. there had been very large-scale protests. close to 1,500 men were here protesting. lots of police and the atmosphere was very tense and deep. i was actually recording a sound bite with one of the protesters and i had had a call from my office in moscow and said something big is happening inside the parliament and you should have a look. i ran to the truck and i had a look at the fee

black youths and her prison for some silly crime if she's so concerned about justice system in russia. and these are the images. from the streets of canada. it's not only russia that's been seeing protests against internal criminal proceedings in the u.s. at least six people were arrested as a hundred strong group of war veterans and activists on barack obama's campaign office in oakland. the demonstrators marched on the office chanting slogans in support of bradley manning the soldier jailed for allegedly leaking classified information to weaken leaks the child hearings on currently underway and if on guilty the private could face the death penalty remodelling down reports from california where the latest protests took place. we saw several arrests happen there in oakland there were actually several arrests in portland as well as a group of supporters conducted several protests up and down the west coast now in oakland where dozens of people showed up the supporters of manning there were trying to deliver a couple of demands to president obama first of all they want president obama to apologize to bradley manning remember last year president obama during a fundraiser said that. many we

colorful outfits have become a symbol of protests around the world and it's why many people will be watching today's judgment with great interest. >> phil blackr us in moscow, all going on this morning, so stay tuned. >> and it's viral. i mean, everybody's weighing in on this controversial here. 43 minutes past the hour. let's get you up to date. >>> big election news to tell you about. the vp bounce. we're calling it a bounce. cnn now calling wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, a toss-up. look at this. in a new cnn poll of registered voters in wisconsin, 49% say they back president barack obama with 45% supporting romney. that is within the margin of error. wisconsin is now the eighth state cnn considers a true toss-up. >>> some more election news. vice president joe biden's debate prep partner has been picked. sources tell cnn congressman chris van hollen -- he's been on our show this week -- will play vp candidate paul ryan. ryan is the house budget committee chairman and van hollen is the top committee democrat, so they know each other well. president obama's debate partner will be john kerry from massachusetts, so he knows romney. the rom

black-rimmed glasses. >> i'll be here for many. months. >> reporter: there were protestsmed her for caly's death. following her release from probation, her criminal defense attorney told nbc news "we continue to be concerned about her safety and security. right now she is safe and will continue to be." anthony has been unemployed, according to her monthly check-in forms and had no probe as violations. >> she's always going to be subjected to intense public scrutiny because of the nature of this trial. >> reporter: while she's legally free, she may find herself forever bound by chains in the court of public opinion. >> up next, the college student who fooled everyone by pretending to be a star. we'll meet him right after this. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. are you a fan of demoisier? [ thinking ] demois-a-who? okay, you know you're smart. you just ordered a premium roast coffe

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protests were everywhere in the country. also in the 1960's the president, his brother, and the country's most prominent black leader or assassinated, two of them in the same year. now, beneath this seating surface that we had there were several ongoing and interlocking social revolutions over race, feminism, the new technologies and sexual freedom. at such a moment the newly found power of television could have become an instrument for extremism and division, but it did not. they've reflected middle-class values and essentially centrist politics mainly because those who produced them were middle-class and moderate. never very far from the center. the assassination of president john kennedy was a watershed for television news. weber has since been discovered from at the time of his tenth he was certainly a much beloved president. the aftermath of the event, a very long wait in calling the people on the margins or almost bernardino what happened. even though that coverage did involve the murder of kennedy's assassin. the population generally did receive a colman influence by the networks. it was important that in this time of histor

six black students were charged with being part of that fight. there were six of the leaders in the protestd they were charged with attempted murder for that school fight. they face life in prison. again, there is a feeling that this was a fight between these students, this would not be charged. now, the parents of the students didn't know anything about media or organizing, but they knew they wanted that they wanted to stand up. and so they started having these protests in the town. at first it was just them and their friends and neighbors, beginning in late 2006 and early 2007, and they were coming out every week. they have never before held a press conference that they started holding press conferences and sending out notices to the media. sending letters to state legislators, senator mary landrieu, whoever they can think of. at first it was just one local newspaper that was covering it. the alexandria paper. and then people from surrounding community communities, community television stations from lafayette, started coming up and covering the valleys and word started getting out and i a

six black students were charged with being part of that fight. there were six of the leaders in the protest and they were charged with attempted murder for that school fight. they face life in prison. again, there is a feeling that this was a fight between these students, this would not be charged. now, the parents of the students didn't know anything about media or organizing, but they knew they wanted that they wanted to stand up. and so they started having these protests in the town. at first it was just them and their friends and neighbors, beginning in late 2006 and early 2007, and they were coming out every week. they have never before held a press conference that they started holding press conferences and sending out notices to the media. sending letters to state legislators, senator mary landrieu, whoever they can think of. at first it was just one local newspaper that was covering it. the alexandria paper. and then people from surrounding community communities, community television stations from lafayette, started coming up and covering the valleys and word started getting out and