but we have to stay hopeful of what we need to do. >> brian stevenson, keep fighting. we're in your corner. thank you so much. the founder and executive director of the equal justice initiative. >> thank you so much. thank you. >>> that's it for our program tonight. thanks for watching "amanpour on pbs. and join us again tomorrow night. >> you're watching p ♪ ♪ >> national presentation of bbc world news is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> very warm welcome to "bbc news" broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top story -- california fights its biggest ever fire. the mega blaze has already burned over to 90,000 -- 290,000 acres. kidnapped and held hostage by the so-called islamic state, we join a spanish photographer as he

it's normal in this nation to have the criminal justice system where brian stevenson says the nation will treat you better if you are rich and guilty than poor and innocent. more people in this country say we have created poverty or being a crime in this nation. right now some of you all know the name kahlil browder. there are thousands of kids who've been convicted and do nothing but sit in jail because they cannot afford to bail to get out. normalcy and america. people in our country who are doing things that three of the last four presidents admitted to doing have a life sentence. not a life sentence to jail but you know what nonviolent offense in this country means that for the rest of your life you can get a pub rant. you can't get food stamps. you can't get a job. it's normal in this country that every month thousands of people are victims of gunshots. yes we seem to notice although it becomes more and more normal mass shootings all across america people are being shot day after day after day. it's normal and america. we need to say it's abnormal for people and families to be s

normalcy in this nation to have a criminal justice system where brian stevenson said, we have a nation that treats you better if you are rich and guilty then poor and innocent -- than and innocent. it is normal in this country that we've created poverty being a crime in this nation. as we sit comfortably, some of you know the name -- thousands of kids in our country who have been convicted of nothing, but sit in jail because they cannot afford the bail to get out. america.malcy in the people in our country, doing things that three of the four last presidents admitted to doing, have a life sentence -- not a life sentence in jail, but you know that a nonviolent drug offense in this country means that for the rest of your life you can't get a pell grant, can't get food stamps, many jobs or business licenses. it is normal in this country that every month, thousands of people are victims of gunshots. yes, we seem to notice, though it is becoming a little more normal. mass shootings. in neighborhoods like mine, across america, people are being shot day after day. mith murdered at the top of

and all of a sudden, brian stevenson's word of you have to get proximate to the issues. in the heart. this is not an issue anymore . we can come to teach and we can talk about it. we can, we want to do something we have to connect with our heart and then it makes it really hard because the other things that we have to stop doing is we have to stop with our white savior complex. we have to stop with all, i know what's best for these communities and we can go in. we got the answers here. we have to go in and we have to cause we know like the first amendment , which is this , we want the government to treat it as a neutral principle. whether it's good for one must be good for all. but we know even though it's a neutral principle it may not be an equitable principle . so we have to as white people use our privilege to create spaces so that the voices of people can be heard within the realm of the first amendment and i think of in this context of , i'm really big on creative ways to exercise our first amendment and i think the angel if anyone remembers fred phelps and his hor

everything that was said, but as i look around this ofm and as i am on this side d.c., i'm thinking of brian stevenson and his work in criminal justice. i live across the anacostia river. ande talk about racism systemic racism and things we can do in our own community, it is not just getting upset when white supremacists show up on our streets. in thectually engaging d.c. council when they want to pass laws or put 25% more police that are incredibly poised right now and are having their civil rights violated. [applause] >> i think of brian stevens is work because -- stephenson's were having people their rights stripped away from them. i said to this -- they can complain to us. that is how we do our work and he laughed at me. he said you have to get down here. they have to see your face. i grabbed six of my staff members. we got into cabs and went down there. sudden, brian -- it hit mewords in the heart. we can talk about it, if we want to do something, we have to connect with our heart. then it makes it hard. it is really hard. the other things we have to stop doing is we have to stop with our white s

it's based on attorney brian stevenson book based on the same name.. >> that was great, lara. >> good job, lara. >>> let's turn to our "gma" cover story a look inside the competitive world of e-sports. video game competitions in the headlines after that deadly shooting spree in jacksonville. the gaming industry is huge. millions of fans, billions of dollars are up for grabs. colleges are now even offering scholarships. abc's whit johnson is here and, whit, with growing popularity comes some growing pressure. >> absolutely. cecelia, good morning. if you think playing video games is just a hobby for teenagers and slackers, you are wrong. it is a booming professional industry. cash prizes worth tens of thousands but the gaming lifestyle is raising fresh concerns in the mental health community. >> david katz keeps to himself. >> reporter: video game commentators describing david katz, known as bread, in the high-stakes high-pressure word of competitive gaming. >> to even get him to open up to talk to you about anything, it's like pulling teeth. >> reporte