charlton, west virginia, they're paying for retiree cost out of the budget. that is a ponzi scheme.t can only last for a couple more months. >> making promises that you can't afford to keep won't work. but it will take another big city to go bust before you sit down and negotiate the other -- >> david: which one do you think it will be? >> it could be chicago. they have a disaster coming up in 2016. that might force something on that. an area to get create i on is the health savings account for retirees and the current workers that give people money they control. it costs less. >> david: isn't the administration going in the opposite direction? >> yes, t there is nothing like reality if you're a mayor facing bankruptcy to sit down and do reforms. >> you want to talk about chicago? >> illinois is case and point. their pension costs are 2.5 times what the state brings in tax revenue. the taxpayers, it's so unfair. sabrina is right. it's so unfair what is happening to u.s. taayers across the country as the property taxes go up when we have beach lifeguards in orange county, california,

charlton heston was on hand for the demonstration. he sat down to talk about his experience in 1963. here is a portion. [video clip] picketed some restaurants in oklahoma. i expressed my support of civil rights largely by talking about it at cocktail parties. like many americans, i could no longer pay only lip service to a cause that was so urgently right and in a time that is so urgently now. host: actor and activist charlton heston 50 years ago. 50 years later, a breakdown of the racial gap among blacks and whites and comments are also posted online. mark from north dakota, good morning. caller: good morning. i am white and a christian. i became politically active a number of years ago as i began paying more attention to what was going on in my own country. the role model for me as a christian is dr. martin luther king jr. he exemplifies a christ-like like. for that i will be eternally life.ul -- a chirist-like the same thing happened to dr. king. and he made arist huge impact on the entire world. how has america changed? a previous

charlton heston was there. there's sammy davis, jr., peter, paul and mary. they had an important part of that day. there's james baldwin, the author. we had a very strong presence of very famous people there that day and also today. i just wanted to show some of these pictures, bob, thank you for being here, the book is i have a dream, a 50 year testament to the march on america. i want to thank you for joining us tonight for this interesting discussion and celebration of the 50th anniversary of a very important day in american history. thank you. the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our website at aljazeera.com, facebook, our google plus pages or twitter. we'll see you for our next show. 0's >> hello, i'm' stephanie sy. and these are some of the stories we're following at this hour. >> obama: i think we all understand terrible things have been happening for quite some time. the assad regime has been killing it's own people by the tens of thousands. >> president obama said he's convinced that syria used chemical weapons against its people.

. >> charlton heston, james garner, harry belafonte, and marlon brando were front and center whenninglewis spoke. >> my friends, let us not forget that we're involved in a serious social revolution. >> when i had finished speaking, dr. king said, "you did a good job, john." >> the march was a turning point for america, leading to the 1964 civil rights accident. >> we must continue to come together. >> good morning, everybody. >> which is why these people boarded that bus bound for the 50th anniversary commemoration. this woman was just a baby in 1963. >> i was born two days before the march. >> i was there. >> but this man was there in 1963, and he's returning now, half a century later. >> we have accomplished 10,000 things, but we have 10,000 things that need to be done. ♪ we shall overcome >> president obama will speak at the lincoln memorial next wednesday closing out the week- long commemoration festivities. >>> still to come, when cops wear cameras. every chase. and every arrest caught on tape. but does it help or hurt law enforcement? >>> it's a growing but controversial trend.

maybe he just likes charlton heston, you know? "get your hands off me, you damn dirty ape!" huh? i think heston's a nazi. uh-huh. uh-huh. hey, guys, we're gonna serve dessert over there on the couch. go. go, go, go, go. heh! so, the couch? all right. ahh! that's better, huh? eh heh. the couch. oh! who are you voting for on tuesday? hmm? the state assembly? the runoff election? ah...yes. yes.

jackie robinson, paul newman, josephine baker, sidney poitier, lena horne, ossie davis and ruby dee, charlton heston, sammy davis, jr., marlon brando. the celebrities were everywhere. but what seemed to have gripped you as you spoke, and as you've written and talked about, in a sense, was those thousands upon thousands of nameless, ordinary people who were out there. >> it was unreal, unbelievable. when i got up to speak, i could see the people, the young people. i can see those middle aged and older people. i can see some members of congress down near the foot of the podium. it was a sea of humanity. >> were you intimidated? you were only 23. you had only been head of sncc, the student nonviolent coordinating committee, for what, a few weeks? >> only a few weeks. and my first responsibility was to travel to washington. we had a meeting with president kennedy in the oval office of the white house. and we told him we were going to march on washington. you know, president kennedy didn't like the idea of hundreds and thousands of people coming to washington. and he said to mr. randolph, who was

charlton heston was there. there's sammy davis, jr., peter, paul and mary.had an important part of that day. there's james baldwin, the author. we had a very strong presence of very famous people there that day and also today. i just wanted to show some of these pictures, bob, thank you for being here, the book is i have a dream, a 50 year testament to the march on america. i want to thank you for joining us tonight for this interesting discussion and celebration of the 50th anniversary of a very important day in american history. thank you. the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our website at aljazeera.com, facebook, our google plus pages or twitter. we'll see you for our next show.

. >> 50 years ago, charlton heston, who has identified so much with the right. and begun rights. yet he was a big civil rights guy. >> huge civil rights guy. >> and a lot of those voices are missing now. i think the party needs to have them reelevated. i think myself, the j.c.s, the kim blackwells need to get out there and push. >> let me tell you, use know, jackie robinson, we've all seen "42." did you see" 42"? >> uh-huh. >> so great. >> jackie robinson is a republican. he gets on the train with nixon in 1960. and all he wants to do is get him to say something about dr. king being arrested. and just please say something. he gets off the train crying. and he says nixon doesn't get it. that was the moment. you know? these moments make history. >> and it was the reason daddy king left the party, because the party didn't respond to his son sitting in a jail. >> and so what are you going to do about it, michael? >> well, we keep pushing. >> what is the reverberation in the republican party now that they know they were no-shows yesterday? there is no sense shouting about this. i beli

best original score after the release of "the big country," starring gregory peck, jean simmons and charltonary of the birth of the composer, jerome marass. he didn't just produce the iconic movie sound track. he also helped to define other essential components of this nation's musical history from the classic al to musical theater to jazz, including the song "lazy afternoon. >> trisha: delivered with such beguiling motion by the wonderful sarah vaughn. ♪ if you hold my hand and sit real still ♪ you can hear the grass as it grow grows ♪ ♪ it's a hazy afternoon >> it's worth noting that this composer whose work has been so important to the development of american music was actually the son of immigrants. his parents were russian jews who settled here in new york in the early 1900s. the son of immigrants. and given the anniversary of jerome marass's birth, listen once again to the views of congressman steve king on the subject of immigrants. >> for everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because the

we had bart charlton. he wants to regulate anything with a pulse. even he said he wasn't that interested in regulating bitcoin, and yet the senate wants something done here. what's going on here? >> a couple things. first, if you look at the folks in the senate looking to ask more questions, they include tom carper, a democrat, and tom coburn, not just a republican, someone who a lot of people think is into government overreach. bitcoin is at the stage where it could be anything from the next huge new thing, to just the same old thing that it's been. small confined currency. when people get together and decide to put together a currency, it seems like something that the government ought to at least take a look at, especially if it's a platform or a vehicle by which people can launder money and move around funds in ways that the government probably ought to keep an eye on. >> hadley? >> i understand that our congressmen, just like other americans, probably want to understand a new market and a new innovation, and i've got no problem with them trying

unlike the charlton heston sci-fi movie this is made from vegetables and taste like mildly sweet soyn. >> something like this not spoiling being easy to transport and by being he very nutritionally dense by mass and volume, i think something like this could have a huge impact on global food security. >> rob rinehart, the inventor, raised $800,000 through a crowd funding site to develop this product. in addition to its potential to alleviate hunger abroad, he sees a market for so ilent at home from people who lack the time or desire to cook. some foodies skeptical the americans would ever give up the variety you experience in a well prepared meal. is he all in favor of social meals but so much of what we eat these days is on the go and not all that memorable. and so ilent could be new tricious alternative to that drive-thru lunch. >> you wonder what the bathroom experience would be like. john, than the creator of so i soy lent says all the ingredients. gender specific blends as well as high calorie formula for people who like to work out. money, meant to honor our nation's bravest is

. >> rob reinhardt named his product so i soylent, after the charlton heston film.e likes to add vanilla for extra flavor but says it is no replacement for a gourmet meal. listen. >> we have tongues, a tongue, that has taste buds on it. so that means they are there for a reason. >> we should definitely enjoy all of the social and cultural aspect for food because it can be really fun. but most of the time it is really not that ben ripple and most of the time i can't be bothered and i would rather be doing something else. >> to develop his product, reinhardt went it a crowd sourcing website with a goal of raising a hundred thousand dollars. but within a month people donated $800,000. so a lot of people are really excited about this product. greg? >> all right, we will see if it tastes good. thank you, jonathan. jamie? >> jonathan tasted it and said it wasn't bad at all. >> i have to taste it. >> switching to an all-liquid diet is intriguing but is it a good idea? joining us is nutritionist lisa cone. i love any fact that any product would help feed the world. >> exact

virginia is third, charlton charlton-charlestcharlest on is fourth. on the west coast is l.a. long beach. there are two separate ports but they are conducive to each other so a lot of people think of them as one. they are by far the largest in the u.s.. >> host: jeff is up to? >> guest: the same thing. we are number three on the east coast but we are growing. we definitely want to be as rodney said a premier gateway to the united states from east coast. >> host: as we wrap up our conversation with a two view we want to continue talking about the ports and in this country and we will have two members of congress coming up but just recap for us here was the port of virginia is looking for from the federal government, what are your top priorities? >> guest: well you know as we mentioned before we have the potential capacity greater than any other port on the eastern seaboard. we are to have 50-foot depth that the ships are demanding now and they are going to demand more. we are cleared to 55 feet. we need federal dollars in the commonwealth of virginia to make the federal investm

you talked about harry bellefonte, charlton heston and james gardener, paul newman. strategy. by the way, jon meacham, politics is fascinating. they knew kennedy was watching this speech and kennedy needed to be shown that this was -- that all of america or a lot of america was extraordinarily concerned about the plight of african-americans in 1963. it had passion, it had a point. and it had numbers. and reston saw something there. one other point we should make about how the world has changed, you know, white washington expected riots. people didn't show up for work downtown. it was an eerily quiet city that day. "the new york times" was so convinced there was going to be trouble that when russell baker was assigned to cover the story, they rented a helicopter so he would be above to watch the action. it was so peaceable that baker asked the helicopter to go fly over his house so he could see whether his roof needed repair. and then went back -- >> reverend, not exactly what white in washington was expecting. what an amazing story. tell them about the dream, martin.

would like to know if either of your guests have seen the old movie depicting the jacksons with charlton heston and susan hayward. it showed a beautiful love story. it was accurate? >> it wasn't particularly accurate but it had great looking actors and it was really romantic. i loved it. the book came out, "the president's lady" in 1961. it was a best seller for years. >> last question for this part of our program is from gary robinson on twitter and it sets the stage for the next half hour of our conversation. what was secretary of state van buren's role in the petticoat affair and jackson's cabinet? >> secretary of state van buren had the unfortunate benefit of being a widower himself so he didn't have to have this social political push from his wife as the other cabinet members did. he was free to go and see margaret eaton and he. did he called on her frequently. he treated her well, and he gained tremendous, tremendous respect from jackson for that. it's very interesting 19th century historian who says the whole political history of the last 30 years -- and he's writing at the beginn