condoleezza rice grew up with one of the little girls.ndoleezza rice also a pastor in birmingham. the ku klux klan leaders were tried decades later. their deaths prompted international outrage and led to the passage of the civil rights act of 1964. we are going to countdown now, just 10 seconds to go before that bell rings in that church marking what is a somber anniversary in the civil rights movement. ♪ >> ben is in birmingham. what is the latest? i understand for condoleezza rice, this is personal. >> she certainly does, del. she said she did grow up with the family of one of the victims in the 1950's and 1960's and was a residents of birmingham. what we have now is essentially, you're seeing hundreds of people on the steps surrounding this church, coming out to show their respects and to remember and reflect. as you mentioned before, this is really considered by so many people just a critical turning point in american history, a catalyst, if you will, in the civil rights movement, and condoleezza rice and secretary holder have both re

condoleezza rice and i. the world knows you as condoleezza rice, former secretary of state.an to be in national security adviceor. but you were born and raised in alabama. in birmingham. and you grew up in a segregated south. tell us about how it was growing up in birmingham. >> well growing up in birmingham, clearly the most segregated big city in america, and a place in 1962 and 1963 would be called bombing-ham because it was so violent. >> right. >> you will remember that. it was like being in a parallel world. you were always aware that you couldn't go to a movie theater. couldn't go to a restaurant. i said sometimes very often that my parents couldn't take me to have a hamburger at the woolworth's lunch counter, but had me absolutely convinced i could be president of the united states if i wanted to be. >> i was fascinated i read the story about how your father became a republican. in all of the politics i thought i knew, i never knew that story. >> in 1952 he went down to register to vote in birmingham. young minister, high school athletic director. and they said to hi

condoleezza rice and i. the world knows you as condoleezza rice, former secretary of state. born and raised in alabama in birmingham, and you grew up if a segregated south. tell us about how it was growing up in birmingham. >> well, growing up in birmingham, which was clearly the most segregated big city in america, and a place that in 1962 and '63 would be calling bombingham because it was so violent. you'll remember that. it was like living in a parallel world. you were always aware that you couldn't go to a movie theater. couldn't go to a restaurant. i've said sometimes very often that my parents couldn't take me to have a hamburger at the woolworths lunch counter but had me absolutely convinced i could be president of the united states if i wanted to be. >> you know, i was fascinated when i read you telling the story about how your father became a republican. with all of the politics i thought i knew, i never knew that story. >> in 1952, he went down to register to vote in birmingham. he was a young minister, high school athletic director. and they said to him, he went d

former secretary of state condoleezza rice says her dream is to be nfl commissioner. earth day families for letting me stop by practice, turns out secretary rice only visiting the camp in indianapolis, she's sticking with her day job on the faculty. colts quarterback happens to be a stanford alum z job opportunities like this every day. drudge report tweeting nasa paying volunteers 18,000ses today lay in bed 70 days. you heard right. you can earn that by chatting with friends as long as you don't get out of bed for 70 days. what is nasa trying to learn? they say it stimulates affects of long term space flight on the body. i'm tempted to apply for that one. aren't you? and ahoy mateys today is national talk like a pirate day. even congress is celebrating. the house g.o.p. tweeting out this picture. trying to drum up support for their continued resolution and branding their senate colleagues as land lubbers. that is a new way to talk politics. now, it's your turn to hash it out with us. also don't forget to mool fol me on twitter on gretawire. coming up, trouble on tap,

among those in attendance, secretary state condoleezza rice and attorney gender rick holder. it has been five yeared now science lehman brothers collapsed. intercepted 15th, 2,008. said the global economy into free fall. >> we are now down 43%. >> what the world is happening on wall street? >> went from 190 to 166 in the blink of an eye. >> u.s. housing market imploded homes were foreclosed, unemployment numbers soared as businesses lays off millions. >> president obama signed off on a $700 billion bail out for banks and companies and vowed to joe all financial regulations. >> we did not chewed how this begain, but we do have a chose in the legacy of this crieses leaves behind. >> so what does that legacy look like five years later? >> washington and the wall street bankers are in the pockets of each other. >> and has first hand experience with the industry sense of immunity. >> it isn't just wall street that we have to hold to account, it is our elected leaders. and then even the judge whose allow this kind of thing to remain so deeply embedded in the culture. >> lehman brot

condoleezza rice and i. the world knows you as condoleezza rice former secretary of state. a national security adviser. but you were born and raised in alabama. in birmingham. and you grew up in a segregated south. tell us about how it was growing up in birmingham. >> well growing up in birmingham, which was clearly the most segregated big city in america, and a place that in 1962 and 3 would be called bombingham, because it was so violent. it was like living in a parallel world. you were always aware that you could not go to a movie theater. couldn't go to a restaurant. i said sometimes, very often, that my parents couldn't take me to have a hamburger at the woolworth's lunch counter, but they had me absolutely convinced that i could be president of the united states if i wanted to be. >> you know i was fascinated you told the story about how your father became a republican with all the politics i knew, i never knew that story. >> he went down to vote in birmingham, and they said to him -- he went down with my mother who he was dating. they were not yet married. and my mom

condoleezza rice will also participate in that panel discussion.ou didn't know, is a birmingham native and actually knew one of the little girls. used to play dolls with her, who was killed in this bombing. she talks about how if you lived here, furp part of this community, you did always know someone who was affected by this bombing, if not someone who was killed in it. >> okay. nbc's sarah dallof, thank you. >>> a young girl loses her life in a tragedy her mother tries to prevent, but did authorities do enough? [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. >>> in florida a group of 15 young girls is under invest

national security adviser condoleezza rice goes on cnn to alert the nation. >> the problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. but we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud. >> what i was hearing and what i knew, did not jive. i asked one time at langley, am i crazy or is there no credible evidence of an ongoing program? and i had a former deputy director of cia say to me, you're not crazy. >> but there are administration voices urging caution. secretary of state colin powell and his senior staff, who unlike their counterparts at defense, are all former military men, they press to give a chance for sanctions to work. for inspections to keep saddam in check. >> the concern was, we hadn't finished in afghanistan, and if we went to war in iraq, we would take the emphasis off afghanistan. which subsequently is exactly what happened. >> the administration has saddam squarely in its sights. the time has come to persuade congress to squeeze the trigger. >> one of the most serious responsibilities that congress has is t

my exclusive with condoleezza rice. it's ms.m church bombing. she lived through it as a kid. >> my dad's church was only about two miles from 16th street baptist church. so it was like the ground. for kids in birmingham of my age, i was ate, it was how could people hate us so much? >> she also talked about the challenges of growing up under jim crow, deep in the heart of the old south. >> you were always aware that you couldn't go to a movie theater, couldn't go to a restaurant. i've said sometimes very often that my parents couldn't take me to have a hamburger at the woolworth's lunch counter, but they had me absolutely convinced i could be president of the united states if i wanted to be. >> none of my guests tonight would have made it were it not for dr. king and the civil rights movement. it shows the progress we've made and where we have to go. it's a night to celebrate america's promise and look toward its future. we hope you can join us one hour from now, 8:00 p.m. eastern. we'll be live from the apollo theater. and don't

i didn't have white friends. >> condoleezza rice grew up in black and white birmingham.er city was the capital of an old segregated south fighting to stay alive. >> pie parents couldn't take me to have a hamburger at the woolworth's lunch counters but they had me convinced i could be president of the united states if i wanted to be. >> in an interview on politics nation, the former secretary of state recalled birmingham of her childhood. >> coming home one day from my grandparents's house, a bomb -- we felt a bomb go off, heard apan explosion. and my father put us back in the car and said i'm going to police. and she said they probably set the bomb. >> there were 50 unsolved bombings in birmingham alone. so many in fact the city itself earned a nickname, folks started calling it bombing-ham. but it was the one that happened here on a sunday morning in september of 1963 that awakened a country and changed the movement. >> my sister janet had this little black purse. and we was running and catching it like, you know, like we were playing ball. and we laughed and played all

>> condoleezza rice on one side.lack, goodman, cheney and southwesterner, if they had not shed blood, she won't have been secretary of state. president barack obama won't have been in the white house. people paid a price to open america up. we should never forget them and we should not stop until we finish the path that they put us on. we should honor them and honor them by our continued activity. this weekend, i honor these four girls, i honored the others that gave their lives. that opened america up more. i honored them by continuing to try and keep an opening. because of them. we are places no one ever thought we could be, but we still have places to go. we still have hills to climb. and valleys to cross. but we should not forget those that made it possible because of them, i can say, thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> obama strong. let's play "hardball." >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. politics makes strange bedfellows and toni

>> condoleezza rice on one side.lack, goodman, cheney and southwesterner, if they had not shed blood, she won't have been secretary of state. president barack obama won't have been in the white house. people paid a price to open america up. we should never forget them and we should not stop until we finish the path that they put us on. we should honor them and honor them by our continued activity. this weekend, i honor these four girls, i honored the others that gave their lives. that opened america up more. i honored them by continuing to try and keep an opening. because of them. we are places no

former secretary of state condoleezza rice, a birmingham native was a friend of denise mcnair. >> i said to my parents as the events were unfolding on television, why do they hate us so much? and i remember my father simply saying, they are hateful men, they are just hateful men. >> the horrific attack shocked the nation making america take a deep look at racial inequality and injustice. >> it also strengthened the civil rights movement and helped influence the passage of the landmark civil right bill of 1964. but today in birmingham, they came to remember. >> in looking forward, it is truly that we honor their sacrifice if we remember that equality and justice for all written in the constitution is actually not just a piece of paper, but something that each and every one of us must live each and every day. >> four lives cut short, four little girls whose untimely death helped change the course of a nation. for cbs news, natalie tejada, birmingham, alabama. >> glor: later, the bay city school that is bucking the trend when it comes to physical education. >> a shooting in new york times s

attorney general eric holder and condoleezza rice, a birmingham native, spoke yesterday. >> i came up in a family where my parents couldn't take me to a movie theater or to a restaurant. they did have me convinced even though i couldn't have a hamburger at the woolworth's lunch counter, i could be president of the united states if i wanted to. >> to not recognize that progress does a great disservice for the people who fought so long, who sacrificed so much so that she would and i i would have the opportunities that we had. >> the murders of carol robertson and the others represent a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement in the united states. >>> an arizona church knows how to get -- rather how to let the good times fly. members setting a record for the world's largest pie fight. all of them throwing over 1,000 shaving cream pies. >> that's not a pie. shaving cream. >> you can't eat it. it doesn't taste very well. the church beat the previous pie fight record by over 100 participants. bill, proceeds from that event went to a charity that provides food. >> that's all the good par

former secretary of state condoleezza rice, a birmingham native, was a friend of denise mcnair. >> iaid to my parents as the events were unfolding on television, why do they hate us so much. and i remember my father simply saying they're hateful men, they're just hateful men. >> reporter: the horrific attack shocked the nation, making america take a deep look at racial inequality and injustice. it also helped strengthen the civil rights movement and helped influence the pass alk age of t civil rights in 1964. but in birmingham they came to remember. >> in looking forward it is truly that we honor their sacrifice if we remember that equality and justice for all written in the constitution is actually not just a piece of paper but something that each and every one of us must live each and every day. >> reporter: four lives cut short, four little girls whose untimely deaths helped change the nation. the course of a nation. for cbs news, natalie ta he da, birmingham, alabama. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's weather, and crowning achievement. the newly named miss americ

those in attendance were eric holder, the nation's first african-american attorney general, and condoleezza rice. at the time of the bombing, she was 8 years old and a playmate of one of the victims. revulsion over the bombing is widely believed to have led to passable of the 1964 civil rights act that outlawed discrimination on the basis of race you ethnicity or gender. >>> from washington, word that former treasury secretary lawrence summers has withdrawn from consideration to succeed ben bernanke, as chairman of the fed reserve. "the wall street journal," which broke the story, said summer made his wishes known to president obama in a telephone call and then a long-term he said he had decided his confirmation hearings would be too acrimonious. >>> back overseas today, philippine army troops and police special forces launched an offensive against muslim rebels still holding does of hostages in the southern part of that country. at least 50 rebels and six policemen and soldiers have been killed. the confrontation began monday when the rebels took more than 100 people hostage and used them as hu

later, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, a birmingham native who was friends with denise mcnair> it was terrifying for a child of 8, but i think really it must have been much more terrifying for the parents of birmingham to wonder if when they put their kids to sleep they were going to wake up. >> reporter: and a sculpture commemorating the four victims was unveiled. located in a park near the church, it captures the moment right before the bombing. >> because of them, it's just opened up avenues and doors for us as a people. >> reporter: innocence and joy forever frozen in time. in birmingham, alabama sarah dahloff, nbc news. >> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. nbc sunday night football is up. the 49ers against the seahawks. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. . >>> centurylink eld in downtown seattle, where tonight the loudest stadium in the nfl promises to reach deafening levels as the seahawks renew their rivalry with the san francisco 49ers on "sunday night football." they call

. >> up next, birmingham native, condoleezza rice, shares her memories of that fateful day. >> i will baptist church was bombed. we felt the explosion. >> oh, really? >> at your church -- >> right. my dad's church was only about two miles from 16th street baptist church. so it was like the ground shook and i remember pretty soon, we were starting to hear that these little girls had been killed and then the names started to come out, and of course, everybody knew one of those little girls. ♪ for a strong bag that grips the can... get glad forceflex. small change, big difference. more is better. that's why we designed the all-new nissan versa note, with more technology, to get you into, and out of, tight spots. and more space so that you always have your favorite stuff. and just for good measure, an incredibly efficient 40 mpg highway. so that when you're doing more, you're spending less. the all-new nissan versa note. your door to more. ♪ we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we stri

. >>> a few months after the attacks, national security advisor condoleezza rice claimed no one could foreseen the events of september 11th. >> i don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the world trade center, take another one and slam it into the pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile. >> but the families' research showed this wasn't the case. >> there was information on the public record that the government was thinking about exactly that thing. there were only two possibilities. one, that she was lying. the other which is actually scarier, is that even though all this information was there, the national security advisor of the united states didn't know it. that really scared me. >> the families headed to capitol hill. >> i will summarize my testimony as follows. >> kristin, whose husband died in the attack, outlined their findings before a congressional hearing. >> she started with proof that the government had considered this kind of attack. >> in 1993, $150,000 stud

the names of these four young woman -- there is another name by the name of condoleezza rice.he was there. named a secretary of state and try to bring peace to the world. a marylander name one of the most influential educators in the world. wow. these are the children of birmingham. they could've lived their lives and raised families and made their own way and contribution. maybe one might have been a cabinet member. maybe one might have found a cure for cancer. maybe one might have grown up to be president. [applause] today we give the well-deserved congressional medal and a special thanks to diana. no child in america should be redlined or to find by their race, gender, religion, or creed. we honor this. i will conclude by saying this i have been inspired by a great song. as i prepared my remarks today, i refer to the second paragraph the days when hope unborn had died, the steady beat of our wary feet, we have come over away, treading the path of the slaughtered, bright stars for 10,000 angels. god bless all of you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, performing "press on."

today attorney general eric holder and former secretary of state condoleezza rice are among another ceremonywill start about an hour from now. >> the most risky and expensive salvage operation set to kick off tomorrow. a live look now, there sit in italy. the cruise vessel has been resting on its side. good to see you, joe this morning, first of all if you could explain to us what exactly the engineers will be doing during this salvage operation. >> this is a culmination of months and months of work ourselves. they will be in a control room monitoring hydraulic units that will help pull the vessel over. they have other restraining units that will be monitored and they will hold the ship from going too far -- from trying to slide it off. it is a massive undertaking. largest in the world. and then the bigger problem has been the -- the engineering going to it. the government of italy wanted the vessel to be brought up whole and in tact. that is what led it to be power buckled. >> they wanted to bring it up whole. there are two missing victims that they are hoping to find in there. there are ma

. >> holder and former secretary of state condoleezza rice spoke about the tragedy. >> when i was secretary of state i used the american example when i talked to people trying to find their way to democracy - peopling having difficulties overcoming long-held historical senses of aggrievement and wrong. i say, "i don't look at the united states in rose coloured glasses. i grew up in a family where my family couldn't take me to a movie theatre and restaurant." they convinced me if i couldn't have lunch at woolworths, i could be president of the united states. >> raylene johnson explains how the birmingham bombing changed our nation ux. >> on a quiet sunday morning it was youth day in birmingham at the baptist church. the quiet was shattered when a bomb ripped through the black church, killing four young girls. >> you just don't believe anybody would be that mean and unkind. >> 14-year-old addy may colins, carol robinson, cynthia morse and denise mcmayer all died. four members of the local kkk were responsible. for maxine, denise's mother the memories of burying her child are fresh. >> i was j

so i think that he tried his best in diplomacy but he has been outdone by the others to get condoleezza rice is certainly a hardliner with this group and so they are all a part of that. so i think the president gets very little advice from the other side of the fence unfortunately. there are no one georgia with balls in this administration. >> carvel rolph? >> he is a hard-liner and is probably the strongest domestic adviser in terms of the political realities. christian and so forth keeping everybody in line. he was very influential. the president said what does care and who think and so forth and they were dependent on that point of view. that's fine except i just wish that he had some peacemakers in his administration. [applause] >> what was it like prior-year to computers what was your day like early on? is there a particular story that you have written that is pretty geared to your heart that you feel really proud of? >> tell them about the old typewriter. >> the typewriter klaxon now you are dating me. i am still not come to your wife is in any way. i call for help every five minutes.

one was a childhood friend of condoleezza rice. coming up, the pain and joy of last night's miss america pageant. >>> what's making britney spears so angry today? coming up next in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues an organizer of, of, like do-gooders. a media mogul. just...rule the world. when i'm older, i want to be anything but the one that doesn't fit in. the one that people don't love. -everyone deserves a dream. -everyone. but some of us feel depressed, anxious, angry, and do things that others think aren't normal. if that's you, say something. people -- people will listen. add your voice at... ok2talk.org ♪ skinny ♪ skinny ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> got a little wrap-up of the miss america, 2014. we have a winner. are you excited? a little excited? so this was the 2014 miss america was hosted by lara spencer and chris harrison and the winner is none other than miss new york for a second year in a row. there you have it. her name nina davuluri. she is 24 years old from syracuse. she won $50,000 scholarship

condoleezza rice national security adviser. heck, dk cheney vice president. these are the people who supposedly understood how the world really worked and, therefore, could be trusted to make prudent and wide decisions. and that's why it's so hard to understand -- to understand their arrogance and their naivety. but that's the label they will carry into history and label that tommy franks will carry will be incompeteant. >> who is the last politician you thought knew what they were doing and you could vote for them? >> well, i voted for barack obama. twice but when i voted for barack obama because when you get to an election, it was either this guy or that guy and it seemed to me obama was preferable alternative. in terms of the last president that i think deserves respect, i think i probably would say i like ike. he had his own flaws and did some pretty stupid things in iran, in guatemala. he is the guy who sort of teed up the ball for john kennedy when it came to the bay of pigs, which was foolish. but when you look at the eight years of the overall, make i

colon powell, secretary of state, condoleezza rice, national security advisor. heck, dick cheney was the vice president. these are the people who understood how the world really worked and therefore could be trusted to make prudent and wise decisions. that's why it's so hard to understand their -- understand their arrogance and their naivete. but that's -- that's the label they will carry to history and the label that tommy franks will carry will be incompetence. >> who's the last politician you thought knew what they were doing and you could vote for them? >> well, i voted for barack obama twice. but i voted him because you know you get to an election, it's either this guy or that guy, obama was preferably alternative. but in question of who i think deserves respect, i think i'd probably say i like ike. now he had his own flaws and did some stupid things in iran, in guatemala. he's the guy who sort of teed up the ball for john kennedy when he came to the bay of pigs which is foolish. but if you look at the eight years of the overall, make an overall judgment of

the national security advisor, condoleezza rice, later on at the white house meets with the members ofhe congressional black caucus. hillary clinton, the recently departed secretary of state has an appearance having to do with the environment but is expected to talk about syria, backing the president's call for limited strikes, of course all leading up to the president's prime time speech. they are trying to flood the zone, trying to turn public opinion in favor or at least from going in the opposite direction in support of those strikes. >> this is the administration's final push. what is the feeling on capitol hill, and i guess the question that has to be asked, is there a sense in washing top right now that the white house will sub seed or fail? >> right now, the smart money is on the latter, del, you look at the house of representatives, the associated press poll, some polls are a little bit suspect. when you get members back in town, they're start milling about in between votes on the floor, talking to each other. you know, you sometimes get a change in direction under those circu

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bush who stood out from her husband on issues, barbara bush expressed her pro-choice leanings, condoleezza riceiane cantor. why is it these republican wives are going their own way in something publicly. >> there's no accounting for love, joy. certainly there are quote, unquote, pro-life women who are believers. i do believe in the case of perry she's a nurse, daughter of a physical, certain level of practicality. for her to even say abortion is a women's issue. it's a life issue is what you're supposed to call it. >> absolutely. you're doing this a the a time when you have wendy davis running for governor to secede her husband, a lawsuit going on. she's saying it as a politically charged time. >> the eyes are on the texas, eyes of the world on texas this past summer as her husband forced through these unconstitutional restrictions on abortion that are designed to shut down clinics, make it inaccessible whether abortion care, other care, now going to court to defend that. her husband staked his entire social issue reputation on denying women health care. this is certainly very poignant to see h

remember the four lives cut short at the hands of the ku klux klan, former secretary of state condoleezza riceoke growing up in the city where denise was one of her childhood play mates. >> i grew up where my parents couldn't take me to a movie leaser or restaurant. they did convince me even though i couldn't have a sandwich at the counter, i could be president of the united states if i wanted to. >> the country was reminded of the need to continue the fight against discrimination. >> hate never leaves us. it is like a lurking virus and must always be identified, confronted, and defeated. >> he called on every member of every generation to forge ahead to create the more just society that all americans deserve. lisa mcnair feels the death of her sister and other girls changed more than just her future, it changed the country's future. >> it's not onements thing that happened in birmingham. it's about the united states of america. i think that the more people know the story and know our history, they are did he say destined not to repeat it. >> it is considered to be a catalyst for advancing the

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condoleezza rice, the national security adviser, was conducting national security council meetings ins evacuated. >> that's how my husband who was then the chairman of the federal reserve found out what hap happened to the u.s. >> this country has suffered a devastating attack that will cost us in the sense of, loss of life, it will also cost us in terms of our psychological security that we have in this country. >> as the a student of history i have always been interested in what i call the bold print, you know, the chapter headings. 9/11 is a chapter heading. this is when america was changed. this is when the world began a new kind of warfare. was i thinking great thoughts at that moment? no. what i was thinking was, we're on to something new here. how it is going to play out i don't know yet. >> what i think of now in retrospect it really was the loss of innocence. it was the last free time where we didn't hatch to think that terrorists were really going to attack us on the home front. >> our politics became almost exclusively about fighting terrorists and securing the country. and

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special guests include magic johnson, stevie wonder, and condoleezza rice.ok at what's next on the "news nation." i know you're a dallas cowboys fan, but you're going to talk about a more serious topic, which is syria. >> indeed, luke. i'll call you to talk about football later. thank you very much. in the meantime, as luke mentioned, 96 hours. that's how long our first read team says the president has to win over lawmakers who are still undecided on whether to support his plan for military strike on syria. the president says he will take his case to you in a primetime address on tuesday. i'll talk with congresswoman zoe loftgron who is still undecided. >>> plus, exit interview. homeland security chief janet napolitano has just hours left on the job. before leaving, she's sending a message to local law enforcement ahead of any possible strike on syria. >>> and confessions of a drunk driver. some people are applauding this man for a video admitting his role in a deadly accident. but are his actions really praise worthy? it's our "news nation" gut check. [ sha

i recently spoke with condoleezza rice who was a child in birmingham when the bombing took place. >>s from the church. it was like the ground shook. and for kids in birmingham my age, i was eight, it was -- you know, how could these people hate us so much? >> as i sat and listened to ms. rice tell me about how the ground shook and she felt it in her church two miles away, i thought about how no one would have thought she would have grown to be the secretary of state. we'll never know what those four girls would have been if they lived. that's why we must stop hate. that's why we must use the law to justly protect young people. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> russian roulette. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. president obama stands at the abyss tonight. he stands precariously close to losing control of a vital presidential dis

attorney general eric holder and condoleezza rice, a birmingham native, will be on hand for the event. >> sarah, thanks so much. >>> on a different note, a special day at the legendary field of dreams in iowa, as more than a dozen former leaguers come out for a baseball game. they ca proceeds from the game go to the wounded warrior project. >>> after all the hype promoters promising to break pay-per-view with this one, floyd mayweather jr. walking away from an easy victory. punch after punch, mayweather had no problem assaulting alvarez. it was a majority decision victory, but for alvarez it was the first time he's lost in 44 professional fights. yeah. after 44 times. >> that's got to be an tough one. >> punch after punch, as with esee there. and big money on pay-per-view. >> i was sleeping. i was waiting for your highlights in the morning. >> there you have it. >> thomas, thanks. >>> let's check the weather now. and the rest of the country's forecast. dylan? >> reporter: good morning again. we're keeping an eye out for more rain in this area. further to the south, new mexico is also

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50th anniversary of the 16th street baptist church bombing, including a panel discussion with condoleezza riceor marks from eric holder, and your calls throughout the day. live today starting at 11 a.m. span3's american history tv. monday night, our series on first ladies continues. >> she was a woman of first. she was a woman of combination. this symbolizes all of that. this is helen taft's inaugural down. down --ot euro gown.ural she became the first first lady to donate her gown to the smithsonian institution. she established the tradition that first ladies would donate their inaugural gown to the collection. every first lady after has donated to the smithsonian institution. >> meet helen taft, wife of the president howard taft. monday at nine eastern on c-span and c-span three. >> "washington journal" continues. host: and we're back, eleanor clift joins us now along with armstrong williams. thank you both for being here. ,et's begin with the news russia and the united states come to some sort of deal over what is next in syria. armstrong williams, let me begin with you. what do you make of

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connell: almost like condoleezza rice who works for him wanted to be a football commissioner. we will see if the former president is up for that. a multi-billion dollar business, all major sports are but baseball revenues, records continue. you can make arguments against the sport that other sports move faster and football is the most popular sport in the country but the numbers, steroids can land a meeting els look good for baseball. tell us the candidates you have in your mind that keep that going. >> fascinating because there are two different groups of candidates, the old guard guys that are already in the commissioner's office, basically bud selig's number 2 is an excellent candidate involved in pretty much everything associated with the game, labor contract, and very high up and the commissioner's office, very low on the broadcast side. and bud selig said it. and earlier this year, it is valuable for the commissioner of any sort, baseball or any other have experienced running a clutch but if you look at that side, detroit tigers and those guys are possible candidates as