efforts of thomas jackson, the police chief in ferguson and those of the historic and infamous eugene conner and it takes journalists to talk about the ghost of bull conner haunting the story in ferguson, alabama. if we don't know the lessons of history, then we're bound to repeat them. i think we're seeing that in the case of thomas jackson, the police chief there. he's chosen, of course, to impose a strong arm set of responses to the ferguson challenge. and in doing so, has evoked the very worst images of the nation in its historic treatment of african-americans and no place is better emplifying that problem than birmingham, alabama, of 1963. after all, it was eugene bowls conner who was the public safety director who chose to use fire hoses on the little children of

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they stopped at the office of the sweetwater chief where they found conner talking with his newspaper editor and a six. a road to what some's ranch with a tour down her fence and let her cattle out and threaten to kill her unless she got in the buggy. she got in the buggy. they headed southward james averell's for that met him first driving toward casper for supply. at gun point they forced him into the buggy. to stay out of sight of the store they took a roundabout route to the sweetwater river and headed west upstream for two miles. a friend of james averell's name frank buchanan followed them a safe distance. finally they left the river and headed up a gulch in the rocky hills south of independence rock, got close enough to see james averell and ella watson standing on a large rock under a pine tree. buchanan got close enough to see them on a large rock, two variants slung over the biggest branch. a rope was around james averell's neck. ella watson was trying to keep mcclain from getting the other rope around her neck too. he fired his revolver until he ran out of bullets. they fir

>> yes. >> i don't want us to get lost on bull conner.sonification of the past that distances ourselves from what is with us today. and, so, making the connection to the systematic microaggressions. just the simple abuse of authority and disrespect that happens every single day. what happened to michael brown just like what happened to eric garner is just the most extreme form of this. when you hear people in ferguson talk about police harassment as a way of life in this community and in other communities all around it, that's what has to be the frontier because that's the story of black people in america. in the south, it was vigil antism and in the north it has always been police violence. if we don't make that connection and we don't say history is fairly flat in this instance and we have not moved the needle in over 100 years when it comes to black people making claims on liberty. so, finally, what happened in the birmingham crusade to come full circle was pressing and double downing on the fact that bull conner would be violent that

bill conner, who is still in charge of the police department, he is the commissioner of public safety which oversees the police department. and orderspanics widespread use of police dogs and fire hoses, which is what we most associate with that. ultimately, what happens is that there is an agreement between the business community and dr. king and the southern christian leadership conference that they will call off the marches in some rather really minor concessions in terms of taking whites only signs down in department stores and public blacks in, hiring of theous positions and ultimate goal is to try to get blacks on the police force. that is the true succumbs out of the birmingham campaign. >> when most people think of birmingham, they think of police dogs, firehoses and the death of four little girls. inmingham is frozen in time ofil, may into september 1963. but life went on in birmingham. after dr. king laughed, it was up to the citizens of birmingham to try to bring about actual integration. it is a long struggle through the rest of the 1960's to slowly become sowhat had ingrai

conner powell is live in gaza city tonight. what is the latest. >> reporter: julie, two things to inform you. first the israeli military is redeploying the troops back from the main parts of gaza and into israel. it is because they are almost done destroying all of the tunnels that hamas built going from gaza and to israel. and getting word that the israeli military said the lieutenant golden who was kidnapped and captured by hamas, and now the israeli military is saying no, that missing soldier is dead. they found forensic evidence that suggested he was killed in action and not captured by hamas. this is one of the reasons that yesterday's ceasefire utterly collapsed before it began. the israeli military said golden was killed in action and not captured. the israeli military is shifting the resources from gaza back to israel in large part the situation changing. and the israeli prime minister netanyahu saying today that they will continue to strike at hamas and try to prevent any rocket launchers and infrastructure functioning

whenever istand bring it up someone says to me, conners, representative conners, continues to put forth that with congress. toyou're referring reparations? >> yeah. >> in some way? >> yeah. i see that going forth, the word reparations has been a toxicnto something of word but i see progress being that front in individual channels. an example i'll give you is the recent settlement of african-american farmers, that the department of agriculture the signed, secretary of department of agriculture under obama'st administration, $1.6 billion. president bush was not moving forward on that. moveew administration did forward to that. no one would call that reparations. they wouldn't put that word attached to it but what it is is a whole lot of taxpayer dollars that wast a wrong inflicted upon thousands of african-american farmers over of years so as i see that developing, i see it being done in not limited, but in very discrete ways individually. so attack agriculture in this education inter another way. that's how i see that progressing and i don't think anyone will put the word "reparations" o

conner, let me let you go ahead of your boss there, and ask about what the students are coming in now wanting to learn and wanting to scuddy. how tars it changed from 10 or 15 years ago? >> sure, i think there's a pretty big difference from, of course, 10 or 15 years ago. the hot topic we are seeing right now is business annual illustratics, how to deal with big data, even with our center for business analytics, we're seeing it spreads across all industries. for them it almost doesn't matter what they're going to study, as long as they know that. i think some of the courses we are seeing are data-driven decision-making, for example. really interestingly there's a big demand from mba students to learn how to code, which i found interesting. not for, of course, for website, but more in prime software like python or other ways of handling large data sets. i think the future leaders want to understand previously what only engineers and other academics, mathematicians have understood in the past. >> it's really false fating. stanford, notre dame, columbia, and now you, and each mentioned t

conner powell is live in gaza city with the latest. >> reporter: israel began to redeploy their troops from gaza back into israel today. we saw tanks and other carriers beginning to move across the border from gaza back into israel. this comes as the israeli military says they've pretty much wrapped up the major task of this operation, which was destroying those cross border underground tunnels, but by no means does that mean the fighting is over. here in gaza, there is still heavy fighting in parts of the gaza strip, inclouding this attack on the u.n. school. the seventh time israeli shelling has hit a u.n. school and killed civilians there seeking refuge. the u.s. calling it a disgraceful shelling. the u.n. condemning it. really the question is is whether or not israel is taking enough steps to protect the civilians in that area. the u.n. and others are saying that israel needs to do more to protect its civilians, at least ten people were killed today in this u.n. school that was hit. israeli officials say there were militants operating in that area on a motorcycle and that's who the

russia in the west in ukraine and there is no doubt that there is no love lost between putin and obama conner and what have you and. i'm sure they would prefer not to hear about each other ever again and yet you put an end to this violence in ukraine they will have to engage constructively in one form or another now i'd like to ask for your and wise i understand that you probably have had more freedom of not negotiating with people you don't like but what kind of and wise you can give to our leaders in terms of how to deal with people you don't like and you don't even want to be in the same room but how can you negotiate constructively with them. ok i think they i think the most important thing for. everybody watching this program and everybody in the world is is if you follow somebody friend and become friends again it sounds simplistic but it's the right thing to do and it's good to see you get to that particularly if you're leading a country. and i personally think that the differences between president putin and president obama. or david cameron not that great and i think that. if we can

conner powell has the latest in know about his disappearance? >> reporter: hi, heather, aaron was last seen hiking with a friend in the jerusalem forest last week and missing every since. his family said this type of behavior leaving and disappearing is unusual and the family and american officials are actively trying to find him. the 23-year-old lake wood, new jersey resident has been missing several days and studying a jewish religious school. israeli police have been actively looking for him in the forest and using dogs and search parties. they found some of his personal items around the area where he was last seen. they are working assumps that he may have fallen in a ravine or accident. they are looking into the possibility of being kidnapped though there is no reason to believe he was kidnapped. the current conflict in gaza was sparked after three boys kidnapped three israeli boys. israeli officials and american officials looking into it. and the main priority is trying to find the 23-year-old new jersey resident. they have little on the i

conner powell has the latest. >> reporter: a rash of attacks and how violent and chaotic the country has become since isis stormed the border from syria a suicide bomber drove a car in the intelligence headquarters. and 90 people in tir cut were killed when a bomb went off. it is one day after a massive explosion in a sunni mosque. they claim they were carried out by shiite militia. it has damaged the frayed tensions. efforts to form a new government ended with the latest round of violence. shiits and sunnis refused to work together while the attacks continue. >>> china is demanding that the u.s. stop military surveillance of the chinese mainland. this comes by a fighter jet intercept of a u.s. plane. these are the images taken. the chinese pilot flew close and did a barrel roll over the american plane. china is demanding that the u.s. obey the law. this is legally international air space. /beijing is claiming those areas as chinenine territory. >> in ferguson, a police presence remain. the na a cp organized a march. another rally in st. louis in support of the police officer involve

conner powell is live in gaza city. >> reporter: in all honesty, jon, i am not sure the ceasefire got off the ground. but israeli troops were working on detrying 30 or so cross-border tunnels and attacked by hamas. one soldier captured by hamas. and two killed. the hamas political wing said they didn't have going to do with it. and reportedly hamas leader in cairo admitted they have captured the soldier and saying that the this happen before the ceasefire. and regardless of when it happen the u.s. and u.n. condemned the capturing of the soldier and the break of the ceasefire. secretary of state kerry said hamas violated the ceasefire. and israel officials will take all necessary steps to recover second lieutenant golden. what that means is not clear. a major escalation of fighting. they are pounding gaza more have been killed today. it also might mean that israel is pressed into negotiating with hamas over this. in the past another soldier was kidnapped and he was taken and ultimately israel had to trade more than a thousand hamas prisoners with him. whether or not that happens is not

conner, are you surprised by this?was hope this 72-hour cease fire would hold. there were negotiations going on. despite the sort of brief calm here of the fighting here has resumed and the negotiations between israeli officials and palestinian officials have actually broken off just before 8:00 a.m., which was the deadline for the cease fire to be extended. israeli officials left cairo and hamas began firing back into israel. we've seen at least 30 rockets be fired from gaza into israel today. four israelis have been injured in one of those strikes. israel has responded by firing into gaza. just in the last few minutes, we've seen several strikes into gaza. big ones. at least one palestinian has been killed that we know of. but the fighting here resuming and both sides seem to be digging into their position. hamas saying until the blockade around gaza is lifted by israel and egypt, they will continue firing rockets into israel. israel saying that as long as rockets are being fired, they're going to continue to respond

. >> fox news channel, conner powell covered many conflict zones with foley as an inbed in afghanistan. he said that foley didn't crave danger, he's faced danger to expose evil in dangerous places. >> he wasn't doing it for the thrill or the rush. he wanted to tell it from a point of view. >> president obama promised a strong response to the foley beheading even as isil leaders warn that it could lead to the beheading of a second american. >> all of us mourn his loss and we will do everything that we can to protect our people and the timeless values that we stand for. >> family members today admitted they were upset when foley returned to dangerous assignments after he was held captive in liberia in 2011. today a close personal family friend told me it was typical of jim foley that the first thing he did when he was released from that libyan abduction was have a fundraiser for another journalist who was killed by highs side. we'll have -- his side. we'll have what's next in the response and some criticism of president obama's handling of the crisis so far. rebecca cooper, abc7 news. >>

now the stakes for israel offer higher it says one of its soldiers was captured as conner powell reportslames the other for violating the seize fire. >> violence once again raging in gaza as a negotiated seize fire falls apart. after the fighting resumed, both pelestinians. >> israel committed to that 72 hour seize fire and it was violated. trying to put that back together is going to be challenging but we will continue to make those efforts. >> both hamas and israel blaming the other for breaking the deal. israeli military says its troops were attacked as they demolished a military tunnel behind lines. hamas claims they were acting in self-defense. a 23-year-old israeli soldier is believed to have been captured in the attack. >> we have to deal with the tunnels and to address the rocket threat. now we have a third component to our mission and we have to bring him home. >> reporter: unrest now spreading. with protesters throwing rocks at the place. protests also breaking out in both bethlehem and jerusalem. now that the latest attempt at a seize fire has failed, more people are showing u

nbc rosemary conners working the story this afternoon. we'll have stories in our 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. again, the suspect killed. that was picture of officer korpalski. we'll have the latest. first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz wants to give us a brief check on the afternoon forecast. >> yeah. just another beautiful day out there. we'll be seeing temperatures in the mid-80s, fairly low humidity. no rain. it looks like the significant rain would be coming on thursday. we'll get showers and thunderstorms then. and nothing close to 90 degrees all the way through the next seven days. so the comfort of august continues. it's just going to be -- >> hard to believe. >> it really is unusual to be this comfortable this long. >> hard to believe it's in august. all right. you'll have a full forecast starting at 4:00 today. thank you for watching nbc 10 news at 11:00 a.m. i'm renee chenault-fattah with glenn "hurricane" schwartz for nbc 10 news at 10:00. we'll see you back at 4:00. until then, enjoy your day. >> aiden: did you

reporting live outside of police headquarters, i'm rosemary conner, nbc 10 news. >>> we're following a developing story out of st. louis, missouri, where a man has been shot and killed by two officers this afternoon. the st. louis police chief said the man approached the officers with a knife saying, quote, shoot me now. the officers said they fired when that man refused to drop the knife. the shooting, which happened close to ferguson, is now under investigation. and it's been 10 days now since michael brown, that unarmed teenager was shot and killed by a police officer in ferguson. since his death, protesters have not let up in their demands that the officer be brought to justice. nbc 10's katherine has a look at the story. >> reporter: a grand jury could begin hearing evidence to decide whether the officer will face criminal charges in brown's death. tonight there will be no curfew again in ferguson for the second night in a row. this is the scene last night. protests threw bottles and molotov cocktails. police say some protesters fired shots at officers, but they did not return f

conner powell live in our news newswhat can you tell us? >> this was not the u.s. embassy in tripoli, and when u.s. personnel left the capital just about a month or so ago, this compound, like all u.s. facility was supposed to be protected by a local guard force. now it's a local militia there by the name of the dawn of lippia militia, that now is in control of this facility. a commander for the group told the associated press today that the islamic group took control of the facility about a week or so ago from another militia. they posted a video. now the us ambassador, debra jones, who is not in country right now, said on twitter, the militant appear tore safeguarding not ransacking the compound. they appeared tore pro-american and reportedly has even cleaned up the facility and well calmed back personnel to the facility at any time. >> what does it say about u.s. intelligence? libya? >> well, heather it tells that u.s. intelligence really isn't that great even after the benghazi attacks. it was just a few days ago that egypt and the uae launched air strikes into

because as you know, since we've been on the ground myself, rick leventh leventhal, conner powell, we've seen several of these cease-fires fall apart even after they started, a couple days after they started. many remain skeptical this will hold. but if it does in a month, both sides, israel and hamas, will sit down and go over broader discussions about both sides' demands. israel telling hamas to disarm, hamas wanting the whole blockade to be lifted and also to build an airport and seaport among other demands. for now the celebration continues here in gaza city. >> u.s. and israeli officials say that they're leaving no stone unturned in the search for a missing american student who reportedly disappeared after he went hiking in a forest just outside jerusalem. this is 23-year-old erin sofer. he's from new jersey. he's been missing since friday of last week. he was a student at a yeshiva, a joosh religious school. they're investigating even the possibility that somebody may have kidnapped him or palestinian militants may have kidnapped him in some way. update as we get them. >>> a father

here's the latest, conner. >> reporter: one of israel's leading newspapers is calling today's event a game changer and not in a positive way. today we had two important events that are not sort -- they don't bode well for the future of this conflict. first, you had this cease-fire, 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire. it really failed and crumbled before it started. within minutes of the deadline, we had fighting and it never stops. during that cease-fire, during the time it was supposed to start, hamas launching an attack on an israeli group trying to destroy these cross border tunnels. two killed and another one reportedly captured. the israeli military saying he was captured by hamas. hamas' political wing and military wing saying they don't know anything about this missing soldier. that doesn't mean in fact they haven't captured him, but they are right now playing very coy and not announcing it. there are a lot of other militant groups aligned with hamas and maybe one of those groups have actually taken the lieutenant who israel announced is the missing soldier. right now hamas' leade

. >> this is my son conner. he wanted to meet you. easers fired up you had another baby and got rid of that baby and had this baby. >> i have two ape they both drive me crazy. >> thanks for saying hi. he is liking the summer thing. show mike how cute you are, this is lorenzo. you are going in first grade. are you excited. >> yeah. >> a va is here but her brother, nickie is not going on tv, correct. you are reluctant to go on tv, correct? you are done. you can go. >> and you are going in to fourth grade are you excited. >> yes. >> that is your brother there. >> yes good have you done your summer reading? go read. go do reading. these are my friend sandy and walt. >> good morning, jen. >> you look adorable. >> where sue. >> on vacation. >> where is mike. >> in mexico for wedding. >> where is jen. >> right here. >> they got up early before their beach day. america's national sweet -- what the heck is that. >> let me help you out here. >> you got the crown what is it for. >> america's national teenager scholarship organization. wayscally

conner powell is joining us live now on the israeli/gaza border with the very latest. >> reporter: fort five weeks we've seen an intense conflict rage here with israeli air strikes bombarding gaza and hamas militants firing into israel. we are still seeing that today, but not nearly at the same level of intensity that we've seen in the last five weeks or so. if anything, today has been actually the quietest day of this conflict that was not a declared cease-fire. still, it has been deadly. at least five palestinians have been killed in israeli air strikes in gaza and hamas and militants continue to fire into israel. at least 28 rockets fired from gaza into israel. but the big story right now is the effort to sort of bridge some type of truce here. israeli officials are in israel and not in cairo taking part in talks, but palestinian officials are in cairo and there is an effort to bridge and build some type of cease-fire off of that 72-hour cease-fire that we had earlier in the week. both sides are saying that they don't want to intensify the fighting here, that they want to keep it so

>> there you go. 45-yard hail mary pass from conner shaw up to emmanuel boy key. who came out of nowhere and cradled that puppy in. got the browns within a point. they went for two because of course it's preseason and doesn't count. they failed. redskins win it 24-23. >> that was a great play. >>> well, for years baseball fans have been amazed at derek jeter's skills and now jeter is amazed. amaze of maze. a farm in central new jersey carved an image of the new york yankees' captain into a cornfield. take a look. it includes a thank you message for jeter who's retiring at the end of the season. the maze will be open through halloween in case you want to frolic through a future hall of fame's ear lobe or nose. but i don't know it doesn't look him too much do you think? >> it's pretty close when you consider it's a cornfield for crying out loud. not too bad. it could be johnny manziel for all we know. >>> it is 5:26. bay area freeways shut down as drivers perform reckless stunts over the weekend. coming up at 5:30. what's being done now to crack down on these danger

. >> ♪ >> that is ethan conner rocking out, the abc's, maybe we will see him on the musical charts infuture but he has binge inn and all. that rocks. >>> a georgia man ace live thanks to his five-year old daughter. ernie vodka says he had a seizure on sunday and he and his daughter were the only won home. she knew something was wrong with her dad, so she ran for help. >> he got out of bed. he said he felt dizzy and he fell down and i saw him shaking. i was like i should go over to the neighbor's house and she can call 911. >> vodka continues to he recovery hopes this could be a lesson to all parents how important it is to teach your kids about calling 911 or getting a neighbor to call nine # one, as what is happening in this case. >>> federal officials say as many a as five of the nation's biggest banks could have been hack by cyber terrorists. what exactly happened and how can you protect yourself and your money. we will give you tools you need coming up on good day. >>> made in america is coming to town this weekend what you need to know before head ing to the biggest part think wee

i am rosemary conners. let's get a check our weekend forecast from our meteorologist, tedd florendo. >> the first start of the holiday looks great with sunshine out from reading all the way down to the shore. cape may, mainly clear skies and breezy down for the shore today, but another good beach day. but that will change by tomorrow. your forecast today, 83 degrees and a mix of sun and clouds and warm and comfortable with winds that are light. >>> we want to show you another live picture as the labor day weekend is underway. here is a live look at the made in america music festival. of course the concert starts today, and it runs through tomorrow. again, the ben franklin parkway will be shut down because tens of thousands of people will be attending concerts both days. among the performers, kanye and kings of leon. nbc10.com has a list of the rundown or traffic detours. so all you have to do is go to the website, nbc10.com and download the news app. >>> and then thousands of casino workers are losing their

bull conner was in charge of public safety there.ittle bit complicated what the political situation wa but he was the longtime head of public safety there, and shuttlesworth said, you come to, birmingham, you're going to geta a confrontation. so what i'm saying is you mightt not -- look at the freedom rides. the freedom rides started where? washington, d.c.rst bi the first big city they got to t was guess what? richmond. nobody got beat up.ch nothing much happened. they went to charlottesville and down to north carolina. eventually they got to anniston alabama, and you saw what happened there. so your counterfactual is acou very provocative and interestin one, but it is really actual counterfactual, because in the e end, in the end, the segregationists were going to pick up the club in the end. nadia?ing to >> i just wanted to bring the conversation around to education.ersa i when i was in elementary school and middle school, all i learned about african-americans was that we were slaves and then boom, one day, rosa parks didn't wanty

conners pointed out, we had a nearly unanimous vote in 2008 that put the congress and america on record saying we will fight human trafficking and make sure the victims of human trafficking are given safe haven in the united states. much of this has overlooked the fact that they're about human trafficking, slavery and sex trafficking, if we are to eliminate the proprotections in that act, what we will be saying is that we will once again count the victims of trafficking being returned to their traffickers. i will say this, we did make an exception for the children from contiguous countries and we have learned much to our sorrow, that those exceptions need to be revisited, because the united nations has found that children from contiguous countries who have been trapped have been returned to their traffickers. i yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentle woman. without objection, all other members opening statements will be made part of the record. we thank our only witness for joining us today. if you would please rise, i'll begin by swearing you in do you swear the testimony you are ab

bull conner was in charge of public safety there.tle it's a little bit complicated he what the politicalas but he was the long time head of public safety there and he was told if you come to birmingham,u you're going to get a con trantation. look at the freedom rides. they started where? washington d.c.ington the first big city they got to was guess what?body g richmond. nobody got beat up. wan nothing much happened. they went to charlottesville ann down to north carolina.they eventually they got to anniston, alabama, and you saw what happened there. yo so your counter factual is a very provocative and interesting one but it is really counter ne, factual because in the end, in , the end the segregationists were going to pick up the club in tho end. p nadia? >> i just wanted to bring the conversation around to education. when i was in elementary school and middle school, all i learnea aboutme african-americans was td we were slaves and then boom, a, one day, rosa parks didn't want to stand up and give her seat up. jus and i was just wondering, do you think that our education system has re

safely in this city this morning because new york city police officers took the streets and the street conners the criminals. they're the occupying force. we should never forget it. >> in staten island there's at least one police officer under scruti scrutiny with regard to the conduct of others. they say a choke hold was used. you said it wasn't. were the police officers doing something right or wrong? will they be indicted? >> they were doing their job as trained. a take down maneuver. bring the person to the ground so we can safely place them under arrest. unfortunately, in this situation there was a tragedy and a lot of factors including his health that came into that. this is a tragedy for that police officer as well that has to live with the fact that a man has died. we were on the corner not as an occupying force but the community complained and the community council complained people said there's crime and prostitution and drugs. >> people are saying white and black. how do we bring people together in the country? new york city police officer shot and paralyzed by a young african-ameri

race has a way of making it hidden, insulated, and people withdraw to their own conners.dge things that have been thorough for a long time. >> the reality of what has been here is too many mothers see their kids in michael brown. too many young brown men that said it could be me because i don't get treated the way a white kid would. >> for certain. many protesters are hear and they stand as 10,000. they come as one but stand as 10,000. what we see is people who have many issues and no means to be heard. riot is mentioned as the language of unheard. we don't a applaud or encourage them. we have to listen who has been underserve. and understand there's a commonality between those individuals and those not here today. we have to understand there's a connection with this. the world for one affects would for all. if there's injustice one place there's a possibility of injustice anywhere. >> i think you see that in the truth of situation. why do people watch. it's tantalizing. people are drawn by the picture. the media is drawn by that. what do you do with it? the people said w