david dinkins. >> in some ways it was easy to blame dinkins for things that were not his fault and alongs pro-cop stance. there was an audience for this sort of message as there often is. >> today the new york police are being taught to take a different tact. the clean up the neighborhood aggressively and visibly approve the quality of life is a first step in crime reduction. >> it's the broken windows theory. this idea there were small quality of life crimes, and if you could stop that, you would set up a peaceful and orderly society. that really becomes a process of racial profiling that disproportionally targeted young black men as potential criminals. >> we're out there. they have more foot posts out there. more police officers walking the beat. >> hi. how are you? >> if i would have put police on every corner this america, of course crime would go down but at what cost? for many black people, it was a sense of dignity and sense of respect from law enforcement. >> with the majority of americans worrying about their quality of life. in california, the issue of tolerance is frayed. >>

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >>> in about 20 minutes from now david dinkins is now scheduled to step outl and take a public oath of office and become new york city 106th mayor and the first african-american mayor of the city. >> i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. >> david dinkins being inaugurated on new year's day is an auspicious start to the decade and a culmination of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. people are starting to see tangible benefits of that struggle. >> a grandson of slaves was sworn in today as the nation's first elected black governor. >> did you think you would see the day when a black man would be elected governor of virginia? >> no, indeed. i was born in the '30s. i didn't think nothing like that would happen. >> the reality set in we made a step but we had not gotten to where we wanted. >> he ran as the candidate that would heal new york's deep racial divisions. now he finds himself scrambling to keep ahead of a situation that's becoming highly volatile. >> an angry crowd roamed through the crown heights section of brooklyn demanding jus

. >> david dinkins being i august rated on new year's day is an auspicious start to the decade and anation of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. people are starting to see tangible benefits of that struggle. >> a grandson of slaves was sworn in today as the nation's first elected black governor. >> did you think you would see the day when a black man would be elected of virginia? >> no, indead. i was born in the '30s. i didn't think thnothing like tt would happen. >> the reality set in we made a step but we had not gotten to where we wanted. >> he ran as the candidate that would heal new york's deep racial divisions. now he finds himself scrambling to keep ahead of a situation that's becoming highly volatile. >> an angry crowd roamed through the crown heights section of brooklyn demanding justice after a motorist ran a red light and hit two black children killing one and critically injurying the other. a student was stabbed to death after the accidents. >> for several days there was rioting. blacks attacking jews. . i got the blame for that. >> we've got to increase the peace.

. >> reporter: beginning with then-mayor david dinkins. >> actually, the headline around that time, dave, do something. meaning, dave do something about the horrific crime rate and the brian watkins stabbing was an accelerant that was added to that whole fear. >> reporter: the minute you got this call, did you know this is going to be a big one, a lot of eyes, a lot of press on this one. >> a tornado nature of the attack. wolf pack. >> reporter: wolf pack. it was a name the media had recently given to another group of five teenagers who just the year before were arrested for brutally attacking a jogger in central park. bratton says law enforcement had a strategy in dealing with these so-called wolf packs. >> you had to get every one of them. you had to send out the message that the importance of not just arresting one or two but to get all of them. >> reporter: and that's exactly what police were doing in the watkins case. within 24 hours, they had a group of teenagers in custody. but bratton says the impact of brian watkins murder on new york didn't end with those arrests. >> well, it w

. >> david dinkins is trying to please everybody.e was pulled in all different directions trying to prove wasn't just a black mayor. >> your mayor works for you. commissioner brown is working for you. >> similar tensions are simmering in cities across america. legions of young black men and women unemployed and losing hope believe they have been abandoned by the larger society and they are angry. >> "the nineties" airs tonight. >> john mccain is recoup rating from blood clot surgery when led to a diagnosis of brain cancer. he is showing signs that he's working hard to get back on his feet. >> mccain's daughter megan tweeted this photo. this is the two of them resting on a bench saturday. the caption reads, amazing hike with my dad this morning. thank you all for your best wishes. of course, we continue to send our prayers and best wishes to the senator and his family. >> no doubt. thoughts and prayers to the whole mccain familiarly. thank you so much for sharing your morning with us. we always appreciate it. hope you make good memori

on economics he is further to the left than any recent mayor we've had, including david dinkins.further to the left than barack obama. he is -- trish: without a doubt. >> this is a guy that wanted pre-k education, preschool education. governor cuomo, he wanted to do it through tax increases. governor cuomo said no. the state will give you the money. he still tried to push for tax increases to get for that, just for the hell of it, because he believes rich people should be paying more in the city. rich people pay a lot of taxes here. this guy is very progressive liberal. he is going to take these economic issues, which are anti-globalist, sort of progressive and quote, unquote, part of that on the right too, right? trish: right. >> he is trying to steal that mantle. do you notice, is bernie sanders over there? you would think that is place he might go, given he is in tradition. he is not there. hillary clinton is not there. but comrade bill de blasio is there. trish: combat bill is there. this is not future for democratic party. i will go out and say it. it did not work with sande

the first african-american mayor, david n. dinkins, the official rez tense denz of the . >> and there were 900 people there wishing him happy birthday. >> how is he doing? >> he's doing great. he is sharp as a tack. a pleasure seeing him and his wife. >> he looks so dapper. >> speaking of being sharp, here it is. look at this. >> nicole, thank you. >> let's bridge ng it out. >> see that? that's good. >> wow. >> that's good. i looked up in the monitor. >> my grandfather always wore a fedora. i think about him when i wear my hat. >> i like it. >> thank you. >> you're doing it well. >>> july 11th, or 7/11. 7-eleven stores are giving out iconic slurpees for free. >> is this one coke? >> wow. >> it doesn't matter. >> not going to drink it. not going to ask you to share. you go ahead. >> you're being healthy, do you want to take the large coke one? >> i figure the soda one. >> between 11:00 a.m., and 7:00 p.m., you're going to get a small slurpee for free. >> did you frequent 7-eleven when you were a little? >> oh, my >> i would roller plab