so my question to you, dr. scott, is, if you could sort of define as best as you can what the civil rights movement is, particularly because maryland was such a hot day of activities. >> okay. well, of course he starts with a very easy question, like define civil rights. can you all hear me? >> no. >> which microphone? the question was, the origin for the civil rights movement and when did it begin and when did it end? thank you for the easy question. i'm actually in the midst of teaching a class called civil rights in america and i would normally be teaching that class on this evening. some of my students are there in the back hiding out. before i talk about the civil rights movement and they also begin with how culture baulks about it a little bit in. beginning in the 1940s, naacp, with cases like shelby versus cramer, moving on to more direction action plans, dr. martin luther king, jr. as a public figure, shifting on to the 1960s with a greater involvement of youth activists and a coordinating committee and there

dr. scott has contributed to the martin luther king junior papers project, volumes two to four and the fourth coming colombian guide to african-american history from 1939 to the presented. william f. soez zi was a reporter in baltimore for nearly 20 years before leaving the newspaper to write for television in 2002. mr. sor zi, a baltimore native wrote for the last three seasons of "the wire," the television program on home box office, hbo, and also acted in the series. if you remembered an ill tempered reporter named bill sor zi in the fictional sun nusz room, that was he. he and his partner david simon are developing a mini series for hbo about the volatile events surrounding a federal public housing desegregation case in yonkers, new york, in the '80s and '90s. the two are also at work on a book about the rise of the drug culture in baltimore using pennsylvania avenue and its habit ways as a vehicle to tell the story. i would say we're in for aeveni. it's my pleasure to turn the microphone o

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. >> from life threatening obesity to a triathlon victory, that's the path dr. scott son took. dr.gupta has his story. >> fred, you know, we're near three now the fit nation challenge. we see some remarkable transformations among the cnn viewers who have raced with us. dr. scott zan decided to start his own triathlon challenge at the medical center where he works. i visited him to see how he's helping people change their own lives. this idea to try to get other people to join you in doing a triathlon, what is -- >> it actually wasn't that hard when they saw what happened to me, the transformation that i had made, so a lot of people were very excited about trying it themselves. we had about 50 employees that had applied, and it was hard to pick just six of them to be our six pack. >> you got off medications yourself and a few of your triathletes have a history of heart disease or heart disease. and what are you telling them as a doctor. >> as a doctor, i'm telling them it's something they can certainly do. look at me as an example, getting off of medications and still able to stay o

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. >> this may be odd, but dr. scott, this question was kind of like what was the civil rights movement. you suggested that historians now go back and starting at reconstruction and afterwards looking forward. dr. gibson here suggested there was a modern civil rights movement that stretched from at least here in maryland from '35 to '68. i always have trouble because we keep calling it civil rights movement. and it seems to be inclusive of a lot of things. it wasn't exactly civil rights. i guess civil rights was kind of a legal question of your rights under the constitution as citizens. so what would be -- what could you think of as a better terminology to take this whole period from reconstruction on that would say it? i think people get confused and disassociated with things. >> at the beginning of the course a few weeks ago, we spent 45 minutes to figure that out before we read any text or anything like that. there is a difference between what historians decided to call the movement versus the people who participated

. >> this may be -- dr. scott, this question, you know, first question was kind of like, what is the civil rights movement in and you suggested historians go back and starting after -- at reconstruction or after it's looking forward. dr. gibson here suggested there was kind of a modern civil rights movement that's stretched from 35 -- at least here in maryland '35 to '68. i always have trouble, you know, because we keep calling it civil rights movement and it seems to be inclusive of a lot of different things that one could say wasn't quite specifically civil rights in the sense of i guess civil rights was kind of a legal question of what your rights under the constitution were as citizens. so what would be what could you in of as a better terminology to take this whole period from reconstruct on that would kind of -- i think people get confused and disassociate things. >> in the beginning of our course a couple of weeks ago we spent 45 minutes trying to discuss what the definition of civil rights was versus human

so i'll throw it back to dr. scott and ask her to sort of discuss how not just lilly jackson, but the involvement of women in civil rights protests in particular. >> okay. the question actually takes me back to my first studies in undergraduate at stanford when i was working with people making the documentary the eyes on the prize. the first course i took was women in the modern freedom struggle. and i was overwhelmed by the fact how little i knew. when i think about civil rights, i think about martin luther king, i may think of a. phillip randolph, definitely thurgood marsha marshall, but hadn't heard about rosa parks beyond that one incident on the bus. and definitely when you think about traditional history book, you don't learn about lilly carroll jackson, gloria richardson or victoriaed a dams. and one of the things when you're positioning, and i would love to hear dr. hicks' point on this, when you're thinking why are women not so focused on the overall civil rights movement except in the last 15 years or so, it

. $149million the day before we interviewed dr. scott. another recommendation, adult education be taken over by community colleges. but, of course, the state would have to provide funding for that. >>> if you have a story idea for us, log on to cbssf.com, click "connect," scroll down to "closer look," you can send me an email. >>> senator dianne feinstein wants to roll back an antiterror law that allows the military to detain terror suspects indefinitely. in front of a committee she compared that practice to a bay area internment camp her father showed her when she was young. >> i will never remember seeing the infield of the racetrack all filled with little tiny shacks, the barbed wire around the exterior. >> she introduced the due process guarantee act yesterday. it would prevent the military from imprisoning u.s. citizens and green cardholders on u.s. soil without a trial. senator feinstein says right now, she doesn't believe that there's enough support to send this to the full senate. >>> thieves so desperate they are stealing from th

. >> reporter: waugh chapel owner dr. scottson is taking care of rocky road and now princess on his own dime. >> my biggest problem is the fact that we're supposed to be living in a civilized country and in our own back yard neighborhoods we have this brutal dog fighting that's been going on. >> reporter: rocky road and princess are going to be placed with a rescue group who will then find them permanent homes. if you have information on the dog fighting cases or if you want to help provide for their care, you can call animal control at 410-222-8900. coming up at 6:00 you'll hear from the man who found princess and he is being credited with saving the dog's life. back to you. >>> a sudden dust storm wreaked havoc on a washington state highway. it happened sunday afternoon on highway 97. take a look. this storm reduced visibility to zero. transportation officials closed the road but not in time to prevent a massive pileup. most injuries were minor but state troopers say one person was taken to the hospital. the highway reopened

. >> chairman scott, could we add to dr. leap's fine presentation a request that everyone that sees or hears about this afternoon's activity check and ask their member of congress about where they stand on this subject? >> sounds like a good idea. >> bobby kemper. >> thank you, congressman scott. thank you again for having me to capitol hill to talk about such an amazing i think legislation. i'm with dr. leap, i'm wondering why we continue to talk about this. i believe, congressman scott, we've been doing this two decades or better. we were talking about this a long time ago in our home of newport news, virginia. which brings me to my remarks today. 1977, i joined my hometown police department in newport news, virginia. everybody wants to know what you want to do when you grow up. as a third grader i always wanted to be a police officer. so i got that opportunity at the young age of 20. i joined the department and i saw a lot of things i found were very unusual. but i also remember being judged by the number of people that w

to reduce the cost of medicare is that all of the experts, almost all of the experts, including dr. scottlisten, this may reduce costs in the short-term, but you're not taking on the real issue in terms of medicare and as goes medicare, the entire insurance health insurance industry goes in this country. so doctors are going to step out. we're going to move more towards rationing based on the fact that not enough money is going to be provided to pay for these tests and these procedures. so day by day, more uncovered. >> brian: thank you very much for going through all that stuff and defining it for us. coming up straight ahead, she stole my outfit and she tell moguled medal. i'm talking about kristy yamaguchi. she's here to explain why she's hanging out with pigs. let's check in with bill hemmer and find out what he's wearing and who he's with. >> that outfit looks great on you, by the way. >> brian: thank you very much. >> stunning. breaking news on issue number one, that's the economy and jobs. mitt romney's team says you can't catch us. the math won't work. are they right? karl rove is

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dr. j.? >> about the narrowing of the range in the market in general, scott.lso right now the contango where the futures are relative to where the vix is right now. near the record level. ten dollars between where the spot vix is right now and the june contract. that does say that we're looking at a likelihood that the vix will be moving up in the near term. perhaps not days but not much more than weeks. >> pretty attractive to buy protection at 14 or below. >> indeed. when we broke through 14 briefly today out of 1399 for the spot vix that was the lowest level in five years. >> that was in like ten years. molycorp getting a bid prompting a rare earth rumble. >> i think that's the story with the rare earths. it's a thietly held commodity geographically speaking. there's really not a lot outside of china's control. so i think a lot of the way this stocks trades is predicated on supply, rather than demand. you have to exexpect volatility to be the norm. i don't really like this group. but if you have to be in it, moly is probably your best bet. >> as we said ear

dr. gallagher. >> good afternoon and as always, thank you, congressman scott, for your great leadership on these issues. i'm thrilled to be in this really, really esteemed panel. it's very exciting for me as an academic. so you'll have to forgive my enthusiasm over here. my job, i think, is to bring the evidence to bare on the issues surrounding the youth promise act. so i titled my presentation "evidence" which hopefully won't be as boring as it sounds. for any of you that have seen the briefings i have done before, forgive me. it's part of our seven-minute graduate seminars and i will review what we covered last time and move into some new territories as well. i have also never been a big brother, but i have spent quite a lot of time in facilities, and i think that experience has really shaped my research how i understand the problems and the complexitie complexities, but also what these kids are asked to persevere and to survive in. so with that, i will move ahead to the evidence at hand. so i promised a review of our last lecture, and i will keep these to less than three minutes total, but in previ

scott. we also have a va clinician, dr. karen seal, who will share with us her findings on health care utilization of iraq and afghanistan veterans. finally, on our third panel we'll hear from the administration and their views and the views of two important veterans' organizations, a.m. am vets and the wounded warrior project. i want to thank everyone for coming, those who are going to be testifying, those in the audience. i now yield to our ranking member, mr. filner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for taking the leadership on this subject. of course, we have all raised serious concerns over many years about the backlog of claims and there are now a record number of service men and women returning home with scars from the war. now is simply not the time to delay their benefits. the report you mentioned that was released last year by the va inspector general focusing on the delay of our service members getting an appointment for medical exam in order to process their claim for compensation is just one more example o

dr. paper and thank you, chancellor. >> he was referring to the president of scott community college, not the soft drink, slip of the tongue, thirsty, who knows? happens to all of us. >>> tonight at 11:00 less snow will equal less snow for students this year. emergency weather days, they didn't need them. coming up at 7:00 we'll see if any local students will enjoy an early summer recess. >> we're ready for that. >>> the blame game, who most americans think responsible for rising prices at pump. >> the winds are dying down, a very nice evening. we'll show you the almanac data, a little deceiving because the 70 occurred just after midnight. the daytime high was in the blow 60s, low so far 56 -- low 60s, low so far 56. we'll come back and talk about a cold front that rolls in tomorrow night, let you know what that means for our weekend. >> up next coffee, milk, now beef, a look at the chances of a price hike next. >>> back on 9 news now with a consumer alert, the price of about everything seeming to go up yearly. what about beef? an economist at purdue university predicts beef prices will rise 5% due to higher feed prices an

dr. amy bryant, thank you for joining us tonight. >>> late news on the scott walker recall that might givehe radical governor an unfair advantage, we'll bring you the latest. >>> coming up scott walker's conservative media tour isn't helping in the polls. i'll have all the details next. tweet us using #edshow, we're right back. >>> my favorite story, wisconsin governor scott walker is singing the blues, money can't buy me love. despite all the money and all the free tv, the latest polling in wisconsin shows walker is in political trouble. according to recent polling in the state if the election were held today, he would lose to kathleen falk, tom barrett or russ f echb eingold. he has been on every conservative talk show on radio and tv across america. but walker has a ray of hope. today, the wisconsin government accountability board announced they would ask a dane county judge for an extension of the march 19th deadline to certify the recount petitions, if the judge grants the extension, walker will have more time to rake in unlimited out of state funds before the democrats could even pic

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scott? >> sue, we'll see you in a bit. >>> our trader are fast, but not always right. time for fast fire. what our dry. >> it's time to take some profits. not that i don't believe in the story, but one of the large real estate plays as far as banks and finance, this has moved almost 50% since the middle of december. i say take the money and run. >> bank of america is up 11%, but who could fault you for wanting to take it off the table. >> no putdown of moynihan or anything else. >> you're trying to be a prudent trader. it was up 50%, exactly what you said, scott. >> no, i understand, but maybe this underscores the fact that people aren't willing yet to give the benefit of the doubt for any longer period of time to the banks, right? >> it's like, okay, i've got my 50%. maybe it has some legs. >> it sure could. >> so the fast fire is deserved. i have missed the last 11% for bank of america and 3406d on to other traits. >> let's move to our green trade. nat gases have tanked, down 17% this year, trading near all-time lows with some of the nat gas stocks like chesapeake and eog have posted double-digit g

scott? >> pelley: one man said today "i know i'm not going to win but it gives me three days to dr dream." john, thanks very much. we were wondering today what happens to all that ticket revenue once the winners are paid, so we asked chief investigative correspondent ar armen keteyian to show us. >> reporter: in 2011, more americans played the americans played the lottery than regularly attended church, bringing in $56 billion last year alone. re revenue from that pie is divided in three ways: about 60% goes to prize winners, 15% to retailers, marketing and marketing and operations, with 25%-- or 25%-- or about $14 billion-- going back to the states for government services. duke economics professor charles clotfelter is the author of a book on state lotteries in america. >> it's very hard to say that these lottery these lottery dollars really make a difference. >> reporter: overall, 27 states earmark some or all lottery revenue for education. in colorado, the dollars go to environmental protection. in pennsylvania senior citizens programs. in kansas, some of the money pays for juvenile det

. >> thank you, congressman scott and for having me to capitol hill to talk about such an amazing i think legislation that i, and with dr. leap, wondering why i'm continuing to come and talk about this. i believe we've been doing this for about two cads or better. we were talking this a long time ago in newport news, virginia. 1977, i joined my hometown police department in newport news. as a third grader, i wanted to be a police officer. i got that opportunity at the young age of 20. i joined a department and saw a lot of things i thought were very unusual, but remember being judged by the number of people we locked up. a good police officer works in numbers. a good police officer was one who stepped up to the plate and made sure everybody knew who he was in the community not from a peaceful perspective, but from a perspective of making sure that incarceration was at the top of your list. it went on that track for a number of years early in my police career, then was asked by a supervisor to go to one of our local elementary schools, actually a very young primary school, on 16th street in newport news. they wanted me t

scott with the. the scene that you see behind me is something that's repeating itself up and down the country today dr panic about whether they're going to be able to get enough fuel that queuing up at petrol stations to fill up ahead of a proposed ruling national strike by petrol tanker drivers panic buying is of course a self-fulfilling prophecy if thirty million motorists suddenly decide they might not be able to get enough fuel coming up at the station and each one fifty liters of it then is not going to be a lot left to create shortage in itself and the opposition today is accusing the government fuelling that stigma one of the cabinet ministers said oh another news station this morning that filling up was a sensible precaution ahead of the proposed strikes meanwhile the government's desperately discussing various measures to try and prevent the strike or to compensate for it if it does happen which includes bringing in the oem to full says we've heard reports that around eighty. drivers have been drafted in to start trading training with. the union that looks off to the people who drive business

scott. >> school can be full of stressful situations -- tests, drama performances, sports, and they can all have anxiety-packed moment -- and that can make you choke under pressure. dr. sian beilock is a psychology professor at the university of chicago. she has some tips for keeping stress from getting the better of us. >> that's right. here's a common scenario -- it's the final seconds of a big soccer game. you've got the ball, and can score the winning point. it's a pretty easy kick, but you actually miss. the blame may actually be due to your brain. i call it paralysis by analysis. instead of just letting your body react naturally, stress causes you to overthink the situation, and this can throw you off your stride at a critical moment. >> so what can we do to overcome an attack of the nerves? >> well, here's how to fight the stress. simple things, like singing a song as you step up to the ball or focusing on the spot at the back of the net where want the ball to land, can prevent you from overthinking every step of the performance. >> i'll certainly have to give that a try. thanks, dr. beilock. >> you're welcome! >> blue whales are big, and so is their appetite

dr. gallagher. >> good afternoon and, as always, thank you, congressman scott, for your great leadership on these issues. and i'm thrilled to be in this really, really esteemed panel. it's very exciting for me as an academic, so you'll have to forgive my enthusiasm over here. my job, i think, is to bring the evidence to bear on the issues surrounding the youth promise act, so i titled my presentation "evidence," which hopefully won't be as boring as it sounds. for any of you who have seen these briefings that i've done before, forgive me. it's part of our seven-minute graduate seminars, and i'll review what we covered last time and move into some new territories as well. i've also never been a big brother, but i have spent quite a lot of time in facilities, and i think that that experience has really shaped my research, how i understand the problems and the complexities, um, but also what these kids are asked to persevere and to survive. and so with that i'll move ahead to the evidence at hand. um, so i promised a review of our last lecture, and i'll keep these to less than three minutes total. b

dr. ritchie is our guest. our first call from scott -- comes from kinetic. peter on our veterans line.aller: i respect your education. thank you for your service, ma'am. guest: i appreciate that. i assume you have served, as well. where? caller: i was a military police officer in desert shield and desert storm. guest: good for you. caller: i respect everything you are saying because during my deployment, this was the first time we had first dramatic -- posttraumatic stress disorder on military families. that was the highest number of divorces whereas now we have a more serious mental issue with iraq and afghanistan conflicts. the mental issues of the people with what they have seen that nobody really can understand. i just recently joined my veterans of foreign wars organization here in canada can and we are trying to start up a not-for-profit to assist with people with ptsd. this is only for veterans because even though there are civilian providers, it is difficult for a veteran to be able to express to a civilian what is the cause of the nature of their ptsd because a lot of times, i

dr. jon lapook is here with us and, jon, the most amazing thing to me in the c.d.c. report was that it said that two-thirds of all cancers can be prevented. >> reporter: that's right, scott. we know a third of cancers are caused by smoking. and up to a third are caused by obesity and lack of exercise. so as many as two-thirds of cancers are potentially preventable. the ones linked to obesity are cancers of the esophagus, colon, pancreas, uterus and in post- menopausal women, breast. >> pelley: how does obesity cause cancer? >> scott, all eyes are pointed towards the stomach. belly fat seems to increase the number of inflammatory compounds in the body and increase the amounts of hormones like estrogen and insulin that can cause changes inside of cells that lead to cancer. >> pelley: fascinating. jon, thanks very much. just about everyday now it's costing more to drive. the price of gas is climbing toward $4 a gallon. today's nation average was $3.91. but for the first time in four days the price of crude oil fell by nearly $2 a barrel. we asked anthony mason to tell us what's going on. ( shouting ) >> reporter: with high oil prices threatening to tilt world economies back

dr. adam parker. straighten up. the guy's a doctor in statistics. how could you come up with a price target of 11.67. everything else is a round number. scott does his work. we'll see you soon. >> thanks, guys. >> 20 minutes or so before we ring the bell. nasdaq is up, as i see, a bit more than 1%. >> pretty good rebound today following the year's biggest sell-off earlier this week. up next, we're going to break down the charts and show you why it could take some time to see some profits come off the table. >> after the bell, we'll check in with the ceo of hyatt hotels. will sky-high gas prices force consumers to cut back on travel. >> look at the commodities right now and how they're trading. you're watching the "closing bell." >>> but first, before we go to break, the "dividend." which small cap stock is the bigger loser so far this year? build-a-bear workshop, dine eji, or overstom.com? look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the pos

business and tech reporter scott budman spent the day at a game show and shows some of what's coming to a screen near you. >> reporter: who needs a controller when you can play a drss, or whack a piece of wood? the game developers conference is full of traditional shoot 'em up games, but this company makes a piece of software that lets you control the on-screen action with whatever you have in your house. >> we tried with glasses, spoons, hitting a table, things like that. you just have to get like ten or 15 examples of each type of sound. it will train a model internally. from that moment on, it will be able to recognize these sounds that you're making. >> reporter: that said, the gaming world will always be loud and visual. not to mention worldwide. this game was designed in the czech republic. >> i think it is because, you know, like people all the same. and i think the cost of work is less. >> reporter: there are games that test your musical knowledge. this one's called "guess your songs." and all sorts of clever mobile games. this one helps kids learn shapes while assembling teams in battle. in fact, we saw so many portable games on mobile devices, we wonder