go ahead. >> legislation. >> they passed the emmett till anti-lynching act, that designates lynching as a hate crime under federal law. and this legislation is coming 65 years after tills lynching. and 120 years after congress first considered anti-lynching legislation. that is 120 years of congress failing to pick, choosing not to, pass such legislation. in 2005, congress did see fit to apologize to the descendants of lynching per victims, but it took another 15 years for both the senate and the house to pass this legislation, and then it will go to the white house for signing by president trump. paul you can imagine that there are a lot of responses going on to this. the prominent one is why now? and people are asking is this commemorative? is it a cause for celebration? is this a cause for concern? this is preemptive? what is the context now that is making this bill put feasible within congress? when it's been 120 years that it hasn't been the case? i want to take a moment to point out ida b wells. a lot of people in talking about this anti-lynching legislation are asking people, w

emmett till, they were about the same age.out Ãblucy trying to desegregate the university of alabama. that's where he read about the brown decision on may 17, 1954. lewis was so enthusiastic about this that he waited all summer eagerly looking forward to meeting all his new white friends in school. so, going back and looking at the same newspapers he looked at is absolutely essential and i think that re-creating those pathways, following those roads is the key to memorable biography. >> the last call this evening for jon meacham is richard in east stroudsburg pennsylvania. >> caller: thank you. i wanted to ask a question about disputed election that wasn't in my history book but the election of samuel till then, i think it was against grover cleveland, could you explain what the problem was. >> jon meacham: it was rutherford b hayes, it was hayes, tilden, 1876 after two terms of the grant administration incredibly close race. florida if florida was ever a problem, they couldn't get the electoral college numbers to work. so a d

it happened to emmitt-- emmett till, emmett till is my family.philando, mike brown, sandra, this has been happening to my family, and i have shared tears for every one of these people that it has happened to. this is nothing new. mi not sad, i'm not sorry, i'm angry. and i'm tired. i haven't cried one time. i stopped crying years ago. i am numb. i have been watching police murder people that look like me for years. i'm not sad, i don't want your pity. i want change. >> trevor: those are powerful words, those are words filled with pain and it only makes sense that jacob's sister is angry. because not only have black people been mistreated for generations by the police, but because there is almost never any police accountability. these incidents remain an open wound and the pain and the anger just builds and builds with no closure or relief. black people are tired of hearing i'm sorry and then nothing happening. because essentially what they are really hearing is i'm sorry this is happening, and i'm sorry that it is going to happen again. and it is

. >> i think that george floyd means to people my age, i'm 77, what emmett till meant. i was a little girl when emmett was murdered. i know that we expecte guilty. and, of course, the law said "not guilty", as if it were a joke. >> one of the realities about change in our nation's history is that it's often bloody and violent and brutal and dangerous and scary. and cameras capture those images. >> whethn i think about the imas of john lewis on that bridge, those marchers during bloody sunday being bludgeoned. i can't help but think about the importance of visual imagery. >> after the activism of the '60s, there seemed to be a lull in activity or our sensibilities. and then 1991, the beating of rodney king. >> we're among a group of 15 who stopped a 25-year-old black man last saturday night, then beat him, kicked him and clubbed him, unaware that an amateur photographer was recording the incident on videotape. >> i was a young reporter then, sent to cover the l.a. riots in 1992. >> to the people of south central l.a., that 30-hour rampage was more revolt than riot. >> and

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hoped that someone from those most sinister sides of society would do to us what they had done to emmett till as a matter of fact another media personality pat buchanan wrote in the papers that we should take the eldest one corey wise and hang him from a tree in central park and that we should do this by june 1st and so we were we were up against tremendous odds the gravitational pull of the negativity that we were in is something that we are experiencing now because we have social media everybody has a front row seat to all pression especially oppression in america and you know white supremacy white male dominance is something that we are all experiencing the evil of around the globe and as we try to move out of that gravitational pull fighting against spiritual wickedness in high and low places we have a tremendous opportunity because the best thing about being born in the struggle is that you're automatically born on the side of right you're automatically born fighting for true freedom justice and equality not the imagined system that doesn't include all of us were talking about the inclus

us recently i was at the national museum of african-american history and culture and i saw the emmett till way i saw the wing that tells the story of the horrifying near genocide in tulsa in 1921 and it began to occur to me that george floyd a model rianna taylor could one day be a wing in a museum and we would still have everything the same today so let me just ask you bluntly is this is an end in inflection point to you or do you think that this is just history you know going to continue on as it always has. well there certainly a moment of change of the question is whether it's going to be change that tilts toward poor and working people or whether it will be a change or just reconsolidate he leak rule moving in much more neo fascist ways let me say it is steve in tribute to you and the work you've done with the legendary charmers h. johnson one of the great scholars of the american empire that much of american public discourse and most american intellectuals are armed at this moment because we have never taken seriously what it means to examine america as an empire and the ways in whic

war's tragedy you should all remember well ♪ ♪ the color of his skin was black and his name was emmett till of songs are written by many other folk singers as well and so what happens is that dylan sort of progresses beyond that and by the mid 1960s then he's writing songs that aren't exactly songs you can put your finger on. it's all right mom, only bleeding, like a rolling stone, highway 61 revisited with sort of hallucination type lyrics and what happens is as american society is changing people start to read in a very heavy, political message in dylan at a time where with if you're really looking at it objectively, you couldn't say that these songs are necessarily overtly political. diplomat who carries on his shoulder a siamese cat and people go, what does this mean? there must be some deeper message. johnny is in the basement mixing up the medicine, i'm on the pavement thinking about the government. he doesn't say what he's thinking about the government, but you, the listener, then inject your own meaning into that. he's not really offering answers throughout this time. this voice of

history, we have been witnessing any time a person is accused of rape, even back to the time of emmett tillhad whistled at a white woman, anytime they cry, we die. so the story of lynching in america and the story of legal lynching in america oftentimes is predicated on the premise of a lie. well, let's go back, though, because the police took you in the next day and the five of you made confessions — yours wasn't videotaped, but four were. why did you confess to the police? i actually did not confess to the police. that's a misnomer that has been out there that the police are putting out. and they want that misnomer to be out there because they want to have the public imagine that we, who were victimised, are the ones who were part of our own victimisation. and so... tell us what happened. what happened when you were in the police station? how did they treat you and what did they do? absolutely. i can definitely talk about that. it was one of the most horrible things you can imagine. here we were, 14, 15 and 16—year—old children. i was picked up the next evening, where raymond santana and

one about emmett till, for example. >> ♪ from tragedy you should all , remember well black,or of hist till ♪ >> these type of songs were written by many other folk singers as well and what happens is dylan progresses beyond that and by the mid-1960's, he is writing songs that are not exactly songs you can put your finger on. it is all right, mom, only bleeding. like a rolling stone, with almost hallucinatory lyrics. as american society is changing, people start to read in a heavy political message in dylan at a time where, if you are looking at it objectively, you could not say the songs are necessarily overtly political. a diplomat who carries on his shoulder a siamese cat, -- and peoplek say, what does this mean? there must be a message. a man on the pavement about the , government. you, the listener inject meaning into that. he is not offering answers for this time. this voice of a generation thing. he says the answer is blowing in the wind. it is a great song and if i were to make a playlist of 1960's music, the song would be on there, but the answer is blowing in the wind is not

emmett till, if you ever go to the national museum of african-american history and culture, maimmy till made the decision to keep emmett's casket open to, do what you said, in terms of the shape of history that was the spark of the modern day civil rights movement. santana was one of the people we honored for taking that video, having the courageousness as david would say, to actually record what had happened to walter scott. but since that time, there's been so many, right? i think if we sat here and said the name of every person who was in the victim of police brutality unarmed, other people who have done that unarmed, even shot by police, the fact we saw it, it's traumatic. that trauma that we're talking about with the use of modern day technology, that has a history, right? we talked about that with the civil rights movement when there were broadcast stations that wanted to turn off what was happening in places like selma. speak to us a little bit about the history in terms of media policy of actually eliminating our ability to be authentic in those images. before you do, if you hav

. >>> the chicago home of emmett till has been granted preliminary landmark status.n on chicago landmarks approved preliminary status for the home on the city's south side where taylor moved with his mother and her husband when he was 10 years old. four years later, in august of 1955, 14-year-old emmett till was visiting relatives in mississippi when he was lynched after being accused of offending a white woman and her family's grocery store. years later, the woman said that she had been lying when she claimed he had touched her. here at home, californians who are living in areas that are high risk for wildfire are being told to be ready in case of disaster. scientists and insurance experts hosted a webinar yesterday and discussed the new guide that focuses on protecting property and finances. there are still a couple of months left in this fire season and there are practical steps homeowners and renters are being told to take to help raise the risk of wildfires. >> there's just so many people and so many homes at risk to about how californians can take step to prote

is i appreciate that george floyd has caused a reawakening of these conversations, but we had emmett tilln 1955. we've had a lot of years to accept the fact that people of color, in positions of authority, means strong performance. what you're seeing, and i'm very, very pleased to see it at increasingly elite levels, is a shift from we need to have people of color on the board in c suites, this asset management, to avoid civet simms to one in which, hey, there's a lot of talent out there, maybe we're missing out on performance and returns by not having enough diversity in our decisionmaking. if that's what we're seeing, i think it's terrific. >> you wrote an article i saw in "fortune" obviously speaking to a wall street audience primarily, robert, the investmentindustry claims to support diversity, but the numbers don't add up you know, i'm sure your hope is with this in addition tv and others that those numbers do in fact change. >> i don't think we actually have a supply problem of the united states of people of color at this point the i think we have a demand problem. too many institut

life of breonna taylor, a completely innocent woman in her own home is, in many ways, i think the emmett tillt for black women. remember when emit till wmett t killed, people were able to see how racism was so unrelenting that white men could take the life of a 14-year-old boy. and the criminal justice system said it was okay. well, this is what this means for a black won. home minding her own business and a life is taken and the criminal justice system says no injury has happened. no legally significant taking of life has happened. this is going to shape how black women receive the value, the devaluing of our lives in the american criminal justice system and basically it's a signal to the world that our lives really don't matter. at least don't matter enough to overtake and hold back police for basically what? trying to get some narcotics? it was really worth taking her life to get some nanarcotics? we need to sit with that. >> unlike watching the video of george floyd get killed where it was sort of obvious to everyone, it was -- sorry, just listening to my control room. oh, we've lost the

the day that in september of -- i forget the year, 1955, '65 -- no, 1955 which was 65 years ago, emmett till -- >> i'm steve kornacki in new york. we have been listening to and watching those proceedings in louisville, kentucky. breonna taylor's attorney, friends and family -- the first time we heard from her family since the grand jury decision not to file charges directly related to breonna taylor's killing. her aunt wore her emt jacket. attorney benjamin crump led the crowd in a chant of "say her name." cal perry is in louisville with the latest. i know the press conference is still going on there, but there were some specific demands made here by benjamin crump and the family for actions they would like to see daniel cameron, the attorney general of kentucky take. what specifically are they calling for here? >> reporter: specifically they want to see the transcripts of the grand jury proceeding. benjamin crump very straightforward in his remarks saying first he was outraged and confused by that grand jury indictment, just to revimind ou viewers, none of the three officers were charged in

woman breonna taylor, killed, executed by the police in her own home, and then on the same day that emmett till 65 years ago did not get justice, the kentucky attorney general daniel cameron announced the grand jury proceedings where there was a wanton endangerment charge for her white neighbors' walls being shot into, but not one for her black neighbor who had a bullet shot in their apartment, nor were there any wanton endangerment charges that bullets went into breonna taylor's apartment. and furthermore, reverend al, worst of all, there were no wanton murder charges or second degree manslaughter charges for the bullets that went into breonna taylor's body, that mutilated her body. and that's why we don't know what evidence this kentucky attorney general daniel cameron presented to the grand jury, so we are demanding that the transcripts of this grand jury proceeding be released, just like they did with kenny walker, her boyfriend. they released his transcripts, so don't tell us that you can't do t. we're asking you, reverend al, action network, demand transparency because breonna taylor's li

experiencing on a day-to-day basis based on the things going on across the -- what we would call our emmett tillce has been the most challenging. creating a circumstance where it's exposing underlying conditions within our nation. >> i think we all can agree that 2020 has illuminated a number of inequities and inequalities in each of our cities it also allows for us to do courageous things and that's call these inequities out for what they are. >> as a young black man in america who is now a mayor of a major city, how does that inform how you govern, monitor, run a police department specifically >> if you have to listen to all our constituents, because at the end of the day, all our jobs as mayor, the responsibility of public safety is ours. >> in our listening, we have to be proactive with our actions. we're if a time of justice and accountability. >> it takes a balance. i think what i've tried to do is to try to have compassion for our communities, have a compassion for our residents. >> through it all, they rely on each other they connect weekly, sometimes daily via text a safe space for advi

emmett till, if you ever go to the national museum of african-american history culture and watch the video there, maybe tilt made the decision to came emmett's casket open to do exactly what you said for the shameful history that was a spark of the modern-day civil rights movement. when i was at [inaudible] [inaudible] was one of the people we honored for taking that video and having the courageous this as david would say to record what had happened to walter scott but since that time there have been so many and i think we said the name of every person who's been up to him of police brutality unarmed. people that have done that. and shot by police in the fact that it's dramatic but that trauma that we are experiencing as we talk about the use of modern-day technology to help us through that has a history. we talked about that with the civil rights movement when there were broadcast stations that wanted to turn off what was happening in places like selma. tell us about history in terms of media policy of eliminating our ability to be authentic and those images. before you do, if you ha

it goes back to emmett till.have issueses that are long-standing that have deep roots in racism in this country. and we must face those questions nonow and work together to find ththe r reforms and the changest will be necessary to right the wrongs. and then also to create the kind of community among us where there is room in space for all of us -- black, white, brown. amy: we have to leave it there. bishop curry, thank you for sami: weelcome to pararanambuco, bbrazil. brazil, the land of samba, football, and beautiful people. but there's more to this place than the carnival in rio or the rainforests. i'm traveling to a lesser known region, at least from the western point of view--the northeast state of paranambuco. the last time i was here was in 2008. i got me a bunch of albums, local stuff. on the plane, after reaching cruising altitude, i ordered cachaca on the rocks and slammed in the earbuds. the music had me flying even higher. it was a traditional paranambuco sound fused with rock, funk, hip hop, and regg

it goes back to emmett till.have issueses that are long-standing that have deep roots in racism in this country. and we must face those questions nonow and work together to find ththe r reforms and the changest will be necessary to right the wrongs. and then also to create the kind of community among us where there is room in space for all of us -- black, white, brown. amy: we have to leave it there. bishop curry, thank you for ♪ >> this is "al j jazeera." ♪ >> hello. you're watching "the news hour" live from london. coming up, reports of at least two dead after thousands to fight a police crackdown in -- thousands define a police crackdown in egypt -- y a policedef crackdown in egypt. top 7oronavirus cases million.

it blue me back, as did the fact that the decision was made on the 65th anniversary of emmett till'slers being let off by a grand jury. how did that information not come out publicly earlier? it's pretty terrifying. >> you've got to remember, daniel cameron only notified the family ten minutes before they made all of this information public about his grand jury results. i do say it's his grand jury because 99.9% of the time, a grand jury will indict if a prosecutor wants them to indict. if they don't want them to indict, joy reid, they will not indict. we have seen this in all of these police cases we see every day in america that they can indict black and brown people for almost anything. so we cannot let people forget that this was his doing. and also, joy reid, there is going to be more investigations into this. the fbi is investigating the civil rights violations against breonna taylor. the fact that daniel cameron never presented to the grand jury that the probable cause affidavit was a lie that formed the basis of the judge signing the no knock search warrant that allowed them

emmett till, if you ever go to the national museum of natural history culture and you walk watch the maney tilt made the decision to keep emmett's casket open so in terms of the shameful history that was a spark of the modern-day civil rights movement and when i was at [inaudible] they santana was one of the people we honored for taking that video and having the graciousness to actually record what happened to walter scott but since that time there have been so many and i think we said the name of every person who has been a victim of police brutality unarmed, sandra blair, all those people that have done that, ahmad aubrey, even the fact that we saw it is dramatic but that trauma that we are experiencing as we talk about the use of modern-day technology to help us do exactly what kristin has said that has a history. and they talked about the civil rights movement that they wanted to turn off what was happening and speak to us about the history in terms of media policy and eliminating our ability to be authentic and if you have questions, event at brookings .edu and continue the conve

we work closely with the families of emmett till.e work closely with the families of james byrd and the mother of heather heyer. they are reminders to us every day about the clear and p prent danger presented by ongoing white susupremacin our cntry righght now. and all that president trump did yesterday was fan the flames of hatred in ways that really present a risk to our lives. and because there's so much to talk about in last night's debate. had covid. hill, you i want to turn to the issue of health care and the pandemic. on tuesday night, joe biden rejected accusations he supported medicare for all and acknowledged many people would not even be covered under his plan to create a government sponsored public option. but as he tried to explain his plan, the debate descended into chaos. by good the vast majority of the american people would still not be in that option. number one. pres. trump: joe, agree with bernie sanders, far-left on the manifesto -- socialized medicine. you think he did not agree? mr. biden: i beat bernie sanders

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it's the 65th anniversary, today, of the legend of emmett till. they said, remember, anderson, that was legal. but that didn't make it right. so when daniel cameron, this attorney general for kentucky, tries to tell us that it was justifiable and it was legal, well, that does not make it right. >> benjamin crump, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thank you. >> president trump claims he could overrule the fda if the agency tried to put tougher standards in place to approve a coronavirus vaccine. take a look if that's possible. i will talk it over with former director of the cdc to see if politics could interfere with science, again, when we continue. by the struts hey mercedes? ♪ with acetaminophenction fights pain in two ways. advil targets pain at the source... ...while acetaminophen blocks pain signals. the future of pain relief is here. new advil dual action. but today there's a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with

you mention you were trained as a save promise club emmett till identify those warning signs, talking to peers, talking to adults. i question is does your school provide any type of suicide prevention or mental health prevention training to all students in your school outside of the save promise club? and if not how do you think your school could train all students? >> thank you, and do you want to thank you for leading this act. it's so important for youth today. my school actually does not have any programs that focus on our well-being or offer students the help outside of school. that leaves a lot of since had to go out on the vote and go seek help. that can be hard for a lot of people especially. i had to travel two hours to go seek help. one way i think they could do this is simply by taking on bit of time at the beginning of the school year, how a lot of times we do career training for something similar to that, introductions to your class and things like that, take just a bit of that time and teach people how to others. i think that would be most effective. >> you mention stude