fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. once again, we are remembering the author and poet maya angelou, who died three months ago at the age of 86. at the time of her death, one of the cable news websites proclaimed that "a literary voice revered globally for her poetic command and her commitment to civil rights has fallen silent." well, not exactly. because we'll be hearing maya angelou's voice for a long time to come. she left seven autobiographies, three books of essays, volumes of poetry and many recorded appearances on stage, television, and at public readings of her work. here she is in 1993, reading her poem "on the pulse of morning," written for bill clinton's first inauguration as president. >> history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. lift up your eyes upon this day breaking for y

fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. maya angelou's death late this spring at 86 sent me back in time. we had first met in new york city 45 years ago, soon after she had published her phenomenal, best-selling memoir, "i know why the caged bird sings." she was already a presence -- civil rights activist, singer, dancer, songwriter. but that first night, we discovered that we had both grown up in small, segregated towns just a hop, skip and jump from each other. so, we talked about my childhood in marshall, texas, and hers in stamps, arkansas. born marguerite johnson in st. louis, she was sent to stamps to live with her grandmother and hadn't returned for years. let's go back together, i said. she wouldn't have it. too many demons, she said. a dozen years later, for a series on "creativity," and searching for what it is in a person that touches the strin

fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. here's something to make you really, really mad. our country's infrastructure is crumbling. potholes are becoming sinkholes, axle-killers, tire-busters. our cities struggle to pay for services. the powers-that-be in bankrupt detroit even cut off the water to some residents. schools and libraries are closing. public parks decay. and the war party in washington clamors for billions of dollars more for foreign interventions -- bombs, rockets, drones, even troops. 20 million americans who would like a full-time job still can't get one, yet corporations are sitting on more than $2 trillion in cash while revenue from corporate income taxes are down from 40% in 1943 to just below 10% in 2012. all this as some of the largest and richest corporations are now resorting to legal hanky-panky that allows them to "renounce their

sixty-one year old wilfred fleischman killed near the airport back in april. he had just flown to philadelphia from germany, and was supposed to board a flight to north carolina. where he was to visit his daughter and his family. >> i was talking to him being able to call home, being able to talk to him. >> and any vehicle involved would have ex ten i have damage to its front ends, including bumper, windshield. >> fleischman's daughter set up this facebook page hoping to generate some leads that would catch that driver. there is a 1,500-dollar reward being offered for any information that leads to arrest. >>> israeli forces are moving deep near gaza. is her clinic for sold here was reportedly captured during clash with mamas militants there is following the collapse of cease-fire less than two hours after it began. it kill two israeli soldiers led to the abduction of another. president obama is calling for the release of the israeli soldiers. more than 06 palestinians died in the fighting today. >>> it is also a very frightening situation, as you can imagine,

fleischman had a lay over in philadelphia. he and his wife were traveling from germany to visit their daughter in north carolina. police still don't know why he left the airport and started walking on i-95. but his family wants those responsible brought to justice. >> this accident occurred 9:00 o'clock at night. definitely highly traveled, you know, there should be people in the area that saw what happened and maybe didn't realize what they saw. and maybe now they hear this it will jog their memory and they did see this and they could give us information. >> pennsylvania crime stoppers is puttin putting up unspecifiew war. police believe white forward bronco with a tire rack on the back with no spare tire may have been involved and one witness apparently has come forward. funk anything about what happened, please give police a call. >>> makers of a violent video game hint they may depict camden as the back drop for their newest offering. coming up, is it a slap in the face or just what the embattled city needs to confront its

fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. in the 40-plus years since the supreme court affirmed a woman's right to an abortion with its roe v. wade decision, conservatives and the religious right have crusaded to overturn it, sometimes peacefully, sometimes not. >> now in 1994, the violence reaches an all-time high. >> thanks to a sustained legal strategy in particular, which includes achieving a supreme court majority of five conservative catholic men, all appointed by republican presidents, they have been inching toward success. this session alone, the court limited health insurance coverage for contraception and made it easier for protesters to demonstrate outside abortion clinics. meanwhile, several states have already passed regulations that effectively restrict access to safe, legal clinics. more than half the american women of reproductive age now liv

fleischman had a lay over in philadelphia.ere traveling from germany to visit their daughter in north carolina when this happened back in april. now investigators still den know why he left the airport in the first place and started walking but his family says it wants whoever did responsible brought to justice. >> this accident occurred at 9:00 o'clock at night. definitely highly traveled, you know, there should be people in the area that saw what happened and they didn't realize what they saw and maybe now they hear this it will jog their memory and think they did see this and they could give us some information. >> pennsylvania crime stoppers is putting up a reward. police believe a white ford bronco with a tire rack on the back with no spare tire may have been involved. according to one witness that has come forward. if you know anything about what happened, you're asked to please give police a call. >> a sigh of relief in delaware as work on the i-495 bridge speeds along. you can now drive on the southbound lanes of i-495

fleischman.nd by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. to you. and welcome to my guest, king lear. king lear, that is, as portrayed by the actor, john lithgow, who grew the beard for the role and has been frightening our neighbors here in new york city merely by walking down the street at twilight's last gleaming, headed to central park, where under the stars, he storms and stalks and strides the stage as shakespeare's aging, raging old tyrant, descending into dementia, at war with time, his daughters and himself. there is no more difficult role in the theater, and no play more relevant to the moment, anytime and anywhere it's performed. with all the carnage and violence around us in the world, king lear mirrors the folly of reckless leadership, the arrogance of power, and the depth of human anguish. >> blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! you cataracts and hur

fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> rose: i'm charlie rose. the program is "charlie rose the week." just ahead a conversation with sting and then a selection of songs from his new broadway show. >> momentum is important to me. and i'm still on that journey. i'm still trying to finish this journey but it's very, very exciting, very absorbing and probably the most difficult thing i've ever tackled. >> rose: because? >> there are so many moving parts. it's very collaborative, the musical theater. there are bleached corpses on either side of of you, you know. it's a very dangerous place to be. every song fight for its life on a daily base. every character fight for his or her life. every line in every song, every verse. there is no fact. there is no time to waste. you have to tell a story in a very

fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> coming up, lucky severson looks at the ethics of private for profit companies that oversee probation. and kim lawton on the continuing legacy of the chabad lubavitch rebbe menachem mendel schneerson 20 years after his death. >>> plus comfort dogs to soothe the pain of people who are hurting. >> dogs are part of god's creation. >> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lillie endowment, a private family foundation dedicated to

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back in april, 61 year old will forward fleischman was killed while attempt to go cross i-95, near the a lay-over, traveling to north carolina to visit his family when he was killed. >> i miss him i miss just being able to call home and being able to talk to him. >> any vehicle that would involve, the vehicle would have significant damage to its front ends, including its bumper, hood windshield. >> fleischman's daughter in the meantime set up facebook page, in hopes of generating leads to cash the driver. >> senator tom carper toured the i495 bridge one day after the southbound lanes were over christina river reopen. the democrat congratulated workers and viewed the progress made possibly by emergency federal funding. about 20 million in federal funding was used, we'll know the exact figures when the project totally finish. southbound lanes opened a month ahead of schedule, but the northbound lanes are not expected to reopen until labor day. >>> the death of a new york city man in police custody has been ruled a homicide. video of the man being placed a choke-hold has sparked national

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this happened back in april. 61 year old will fred fleischman was killed as he attempted to crossismight near the airport. he was actually in philadelphia on a lay over. he was traveling to north carolina to visit his daughter and her family when he was killed. >> i miss talking to him. i miss just being able to call home and being able to talk to him. >> any vehicle that would have been involved would have substantial damage to its front end including its bumper, hood and willed windshield his daughter set up this facebook page hoping to generate leads that will catch that driver. >> new at 11:00 o'clock night new york city medical examiner says this police officer -- a police officer's chokeholds what killed a man. eric garner was being arrested for selling loose cigarettes on staten island. during his arrest, an officer put him in choke hold. and pulled him down to the sidewalk. that man's death today was ruled a homicide. prosecutors will decide whether charges to be filed. >> well tonight a remarkable story of courage and hope. when war erupted into his home country, he risked h

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fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. on this fourth of july weekend, think about the authors of the declaration of independence who had the courage and nerve to stand up to the british crown and say, enough. and think of the everyday people, regular people, who then put themselves on the line to back up that declaration. those patriots have their counterparts today in the fight against the modern tyranny of organized money and its chokehold on our government. these champions of grass roots action are fighting for a rearrangement of power not from the left or from the right but from the bottom up. they, too are saying, enough. no one speaks more powerfully for them than they do for themselves. one of their best known has been agitating for ordinary people for most of his life. like the circuit riders of old, spreading the word, jim hightower is forever o

philadelphia international airport, the night of april 4th, the trip, the life of 61 year old wilfred fleischman ended violently on the lanes of i-95, the grandfather, struck and killed by a hit-run driver. >> they had a lay over in philadelphia, during the lay over he had walked away and ended up on the highway. >> he probably missed the shuttle and tried to hike to the airport and was struck. >> despite heavy traffic, few witnesses, police say, their only description, white ford bronco with rear tire hole their was empty. >> i miss talking to him >> i miss being able to call home and talk to him. >> little nina will grow up never knowing her grandfather. for the kill here took his life, for the witnesses who have never come forward, these words from the grieving family who loved him. >> i want to say that what if it was your family member? what would you want to happen if it was your family member? if you love that person so much and was take that way, what would you do? what would you want? >> now, police are hoping a witness or perhaps a car repair shop worker might remember seeing a vehicle

philadelphia international airport, the night of april 4th, the trip, the life of 61 year old wilfred fleischman ended violently on the lanes of i-95, the grandfather struck and killed by a hit-run driver. >> they had a lay over in philadelphia, during the lay over he had walked away, and ended up on the highway. >> he probably missed the shuttle, and tried to hike to the airport and was stuck. >> despite heavy traffic, few witnesses, police say, their only description, a white ford bronco, with a rear tire holder that was empty. >> i miss talking to him. i miss just being able to call home, and being able to talk to him. >> little nina will grow up never knowing her grandfather. for the killer who took his life, for the witness who is have never come forward, these words from the grieving family who loved him. >> i want to say to them: what if it was your family member? what would you want to happen if it was your family member? you love that person so much and was taken that way, what would you do? what would you want? >> police are hoping that a witness, or perhaps a car repair shop worker, m