. >> gandhi actually was a lawyer here in south africa. it was here where he did his first political organizing. >>> now back here at home what happened at cirque du soleil. millions of families attend their shows every year including those in las vegas. but this weekend a tragic death of an acrobat. what happened? here's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: high up on a wall a battle scene was playing out, part gym analysis tics, part theatre. 31-year-old sarah guyard was suspended by wires at least 50 feet above the stage. then suddenly she was falling. >> she was screaming as she was falling down. it was sort of out of a movie where she was trying to grab for anything. >> this woman was there and said the music suddenly stopped and screams could be heard coming from the stage. guyard, a mother of two with 20 years experience in acrobatics died on the way to the hospital. she was a member of an elite troupe, gymnasts who live and breathe precision high above the stage night after night in one of the most famous shows in las vegas. a former cirqu

he was influenced by gandhi, and gandhi said it's nonviolence or nonexistence. dr.g went on to say, "we must learn to live together as brothers and sisters, or we will perish as fools." he was saying, in effect, that we have enough bombs and missiles and guns to destroy the planet. he said it then, and it's still true today. >> at the time, time magazine called the speech "demagogic slander that sounded like a script for radio hanoi." that's the dr. king 1967 speech against the war in vietnam. the washington post declared king had, quote, "diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, his people." >> i think it's so unfortunate that publications like time magazine, washington post -- if they had to rewrite those articles today, it would be a different story. dr. king was right. he was right -- and so many others, politicians, who came out against the war, whether it was eugene mccarthy or others, later bobby kennedy. what that war helped to destroy: the hopes, the dreams and aspiration of so many people. war is bloody. it's messy. >> and so, today, the war in

the course of history and we've seen this time and again with all sorts of movements whether it be gandhibringing down the british empire in india or the the civil rights movement in the united states or all sorts of protest movements that started out sometimes as boycotts or pickets against the montgomery bus company were things of that nature that can have truly world changing affect you know what if people are fed up with the government both republicans and democrats using the same drums math and all the rest drawing are considered from the democratic processes that that claim to be the ruling authority in for example the united states context and that that comes from having more people not voting in an election than voting is a clear sign to that that there is and that with role of consent and when we start to reach those types of levels and and people are either writing in one of the above or withdrawing from the voting process altogether i think you can start to see that there's a type of way that you can boycott government policies to to at least get it to respond to what's happeni

as a person who has been a student of non-violence and gandhi, drone warfare? >> let me tell you, as a member forongress, i don't worvote preparations for war. i do not support that. it would be a butcher of my conscience. if you notice, when the vote comes up, i support our troops. or younge a young man woman in uniform, i thank them for their service. and when i see a police officer on the capitol steps -- and they all have said to me from time to time, they say, your the best member of congress. i wish there were more people like you, because i speak to them. a call them brother, sister. how're you doing? but in good conscience, i do not to violence party and to war. [applause] >> i have heard bits and pieces of your story, and i must tell you that i'm still laughing and i'm still crying. pineve friends on the ridge reservation in south dakota to whom the poverty level is an aspiration. when they gather together, they marched behind veterans and the american flag. your story and their story coincide in that you both love this country for the idea and the pro

when you think back at roles you have played, like gandhi. "iron man 3" is escapism. i wonder if you might say a word about the value of embracing escapism. or being exposed to escapist work. >> in this particular case, the joyful and spectacular escapism is always linked to a moment after there is a great action sequence, for example, always immediately following is a moment of vulnerability, tenderness, love, affection, anger, absurdities. always brings an audience that is energized by something and it takes that audience attention and says, here is a bit of a vulnerability. the escapism is always treated in the pattern of human behavior, which is why it was such a joy to be in this film. i think with this, you get the best of both worlds. you are touched by a human story. and then excited and thrilled by the beautiful action sequences. this is the best of both worlds. it is possible to have the best of both worlds. the human heart -- >> i cannot imagine how anyone develops into the kind of a humanist i take you to be without coming to terms with his or her own vuln

sometimes i think about what is it, this mahatma gandhi thing. he cracks your head and you say thank you. he cracks your head again. you have to be animal when you do that. it's an outrage. he pauses and collects himself. i'm not talking from bitterness. he says this and yet how can you let go of bitterness. like a dog licking a wound keeping it open and raw greg bright revisits his past wonders if it's a happy ending because he lives in a yellow house, my pot of gold at the end of a rainbow after finally receiving $190,000 in rest tuition. unending that could go either way. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. before we kickoff the first panel we have a special treat for you. we are lucky enough to have the filmmaker in one of the subjects that premiered at the sundance festival called gideon's army. they fight tooth and nail in possible odds. you are going to get a sneak peak at this right now. [film] >> the judge is going to tell you that the state fails to prove their case. it is your duty, you must acquit. that's the beauty of thi

of course in my office racquel gandhi s (sp?) for her great work as well. we've also received terminus amount of input from the dist. atty. and we hope to have as a supporter in the coming days as well as chief public defender who will give us input on this legislation. the da have not yet provided a letter of support which are hoping to get in the coming weeks. colleagues, again, thank you so much for your support and i look forward to resuming discussion on this item when we get back from our break. thank you >> supervisor avalos. thank you. supervisor campos >> thank you. i just want to take this opportunity to add some comments to the piece of legislation that supervisor avalos has introduced. you know, i supervisors we introduced many things on a weekly or monthly basis and annually and we as a board have certainly don't with some important issues. i do believe, though, if you look at where this piece of legislation that's in the history of the sport, i do think this is one of the most significant pieces of legislation that we have seen introduced in t

recent books, "knowing too much: why the american jewish romance with israel is and "whatan end," gandhi says: about nonviolence, resistance and courage." when we come back, we will go to cairo to speak to sharif abdel kouddous. ♪ [music break] >> "shawaree el quds fairuz" by may nasr. democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the crisis in egypt. after being held incommunicado for every or weeks, mohamed u.n. was allowed to meet envoy catherine ashton. she was flown to an undisclosed location to meet with morsi. >> he was well, we had a friendly and open, very frank hours ion for the two saw him. i saw where he was. i do not know where he is, but i saw the facilities he has. warm discussion. as you know, i have met with him many times before. i sent him good wishes from people here and he asked me to pass wishes back. of course, i have tried to make sure that his family knows he is well. >> shortly after she met with mohamed morsi. 72 people were killed when egyptian police opened fire on a muslim brotherhood rally in cairo. more than 100 people were w

. >>> dennis rodman practically banks on receiving the peace award that gandhi john paul ii failed to win. >>> and in the zimmerman trial, a possible momentum shift. >>> the defense in george zimmerman's murder trial contends he shot trayvon martin in self defense after his head was repeatedly slammed into the sidewalk. this afternoon, a medical examiner's testimony for prosecutors cast doubt on that. phil keating has been following the story in sanford, florida. good evening, phil. >> reporter: good evening, shannon. cot ended abruptly this afternoon after defense objections to the state's evidence presentation. prosecutors want to enter for the jury to see criminal law textbooks studied by george zimmerman to show that he knew well florida stand your ground self defense law and how to use it to his benefit if he shot someone. earlier today, testimony by jacksonville, florida medical examiner valerie rao, whose opinion was that george zimmerman's life never was in danger, and his injuries were, quote, insignificant. dr. rao didn't examine zimmerman in person but studied photographs o

i believe she was quoting gandhi.nd she also issued an unusual challenge to her detractors. >> is there anyone out there that has never said something that they wish they could take back? if you're out there, please pick up that phone. and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. please. >> jimmy: well, you know what? she did ask for it. [ cheers and applause ] i'm sure she will be fine. very interesting, since this story broke, pre-sales of paula deen's upcoming cookbook have skyrocketed. the book is called paula deen's recipes, 250, on monday it was 1500th on amazon, now it is 6th. to be fair, the only "n" word they use in the book is nutmeg, this is the kind of thing they can't afford to ignore. they made changes to wolfgang puck's book, it is called "i hate mexicans." what do you think of that, guillermo? >> it is crazy. >> jimmy: and the supreme court handed down the decision on the same-sex marriage today. until today it was defined as a contract between one man, one woman and the producers of "the bachelor

i believe she was quoting gandhi.he also issued an unusual challenge to her detractors. >> if there's anyone out there that has never said something that they wish they could take back, if you're out there, please pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. please. >> jimmy: well, you know what? she did ask for it. [ cheers and applause ] i'm sure she will be fine. very interesting, since this story broke, pre-sales of paula deen's upcoming cookbook have skyrocketed. the book is called "paula deen's new testament, 250 recipes lightened up." monday it was ranked 900th on amazon. now it's sixth on amazon. apparently, america's distaste for racism is trumped by its taste for bacon. to be fair the only "n" word they use in the book is nutmeg. this is the kind of thing publishers of this cookbook and others can't afford to ignore. in fact, they just made some changes to wolfgang puck's new cookbook. it is now called "i hate mexicans: 500 light and easy recipes for summer." isn't that weird? what do

it's studying the philosophy of non-violence, studying the great religions of the world, studying gandhi and thoreau and listening to the words of martin luther king, jr. you cannot be afraid. you cannot live in fear. >> you're lost when you live in fear. it's over for you, right? >> well, it's -- to live in fear is like, you don't exist. you lose all sense of hope. you have to be hopeful. >> and you were, when you approached those steps that morning to make your speech? >> when i arrived there on the steps of the lincoln memorial, i was very hopeful. i was very optimistic. i was ready. i was ready. and when a. philip randolph stood up and said, "i now present to you young john lewis, the national chairman of the student nonviolent coordinating committee," i had what i considered an executive session with myself. >> an executive session with yourself? >> yeah. i said, "this is it. i must go for it." so, i looked to my right. i saw all of these young people from the student nonviolent coordinating committee. then i looked to my left. i saw many young people, black and white, up in the tre

and he talks about the influence of gandhi on him, and martin luther king.and you can see that this man who might not be able to explain the systemic theological intra structure of nonviolence or passivism, nonetheless it's deep into his dna. deep into his motor. and it moves him. and it can also move someone to kill other people so religion as a force is something as i said earlier, no journalist can ignore. it has nothing to do with my personal beliefs. because i have no-- i have no gospel to proclaim to the world or converts to make of the world. but it certainly as you look at what is mots vating people, why do people believe that the stanleys, why do the stanleys and newmans view their religion-- . >> rose: an believe that there is a good god. >> and why do the people watching the stanleys and the newmans think that god would not condone their lives because they're taking welfare or because they're living off of somebody else's charity. i mean religion is neither good nor bad. we are either good or bad. >> rose: there is also this about you, and you and

for example, people were comparing ayatollah khomeni to gandhi. what other comparison do you have? he is a religious leader who lid an independent struggle. it was pretty much that simple. when you look at this policy feud, if that isn't putting too much on it between secretary of state and the national security advisor at the time when you see is competing views what this whole thing means. what is going on here. it was very hard to that understand at the time. the word islamist didn't properly exist at the time. this idea of islamic revolutionary, islamic fundamentalist was really pretty new. >> host: i want to follow up just as historical point it is striking to recall in historical terms what hole the hostage-taking of the american diplomats played in resolving that internal power struggle. in fact that was a key moment which this tension, this balance between a more elected democratic form of government and a harder line clerical form of government resolved in favor of the clerics because of the internal political success of taking the american hostages. they used that in a wa

because gandhi is right. the change you seek must begin with you.nge and evolve -- i'm not there yet, but evolving -- you'll be most proud of that. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> the weiner circle getting smaller. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. it's time to get to the heart of the matter and why the weird pieces of the story, why we care. in fact, why i care. you can say all you want about all politics being local, but the role of mayor of new york

because gandhi is right. the change you seek must begin with you. and if you know you change and evolve -- i'm not there yet, but evolving -- you'll be most proud of that. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> the weiner circle getting smaller. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. it's time to get to the heart of the matter and why the weird pieces of the story, why we care. in fact, why i care. you can say all you want about all politics being local, but the role of mayor of new york is to work for the people of new york, but to represent more than the people of new york. he or she stands at this country's front door. and right there in the media capital itself. and ever since i can remember, the mayor has been a major representative of this country, welcoming visitors, celebrated and not from around the world. we know their names well. we know them well. la guardia, john linsey, ed koch, rudy giuliani, mike bloomberg. they are household names, not just in this country, but in t

rebel against them the british learned this in their experience with us and their experience with gandhi in india the desire for self-determination is a fact of human nature and because empires denied this basic right they invite backlash but for americans the worst part of our imperial power posture is that of funnels resources away from our problems here at home look around you our roads bridges water and water treatment systems are crumbling our cell phone service is spotty our broadband is some of the slowest and most expensive in the developed world even our trains are state of the art for the nineteenth century and a joke compared to those of europe japan south korea and china and increasingly as we've had to divert more and more of our national resources to our empire our social safety net and our education systems have disintegrated our country faces a number of pressing problems and none of them will be solved by building more military bases in japan or snooping on mexican oil executives these problems will only be solved by taking the money and talent that we are now using to p

five months in and the child is fully formed and obviously a human being and looks like mohammed gandhi without a walking stick and some people put together college funds for their child at that point as you may have done. it is along in the process. there are the rights of the women which are amply expected and the right of the life and child's life at 20 weeks tis ingesting and digesting and swallowing and chewing and it is fully formed and you let it alone and it is a lawyer and arguing on fox news 25 years from now. the question is where do you draw the line? that's where we are having a reasonable discussion in the united states right now. but the fall back is more and more absurd and so it is women's health and choice and rights. and science and public opinion are trending away from the more radical positions on pro-choice and the kermit gosnell situation crystallized positions that are coming to the fore, too and how far you are willing to go. kristin powers said once they tighten in the wake of pennsylvania and the horrors and some had predicted all of the abortion clinics will

the saw many of us living teachings of gandhi, the teaching of the great teacher. the teaching of martin luther king jr.. peacefulus as participants that wanted to bring people together. and all across the american south i ran into people every day. thank you for freeing me. thank you for making me a little more human. we hugged, we laughed, sometimes we cried. dr. king used to speak about the ability of the movement to transform people, to redeem the soul of america. we want to create a beloved community. i think people saw that. we did not become bitter or hostile. we wanted to become one community, one family, what i like to call one house. butjust an american house, a world house. arey the way, you and i probably playing to the c-span cameras. goodbody wants to get a look at you. [laughter] back i get you to take us to that day, march 7, 1965, the bridge in selma. this is like beacon hill. >> you must remember selma was located in alabama. in 1965, 2.1% of black people were registered to vote. people had been standing in lines. my own organization had been work

when guards at india's indira gandhi international airport arrested a man with a loris in his pants, he was attempting to smuggle a what? >> [laughs] >> a loris in his pants. >> is that what they're calling it these days? >> are you happy to see me, or is there a loris in your pants? >> [laughing] i think it's a monkey. >> i don't k >> i don't know. >> i believe it's a monkey. >> remember, you have $53,100. you could walk with $26,550. if you get this wrong, you would--you know, you'd get the $10,000, but-- >> i'm almost positive it's a monkey, a loris. it's not a parrot. first of all, if it was a parr-- if it was a bird, it would have s zipper. >> well, it's a flightless parrot. >> still. it still would have squawked or talked. "let me out of here." a poisonous snake would have bitten his...his personal loris. and a rare toad would have also hopped through--come out of his pants very easily. >> [laughs] >> how did he get through security--is what i want to know--with this animal? i'm trying to think. should i go with nocturnal primate and take a chance, or should i just make sure th

he arrived today and is making a ceremonial visit to a museum dedicated to gandhi.this is vice president biden's first trip to india as vice president. he visited new delhi in 2008 as a senator. tomorrow the vice president and indian officials will focus on ways to expand bilateral trades. the bidens will then head to mumbai where the vice president will meet business leaders before heading for singapore on thursday. >> we think of aereo as a really new way of thinking about how people are going to consume television in the future. it's an online platform which is direct to consumers, and people can get access today to live broadcast television along with a dvr on any device without a cable connection, just using the internet. the key element, the foundational piece of the aereo technology that's a microantenna. and think about it as how you used to have over-the-air antennas in the past, they were large. we miniaturized them. i think there is a desire to support be innovation. i think there is a desire to create competition. i think there is a desire to have choice