. >> well, this is the -- this is the greensboro lunch counter from north carolina. which four students sat down on february 1st, 1960, and they sat down to sit down for their rights. they wanted to be served. the counter we have is just a section of it. it's an eight foot section. >> all original? >> all original. the counter actually sat about 16 people, and so when woolworth was closing up, they knew we were interested in the counter. for them, it was a lunch counter. for us, it was an artifact of american history, a poignant one at that. when they closed up, they got in touch with us, very accommodating, and they let us take a section of the lunch counter. we also took some pertinences of the behind the counter, and we are really document the time. now, understand, at that time in 1960 in greensboro, north carolina, african-americans could come in, buy at the woolworth, they could take takeout, get a takeout meal, but they could not sit down, and these students, again, it was a time of some moments, but, again, the beginning of the civil rights movement in the co

couldn't sit next to white people on interstate buses even lunch counters like this famous one from greensboro north carolina were reserved for white people only and so in the sixty's a new generation rose up in protest and they staged direct action protests like sit ins at this lunch counter which create grew into a huge student movement that really helped change the face of segregation. yeah philo but i interviewed stokely carmichael when young marion barry and lewis you all these people yeah these are the student leaders from the time they were part of a group called the student nonviolent coordinating committee and they've gone on to have amazing careers and public service john lewis of course the u.s. congressman absolute courageous and brave robert moses julian bond all of them many of them still very active. well put together it was a done in. one sweep the whole place we opened on in april of two thousand and eight in one sweep but then we've continued to add new. exhibits every year so you're looking for new things all the time we are and we might want to ask you for a few new things.

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marvan rosales was cleaning up greensboro from hurricane sandy in october, 2012 when he found a ticketn a pile of leaves. the ticket was worth $1 million, but he wouldn't prove he was the rightful owner and under new york law he had to wait a year to see if others claimed the ticket. no one did and today, rosales finely got to take his after- tax money home, a pay out of about $780,000. >>> an engage ring lost just a month before the wedding has been found six and a half years later in the back of a friend's car. it happened in south carolina, the ring was lost in 2007. adam tiller and his then fianci leslie were riding back from a friend's wedding in other friend's car when leslie took off her ring. >> i had taken it off and i was trying to clean. it i thought it fell into my lap and thought when we pull in the driveway i'll find it. >> but the ring wasn't found until their friend who was still driving the same car took it into get services. a technician discovered it when he removed the backseat to do some work. >>> an aelderly woman fends off a robbery attempt, thanks to some advice

. >> when i was small, my father and grandfather would take me to the train tracks in greensboro and started getting a little bigger and we started going outside the tracks and watching trains and he got interested and started taking pictures of them. >> on the day of the collision, father and son head to one of their favorite spots to train watch. a railroad crossing by a recycling transfer station. while dad waits in the car, the young train buff walks to the other side of the tracks and starts recording a tractor-trailer that stops right in the middle of the crossing. as the gates start to close, he quickly realizes he, too, is in danger. he makes a split second decision to run to a safer location. >> i noticed that there was about to be a bad day so i took off running with my camera farther away from the tracks. i didn't want to get hit by any flying debris or anything. >> he plants his tripod and starts adjusting the camera moments before impact. >> i didn't think i was going to be able to get it on video but luckily the camera was pointing in the right direction so i got the vi

greensboro, north carolina. hi there. caller: hello. merry christmas to all. guest: merry christmas. abortion, and as a lot of my fellow southern baptists south of greensboro agree it is murder, there is no other way to put it. incest,ase of rape or that is wrong. abortion is wrong. as far as gay marriage goes, neither of these men would be here if they were the product of a gay marriage. you cannot tell me that two male females could create a child. guest: i could have been adopted. we are changing the definition of family. it is hard to know what forms a marriage now -- when the senses people figure out who is living where, they find lots of children not being abused and nothing wrong with her upbringing and they are being raised by two men or two women. this can be a completely responsible way to raise children. if we get rid of some of the fears that are interjected into this debate by my friends of the so-called religious right, do not help the debate and do not elevate the political discourse and build in stereotypes which experience and sometimes scienc

greensboro, north carolina. hi there. caller: hello. merry christmas to all. merry christmas. abortion, and as a lot of my fellow southern baptists south of greensboro agree it is murder, there is no other way to put it. incest,ase of rape or that is wrong. abortion is wrong. as far as gay marriage goes, neither of these men would be here if they were the product of a gay marriage. you cannot tell me that two male females could create a child. guest: i could have been adopted. we are changing the definition of family. it is hard to know what forms a marriage now -- when the senses people figure out who is living where, they find lots of children not being abused and nothing wrong with her upbringing and they are being raised by two men or two women. this can be a completely responsible way to raise children. if we get rid of some of the fears that are interjected into this debate by my friends of the so-called religious right, do not help the debate and do not elevate the political discourse and build in stereotypes which experience and sometimes science says

julius, greensboro, north carolina, democrat. julius. julius, are you there? let's try mike in albany, new york. mike, are you there? caller: good morning. i think the biggest losers are publico be the american because the other biggest losers, wall street and washington. we need blue-collar jobs. now they're advertising a 30-year anniversary but all the jobs are gone. we let thatine why happen. and the other regard, on these russia, i'mr in looking -- i hope russia gets as isgh as we think russia overse we're namby-pamby here, trying to figure out why people are doing it. hopefully russia can do their and take care of the situation. host: that was mike. will we'll take a few more calls but wanted to let you know about story. political co-writes this morning that harold simmons died. a a gop megadonor. $10 billionh according to "forbes." they write that harold simmons died saturday in dallas. was 82. he and his wife contributed almost $31 million to conservative causes during the 2012 election cycle this according to the center for public integrity. the majori

on the radar we got cloudy skies in nashville but greensboro is reporting freezing rain and light snowy today as we move further out in time. north of that around pittsburgh heavy snow, moving into new york we could see some snow around 4:00 p.m. sunday but then change over to rain tomorrow. so basically if you live all up and down the i-95 corridor pay close attention to your local weather forecast and don't travel if you don't have to. >> janice, have you ever been stuck at an airplane after they shut up the lights and everyone went home. >> not that i can recall. >> you have a leg up on this one man who this happened to him. he fell asleep on an airplane. they shut off the lights. they went home. the crew went home. they locked the airplane. and went home. that's when this happened. listen. i called my girlfriend she thought i was crazy. i said debbie i'm locked on a plane. >> debbie was confused when he said that but it turns out he wasn't crazy at all. he was left there. like being left on the operating table. wake up and all the doctors and nurses are gone, where did everyone go.

speaker, before i close i've got a poster from the greensboro news and record dated february 27 of 2011. it is the military carrying a flag-draped coffin off the back of a plane. how many more young americans will have to go and walk the roads of afghanistan and be killed and lose their limbs? i hope my colleagues in both parties will join those of us in both parties who want to have this debate on afghanistan in 2014. mr. speaker, i will close now by asking god to please bless our men and women in uniform, to bless the families of our men and women in uniform and god to hold in his arms the family who have given a child that died for freedom in afghanistan and iraq. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. for as long as i've been in congress, both parties and two successive administrations have danced around the mission of our infrastructure deficit. for all the attention to the various fiscal cliffs, the looming infrast

speaker, this poster beside in the greensboro newspaper where mr. mcgovernor and i wrote a litter -- mr. mcgovern and i wrote a letter that said to pull the troops out. february 27 of 2011. that's three years ago. we're still there and we're talking about 10 more years. let congress debate. let congress speak. let congress vote the will of the american people. with that, mr. speaker, i will yield back the balance of my time by asking god to please bless our men and women in uniform and to bless their families and please, god, continue to bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, for five minutes. mr. schiff: mr. speaker, as winter descends upon the middle east, the plight of syria's people who have endured nearly three years of savage civil war grows more desperate with each passing day. fighting rages on throughout much of the country and with the government forces making headway in recent months, many of the rebel groups have splintered, turning