. >> jackie robinson. >> jackie robinson came to chicago on that magical tour of 1947 when he visited. it is so moving to read about this. as the dodgers would come from city to city, the clergy and other city leaders would talk to their congregations saying, jackie robinson is coming and we want you to go out and support jackie. we want you to be well-dressed and well behaved. people would go to wrigley field as if they were going to church. when jackie robinson came to wrigley field, it was almost certainly the largest concentration of african americans on the north side of chicago ever to that point. >> you served on both the san diego padres board and the baltimore orioles board. what years? >> i can remember. >> when did you get off? >> 1998. bud selig asked me to be a member of baseball's blue-ribbon commission on baseball economics. it was me, paul volcker, rick leven and george mitchell. don fehr, the president of the union said, what can we expect from him? so i got off the board. >> did you ever find yourself in a conflict where you knew something that you couldn't write abo

you were our jackie robinson. get the sensation of how important you were to the black community with what you were doing, what you were going through? >> yes, i did. in some ways i felt the importance of what i was doing was really sending a signal to the world, was telling people that, hey, yeah, all you wanted to do was having the playing field level. just give me an opportunity. yes, i felt that way. i felt that way that not only that i had a -- i had the world on my shoulders as far as baseball was concerned, but also had the world on my shoulders to demonstrate to people that, hey, just give me opportunity. but at the same time, you know, if you think about it, you know, dr. king was marching and the civil rights was at its peak, you know, and we was telling people just give us a chance to drink water out of a fountain or go to the bathroom or go to the -- anywhere, you know, really. and all those things had something to do with the way i was doing as far as playing baseball. >> terence, this interview bring

i see jackie robinson, you see this movie and i go, "oh, my gosh, you're amazing in that in jackie robinsony're totally different humans." did you know that they could be a james brown character -- you could be jackie robinson. >> no, no, no. when i first saw the script, i was, like, "ain't no way in the world i'm trying that." just because, it was just, like, james brown, to parody james brown. and i didn't really know everything about him at that mount in time. i have seen great performances, but i didn't get the whole scope of his social relevence and his political relevence. i knew some of the songs, but not all of them. but now it's like, i'm a a james brown fanatic, you know. >> jimmy: oh absolutely. you'd have to be. but i mean, they got the rights to the music, the real music. some of these movies come out and they go, "this is a movie, it's about the beatles, but we couldn't afford any of the beatles songs. [ light laughter ] so they're singing -- they're singing hanson. so it's the beatles, we've got "mmm bop," we've got "mmm bop," but it's paul and george and ringo singing "mmm b

jackie robinson breaks the color barrier in baseball. people say, he can play. he should be out there. if he is not out there that , means the best baseball players are not playing major league baseball. sports has that potential, and i think for that reason, it is a good thing, especially as we know it here in america, and the things it makes possible for all of us in terms of understanding and knowing each other. >> i have this final question for you. when the donald sterling incident happened, you wrote the article in "time" magazine. i did not understand half of your big words, but it was a good article. >> read a dictionary. [laughter] >> here is what i want to ask you. the incident became public on a saturday, friday night, saturday morning. we are in l.a. on tuesday morning because we hear that adam silver, the commissioner, is about to make a ruling. i call you and your team and i -- team the night before. we come down to city hall. you come to city hall. we are in mayor garcetti's office. you, norm nexen, ac green, steve nash, luke walton, all these gre

this is the life of jackie robinson. it is our responsibility to continue the march. i look forward to the panel. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, mayor ballard. i going to introduce the panelists and we will have a serious conversation. panelist that i would like to bring out to give a male oral perspective is our very own michael letter. michael -- the reputations for being a passionate sports down. sports a long history of as it is spurred on serious conversations about race. ben chapman was one of the loudest voices opposing jackie robinson's integration to baseball. very loud round of applause to michael nutter. [applause] >> secondly, i would like to bring out a person who was originally scheduled to moderate. i thought he would give a better perspective sitting on the panel. we switched places. i did know i was going to lose my voice. roland martin is an influential reporter and commentator. he has a long career at bt and cnn. et and cnn. he is from houston. he went to texas and him. he is a journalist with a masters degree in christian communication

jackie robinson blakes the color barrier. people say he should be out there. if he is not out there, that means that the best base a ballplayers are not playing major league baseball. >> should change. sports has that potential. for that reason, it is a good thing, especially as we know it here in america, and the things that it makes possible for all of us in terms of understanding and knowing each other. >> so kareem, let me ask this final question to you and i will move down so everyone will get their final thoughts. when the donald sterling incident happened, you wrote the article. time magazine. yes understand half of your big words in there but it was a big article. the. >> read the dictionary. >> sot here is what i want to ask you: the incident became public on a saturday, friday night, saturday morning. we are in l.a. on tuesday morning because we hear adam silver, the commissioner, is about to make a ruling. i call you and your team night before. we come down to city hall. you come to city hall and we are in mayor garsetti's. you, norm nixon, a.c. gra

this is the life of jackie robinson. it is our responsibility to continue the march. i look forward to the panel. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, mayor ballard. i going to introduce the panelists and we will have a serious conversation. our first panelist that i would like to bring out to give a mayoral perspective is our very own michael nutter. philadelphia has the reputation for being a passionate sports down. -- town. it has a long history of sports as it is spurred on serious conversations about race. ben chapman was one of the loudest voices opposing jackie robinson's integration to baseball. let's give a very loud round of applause to michael nutter. [applause] >> secondly, i would like to bring out a person who was originally scheduled to moderate. i thought he would give a better perspective sitting on the panel. we switched places. i did know i was going to lose my voice. roland martin is an influential reporter and commentator. he has his own program called news 1 now. m.went to texas a and -- a&m. he is a journalist with a masters degree in chr

to commemorate jackie robinson did. only 8% of the roster is african-american.t should baseball do, what can they do to attract more young african-americans? >> it is a cultural issue that goes beyond baseball. i don't think you can isolated just to baseball. in baseball, it is influenced by latin players. at the time that the african-americans were a larger percentage, there were few latin americans. now there are more asian and non-american players. i think baseball is trying, but has to intensify its efforts to get young people engaged at an early level. soccer, for one. tennis, golf, other sports. baseball has to work harder and better. i think more inventively to try to maintain the interest of african-american athletes. >> we are lucky in boston. we have the south end baseball program. the largest free baseball league in america. they branch out into a number of teams, including the boston astros. most important, 62 kids have come out of that leak and play college baseball. including a left-handed pitcher from vanderbilt. the things of a tie together, the

such as the life of jackie robinson. it is all of our responsibility to continue the march.ook forward to the panel. thank you so much. >> thanks, mayor ballard. all right. i'm going to introduce the panelists and then we're going to have a serious conversation. so our first panelist that i'd like to bring out to give a mayoral perfespective on this important issue is our very own michael nutter. as we know, philadelphia has a reputation of being a passionate sports town. we can hear boos all over the country for the eagles and the phillies and the sixers and the clippers if you're not from philadelphia, especially in sacramento. it has a long history of sports in philadelphia as it has spurred on serious conversation about race. former phillies manager ben chapman was one of the loudest voices opposing jackie robinson's integration to baseball. let's give a round of applause for our very own past president michael nutter. all right, secondly i'd like to bring -- go ahead and have a seat. secondly, i'd like to bring out a person who was originally scheduled to moderate it, a

let me ask you, every ball bark in america has 42 to commemorate jackie robinson and the great branch you mentioned earlier he did but major league baseball eight percent of the roster is african-american that stay third of what it once was, what would should baseball do what can they do to attract more young african americans? >> it is i think it is a california cultural issue that goes beyond baseball, i don't think you can isolate it just to baseball. in pa baseball, it has been influenced in part by the tremendous increase in latin players, as you know, at the time that african-americans were a larger percentage, there were very few latin americans and now many more, asian and other upon american players, you mentioned tanaka, but i think baseball is trying but has to intensify its effort to get young people engaged. it is just more competitive in more sports, soccer for one a lot of youngsters are getting into soccer, including african americans, tennis, golf, other sports, i think baseball has to work harder and better and i think more invent if thely to try to maintain the inte

>> i think without question, the person who most transcended the game was jackie robinson. he was a figure of his stark importance beyond baseball. my favorite player growing up was richie ashburn. why i picked them, i don't know. he was a great player. i also don't know why i picked the phillies. my situation was similar to george's. i lived in trenton, which was halfway between new york and philadelphia. and in the 1950's, the yankees won the world series practically every year. the phillies had never won a world series, so naturally i chose the phillies. [laughter] and i do think it has an effect on your thinking. but richie was a great lawyer. he was kind of a money ballplayer before his time. he almost never hit a home run, but he had a great eye. he walked a lot. and he could foul off pitches almost indefinitely. you reminded me of a great richie story as we were walking in. he would foul off. he was a left-handed hitter, so he would file off these line drives -- foul off these line drives into the seats. and on one occasion, the ball hit a woman and she was hurt. the

baseball, we will see a start to blossom. , wehicago we were there took some kids to play the jackie robinsoneague. the same enthusiasm, educational tying in, there is a lot that can be done. general, does up to make changes? the games are long. asia league attendance is down. , there is notings as much offense as there used to be. >> it could be the lowest offense of output in 22 years. it is pretty tough. i did a story the other day about how the world cup games are over in less than two hours. that is real-time. haves like baseball stoppages, but they have been bloated by too much commercial inventory. players dawdled too much. they should be on a clock. they should be penalized for being off the clock. you can change the nature of baseball. it is not a game of intense action. but there have to be things they can do, and to enforce. >> they change the game before. would you make changes? >> yes. keep it in context. there are factors that go into the figures you cited. this is an unusual year were both teams in new york and chicago are not performing well. that affects television ratings. t

would be a distraction when he put black people on the field for the first time a year before jackie robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. so, yeah, it is a distraction and it will be a media distraction. anytime when you have a first it will be a distraction and it doesn't mean you don't do it because of that reason. >> is he really a first? >> first openly. >> remember the buccaneers? >> who can forget. >> the day after -- i don't even know what that meant. >> i don't either. the day after tony dungy won as the coach of the colts, do you know what happened? "red eye" premiered on fox newschannel. >> i did not know that. he paved the way for a chaos particular mess of television. i think the media is trans fixed by a certain obsession. and one of them is any story that can be linked to gay or gay rights. the point he is making no matter what happens, he will come up. and then he proved it. it was a self-perpetuating prophesy. if i do this with my finger -- >> are you also hypnotizing our audience. i want you to go to the window and throw out $20. >> he proved it by making himself par

convincingly,own turning heads last year as another icon, jackie robinson and 42. -- in "42." >> there are dimensions of light and dark. he talks about how his childhood hised to produce some of genius. >> mick jagger signed on as a producer, a musician's tribute to the godfather of soul. this weekend, the sci-fi thriller "lucy" led the box office. others included hercules and the dawn of the planet of the apes. entertainment is brought to you by cirque du soleil. opens friday and is a terrific movie. it will be compared to jersey boys, which never caught the beauty of that music. but this does. this is quite a tribute to james brown. >> if he could just do have to dance steps, that's all you need. have the real james brown singing and then you've got him dancing. >> that is true. >> i hope he did it in one tag -- one take. >> let's hope he survives it. up, southwest airlines is facing a handbag defined. -- hefty fine. >> a return >> do you remember this neck of this is seen three years ago in virginia when an east coast earthquake damaged elementary school. >> now, an event that remar

recently in april when the yankees honored the late nelson mandela with a plaque in monument park on jackie robinson captain. congratulations on a hall of oh fame career off and on the field. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> more bread, less circus. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. sometimes, not often, i get the impression that the president actually listens to "hardball." call it vanity, but that's what i heard today in this call to get the united states government

no, it's 42 so it would be in honor of jackie robinson. >> i think she's upset she had to pay for another drink. >> we did not see anybody get her another beer. what we do know is the giants won the game. they finally ended their losing streak. >> also incredible, besides a family wedding, today at the game, this excited fan celebrated her 104th birthday and it's her first giants game. the giants tweeted out this picture. she was all smiles posing next to matt. >> the beer might have saved her because otherwise it it would have hit her flush in the stomach or lower. >>> still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00, why crews don't seem to be in any hurry to fix a broken water pipe that's been leaking for years and wasting gallons of water. >>> more information on the deadly ebola outbreak in west africa. >>> the once dominant electronics chain that's huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold 'em. ♪ kno

, olivia spencer -- >> jimmy: chadwick bozeman, is the kid -- >> chadwick bozeman, who played jackie robinsonho is being the role, is in the role and has just implemented it beautifully. it's coming out august 1st. don't miss it. it's going to be really hot. >> jimmy: so excited. let's take a look at the clip. here is dan aykroyd and chadwick bozeman in the new james brown biopic "get on up." check it out. >> what did they say to you pop? >> street kid, from augusta, georgia, headed to the white house right now. >> it says you're kissing up to the man, james. >> so you telling me, to turn this plane around, stand up the president. >> no i'm saying you're screwed already, man. think about it. you stand up lyndon johnson and go kiss up to the panthers, you ain't gonna be playing vegas any time soon. they know you can stop a riot, they'll sure as hell expect you to start one. just do your thing, james. it's worked for you so far. [ applause ] >> jimmy: "get on up" is in theaters august 1st. bobby rush. the roots. take us out to the break, will you? ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] you never know what mi

>> i think without question, the person who most transcended the game was jackie robinson. he was a figure of his stark importance beyond baseball. my favorite player growing up was richie ashburn. why i picked them, i don't know. he was a great player. i also don't know why i picked the phillies. my situation was similar to george's. i lived in trenton, which was halfway between new york and philadelphia. and in the 1950's, the yankees won the world series practically every year. the phillies had never won a world series, so naturally i chose the phillies. [laughter] and i do think it has an effect on your thinking. but richie was a great lawyer. he was kind of a money ballplayer before his time. he almost never hit a home run, but he had a great eye. he walked a lot. and he could foul off pitches almost indefinitely. you reminded me of a great richie story as we were walking in. he would foul off. he was a left-handed hitter, so he would file off these line drives -- foul off these line drives into the seats. and on one occasion, the ball hit a woman and she was hurt. the

recently in april when the yankees honored the late nelson mandela with a plaque in monument park on jackie robinson day. i tip my cap to you, captain. congratulations on a hall of oh fame career off and on the field. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> more bread, less circus. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. sometimes, not often, i get the impression that the president actually listens to "hardball." call it vanity, but that's what i heard today in this call to get the united states government busy rebuilding this country. there he was just outside of washington, down in virginia, calling for the big time push to fix this country's highways, bridges and railways. suddenly i sense the builders are back, the people who believe in government action, who believe the american people, not just american business, but the people themselves have jobs to do and job one is getting this country in shape to rival the fast competing world out there. this isn't about president obama. it's about what the c

and we know that because outside of jackie robinson, no other player in the history of not only baseballut of athletics took as much abuse as hank aaron did, just to play the game. he survived all that and not painting all white people as he probably could have and know he doesn't. one of his best friends in life is bud selig, who happens to be white and also happens to be the commissioner of baseball. >> not a bad friend to have. terence moore, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> a giant wind farm in london is now the biggest in the world. could it be the answer to the future energy crisis? we will have that coming right up. in new york state, we're changing the way we do business, with startup ny. we've created tax free zones throughout the state. and startup ny companies will be investing hundreds of millions of dollars in jobs and infrastructure. thanks to startup ny, businesses can operate tax free for 10 years. no property tax. no business tax. and no sales tax. which means more growth for your business, and more jobs. it's not just business as usual. see how new york can help you

. >> was there a piece of it you just came off playing jackie robinson.that was the real reason. my team, we weren't looking for another biopic, period. when you do one thing, you get sent a whole bunch of biopics. yesterday i was sent two. >> we didn't want to get in that kind of a groove. you had to ask yourself and you mentioned this, at some point can i pull off those legendary dance moves? what went into learning them? because you're not old enough to have watched him the way i did growing up. >> well, what we did was, you know, was just rehearsal. it was similar to "42" with jackie robinson. i had to lace them up and go work. they were leather shoes instead of cleats. >> day in and day out. >> five hours a day pretty much. and five days a week. that was the official rehearsal. and even on the weekends i was still -- i was obsessed with it. it was something i enjoyed doing. >> when was the last time you did a split, chad? >> the last time i did a split was the last day of filming. >> and no desire to get back into that, i imagine. >> no, no. >> there

there's a scene of witnessing jackie robinson leave 96on's hotel suite in tears having to try to persuade him, no, it's the right thing to do. of course kennedy did the poll thing and got the credit for it. it might have made the difference in place like illinois because it flew under the radar of the white press t. was seen as a huge gesture in the black community so much so that because of kennedy's call he would vote for him. john kennedy understood about fathers. a different kind of question. i'm so glad that one of our audience members wanted to ask you to tell us about richard russell and his role and what was his -- and also about his relationship with president johnson. >> well, richard russell was from georgia. his father had been a justice and chief justice of the supreme court. he had been a governor. he had come to washington during the new deal. he was a basic supporter of franklin roosevelts releelect riffication but he was a segregationalist and a hopeless racist. he was raised in an era where he was taught by his ancestors to believe that the civil war was a noble lost cau

there's a scene of witnessing jackie robinson leave 96on's hotel suite in tears having to try to persuade him, no, it's the right thing to do. of course kennedy did the poll thing and got the credit for it. it might have made the difference in place like illinois because it flew under the radar of the white press t. was seen as a huge gesture in the black community so much so that because of kennedy's call he would vote for him. john kennedy understood about fathers. a different kind of question. i'm so glad that one of our audience members wanted to ask you to tell us about richard russell and his role and what was his -- and also about his relationship with president johnson. >> well, richard russell was from georgia. his father had been a justice and chief justice of the supreme court. he had been a governor. he had come to washington during the new deal. he was a basic supporter of franklin roosevelts releelect riffication but he was a segregationalist and a hopeless racist. he was raised in an era where he was taught by his ancestors to believe that the civil war was a noble lost cau

discrimination based on sexual orientation since 2011 but mlb tells abc news as the sport of jackie robinson principles of equality and inclusion are bedrocks of the game." 2014 is a year of first of gays in sports. jason collins became the first openly gay player in the nba. in may, the st. louis rams drafted michael sam making him the first openly gay player in the nfl. something he spoke with robin about. >> i think i could be a beacon for those people, the light. hey, i could comfortable in my own skin. >> reporter: now, major league baseball has never had an active openly gay player but today's announcement expected this afternoon is just the next step in creating an environment of tolerance and inclusion. it's only a matter of time. we want to make these players feel comfortable. >> starting at the top with bud selig. he has been out front in this inclusion. good to have you back, paula. >> good to be back. >> good job. >>> something who really deserves some good news. >> good news and, you know, some much deserved happiness for a hero of the boston bombing. jeff bauman lost both his l

not just jackie robinson, but hank aaron and bill russell and jim brown and arthur ashe and muhammadi and billie jean king. when i was growing up, athletes had an important voice. some courageously spoke out. we're finding less and less of that as athletes become richer and richer and also in fairness when some of the injustices are less overt than they were in the '50s and '60s. >> bob costas will stick around. when we come back, we'll have a reunion. frank deford used to work with bob. now he's with npr and hbo real sports. he'll be out here next and we will convene the ultimate sports round table. this "credit report. can i get my actual credit report... like, the one the bank sees? [ male voice ] sheesh, i feel like i'm being interrogated over here. [ male voice ] she's onto us. dump her. [ pay phone rings ] hello? oh, man. that never gets old. no, it does not. [ female announcer ] not all credit report sites are equal. experian.com members get personalized help and a real credit report. join now at experian.com with enrollment in experian credit tracker. this, and definitely thi

you know, it's like that jackie robinson 42 movie. and the player comes in and he says -- i want to be traded. and then a couple of weeks later he comes back and says, i don't want to be traded. what about -- you willing to play with robinson? he said, the world is changing and i can change too. now, i think there's an element of that in all of this progress, has its own sort of duties and i think there's been progress. my question is in that for my entire adult life i've been hearing about this and stlees still so many of the problems are there and it call into question, i think, the way decisions are made and carried through within the upper ranks of the football and basketball community. and that's on my mind and i'm chairman so i'm going to say that and i'm also going to say that that's the last thing i'll say and this hearing is adjourned. >>> we've been asking for your thoughts and whether you think college athletes should be paid. taking a look at a few of your tweets, dx says no. they should consider college sports an intern s

you know, it's like that jackie robinson 42 movie. and the player comes in and he says -- i want to be traded. and then a couple of weeks later he comes back and says, i don't want to be traded. what about -- you willing to play with robinson? he said, the world is changing and i can change, too. now, i think there's an element of that in all of this progress, has its own sort of duties and i think there's been progress. my question is, in that for my entire adult life i've been hearing about this and stlees still so many of the problems are there and it call into question, i think, the way decisions are made and carried through within the upper ranks of the football and basketball community. and that's on my mind and i'm chairman so i'm going to say that and i'm also going to say that that's the last thing i'll say and this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] >> that was today's hearing, available on our website, c-span.org. we have been asking for your thoughts on whether you think college athletes should be paid. taking

as the sport of jackie robinson, the principles of equality and inclusion are bedrocks of the game. 2014 in february the brooklyn nets' jason collins became the first openly gay active player in the nba. and in may the st. louis rams drafted michael sam, making him the first player in the nfl who is out of the closet. >> having a gay man be the symbol of this and having a gay man really drive the direction of what major league baseball does, that's super important. >> reporter: beane is expected to train players and the league's partners in combating several different forms of discrimination, including sexism and racial prejudice. reena, devin. >> susan, thank you so much. >>> the new york city fire department is adding something to its annual calendar. a woman firefighter. dania mines is one of 41 female firefighters in the department. she's an 11-year veteran. she says she always wanted to be in the calendar but until now it was men only. >> she was the only woman who auditioned for the 2015 edition. all proceeds from the calendar go to charity. good for her. you know, at one point she

jackie robinson breaks the color barrier in baseball. look, he can play. he deserves it. he should be out there. if he's not out there, that means the best baseball players are not playing major league baseball. that should change. so sports has that potential. i think for that reason, it is a good thing. it makes everything possible in terms of knowing each other. >> let me ask this final question to you and then i'll move down so everybody can get their final thoughts. when the donald sterling incident happened, you wrote the article, "time" magazine. so here's what i want to ask you. the incident became public on a saturday, friday night. saturday morning. we're in l.a. on tuesday morning because we hear that adam silver, the commissioner is about to make a ruling. i call you and your team the night before. you come to city hall. and we're in a gentleman's office. you, norm nixon, a.c. green, steve nash, luke walton, all these great players there. why was it so important for you to be there at city hall amongst your -- what were you thinking right before adam silver ma

you know, it's like that jackie robinson "42" movie. and the player comes in and he says, i want to be traded. and then a couple of weeks later he comes back and says, i don't want to be traded. what about -- you willing to play with robinson? he said, the world is changing and i can change, too. now, i think there's an element of that in all of this progress, has its own sort of duties and i think there's been progress. my question is, in that for my entire adult life i've been hearing about this and that still so many problems are there, i think calls into question the way decisions are made and carried through within the upper ranks of the football and basketball community. and that's on my mind and i'm chairman so i'm going to say that and i'm also going to say that that's the last thing i'll say and this hearing is adjourned. >>> today the house rules committee meets to consider the rules for debate on the highway and transportation funding act. the bill would provide nearly $11 billion for highway projects. our live coverage begin

there is a scene of witnesses seeing jackie robinson leaving there in tears telling him it's the right thing to do, and he said, no, i don't want to look political. and kennedy did the right thing and got credit for it. again, it kind of flew under the radar of the white press. it was seen as a huge gesture in the black community. so important, in fact, that martin luther king, sr., said now because of his call, he would vote for him. he has a bigot for a father. and then he took a beat and said, but we all have our fathers, don't we? john f. kennedy understood about fathers. >> a different kind of question. another fascinating person. i'm so glad one of our audience members wanted us to ask you to tell us about richard russell and his role and also about his relationship with president johnson. >> well, richard russell was from georgia. his father had been the justice and then the chief justice of the georgia supreme court. he had come to washington in a new deal. he was a basic supporter of franklin roosevelt's rural aid and farm aid and school lunches. he was just an implacable segr

. >> he did jackie robinson. >> we caught up with him at the apollo theater and asked him what the legacyn means to them and what some of their favorite james brown songs are. >> do you have a favorite james brown song or performance? >> i love "living in america" and"static." everybody says it is a man's world. i tend to believe it's a woman's world. i knew the music. that's what we all knew. he became famous before i was ever born, and so it was interesting to find out what brought him to become the man behind the music. >> the legacy is, you know, the culture that we have today. i don't think -- you don't have any of the hip-hop music. a lot of it wouldn't even exist, a lot of samples, the james brown samples. >> i did not know a lot about james brown before i saw this movie but he was jay z before jay z. >> tell us why there are penguins behind you. >> it is a fox fan weekend. >> so much fun. >> a new movie opening up november, the fox movie. at yankee stadium they gave away a family four pack to the premiere this november. the winner is cary desalvatore. she gets to attend the premie