the question came up of jackie robinson, and him being the jackie robinson of presidential politics. he said, you know, when jackie robinson was the first black player, he spent his time trying to get hits, stolen bases and driving in runs. this is what i'm doing. i'm not one of those that think that he has not addressed the issue. i happen to think that he has been tactical. this man is a brilliant tactician. if you don't believe it, look at people in the landscape who under estimated him starting with the clinton, mitt romney, putin and even netanyahu is on the ropes. so this guy is a brilliant tactician. so he has spoken out on race, for instance, during jeremiah wright. he spoke out on the address. he addressed it again when his friend skip gates was arrested up in boston. he addressed it again with trayvon martin. he said that trayvon martin could have been one of my kids. that could have been me 35 years ago. my observation about some of those--not all--particularly of african-americans, those who look and say who say that he has not addressed race, i think that the tactic with

>>> little league baseball has announced plans to dissolve the district that was home to the jackie robinson the league stripped jackie be robinson west of its national title earlier this year after an investigation into whether that team used players from outside its boundaries. the move comes hours after jackie robinson west announced that it may lead little league international to join the similar cal ripken babe ruth league. >>> well, some golfers in florida will probably let this guy play through. this giant gator was photographed on a course near sarasota. the pictures went viral, of course. and some people questioned whether the pictures are photo shopped but the man who took them says they're real. >>> take a mulligan on that one. a local college is getting ready to show off an art exist that is nearly a century in the making. we're going to meet the amazing artist behind these works of art next. she has quite an inspiring story to tell and it is not just about art. >>> glenn? >> sunshine for now. but big changes are coming. tracking a lot of rain coming through part of the weekend.

jackie robinson a new resident here to say a few words ms. robinson is quite be unbeliever she's raised 14 children and she's here today (clapping). >> hello, everyone (clapping) i'm a resident here at vera haile housing senior housing i'd like to thank mercy housing for giving me an affordable place to live a wonderful place thank you (clapping) and especially thanks to vera haile housing (clapping). >> all right. thank you very much jackie and so by way of of closure we're going to have a brief encounter for some of the folks for the speakers on the deck there's going to be tours and a little bit of a buffet lunch we hope you'll stick around i'm scanning to make sure i'm sure i forgot someone i'm going to have a will with the fact i'm sure i forgot someone i want to (calling names) are the staff that will be running the building for mercy and going a wonderful job marissa grew up in this neighbor the mercy staff are incredibly dedicated and incredible strpdz and for the residents i'm happy this opportunity is here i hope you'll share your s

he wasn't hate with the glare that jackie robinson had to deal with.roit free press", there was no publicity on it. remember, at the time, the nba was this little ho-hum league. some high schools drew more fans. earl lloyd's second road game was in ft. wayne, indiana where he was not allowed to eat in the restaurant of the hotel he was staying in. he remembered his coach's reaction this way. i told bones how much i appreciated the gesture. earl lloyd said, quote, but earl lloyd heard racial epithets many times and ignored them. on friday, i got an e-mail from bill russell's daughter, karen russell, telling me that earl lloyd, the first black player in the nba had just died. her note said that when her father joined the nba in 1956 with the boston celtics, earl lloyd warned him about where he wouldn't be able to get served when he was on the road. the last line of karen russell's e-mail to me, said, quote, we've come a long way. >>> bibi or not bibi? that's the question. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. ground ze

he wasn't hate with the glare that jackie robinson had to deal with.roit free press" there was no publicity on it. remember at the time the nba was this little ho-hum league. some high schools drew more fans. earl lloyd's second road game was in ft. wayne, indiana where he was not allowed to eat in the restaurant of the hotel he was staying in. he remembered his coach's reaction this way. my coach, bones mckinney a southerner, came up to my room and said he wanted to eat with me. i said bones, you've got mean other players downstairs. you've got to take care of your team. the important thing is i know how you feel. i told bones how much i appreciated the gesture. earl lloyd said quote throughout my career i never experienced one covert racist incident with a team or opponent perhaps because the basketball players were college educated, and so many had played with blacks before. but earl lloyd heard racial epithets many "times" from theand ignored them. he said my philosophy was, if they weren't calling you names you weren't doing nothing. if they're ca

some live on shore view, some live in jackie robinson and other areas in the hunters point project area and because they are moving two or three different times they are a certificate of preference. the information does not come to the address they are located at now. so what i would like for lanar and for whoever else to try to locate certificate holders is to go door to door, shore view and different places on hunters point to notify those certificate holders or at those addresses that certificate holders do have preference and if they have been relocated from different addresses that they are still entitled to get that information and use their certificate. the certificate came out of 1968 and i was on that particular committee under ms. julia coma, the chairperson who was responsible for the ticket holders. it also went to the western addition and down on fourth street and howard street where we droment agency came in and came in with the muskone center. those people also have certificates. i never saw that brought up that are entitled to certificates. i would like for those people

baseball institution used by babe ruth, and jackie robinson, the owner though, say there is too much competition now. the bats will still be made in downtown louisville with hard wood trees from pennsylvanian new york. >> and he is conditioning and manipulative, but president frank underwood from netflix hit show house of cards has a higher approval rating than president obama. that's 57% compared to 46% according to a new pole. kevin spacey character isn't the only hollywood commander in chief to score high marks. 89% polled say they like david pam america, remember him the president of 24. i loved that show. definitely a favorite. erika, nicole? >> frank underwood. >> erika perked right up at the mention. >> bad guy but you root for him. >> just really like him. jill, thank you, appreciate t5:37. new jersey governor chris christie says he'll make a decision on running for president in late spring or early summer. last night on new jersey 101.5 ask the governor christie commented about the process he's going through and the challenge his kids might face, including hit daughter, sara

we are jackie robinson with pitches coming straight to his head and stealing home in the world seriesay. we are the people who build our techl temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how. we are the people who emerson wrote of. who are never tired so long as we can see far enough. that's what america is. not stock foephotos or air brushed history where feeble attempts are diminished more than others. we respect the past but we don't pine for the past. we don't fear the future. we grab for it. america is not some fragile thing. we are large in the words of whitney, contains multitudes. we are boisterous perpetually young in spirit. that's what the young people here today must take away from this day. you are america. unconstrained by habit and convention. unincouple beryled by what is because you're ready to seize what ought to be for everywhere in this country, there are first steps to be taken. there's new ground to cover. new bridges to be crossed. it is you, the young and fearless at heart, the most diverse and educated generation in our history who the nation is waiting to follow.

he was the latin jackie robinson. >> in the tradition of it chicago legends lost, the cuban comment madene final trip to the place that was his own heaven on earth. >> if we were all like mini he made us feel good about ourselves. he was so easy to love: he celebrated baseball. he was one of baseball's great ambassadors. it's a shame that a man like this doesn't get to see it. >> you don't feel a void. you go on. you have the memories. nobody can ever take away the memories. you know, we should not not' hold back as far as talking about mini. as long as i am alive, i will always at that mini and the good times. >> thank you, daddy, for being the best confidante, source of wisdom and the most amazing patriarch that we could have ever hoped for. >> antoine burnett in his first shootout as a blackhawk, a chance to win it. hawks win. antoine burnett in his first shootout as a hawks, gwg. >> antoine burnett making some noise in his second game with the hawks, a win, two points, exactly what the team needed on paper. but on the ice, not even close. coach q needs a lot more from his team than w

robinson. the first lady of boxing manager jackie kallen. a boxing show, i don't know why we have this guy on the show but i will introduce him anyway. former heavyweight champion producer of the new documentary t is incredible. it hits theaters tomorrow mr. mike tyson. >> (applause) >> okay. >> so i will start with you because when i think you know some of about boxing. >> i know a little. >> yes, you know so much about it. the history of boxing joe louis the whole country loved joe louis, muhammad ali. the whole world fell in love with him. you came into boxing no one ever had seen anything like mike tyson. i think boxing is past its heyday. convince me that you are not the last great boxer. >> well listen i don't know. >> larry: did it end with you? >> i mean look, there is a lot of excitement about pacquiao and the pacquiao mayweather fight i get that but it almost seems like an aberration, does it feel like the sport is done if. >> the sport is-- wow how can i say. when you think about the situation they said i'm hearing rumors it 20 to

we are jackie robinson, enduring scorn and pitchers coming straight to his head and stealing home anywaywe are the people like stan hughes wrote of -- langston hughes wrote of. we are the people emerson wrote of whom for truth and honor's sake stand fast and suffer long nor never tired so long as we can see far enough. that is what america is. not stock photos or airbrushed history or feeble attempts to define some of us as more american than the others. [applause] we respect the path but we don't pine for the past. we don't fear the future. we grab for it. america is not some fragile thing. we are large, containing multitudes. we are boisterous and diverse and full of energy, perpetually young in spirit. that is why someone like john lewis at 25 could lead a march. that is what the young people here today and listening all across the country must take away from this day. you are america. unconstrained by habit and convention, unencumbered by what is because you are ready to seize what ought to be. for everywhere in this country there are first steps to be taken. there is new ground to c

. >> more problems for jackie robinson west the chicago little league baseball team stripped of its national title and now league officials are dissolving the team's home district and we told you earlier this year when the national title was stripped and they revealed players from outside boundary lines were members of the championship leading team and it became after it announced its possible departure from little league international. >> traffic is slowly getting back to normal along a kentucky highway and dozens of drivers found themselves stranded. some drivers were stuck for more than 12 hours. some parked their vehicles and left and crews moved the vehicles to the side of the road before plowing, and they were still sitting where they were parked yesterday. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> big improvements with our winter weather, that's for sure. today, plenty of sunshine and we do have the cooler temperatures around this afternoon and as we go into tonights and it will be colder through most of the area and some spots being in the upper te

i never dreamed i would get back here this evening, and i just came from the jackie robinson foundation students in institutions of higher learning with scholarships, and they're talking about going to these schools and seeing something like this happen in places of higher learning in this day and age. it is horrifying. a report just came out, the equal justice initiative. and it's hard to document and track all the lynchings that happened. but they have documented almost 4,000 between 1877 and 1950. it is completely unacceptable and irresponsible and down right racist for anybody to make light of that, to include it in any chant or to say anything like ha in this day and age. and lastly, when we look at what's been happening with the police, which i dare say is really, we just saw in madison, wisconsin, a modern-day form of lynching, far more sophisticated. maybe not nooses or trees. >> we were in selma where the attempt to keep african-americans out of civil society, away from voting was a direct response to the civil war, a direct response to the emancipation of the formerly enslaved

the cuban comet, as he was known, made his mark in 1951 two years after jackie robinson broke baseball'scolor barrier. money nosa was born in havana and his biggest dream was to make it into baseball's hall of fame. he isn't there yet, although the white sox have honored him with a statue at u.s. sellcellular field. there is a question about what age he was, but many say he died at the age of 90. >>> that texas nurse that survived ebola is now reportedly taking legal action against the hospital where she got infected. >>> and astronauts wrapping up a three-day cable job outside the international space station. i can't even get them to come to my house and hook up the cable! space walk details next. >>> a texas nurse who contracted ebola while caring for a patient with the deadly virus plans to file a lawsuit on monday against the hospital where she was infected. 26-year-old nina pham claims the hospital failed to properly train and provide her with the right protective gear to treat any ebola victim. pham's patient died last fall. after becoming the first person in america diagnosed with

we are jackie robinson, enduring scorn and pitchers coming straight to his head and stealing home anywayhe people like stan hughes wrote of -- langston hughes wrote of. we are the people emerson wrote of whom for truth and honor's sake stand fast and suffer long nor never tired so long as we can see far enough. that is what america is. not stock photos or airbrushed history or feeble attempts to define some of us as more american than the others. [applause] we respect the path but we don't pine for the past. we don't fear the future. we grab for it. america is not some fragile thing. we are large, containing multitudes. we are boisterous and diverse and full of energy, perpetually young in spirit. that is why someone like john lewis at 25 could lead a march. that is what the young people here today and listening all across the country must take away from this day. you are america. unconstrained by habit and convention, unencumbered by what is because you are ready to seize what ought to be. for everywhere in this country there are first steps to be taken. there is new ground to cover. th

[applause] jesse owens, jackie robinson. three sports icons i had the privilege to meet. were men who transcended sports. they fought for racial discrimination and intolerance and sacrificed so much including their own lives in the case of roberto clemente who was honored one year after he died in a plane crash to deliver aid to earthquake victims in from nicaragua. the other athletes honored work to be golfers. the great byron nelson and my good friend arnold palmer and now me. i think that speaks volumes about the games we are proud to be associated with. we just play golf. and we enjoy it. and we love it. being here in washington and standing in the rotunda and watching the presentation of colors and hearing the national anthem, you cannot help what swell with nationalistic pride. and to think our military men and women. i was married with the first of our five children when i was told i would be exempted from the draft. while i never served the country i have been blessed to serve those who have. they have allowed me to fully understand and appreciate what they have s

we are jackie robinson enduring scorn and cleats and pitches coming straight to his head and stealingld series anyway. we are the people langston hughes wrote of who built our temples for tomorrow strong as we know how. we are the people emerson wrote of, who for truth and honor's sake stand fast and suffer long who are never tired so long as we can see far enough. that's what america is. not stock photos or airbrushed history or feeble attempts to define some of us as more american than others. we respect the past but we don't pine for the past. we don't fear the future. we grab for it. america's not some fragile thing. we are large in the words of whitten containing multitudes. we are boisterous and full of energy perpetually young in spirit. that's why someone like john lewis at the ripe old age of 25 could lead the march. and that's what the young people here today and listening all across the country must take away from this day. you are america. unconstrained by habit and convention. unencumbered by what is because you're ready to seize what out to be. for everywhere in this cou

the cuban comet, as he was known, made his mark in 1951, two years after jackie robinson broke baseball'sor barrier. money nosa was born in havana and his biggest dream was to make it into baseball's hall of fame. he isn't there yet, although the white sox have honored him with a statue at u.s. secellular fie. there is a question about what age he was, but many say he died at the age of 90. >>> that texas nurse that survived ebola is now reportedly taking legal action against the hospital where she got infected. >>> and astronauts wrapping up a three-day cable job outside the international space station. i can't even get them to come to my house and hook up the cable! space walk details next. [announcer:] what if one stalk of broccoli could protect you from cancer? what if one push up could prevent heart disease? [man grunts] one wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease- pneumococcal pneumonia. one dose of the prevnar 13® vaccine can help protect you ... from pneumococcal pneumonia, an illness that can cause coughing, chest pain,

. >>> the "chicago tribune" has a follow-up on the little league team jackie robinson west.s disbanded yesterday. it was stripped of its title. it used players outside of its designated area. the team will be sent to a new district. >> that was such a cinderella story. that's too bad. >>> a sightseer died when a whale crashed on the boat. the victim was taken on shore but died during treatment. >>> teenage girls attacking a 15-year-old girl at mcdonald's in brooklyn. thal video is so hard to watch. the attack was captured on cellphone as the girl was beaten by four others. some were cheering and nobody here dialed 911. mcdonald's workers did pick up the phone. witnesses are refusing to testify so the attackers are not being charged. even the victim is affrayed to testify. >>> they found the teenager who ran off with a young child on sunday. the suspect is in jail this morning. dramatic surveillance video captured the attacking kidnapping in sprog. vladimir duthiers is here to show us how he tracked down the suspect. good morning. >> good morning. a family friend left a child

anthony margaret sanger, jackie robinson john lewis and dr. king jfk and lbj, vivian malone.vey milk. barack obama. [applause] we should not fear change. it is part of who we are as americans. it is what distinguishes us. it is what makes us unique. now, i leave this place proud of what we have accomplished over the last six years and grateful for all that doj has given me these past 39 years. this has been my home, and you will always be my family. i thank the parents who raised me and the west indian sensibility that they instilled in me. .. you know who you are. and my crew on 24th avenue and 21st street. and more recently a president and colleagues in this administration who stuck by me when i didn't always make it the easiest thing to do. i'm grateful to this great nation who gave a black kid from east amherst queens, new york city, more support and opportunities in any individual could have hoped for. thank you, america. to the wonderful, dedicated, accomplish men and women of this great department i realized i have asked a lot for each of you in the last six shoes but

jackie robinson he made sure that this was a message of inclusion. >> yes. >> douglas, what's your analysis of what you heard from the president? >> i think is president obama's i have a dream speech. it was brilliantly written and delivered it in a flawless fashion as if he was from the church pulpit. it reminded me of a carl sandberg there was a poetic integrity to the words in the way that he showed us all of these flashpoints in america's history from selma and beyond and so many great americans and their contributions and it was a speech of true inclusion with wanting to bring in gay americans that protested and spilled their own blood, wanting to get to navajo code talkers, the japanese that had been interned in world war ii but yet have transcended that into america. it was really just a stunning speech and one that people are going to find pub leshed in textbooks and talked about for a while to come. i don't think it has policy implications but just as a piece of oritory, it was a finally polished and well-crafted speech for the ages. >> and it really was both delicate and direct in

called "strong inside," it's about the first black athlete in the southeastern conference, the jackie robinson of sports in the south, perry wallace. and i couldn't be happier for andrew and this great book. >> host: phil, portland gop. hi phil. >> caller: hi. thank you, c-span, for taking my call and mr. david maraniss i have a kind of two of parter. >> guest: yes. >> caller: given what has happened in wisconsin, what is happening to the labor movement, and why hasn't president barack obama befriended the labor more? i'll take my answer off the air thank you. >> guest: well, i think, you know, my next book "detroit," about detroit is right at a point where labor's already started its long decline. and i think it was a concerted effort to de-legitimize and diminish labor's strength in the united states. certainly, labor made some of its own mistakes, but i think there was a lot of attacking labor. and to see not only wisconsin, but even michigan go after labor and with right-to-work laws is kind of a stunning end game for this long decline. you know, in 1960s and before that every democratic p

jackie wilson. >> hinojosa: and they were all your friends. >> smokey robinson lived across... well, not really. they were older than me. but they were people that i knew and was aware of, but i didn't meet them until i started singing. i mean, they were older than me. i had never seen anyone on a stage until the night i went on the stage, because i hadn't been to a bar or to a show or anything before. but in 1962 in detroit, that was... you were either just... you would either go to one of the factories or you went to show business. it was very easy in 1962 to go into show business, because there were so many producers and so many record companies and so many writers, and it was just happening. and it seemed like it was all just happening that week. they all said, "let's start on monday." >> hinojosa: and was the community supportive of... >> yes, we... that's what i was about to tell you. it's so funny to me when i hear my friends talk from that period about their parents being hesitant not... for them to get in show business, whatever. i was the first person in my family to ever make $100 in