jackie robinson, of course, jackie robinson's number 42 is is is retired across all of baseball and no player baseball can have that number every spring. i believe, was in april. they've got a they've got a big robinson day where the sport is celebrating jackie robinson and i want to show you a clip here that narrates some of the background and on how jackie robinson came into the league. and here's the question i want to ask. watch watch story of jackie robinson in a similar that it asks you to watch other clips before in this class. and the question i want to ask is why is baseball rules honoring of jackie robinson in a self-serving thing? in other words, by celebrating jackie robinson? what baseball also celebrate about itself. this was the only place in america that was segregated in the 1940s that the rest of the country wasn't as blatant about it. the separation and racial prejudice existed there too. and when it came to the national pastime baseball, they were the major least the minor leagues and there were separate -- for ballplayers of color, white major leaguers played in fi

in every spring, they got a jackie robinson day work there celebrating a jackie robinson pretty sure you click here that narrate some ofam the backgrouns jackie robinson came to like it is a question that i want to ask, watch this story jackie robinson in a similar way of asked you to watch clips before this class and the question i would ask you, why is baseball on rain jackie robinson, a self serving thing. my celebrating jackie robinson, what is baseball also celebrate about itself? ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ >> if that was the only place in america captivated in the 1940s pretty when test late latent about it racial prejudice it was there as well pretty national pastime there was majorly,es minorly in a separate negro league. knowing major-league played and paul parks first class hotels. negro leaders and ballparks of their own very low pay and they traveled almost almost always had troubles finding tones restaurants with a map and women who understood how baseball was segregated as general manager of the portland dodgers black ballplayers were full of talent and enthusiastic about playing in the

jackie robinson, of course, jackie robinson's number 42 is is is retired across all of baseball and no player baseball can have that number every spring. i believe, was in april. they've got a they've got a big robinson day where the sport is celebrating jackie robinson and i want to show you a clip here that narrates some of the background and on how jackie robinson came into the league. and here's the question i want to ask. watch watch story of jackie robinson in a similar that it asks you to watch other clips before in this class. and the question i want to ask is why is baseball rules honoring of jackie robinson in a self-serving thing? in other words, by celebrating jackie robinson? what baseball also celebrate about itself. this was the only place in america that was segregated in the 1940s that the rest of the country wasn't as blatant about it. the separation and racial prejudice existed there too. and when it came to the national pastime baseball, they were the major least the minor leagues and there were separate -- for ballplayers of color, white major leaguers played in fi

we talk about major-league baseball and jackie robinson coming in on april 15th 1947 and then that's the end of the story. unlike we pat ourselves on the back pretty major-league baseball and they said it won't be another 30 years before we have a black manager. we don't talk about the impact that this devastating impact it has in the negro league predict because the ways in which major-league baseball general manager did not treat negro league owners and players as equals. andus i just read those and does talk about t the rules the unwritten rules of how many black players will you havem on the team in baseball and basketball and football in the start about howhe long it takes for the boston red sox to have their first black ballplayers read in its beginning, not the end. and first on point but even the first that i'm here to do what and to create a pathway for others to come through. and so even with the jackie robinson simply focusing on him on april 15th, of 1947 and stopping there, we suddenly forget about the next almost will next quarter-century of his life, until he dies. and

and see how my wife, the jackie robinson of asian television news people. roll it. i. okay. yeah. so good to see you, my connie. hi. nice to meet you. yeah, yeah. what your last name are markie? are markie. okay, think chung actually. get out to me. connie chung, are them. so i really feel like you hear connie wang. wang and you pronounce it wang. i actually named myself after you. you tell my parents i did you tonight in your crib. you know. how did you do that? because you're iconic person but no i female oh, oh, sorry. i know. me too really? yeah. who do you would you name you have an american name and i don't want have esther sarah. yeah, i like the word so. oh i got no room in my makeup break when everybody laughs. oh, oh, oh my god. oh, my god. oh, you

and this is jackie robinson. and with his teammate, pee wee pee wee reese, a good a good southern white boy who on the brooklyn dodgers said it's about team before anything else. and famously, although it actually never really happened wrapped his arm around jackie robinson and while he's being booed the stand and says no this is about our obsession with integration manifests itself with our obsession with firsts. the first to desegregate major league baseball. the problem with this obsession with first is that the first is the beginning and not the end. we talk about major league baseball. jackie robinson coming in on april 15th, 1947, and then that's the end of the. like. we pat ourselves on the back like major league baseball. it won't be another 30 years before we have a black manager. we don't talk about the impact that the devastating impact that has on the -- leagues because the ways in which major league baseball general managers did not treat -- league owners and -- league players equals and they just ma

[applause] [applause] >> this is his sixth book and is written as i said about jackie robinson, gary,s well as the foursome really did the push to get the approval on the first control bill. but the thing that you see in jonathan's writing, is an immense about the research, the goes into it and i think becomes by that naturally. his dad was an accountant. [laughter] so stickler for details in his mom was a community activist and so if you think about that you think about that subject's that he has written about jackie robinson, mohammed ali and martin luther king and i think that he gets that from her as well. is been reporter for the new orleans times tribune dallas morning news, chicago magazine, wall street journal. he has taught at columbia college lectures at northwestern university. the washington post, calls his new book, the most compelling account of king in a generation and so i think that we are in for a treat tonight with "king - a life". so is important i thinkmpi fors to have just the right person to interview jonathan. valerie jackson, is that person. she is always refe

he was here for the book, a book about jackie robinson. and that's been probably. live seven or eight years since then. and what's really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick off his book tour for his new book. his book just came out yesterday and do that here at the jimmy carter presidential library, which is really, i think, a great. this is his sixth book he's just written, as i said, about jackie robinson, lou gehrig, muhammad ali capone, as well as the foursome who really did the push to get the approval of the birth control pill. but the thing that the thing that you see jonathan's writing is an immense amount of research that goes into it. and i think he by that naturally his dad was an accountant. so a stickler for details. and his mom was a community act of us. and so if you think about that and think about the subjects he's written about jackie robinson, muhammad ali, martin luther king, i think he gets that from her as well. he's been a reporter at the new orleans times-picayune, the dallas morning news, chicago magazine, the wall street journal. he

she'd been aware jackie robinson had broken color lines a major league baseball.y for the dodgers she grew up with a diverse area in long beach. she did not find out until she was older that the school she went to low cerritos parents who tried to get her neighborhood redlined out of the district. literally on the other side of the tracks. so, that did not happen. but she was aware there is a sort of world out there beyond what she knew. and she did not have to accept these limits it. she identify with the people she saw on tv. one of the blacks into integrated in little rock, arkansas school walking into class with her books against her chest. in her perfect gingham dress. class is not that different from what billy wore. in these angry white people following her and yelling at her and spitting at her. she remembers watching ruby bridges in new orleans then escorted into school but federal marshals. she asked herto parents that nit why would anyone stop their kids and go to school together? atat this point well into her wk with clyde and as i said yearning to be

and see how my wife, the jackie robinson of asian television news people. roll it. i. okay. yeah. so good to see you, my connie. hi. nice to meet you. yeah, yeah. what your last name are markie? are markie. okay, think chung actually. get out to me. connie chung, are them. so i really feel like you hear connie wang. wang and you pronounce it wang. i actually named myself after you. you tell my parents i did you tonight in your crib. you know. how did you do that? because you're iconic person but no i female oh, oh, sorry. i know. me too really? yeah. who do you would you name you have an american name and i don't want have esther sarah. yeah, i like the word so. oh i got no room in my makeup break when everybody laughs. oh, oh, oh my god. oh, my god. oh, you you see this amazing. you you know. oh, my god. it's confusing. why name connie? you know, when i. i was foreign, you know, but i realized what it means is, you know, your parents watched it work hard and, like, be brave and take chances. yes, i did do that. yeah. so thank you. oh, yeah. you. oh, love. to watch as just too muc

and see how my wife, the jackie robinson of asian television news people. roll it. i. okay. yeah. so good to see you, my connie. hi. nice to meet you. yeah, yeah. what your last name are markie? are markie. okay, think chung actually. get out to me. connie chung, are them. so i really feel like you hear connie wang. wang and you pronounce it wang. i actually named myself after you. you tell my parents i did you tonight in your crib. you know. how did you do that? because you're iconic person but no i female oh, oh, sorry. i know. me too really? yeah. who do you would you name you have an american name and i don't want have esther sarah. yeah, i like the word so. oh i got no room in my makeup break when everybody laughs. oh, oh, oh my god. oh, my god. oh, you you see this amazing. you you know. oh, my god. it's confusing. why name connie? you know, when i. i was foreign, you know, but i realized what it means is, you know, your parents watched it work hard and, like, be brave and take chances. yes, i did do that. yeah. so thank you. oh, yeah. you. oh, love. to watch as just too muc

. >> jordan: now, i don't want to discount what jackie robinson did, but what pete rose accomplishede's a legend in two of america's past times: gambling as a player and gambling as a coach. pete rose definitely belongs in the baseball hall of fame. >> jordan, have you been hit in your oblong head by another pitch? pete rose doesn't belong in the baseball hall of fame. a hero like him belongs in every hall of fame. baseball, basketball, rock 'n' roll, hip hop, automotive, arby's. put his name on the vietnam memorial, everywhere! yo, they should hang his bookie's phone number from the rafters. >> jordan: boy, ronny, i really wish god took you instead of pete rose. which brings us to my jordan's champagne room boom bet of the night. what will pete rose gamble on first in heaven? as always, brought to you by gambling. gambling: when it stops being fun is when it gets good. >> and that's all the stories this week. join us next time on "sports war!" >> jordan: yeah, we'll debate if it counts as cheating on your wife if you do it with a tackling dummy. >> obviously not! >> jordan: wait, do

that's why it's so important to reelect jackie robinson. >> jackie who? the whole reason barac k bounced joe, is because he was going to lose the white house and the senate. >> if kamala was the answer, why did they all of a suddenwhyo need barack to save the senate? >> it doesn't matter. will just blame nancy pelosi, former speaker of the house kevithe housn mccarthy joe now. >> so she never did anso shey interviews and then they just te throw her into 60 minutes, the view. >> how's it going?en faile >> not well. she even failed oprah. i mean, thinthink about this. >> a city council, someone running for city councila haswol been questioned more about what they would do for your city than the persod city w who wants to be the leader of the free world. nt "thet's so ironic to me wheor you look at the "new york times" poll, 60% of america wants change. n poll, 60ca wants28% said they do what she stands for. but she says she's the changr, e candidate, but she would do nothing different than joe biden. nowtonw, joe biden doesn't even remember what he did. >>

on the dodgers side of thing, you have duke snyder, jackie robinson, the mantle and di maggio playingthat nostalgia and their head to head, 11 times these two teams went against each other, no you the 12th time. the yankees have 27 world championships. the dodgers have seven. before anyone starts to get on their high horse, okay, the yankees are the winningest team in major league baseball. >> all right, sam brock, so much to follow. thanks so much. >>> we'll switch gears, breaking news right now, there are reports of explosions in beirut, lebanon. >> here with the latest is matt bradley joining us from lebanon. matt, what should we know here? >> reporter: yeah, this is a situation that we've been seeing just about every night, about every day for the past month, the israelis have been bombarding this neighborhood behind me, this is where hassan nasrallah, another massive explosion right off back there, you can still kind of see the haze, but this is coming only a couple of mint really after an israeli warning saying they were going to be launches missiles against various targets here

think about s he's written about jackie robinson, muhammad ali, martin luther king, i think he gets thatm her as well. he's been a reporter at the new orleans times-picayune, the dallas morning news, chicago magazine, the wall street journal. he has taught at columbia college and lecture is at northwestern university. the washington post calls his new book the most compelling account of king's life in a generation. and so i think we're in for a treat tonight. so it was important, i think, for us to have just the right person to interview jonathan, valerie jackson. is that person, you know, she is always referred to as the former first lady of atlanta, which is true, but it really doesn't tell her story. i mean, she's grown, she grows up in virginia. she is the one of the first african-americans students admitted to her high school. she goes college, gets her degree in business administration, goes to the wharton school of business, probably the finer school of business gets her mba, gets her mba. there she goes on. she's an advertising executive a regional marketing executive for an airl

at this point she had been aware jackie robinson had broken the color lines in major league baseball, her family rooted for the dodgers and she grew up in a diverse area in long beach, didn't find out until she was older that the school she went to the parents and tried to get her neighborhood redlined out of the district because it was literally on the other side of the tracks. so that didn't happen but she was aware that there was the sort of world out there beyond what she knew and she didn't have to accept these limits and she identified with people she saw on tv, she saw one of the black students who graduated little rock arkansas walking into class with books against her chest in a perfect gingham dress and glass is not that different from what billy war and horrible images of these angry white people following her and menacing her and yelling at her and spitting at her and she remembers watching in new orleans, being escorted into school by federal marshals into troubled her so much he asked her parents why would anybody stop kids from going to school together? she was at this

you know, by this point, as i said, she had been aware that jackie robinson broken the color lines in major league baseball because her family rooted for the dodgers. and she grew up in a diverse area in long beach. she didn't find out till she was older that the school that she went to, those cerritos the parents had tried to get her neighborhood redlined out of the district because. it was literally on the other side of. the tracks. so that didn't happen. but she she was aware that the that there was there was this sort of world out there beyond what she knew and that she didn't have to accept these limits. and she identified with the people she saw on tv. she saw elizabeth eckford, one of the black students who integrated the little rock, arkansas school, walking into class with her books against her chest. and a perfect gingham dress and glasses. not that different from what wore and and these, you know, horrible images of these angry white people following her and menacing her and students yelling at her and spitting at her and she she remembers watching ruby bridges in new orlea

jackie robinson, pee wee reese and duke snider and then open my eyes. i see my kids in the in seats where my father once sat. i realized, though, they never had a chance to see that they had learned about him through all the stories i had told and what? that's what you want. and i guess somehow i felt that on the book too, and i know what a part of judaism it is to live on through stories through the people that you tell from the people that went before. so i really feel in some ways i'll always be so grateful for this curious love of history, which led me to to do that my whole life. and i'm telling the stories of those and it's a great skill for president to have, too. i mean, you think about president biden, right? the consoler chief, george bush on 911. i mean, these are very important for a president to have as well. um, let's go here. thank you. thank you so much. my name is michelle. i guess this is a multi part question. multifaceted question. my doctoral dissertation on holocaust education and bullying. so to kind of piggyback off what you sayi

it's a significant time for me. 1947 is when jackie robinson crossed the baseball diamond.martin luther king said, without jackie, wouldn't exist. same with barack obama. i want her to talk about what america looks like in 2047, 100 years after jackie crossed the diamond. a healed america, unified america, and equal opportunity. what you saw last night is a divisive america. that's race baiting. it's all the things that we were doing in the '30s and '40s. for me, i'd love to see her do that. >> john heilemann, the closing arguments, you know, we've heard from trump last night. the vice president will be addressing the nation from the ellipse tomorrow, the exact spot where trump spoke on january 6th before the riot at the capitol. this comes in a race that is tied. as we talked about earlier in the show, there is a new abc news poll that shows signs of hope for harris in key demographics. >> yeah. i think -- i was in michigan the last three, four days before i came back here. you know, the messages they're crafting, there's always debate, you know, among a lot of chattering