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she paved the way for jesse jackson than barack obama.as so proud to be able to wear her pearls, her goddaughter sent them to me. it was a remarkable moment to have her there. it was because of shirley chisholm i am and because of shirley chisholm kamala harris is. laura: she pays tribute to shirley chisholm and her historic candidacy. before we go tonight, we have news from the animal kingdom. a new study has found that hippos use the sounds their fellow creatures make to tell a difference between friends and strangers. a call from an unknown hippo may make for a response. thank you so much for watching bbc world news america. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-

reverend jesse jackson said it about baseball, it was not as good as it could be until jackie robinsonplay. you can have the best competitors heating, you ultimately end up with a better outcome globally, domestically inside of a company. and so to me, the american dream is possible, but it is failing a lot of people because of some of these racial blinders that exist. david: why do you need to be the co-ceo of ariel? why don't you do nonprofit words, corporate boards, and other things? mellody: anyone who knows me knows that question to sonic sense, my heart, my love is ariel. ariel is my first child. ♪ david: some people would say you are on a lot of corporate boards and nonprofits, you have married a wealthy famous person named george lucas, the creator of star wars among other things. why do you need to be the co-ceo of ariel? why don't you do nonprofit boards, corporate boards? why do so want to do this? mellody: anyone who knows me knows that that does make sense for me, because my heart, my love is ariel. it is my first child. it was the thing i thought of when i woke up. john s

reverend jesse jackson said it about baseball, it was not as good as it could be until jackie robinsonld play. you can have the best competitors heating, you ultimately end up with a better outcome globally, domestically inside of a company. to me, the american dream is possible but it is failing a lot of people because of some of these racial blinders that exist. david: why do you need to be the co-ceo of ariel? why don't you do nonprofit boards, other things? mellody: anyone who knows me knows that question to sonic sense, my heart, my love is ariel. ariel is my first child. ♪ david: ceos are under pressure to say something about public issues. do you think that is a good thing that jamie dimon or the ceo of starbucks should say things about policy issues that are outside of their domain of the company? mellody: we are human beings with opinions and i don't think being ceo, co-ceo, chairman means that i cannot have an opinion about something. i always put that in the context when i'm giving my opinion, this is my opinion. it does not have to be an opinion that represents starbucks, a

al sharpton will be there, jesse jackson will be there, others from other groups.'re right, and i think this is an indication that the reality of what is happening and that this thing is not going to get through in the senate means that some of these groups and individuals don't want to be part of that failure. they don't want to be part of that process. it is a big jamboree in atlanta and a big speech, and then it all comes crashing down two or three days later in the senate. i suspect that is what is going on there, a recognition of the reality of the electoral and congressional maps of this. ros: straight back to the u.s., because the surgeons had made history after a pig's heart was transplanted into a human for the first time. the 57-year-old man is said to be doing well for days after the surgery, and if this proves to be successful, it could be that animal organs are used more frequently in human transplants. this report is from our medical editor fergus walsh and contains pictures of the operation. fergus: this is the gene-edited pig heart ready for transpl

. >> reporter: 80-year-old civil rights leader reverend jesse jackson, who fought with king for votingmore than 50 years ago, also attended biden's speech. he believes the battle for the ballot will never end. >> we have an obligation to fight back to save the country. >> reporter: as the slain civil rights leader's 93 birthday approaches this weekend, martin luther king iii reflected on how his father would feel today. your father would have been 93 years old, and in the days ahead, do you think he would have been surprised, discouraged that we are now more than 60 years out from his fight for voting rights, that there is still a fight to be had? >> he never gave in and gave out, but disappointment, yes, he'd be greatly disappointed. and say that america can do -- can, must, and will do better. >> reporter: suzanne malveaux, cnn. >> suzanne, thank you so much. so what is at stake if voting rights legislation dies in the senate, and what will america become? >> do you want to be on the side of dr. king or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do yo

in a press conference with reverend jesse jackson, the union says this is the best way going forward. >> i know that's been a concern but we are dealing with the high point of a surge, we have to have adequate safety measures in place. this is a plan that puts those in place, gives people the assurance and specific date that allows us to resume first instruction and then in-person schooling soon. charles: chicago mayor lightfoot remains schools are safe to students shoot the idea down on twitter and not listening and calling for return to in-person learning as soon as possible. lightfoot tweeting, quote, that's what parents want and that's what the science supports, we will not relent. now eric, according to reports there's agreement on both sides on issues like health screeners and contact tracing but stalemate remains in terms of metrics that would decide whether remote learning should be initiated and, of course, the big issue at hand is kids returning to in-person learning come monday, eric. eric: all right, charles, thank you so much. arthel: despite objections of some teachers u

when i was 13 years old, i became appointed youth director of his new york bread basket under jesse jacksontwice when i was a youngster, but i got to know his widow and co-partner and worked very closely with his son martin luther king iii. he was a true champion for justice and we must remember, because of that commitment, we have a better country, which is why i wrote this book about people that never got the limelight, that dr. king always would give credit to, "righteous troublemakers". it's in stores now. i write about foot soldiers' stories in this book, a good way to celebrate king holiday is read about righteous troublemakers by al sharpton. that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern for another live hour of "politics nation." alicia mendez picks up our coverage now. >> thank you so much. this is "american voices". we continue to track the latest from texas where a hostage situation is under way at a synagogue in the city of colleyville, texas, about 30 minutes northwest of dallas. this hour, nbc news can confirm the fbi and atf ar

. >> reporter: 80-year-old jesse jackson that marched with king for civil and voting rights more thant is worth it. >> we have an obligation to fight back to save the country is really the right to vote. >> reporter: why are you so optimistic? >> my back is against the wall. there is no future in hopelessness. we will keep hope alive. >> reporter: king was encouraged by biden's call to lower the senate's 60 vote threshold to get national voting rights legislation passed but at the same time, realistic about his chances of getting the necessary approval. >> i can't say even today my own self-i'm confident that it will pass. but the fact of the matter is if you continue down the pathway that it feels like we've gone down you're definitely doomed. >> reporter: two days later back in washington, king's fears after democratic senator kyrsten sinema announced she wouldn't support changing the filibuster rules. king said history would remember sinema unkindly and her home state could pay. >> arizona was one of the last states to pass the king holiday bill and one thing that happened is the s

jesse jackson. and so many more. i marched with the spirit of annie lou hamer across the edmund pettis bridge for the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. that is why i was arrested in the united states senate for demanding protection for our right to vote. that is why i am standing with you in congress, fighting for our most sacred rights as americans. our right to vote. when dr. king delivered his famous "how long, not long" speech, he spoke to a frustrated nation. how long will prejudice blind the vision of men? not long. his words could not be more relevant today as we continue to push and govern our nation in a way that lives up to the ideals of dr. king and what he preached and practiced. this is martin luther king day and we will not accept empty promises. pursuing kings dream. because black communities across the nation stand to lose the most if voting rights legislation is not sound. we are seeing more aggressive attempts to gerrymander congressional districts. i have voted for the freedom to vote john lewis a

i'll sitting there next to jesse jackson with many other members of the civil rights movement and people hear, but we should have heard this a year ago, six months ago, with this level of energy. we're here now. because we're here, we must elevate the pressure to ensure the rights of "yall" citizens, "all" americans who are protected. this administration put other things in front of that. now that we're here, let's push as hard as we can to ensure the legacy of dr. king, the legacy of so many people who sacrificed their lives for this democracy, that we'll be protected. >> derek johnson, mr. president, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >>> so breaking this morning, donald trump in a new interview hangs up on a radio anchor with no warning. what set him off? >>> and the omicron surge a continuing to crush restaurants. what some owners are doing to stay afloat as they face a lot of uncertainty. some of my best memories growing up were cooking with mom. so when she moved in with us, a new kitchen became part of our financial plan. ♪ ♪ find a northwestern mutual

>> 80-year-old civil rights leader reverend jesse jackson who marched with king for civil and votings worth it. >> we have an obligation to fight back, to save the sun try. >> reporter: why are you so optimistic? >> my back is against the wall. there's no future in hopelessness. there's power in hope. keep hope alive. >> reporter: king was encouraged by biden's call to lower the senate 60-vote threshold to get national voting rights legislation passed but at the same time realistic about its chances of getting the necessary approval. >> i can't say even today my own self i'm confident that it will pass, but the fact of the matter is if you continue down the pathway that it feels like we've gone down, you're definitely doomed. >> two days later back in washington, king's fears were realized. the voting rights bill effectively died after democratic senator kyrstin sinema of arizona announced she would not support changing the senate filibuster rules. king said history would remember sinema unkindly hand her home state could pay. >> you may remember that arizona was one of the last stat

jesse jackson and al sharpton was there, but noticeably absent was georgia's voting rights super warrior, stacey abrams, who cited a scheduling conflict. she's the former democratic candidate for governor, and now another governor candidate in georgia who was instrumental in exposing these discriminatory practices in georgia. now, the president, he downplayed any tension that might be there. he told reporters that he spoke to abrams this very morning. saying they're on the same page and everything is fine. but why exactly would she turn down an opportunity like this? i mean, i'm wondering, was that a scheduling conflict? or was she herself conflicted about getting beside the president of the united states? and if so, what message does that send to him, to members of congress, and the georgia electorate? now abrams put out tweets thanking president biden for, quote, refusing to relent until the work of protecting voting rights is finished. she also welcomed him back to georgia. she also did mention that they spoke by phone, as president biden said, and she reaffirmed their, quote, shared

. >> reverend jesse jackson who marched with king more than a half century ago also attended biden'sgation to fight back, to save the country, the right to vote. >> why are you so optimistic? >> my back is against the wall. there's no future in hopelessness. gotta keep hope alive. >> reporter: king was encouraged by biden's call to lower the senate's 60 vote threshold to get national voting rights legislation passed but at the same time realistic about the chances of getting the necessary approval. >> i can't say today my own self i'm confident that it will pass. but the fact of the matter is, if you continue down the pathway that it feels like we've gone down, you're definitely doomed. >> reporter: two days later, back in washington, king's fears were realized. the voting rights bill effectively died after democratic senator kyrsten sinema of arizona announced she would not support changing the senate filibuster rules. king said history would remember her unkindly and her home state could pay. >> you may remember that arizona was one of the last states to pass the king holiday bill.

>> derek and i were there to -- today together along with jesse jackson, al sharpton, many leaders from georgia. and we stand united with -- with all the voting rights leaders in georgia about the need for the words today to lead to actions. clear on that. what i hear from manchin in those comments i think is different maybe than what you heard. he said he is open to rules changes. manchin is a very sophisticated speaker. you got to remember he was for -- sorry, he was against what is now called the freedom to vote act. before he helped author this current version, and now is for it. he is somebody who is already moved on the arc and i believe he will move further. today wouldn't have happened without hundreds of thousands of activist demanding the president do it. wouldn't have happened without hundreds going to jail outside the white house, including martin luther king iii who was there today who reminded all of us many times that his father had to make johnson -- president johnson -- actually find the energy to pass the voting rights act, if n the first place after president johnson

getting into the community and actually doing type of what we've seen for father in chicago, rerchgd jesse jacksonrs around country who are trying to be in the community and be involved so it is a multifacet approach it is a nature of the way the society is. dan: i want to get to one more question but i want to note even when you control per capita liberal cities so you eliminate population density variable, the liberal cities are still at top. so you know, that i get it. what's where people are but when you control for that variable so it is liberal cities so i don't disagree but you should note that one more quick question here and a minute left what do you think is behind this shortage in police departments in big cities now. a lot of officers are just leaving they don't topght work there anymore and this is a relatively new phenomenon to this degree. >> well, you know i think it is part of the disconnect between communities and police. no community wants police to be their enemy they want people want to get rid of bad cops not get rid of cops i think what has to happen is invest in recruitment

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i agree with jesse jackson, jr., who recently said we were moving towards democracy and this is a wayensure that we're back on that right road. >> it is a way to ensure back on that right road and in this case, she is the hurdle on that road. you and my good friend natasha that brown, you guys opted to not offend president biden -- attend president biden's speech the week. i want to give you an opportunity to address the vitriol directed your way in a much more collegiate atmosphere. my colleague jonathan capehart wrote about your decision to not go. he said activists shouldn't be rallying against joe biden and harris. i don't know if that's what you guys are doing. essentially you guys should organize against sinema and manchin. how do you respond people felt your absence was disrespectful to madam vice president kamala harris and president joe biden? >> yeah. good morning, tiffany. yeah, you know, it's not about disrespect. right. it is about accountability. and what we were basically saying was that we thought it wasn't the time for another speech all throughout 2021 would have bee

al sharpton, tamika mallory and so many more, jesse jackson. thank you. but let me just say today that i march with the spirit of fannie lou hamer and is a cross to be edmund pettus bridge for the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. that is why i was arrested recently in the united states senate for demanding the protection for our voting rights. i stand on finney lou hamer's shoulders. i stand on the shoulders of shirley chisholm, caretta scott king, rosa parks. in dorothy height. and yolanda, you and my two grandchildren leah and spencer, the new generation, and you are doing it your way, but let me say to you, you stand on our foundation. together, we must tear down the walls of injustice against voting rights and insist that the senate passed the freedom to voting rights act because silence is not an option. the congressional black caucus has called for the vote, demanding the senate to take immediate action on voting rights legislation. we will not yield our efforts to enshrine voting rights legislation into law, nor will we allow a filibuster to fili

my mother brought me to reverend william jones and reverend jesse jackson who were older than me.y were twice my age. i was 12. she said he keeps watching this stuff, i don't want him to leave the church. they took me in and i became director of dr. king's chapter in new york after he was killed. he was unpopular. that's why i know dr. king was as criticized on the left among his own community. people were saying his day was over, non-violence was over. i will never forget nicolle, sitting there, 13 years old, watching dr. king on a cbs special saying i don't care if i am the only non-violence person left in the black community -- he said the negro community at that time. i still am going to stand for non-violence. the same people who were denouncing him two weeks later were having martin luther king memorials after he got killed. king said if you cannot stand up to your own, then you can stand up to others. the same -- i am sure claire knows this. same was true if you studied nelson mandela. there were people against him meeting with the clerk and others and having a transition o

so different, rainbow coalition jesse jackson and the '60s, martin luther king, he knew exactly the organizationrs, for their admission statement. we got some really crazy things off of the website about socialist agenda. there marxist march, but that is it. right now, as we sit here, we do not know who is running that organization. >> we do know the founder patrice, she resigned blm global network. she is very controversial because the group you mention, the national league of policy center demanding and claims that she has several homes, several homes where over $3 million. nl, suddenly has resigned. the people she has appointed in here instead don't seem to want the job. they both say they may have been designated as the next leaders, but they don't want the job. as you mentioned, they raised $90 million or so. they still have $60 million in their coffers. what are they doing with it? you know, what is the intent? they are a nonprofit but who is the management? where is the audit? the audit for the irs and authorities? i think the search for what happened to that money will imperil the group

think, also, that you've got to look at the fact that civil rights leaders, like andrew young and jesse jackson and martin luther king iii, people that made the day happen, were there. some of the activists that did not come said they felt it was a good speech. and i think that you cannot overlook the historic fact that you have the president of the united states, who said that i am one that believes in keeping the traditions of the senate. i am one that believes in upholding this. saying that this rises above and we must stay voting. i thought it was a great day, a great speech. i told him that, and i've been critical. >> i'm with rev. >> amen. >> would you like to tell us why, sister mika? >> because i don't think you should blame joe biden for that comparison. i mean, did joe biden set up that comparison, or did the forces in the republican party, who still bow to a racist, former president who lost the election but tried to steal it? like, for far too long, we have underestimated the threat to our democracy. >> right. >> and i think president biden, in the past week, has been trying to put

jackson, who actually clerked for briar and california supreme court justice. we under krueger live in washington. i'm jessi turnure. yeah, we california on that list, jesse. so of course, we just saw this whole thing play out with justice. amy coney when she replace ruth bader ginsburg. so what do you think is going to look like this time? the process sounds like it could be very similar, actually. and this is really unprecedented when it came to bear its process from the time that president trump nominated her to the time that she was confirmed was only about a month. and the reason why republicans want to push that forward was because it was right before the election and they wanted to do that. just in case president trump lost democrats criticize that at the time. but now it sounds like they're interested in doing it the same thing, which means that another justice could be confirmed as early as the end of march. that doesn't mean that briar won't be able to finish his term. he's very likely to do that. which extends into the summer. all right. thank you. of course, speculation continues on exactly who will replace justice briar. political analysts hav

confident judges, you have judged jackson, you have several of men who have already got senate confirmation. it so won't be that bad. and you are right, 50 plus one. >> jessee judge says that the republicans can play dirty so there you go. there you go. >> they need to play like they have a backbone and when ever goes that. >> greg: i'm having an article published in the new yorker it will be written by ronan farrow. i'm to show you on the doll. [laughs] >> jesse: were in a duet of the break. coming up, president biden to finally address the crime wave. as people are getting gunned down in hospitals. ♪ ♪ ♪ limu emu ♪ and doug. we gotta tell people that liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need, and we gotta do it fast. [limu emu squawks] woo! thirty-four miles per hour! new personal record, limu! [limu emu squawks] he'll be back. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> coming to new york city next week to talk about gun crimes. and only took a surge and lawlessness and seems like this to catch his eye, chaotic video shows a suspect opening fire in a hospital emergency room. but i guess you'