50 african americans to the courthouse in selma, alabama, on voter registration day, but sheriff jim clark arrested them rather than allow them to apply to vote. i played for congressman lewis a clip of his close friend and ally, martin luther king jr., speaking in 1965 about jim clark. rev. martin luther king jr.: i am here to tell you tonight that the businessmen, the mayor of this city, the police commissioner of this city, and everybody in the white power structure of this city must take a responsibility for everything that jim clark does in this community. it's time for us to say to these men, that if you don't do something about it, we will have no alternative but to engage in broader and more drastic forms of civil disobedience in order to bring the attention of the nation to this whole issue in selma, alabama. amy goodman: dr. martin luther king. you were in the church, john lewis. rep. john lewis: it was an unbelievable speech. dr. king spoke out of his gut. sheriff clark was a very mean man. he was vicious. i think maybe he was a little sick. he wore a gun on one side, a nightsti

. >> denzel, good morning and jim clark, good morning. more and how can they leverage resources better at the local, state and federal level to increase the impact of programs that you have in place across the country to alleviate and ameliorate some of these awful numbers? three out of ten kids not graduating high school on time is an alarmi ining number. >> and thanks to our government, state and local, we do receive support to our local clubs that help with our mission and help to ensure kids have a safe, positive place to go. during the out-of-school hours whether it's during the day, in the summer, in the case of the chicago example, or after school during the school year. and so the support from the government is absolutely critical. and when i look at it, and we look at it across the nation, we're able to leverage that funding to provide these experiences, to provide great programs for kids and to help them with their academics so that they can be successful in school. so we make that connection. and the great part about this is th

others in michigan, we can still vote because if they could take no right to vote instead of against jim clark and get eaten like like john john ls san jose williams, then what excuse do we have if we can't get a couple of i.d.s and go to the pole? we cannot be that lazy that we cannot do what we have to do this november so as much as we are outraged about it, we need to have a strategy that we are there for going to be proactive in deal with it. lastly i'm glad you've said this because i'm with the conservatives. i'm a conservative. i'm trying to conserve the voting rights act. i'm trying to conserve the civil rights act. those that are trying to have a radical departure from what made this country great. we are trying to conserve the country. others are trying to turn the country back and we are not going back. [applause] >> we are going to let our conservatives, the conservative members of the panel jump in and just be to be clear i was teasing. actually we are very grateful to have them on the panel that this nonpartisan event, nonpartisan caucus decide to come up with issues and answers r

and michigan, we can still vote because it they could take no right to vote and stand up against jim clark and , them what excuse do we have that we cannot couple of ids and go to the poll? we cannot be that lazy that we cannot do what we have to do. as much as we are outraged, we need of a strategy that we are therefore going to be proactive and deal with it. i'm with the conservatives. i am a conservative. i am try to conserve the voting rights act. serve theng rtto con civil-rights act. the radicals that have -- that are trying to have a radical departure from what made this country great. we are trying to conserve the country. others are trying to turn the country back and we are not going back. [applause] >> will let our conservative members of the panel, but in theory to be clear, i was teasing. they are old friends of mine. we are grateful to have them on the panel. this is a non-partisan caucused designed to come up with issues and answers, rather than to engage in the bitter partisanship that has undermined progress over the last four years. reverend sharpton mentioned the law. i

clarke duncan. >>> and oh, deer. a family watches an unexpected guest come through the pet door. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. we begin with the weather today, folks. another round of rain. more flooding could be in the works. >> storm team 4 chief meteorologi meteorologist doug kammerer is track it all. >> over the next 24 hours i expect to see shower activity, localized rain. here's one thing going on. 88 degrees out there right now with wind out of the south-southwest at 20 miles per hour. look at that heat index. 95 degrees. a very warm and a very humid afternoon. talk about the temperatures. then you add in the humidity. see those thunderstorms out there. storms into southern maryland, waldorf, prince george's county. back into the west through northern virginia also seeing shower activity. we're just getting started. once again we see a boundary back to the west here. a lot of showers and thunderstorms out ahead of the boundary. i think tomorrow will really be the day we're talking about heavy rain. we've got some out there right now in parts of the area. oxen hill along the beltway here, making

. >> good evening from the clark athletic center at the university of massachusetts in boston. i'm jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs, and i welcome you to the first of three 90-minute debates between the democratic candidate for president, vice president al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. bush of texas. the debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to between the commission and the two campaigns. we'll have the candidates at podiums. no answer to a question can exceed two minutes. rebuttal is limited to one minute. but as moderator i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular give and take another three-and-a-half minutes. even then, no single answer can exceed two minutes. the candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. there will be no opening statements, but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. the questions and the subjects were chosen by me alone. i have told no one from the two campaigns, or the commission, or a

jim sebastian from ddot, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >>> making news now at 5:52, hollywood is mourning the death of michael clarke duncan.can died monday. he had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack in july. his supporting role in the green mile earned him an oscar nomination and he appeared in dozens of other films. he was 54 years old. >>> closing arguments begin later this morning in the drew peterson trial. peterson, a former police officer is charged with the murder in the 2003 death of his third wife. that death was first ruled accidental but the case was reopened after pierce's fourth wife disappeared in 2007 and she's never been found. >>> do you spend the extra money to buy organic? if you opt for organic foods because you believe they're healthier, a new study finds no nutritional difference between organic and regular foods. however, researchers did find lower lefts of pesticide respect -- levels of pesticide residue in organic produce. >>> the superintendent of the area's largest school system will be joining us live in our next hour. >> up next, a local soccer team full of high school seniors is