well, on saturday, that chief stood in the first baptist church in montgomery and apologized to john lewisngressman lewis, for the inaction of his police department way back then. watch this. this just amazing. >> when you got off the bus in 1961, you didn't have a friend in this part. and you're good friends with the president of the united states. and i want you to know that you have friends in montgomery police department, that we're for you, we're with you. we want to respect the law and adhere the law, which is what you were trying to do all along. this symbol of authority which used to be a symbol of oppression, is a symbol of reconciliation. 52 years ago, what you stood for has made a difference. the world that we live in today, this city that i get to serve as police chief is changed for the better because i wouldn't be standing here right now if it weren't for you. and this is a token of that appreciation, congressman, because you changed this city. you changed this state. you changed this country. and as pastor moore said, you changed the world. and for that we are truly grateful

and passed his badge to congressman john lewis. what do gestures like this do for wounds of the past? >> you know, interestingly enough at the beginning of this year i called this a year of healing and reconciliation. i am so glad and also commend the police chief in montgomery for extending that apology to john lewis because i think it is healing. i think it appeals to other people who may be out there and have been afraid. hopefully it will bring them forward. it helps to begin to forge a new relationship. they are not people that are as contrite as he was as he extended this apology to john lewis and we must continue to remain vigilant and ensure that we protect people that need to be protective in this society as we continue to move forward towards freedom and participate in government for all people. >> daughter of the reverend martin luther king jr. always good to see and hear from you. >> thank you. >> we are going to continue to keep an eye on the event over the next hour or so. as we mentioned congressman john lewis is exp

john lewis is the last living person of the major speakers at the march on washington, and we expect orward to the anniversary of the march on washington. for now, i love you, and i am always glad to have you on the show. >> you are one of the reasons -- you are young compared to me. we -- wenow how proud are asked the question, was it worth it? what changed? articulate spokespeople and now came after us. tavis: i am going to blush. stop it. i love what mary said many going which is if you are to sing me, live me. if you are going to sing it, you have got to live in. that is it for our show. thanks for watching. as always, keep the faith. ♪ at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with acclaimed actress thandie newton about her new series, "rogue." we will see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to

john lewis is still in congress. there's no camera. we never get footage of what happens in there.to see antonin scalia in person. weird. >> jon: does he. i only read some of the transcripts of what he was saying. he was saying we've got to get rid of this because it's one of last invest yijs of racial preference. >> he said when congress reupped they looked into whether or not it was still necessary. ten months of debate, 21 hearings, 15,000 pages of evidence and in the senate they voted 98-0, yeah we still need but he said, yeah what does that vote mean. >> jon: didn't he say we told them to fix this in 2006 but clearly they can't or won't so we have to do it for them. >> voting is a racial entitlement now. something you are entitled to on the basis of your race. wait a second. do you know how it sounds. i think he does know. that's the neat thing about being there in person you can see oh, actually he's a troll. essaying this for effect -- he e is saying this for effect. he knows he's going to get a gasp. he loves it. he's like the guy in the blog comments using the n word. ahh!

john lewis, your response? >> justice scalia represents the minority view on the court. in fact, justice kennedy wrote the majority view, which is the law of the land with respect to this issue, and quite eloquently a conclusion of lawrence versus taxes, justice kennedy reticulated how the basic guarantees of freedom and equality contained in our constitution are stated as general propositions by the founders, by those who wrote the amendments to the bill of rights atause they recognize that -- as our nation evolves, later generations that come out of the 14th, and fifth amendment or drafted, the later generations will see the loss once thought necessary and appropriate only served to oppress. and that later generations will evoke these basic time-honored principles of the constitution and the liberty and equality for their generation and what is an ever-increasing notion of liberty and equality. i think that is exactly what is at issue with the freedom to marry. lesbian and gay people have been having a loving, committed relationships for centuries. it is the truth. but

to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. >> and georgia congressman john lewisoins us now. ski sir, it is a pleasure it have you on. let's get some words from the justices. >> well, i think that justice raised the right questions. it appears to me that they are moving in the right direction. doma was wrong 17 years ago. it is wrong today. it is my hope and my prayer that they will declare this piece of legislation unconstitutional. congress was wrong. it is time for us to get it right. if we don't get it right, history won't be kind to us as a people and as a nation. >> i want to read a little bit of bill clinton's op ed recently. it was passed in the senate despite pleas but yours of course resonates so many years later. bill clinton wrote justices must decide whether doma is consistent with nation that offers freedom, equality and justice for all. as the president who signed the act into law, i have come to believe that doma is contrary to those principles and in fact incompatible with our constitution. that is essentially what you said in 1996. why do you bel

. >> we are marching today to dramatize to the nation -- >> reporter: a young john lewis was a leader of that march. now a long-time congressman from georgia, lewis was back in selma today, along with vice president biden, as he led a crowd of thousands across the edmund pettus bridge. >> we were beaten, tear gas, trampled by horses, but we didn't give up. >> reporter: nor did they forget the other clashes of the struggle. lewis was part of a congressional delegation that laid a wreath at a civil rights memorial in montgomery, where blood was shed long before selma. later came an apology from the man who now leads montgomery's police force. >> i feel like what i did today should have been done a long time ago because we have to live with the truth and it is the truth. >> reporter: the truth, the police chief said, was that the montgomery police didn't stop a white mob from beating lewis and other freedom riders at the dawn of the movement in 1961. chief murphy offered his badge to lewis. >> the healing continue, that's what the movement was all about. to heal. to become one. >> john l

john lewis said it better than anyone could have said it. these are the same issues and the same struggle among the same people. there's not a black civil rights movement and a gay civil rights movement. there are civil rights, all americans have civil rights, all americans ought to enjoy civil rights, and whatever the court does today, we are going to move a step closer to everyone enjoying these rights. >> just to play devil's advocate, why shouldn't this be left up to states, for people in states to decide, or legislatures in states to decide state by state, rather than nationwide? >> just as we did not allow segregation to be decided state by state. it turned out that despite what the supreme court said in '54 and '55 it turned out to be pretty much that, but we didn't intend it to be that, and the supreme court didn't intend it to do that, and whatever the court does today, i don't think they'll do what i want them to do. i don't think they'll do something sweeping involving the whole nation today. but they should have done it. if they

john lewis said it. i join him. we are not going back, ed. and we're going forward. >> that is the bottom line. that law is there for a reason, because we know the righties aren't going to stop going after it. congresswoman sheila jackson lee, good to have you with us tonight. thank you. >>> the man who created a sandwich empire is whining about president obama? i'll take a bite out of that one next. >>> governor chris christie has a message for the boys over there at cpac. our big panel jumps in tonight. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." another day, another billionaire ceo complaining about government regulation. meet fred deluca. fred's a pretty successful dude. he's the co-founder and president of subway restaurants. he's done quite well for himself. good for him. he's worth $2.5 billion. in 2011 subway overtook mcdonald's as the world's largest restaurant chain. so what's deluca complaining about? >> it's continuously gotten worse because there's more and more regulation and it's tough for people to get into business, espe

congressman john lewis. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> we are going to start with a few minutes from each ear this morning to talk about anything they would like to talk about about their own stories. we will begin with john carlos. >> you need to forgive me. [laughter] >> not to worry. >> i almost went to the restroom. as i stated, it's a real honor for me to be here in charlottesville and before being stopped i was about to say an extreme pleasure and honor for me to be here with congressman lewis. we have been traveling parallel roads for a long time but we have never crossed one another's paths. i am just so thankful to god. [applause] i'm just so thankful that god put us together before relieved to have one-on-one with the lord. he is a great human being and i'm just so honored to be here to share this evening with him tonight and get ready for a good show. >> thank you very much. dr. john carlos i must tell you i'm delighted and pleased to be with you. thank you for your service. thank you for all

and my friend and your friend john lewis was there to introduce me in my own home. n, did you ever think we'd be standing here in 2013, you introducing me in this house? just having come from the steps of the supreme court in 2013 to make the case against what the court may decide? section 5 of the voting rights act. john just smiled. like he does. said, no. he said it with that same confidence that we would prevail that he must have had when he set foot on the edmond pettis bridge. but we can't let our guard down. no one said it better than john when he made one of the two best speeches. the other one was made by the governor of massachusetts, in my view, at the national democratic convention. here's what john said. he said, they're changing the rules. they're cutting polling hours and imposing requirements intended to suppress the vote. too many people struggled, he went on to say, and died, to make it possible for every american to exercise their right to vote. we have come too far together to turn back. ladies and gentlemen -- [ applause ] -- let me end by saying

thanks to legends like john lewis.together we must guard that progress with vigilance, keeping in mind the sacrifices made by so many 48 years ago today. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: yesterday the junior senator from kentucky took to the senate floor to exercise his rights as an individual senator in pursuit of an answer from the attorney general concerning the rights of u.s. citizens. the filibuster was extended, heartfelt, and important, and wish to say a few words in reaction to that effort. and, as well, on the millio nomn of john brennan to be director of the central intelligence agency. the question he raised was entirely appropriate and should have already been answered by the obama administration. first, i wish to state for the record and to correct any misinterception that yesterday's long -- misinterpretation that yesterday's long debate was a criticism of our nation's intelligence activities. the senate select committee on intelligence is responsi

it is an honor to sit in the congress of the united states to -- john lewis.and it is a joy to be here to honor rosa parks. when rosa parks was a little baby, her mother sang her the hymn "o freedom, let it ring." she heard that song in church. it would become the anthem and mission of her life. rosa parks would say i would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be free. rosa parks is being remembered with this statue in the capital, but this is not the first time her greatness has been recognized here. she has many connections to congress. she is no stranger to these halls. she was recognized with a congressional gold mumble -- gold-medal and strapped with the title "mother of the modern civil rights movement." with the words "quiet strength, dignity, encourage your co-shia personal -- and courage." for 18 years, she was an assistant to john conyers. [applause] they worked together to advance the cause of civil rights and equality. we always ask john conyers to tell us stories about rosa parks. one that i think that

john lewis said it. i join him. we are not going back, ed. going forward. >> that is the bottom line. that law is there for a reason, because we know the righties aren't going to stop going after it. congresswoman sheila jackson lee, good to have you with us tonight. thank you. >>> the man who created a sandwich empire is whining about president obama? i'll take a bite out of that one next. >>> governor chris christie has a message for the boys over there at cpac. our big panel jumps in tonight. stay with us. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just to stay alive... but feel alive. the new c-class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz through and through. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. all the things we love about sunday meals into each of her pot pies. like tender white meat chicken and vegetables in a golden flaky crust that's made from scratch. marie callender's pot pies. it's tim

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this annual charlottesville event features douglas predictionly and congressman john lewis. also this weekend the 26th annual tennessee williams new orleans literary fest value in louisiana -- festival in louisiana featuring its third annual poetry contest, live one-act plays and highlight presentations by authors william j. myth and patricia paradety. florida will host the venice book fair and writers fair during the first week in april featuring author presentations and readings in the historic venice theater. the 11th annual annapolis festival will be held op april 13th. authors jake tapper, gary crist and hannah roadsen are all scheduled to present books. on april 20th, montgomery, alabama, will host the eighth annual a alabama book festival featuring vendors and exhibiters and has about 45 authors scheduled. that same weekend booktv will be live from the los angeles times festival of books. checkbook tv.org for updates on our live coverage. and please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area, and we'll add them to our list. post them to tour wall -- to ou

they were led by civil rights activist jose williams and now congressman john lewis. >> as we crossede, we were met by state troopers who shot us with tier gas. beat us with night sticks, and trampled us with horses. i was hit on the head and suffered a concussion on the bridge. >> reporter: lewis and 16 others were taken to hospitals, and the day was known thereafter as bloody sunday. since then, selma has hosted a bridge crossing jubilee on the first sunday in march. year after year, thousands return to cross the bridge. civil rights activists and leaders and members of congress have reenacted the march. in the final months of his administration, president clinton crossed the bridge in 2000. he returned in 2007 with then senator hillary clinton along senator barack obama at the start of the 2008 presidential campaign. more than a photo opportunity for politicians, activists marched to honor the original bloody sunday demonstrators and to show that the struggle for voter protections continues. i spoke with david, the special counsel to the naacp defense fund. he said he's confident w

congressman john lewis joined vice president joe biden and other elected and civil rights leaders for the annual bridge crossing jubilee. as part of the weekend of memorial the chief of police in montgomery publicly apologized for his department's failures during the violence. >> it needed to be spoken because we have to live with the truth and it is the truth. >> this is the first chief in america to issue an apology. and it means a great deal. >> the march prompted congress to strike down racist voting laws and ended all white rule in the south. ♪ roundup ♪ i want a weed free season, that's how i roll ♪ ♪ so i reach for roundup extended control ♪ ♪ with the all-new, no pump, one-touch wand ♪ ♪ it kills weeds dead and keeps weeds gone ♪ [ whip cracks ] ♪ roundup extended control ♪ i just spray them weeds, then spray them cracks ♪ ♪ the weeds are gone, and they won't be back ♪ ♪ driveway, patio, i just spray once ♪ ♪ and it's adios weeds for up to four sweet months ♪ [ whip cracks ] ♪ roundup extended control [ male announcer ] roundup extended control ♪ yeha with the new one-touch wa

. >> john lewis and john carlos discuss their personal experiences during the civil rights movement live tonight at 8:00 eastern part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> jinger gibson is a congressional reporter with politic coe and here to talk to us about congress avoiding a shutdown but first we want to talk about what's been happening the last 18 hours on in the senate. tell us about the passing of the budget. how long did it take and why? >> the senate voted for more than 13 hours straight on the senate floor and finally arrived at 5:00 this morning on passage of a budget. the rules allow them to amend as much as they can. there are a couple of guys wanting to go until 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. luckily they stopped before that. host: for those who went to sleep at a decent hour and didn't see c-span's coverage ll night, what might they be surprised finding out what happened over night? guest: there were four that tic -- democrats voted against the democratic budget. the keystone pupe line was defeated and some amendment that is republicans were chairing that got done, things tha

congressman john lewis was there during the original march nearly 48 years ago. >>> most senior churchfficial in britain admits that he's guilty of misconduct and is asking for forgooivforgiveness. cardinal o'brien stepped down last week after claims of abusz surfaced from four other priests. the accusers were still in the seminary. quote, i wished to take this opportunity to admit that my my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal. >>> analysts said that tit will likely cast a pal. >>> more overseas news, queen elizabeth is in good spirit after being hospitalized for the stomach bug. the 86-year-old monarch was take on the the hospital yesterday simply as a precautionary measure. her last hospitalization was in 2003 for an operation to repair damaged cartilage in her knee. the queen's calendar has been cleared for the rest of the week to allow her a full recovery. >>> 2 1/2 years after an aggressive treatment plan, doctors say that a baby born with hiv has been cured of the disease that causes aids. now if this case is confirme

that's unlikely to happen but that's exactly what jane addams, lawrence kelly and john lewis and opeb dubois and many other people in my book when they had these ideas including victor berger when he introduced social security and old age security, they thought they were crazy. they thought they were impractical. so the lesson i take away from doing this research which is really a labor of love is the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the subsequent generations and of the next generations but it doesn't happen inevitably. there has to be movements for justice and people have to fight the fight and they have to engage. they have to get off their buts and be part of the social movement. that is the case the martin luther king idea, the arc of history towards justice, we will have a new generation of park vendors who will move the society in a more democratic direction. my book is really about the great heroes of the 20th century and some of the ones that are today in a 21st century move the country in that direction and i'm sure that many the the of the peopl

but i was also interested in the speech of john lewis who was the chair of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. just days before the march, i had met one of the snick activists at a conference. his name was stokely car michael. and from that time on, i understood that when we refer to martin luther king as the leader of the movement, we're also referring to him as a symbol for something much larger than any one person. i think that that's so important for us to understand as we teach young people about the meaning of martin luther king on martin luther king day, that they understand that they -- their generation is what made the movement possible. that the people who staged the sit-ins, the young children in birmingham, they made the movement possible. and i think that this is a extremely important as we commemorate martin luther king. now, also in the 50 years since the march on washington, some amazing things have happened, in my life and many of the lives of the people in this room. if someone had come to me at the march and said, guess what, in about a dozen years you'll be teach

congressman john lewis, an original freedom writer joined vice president joe biden and other elected and civil rights leaders for the annual bridge crossing jubilee. voting rights marchers were beaten by state troopers as they began to march to montgomery in march of 1956. as part of the weekend memorials, the chief of police in montgomery publicly apologized to congressman lewis for his department's failures during that violence. >> needed to be spoken because we have to live with the truth, and it is the truth. >> this is the first chief any place in america to issue an apology. and it's -- it means a great deal. >> the 50-mile march that began in selma prompted congress to strike down racist voting laws, and ended all white rule in the south. we'll be right back. medications? i don't know. last immunization shots? really? honey, what's my blood pressure medicine called? one time i took something and i blew up like a puffer fish. i'm probably allergic to that. at kaiser permanente, your medical information is available to you and your doctors. quickly. securely. no guesswork requir

congressman john lewis of georgia called it an affront to the civil rights movement. the court will decide the future of the voting rights act by late june. pete williams, nbc news, at the supreme court. >>> now overseas to the vatican after that dramatic final departure day for the now former pope, complete with helicopter. the focus now turns to choosing a new pope. and there is word tonight about what happens next. nbc's anne thompson has a quick update for us from the vatican tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. benedict, pope emeritus, spent his first day in retirement celebrating mass and reading messages. and as promised, we didn't see him. but what we did see is what happened here last night at the vatican when the clock struck 8:00. cardinal bertone and his aides sealed the papal apartment, locking the front door and putting a red ribbon through the door handle, securing it with a glue gun. the cardinals who will elect the next pope will spend this weekend getting to know each other. their formal meetings will begin monday morning. a

and john lewis and john carlos talk about their experiences during the civil rights movement. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, our weekly "after words" program. david bernstein sits down with a a special guest. he concludes nights programming at 11:00 p.m. eastern with sandra day o'connor in her book out of order. stories from the history of the supreme court. as a booktv.org for more information on this weekend television schedule. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. coming up next, fiona deans hallora recounts the life of thomas nast. a regular contributor to harvard weekly, he made the donkey and the elephant the symbols of the the political parties in our country. this is about 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. welcome to the historical society. i want to thank you for joining us tonight. what i know will be a very interesting program. "thomas nast." he is the father of political cartoons. i want to thank you for being here. this is the first time in a while that we have had the ability to start an evening program. i appreciate you coming in and bring with us

that's a chain items and florence kelley and john lewis and a beauty beach boys and lots of people inmy book faced when they have these ideas including victor berger on nature district to security and old-age insurance. they thought they were crazy. so the lesson i take away during this research, which is a labor of love is the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the subsequent generations, the next generations. but it doesn't happen inevitably. there has to be movement for justice. people have to fight the fights, engage, get off their and be part of social movements. but that's the case, martin luther king's idea that the airport history is long but it bends towards justice, we will have a new generation of arc vendors to remove the society in a more democratic direction. in my book is about the great heroes of the 20th century and some of the ones acting today in the 21st century, who've moved the country in that direction. i'm sure many people living today and watching on c-span are part of the movement. it's a great tradition to be part of and i hope whe