perhaps these stelae depicted not gods, but kings, maya kings on their ascent to power. might the glyphs have recorded their births and ascent to the throne ? proskouriakoff carefully charted these dates. then she theorized that as each new ruler was seated the previous ruler had died. from the birth of one ruler to the ascent of the next, the span of dates never exceeded a human lifetime. clearly, this is not a portrait of a god, but of a young king on a throne. from below, he is watched by a woman -- perhaps his wife or mother. for the first time, the glyphs were revealing maya history. stuart: somebody came up and said "you hear that tatiana is working on a dynasty, "a king list from piedras negras ?" and everybody went, "oh, come on, this just can't be true." and i remember that vividly. and then i remember afterwards, when the publication came out, how clear it all looked. it was as if we only had a hint of what the maya were. we thought they were astronomers and priests. and then all of a sudden, the glass is wiped clean, and there are people looking through. there

king? what did dr. king think? rep. john lewis: i remember malcolm being in the hotel, before we even saw him in kenya, the night of the march on washington-the evening before the march on washington. he was at the hilton hotel in washington. now, he didn't like the way the march turned out, because he said it was like a picnic and that it was not strong enough. amy goodman: and he wasn't invited to speak. rep. john lewis: he was not invited to speak. we-i didn't have anything to do with that decision. amy goodman: after the civil rights and the voting rights act were signed, dr. king increasingly started speaking out against the vietnam war-his inner circle saying, "don't give that speech at riverside church," april 4th, 1967, a year to the day before he was assassinated in memphis, the "why i oppose the war in vietnam" speech. "you've got the president of the united states behind you. you got him to sign the civil rights and voting rights act," they said to dr. king. "don't take him on in a war that is not ours." yet

king 18 rabbit built more than any other copan king, before or after him, according to william sanders. sanders: i think this would be the time when the power of the lineage heads was at its weakest and the power of the central authority was at it's highest, the power of the king was at its highest in copan's history. keach: but even then, royal power was limited, according to archaeologist and co-director of several copan excavations david webster. webster: i think power is the ability of leaders to coerce people into doing things they don't want to do. you get power like that generally in one of two ways -- by having some kind of force or threat of force behind your demands, like a military force. or you get power by having something -- land, water, some scarce resource that other people need, and you manipulate them that way. i don't think maya kings were powerful in either sense. keach: the kings ruled not so much through power but through their authority to settle disputes, spearhead the common defense and control some land. they also gained enormous prestige by redistributing pre

they had found their king. the shrine turned out to be not one shrine, but a whole series of shrines, one inside the other. it took carter two years' more work to reach the pharaoh at last. the strange object belonging to the ritual of mummification was found over in this corner here. nearly six feet tall, it represents a headless animal skin hanging from a pole. as abstract and modern as the emblem may appear, it was in reality probably as old to tutankhamun as he is to us. tutankhamun's dy was found covered with jewelry. aesthetically, many of the pieces are rare treasures in and of themselves. t jewelry had a greater purpose in ancient egypt. bracelets, rings, and necklaces served as amulets to protect and aid both the living and the dead in their journey through this and the next life. next to the burial chamber here was an open doorway to a room that howard carter came to call "the treasury." and an apt name it w because it contained some of the most extraordinary objects imaginable. the foremost object to

they had found their king. the shrine turned out to be not one shrine, but a whole series of shrines, one inside the other. it took carter two years' more work to reach the pharaoh at last. the strange object belonging to the ritual of mummification was found over in this corner here. nearly six feet tall, it represents a headless animal skin hanging from a pole. as abstract and modern as the emblem may appear, it was in reality probably as old to tutankhamun as he is to us. tutankhamun's dy was found covered with jewelry. aesthetically, many of the pieces are rare treasures in and of themselves. t jewelry had a greater purpose in ancient egypt. bracelets, rings, and necklaces served as amulets to protect and aid both the living and the dead in their journey through this and the next life. next to the burial chamber here was an open doorway to a room that howard carter came to call "the treasury." and an apt name it was because it contained some of the most extraordinary objects imaginable. the foremost object

raldolf, and martin luther king jr. and others came to me there were people in the administration concerned about some of the -- president kennedy didn't like the idea of a march in washington. he said it would be violence and chaos and disorder, and he sort of told us we would never get us to the right place. the congress bring hands ever thousand of people to washington. it mr. raldolf spoke up and said, mr. president, this will be an orderly, peaceful, nonviolent protest. and ten of us spoke, it became the last speaker. i spoke number six, there were ten people that spoke that day. i'm the one still around. but there was certain words, certain phrases that i use. i didn't think that the -- be strong enough to protect people in the south. i thought the speech that we had prepared was a reflection of the people that we're working with in the deep south and the delta mississippi and southwest georgia in the black bet of alabama. so mr. raldolf came to me and said, john, for [inaudible] can you make the changes. at one p

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 fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: please welcome dwight yoakam back to this program. he is out with his first studio album in seven years. he is also being honored this month with a special award by the academy of country music. some of them -- some of the making of the new disc, "3 pears." ♪ ♪ ♪ tavis: good to have you back on the program. i did not realize that you have lived in los angeles for 30 years. >> when i got lost trying to get to your studio, i should have known better. i drove a couple of different jobs. i drove for another company that was based near the studio. transporting checks at night. everybody has a job. that was my job. to make a living with a guitar for a lot lo

back to you. >>> fred king was buried today. the father, son, kevin was found shot. >> roosevelt leftwich has more. >> reporter: fed king wanted to see his daughter go to college on a basketball scholarship. help won't see that because someone took his life and family and a host of friends want to know why. antonio rogers is burying a brother. freddy king was a touring figure well known in aau circles but also a touring figure in his family's life. >> they don't know what they took from us, a son, loved him more than anything and it hurts for him to keep asking about his father. >> reporter: on saturday king dropped his son off at the barber shop and said he would be right back. he was found shot to death in cherry hill. he was a few feet from his home. king was taken to shock trauma where he died. at this point police have few clues. family man who was working hard to ray raise his -- to raise his children many any information the public can help us with, we welcome it. >> reporter: the family says they know this is a process a

>> the king, the king is to blame. >> all: what? yet, defend me friends, i am but hurt. >> all: the king is dead. >> good night, sweet prince. >> as part of the lincoln center theater program, the students get to see a professional performance of the play, because as shakespeare wrote, you can never get "too much of a good thing." >> this report is brought to you by ralph lauren. >> i've been working my whole life for this. >> gymnast mckayla maroney is just one of the u.s. athletes going for gold at the summer olympics. as swimmer ryan lochte says, it's all about national pride. >> you're not just swimming for yourself, you're swimming for your whole entire country. >> besides hoping to set new records, team u.s.a. is helping to set new fashion trends. at the opening ceremonies, around the olympic village, and at the upcoming closing ceremonies, team u.s.a. is sporting outfits by ralph lauren. the vintage looks are a tribute to the 1940s. that was when the games were last held in london. then, as now, team u.s.a. represents america

king to answer as well. -- i would also like congressman king to weigh in on the death tax as well. your actual the first one to answer this question. >> the death tacks in my view is a direct tax on the american dream. when people come to this country, they see the statue of liberty and they know the first generation is likely to be a struggle, but they want to open the door for the next generation, the next generation and the next generation. when my great grandfather came here, he had nine children. you want all nine children to live on their 160 acres as a family farm and each generation to go from there. the stock market crashed in 1929, but that is the american dream. if you spent two or three generations building a unit that has a feed lot and pasture and home places and the irs comes in and the death tax and says i have to have 55% or 35% that you have to sell off, it destroys the unit. the some of the total is worth more than the sum of the park. it's a direct tax on the american dream and i'm for abolishing the death tax. [applause] time. e very short on a question to you

my guest tonight is the reigning king of jordan. welcome back to the program king abdullaabdull abdullah ii. (cheers and applause) thank you so much for being here again. i just wanted to let you know as an emissary of the united states our president, i know, was scheduled to meet with you today. (laughter) he was not doing a stupid t.v. show. (laughter) he was very busy with strategic-- meetings. (laughter) whoopi goldbergstan, i believe it is. >> i heard. >> jon: that the talk of-- you were at the u.n. today. does anyone-- is there any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that not a-- is that upsetting? >> not that i heard, no. i think everybody's there preparing for their speeches and in side meets with other leaders. that was not an issue. >> jon: so we are, in fact, perhaps, in some respects blowing this out of proportion? >> most likely, probably. (laughter) >> jon: although inside it does hurt a little bit, doesn't it? (laughter) how are things? you ar

king was there. bases still fall in love and get married or individuals fall in love and get married. and also by far too long and too proud against discrimination based on race and color, not to be against discrimination based on orientation. if two guys or two women what to fall in love and get married come it's their business. no state and federal government should tell people what they can do. you cannot build a wall and make it equal for some people and not equal for others. i think the 14th amendment to the constitution -- i'm not a lawyer, but it's my belief that you cannot have equality for some and not for all. >> hello, congressman lewis. i am herewith a few of my students. i do not remember, mr. wonderful invited us all to come speak with you a few weeks ago because we were going on just the kind of trip you are talking about, global eighth-grade class. >> yes, i remember very well. thank you for being here. >> we are delighted because the visit to you so inspired us on our trip to when we

the singing and nat king cole. do not need too much more than nat king cole, and then i am going to want to hear the north mexican, that beautiful music, you see, because it is so vital, if it is so great. they play these things on the piano. it takes you away. i wanted to be a piano player first and foremost, but i never got around to it. it is tough when you are older to get going on a new instrument. i would have to abandon everything else. i know i probably will not. i will sit in the chair and try to figure out some more tunes. but the classic music, the beauty of records. if it had not been for records, we would not have popular music. we would not have cole porter or whoever you want, and johnny hartman and guys like this. you have a society where you can produce a net king cole, you have a society. you have a country. look at what this country produced. tavis: is one that produd ry cooder. there is some good stuff on here. i did not get to all of this. "guantÁnamo." "the wall street part of town." that shou

king james is the king of kings. >> so, rabbi, to your point, this is all over the network ne but noigies and no burning of jimmy kimmel or others. so are these just words and word words. >> when i see this i can't help but laugh, because they are hysterically funny and when i watch a portrayal of jesus and even my boys like "south park" and very irreverent "family guys" and they are r-rated but jesus pair drodies. >> but to the rabbi's point, you can laugh at it and you don't have to be offended by it. >> they are not talking about the jesus i know. they are skewering an image that people have about jesus that is really attacking organized religion than it is the actual jesus. >> are you offended by it all? >> no, because i know where jesus is. in some settings that are ecumenic ecumenical, christians don't like that all of the faiths are accepted and embraced, because there is a great feeling among evangelicals that anybody who is not a christian is not going to heaven and they are not right and going to hell but in all due respect jesus a big boy. you bring him to the party, and h

the leaders of the muslim community did not go up to those hearings that mr king or congressman king had and explained very clearly on television into the media that the problem that the muslim community has in how it's youngsters are influenced is your foreign policy so we have just twenty seconds corey your thoughts on if you watched the first hearing with peter king held the day before we were on c.-span essentially doing many of the things that you're talking about mark and i know peter king saw it because he attacked my organization throughout the first hearing so there was definitely a counterweight to what mr king was was saying unfortunately however during a congressional hearing he has the bullhorn we don't yet and he definitely did gentlemen thank you all for thank yous are an important conversation. to see to see this conversation or for more of our conversations great minds check out our website conversations great minds dot com coming up after the break while president obama has been soaring in polls nationwide met romney has been having an awful few weeks first it was h

i'm sure i'm sure will but still i'm going to ask you my next question because because we are more king these days that two hundred years since the historic russian campaign of napoleon bonaparte the end here in this country the russians are convinced that first of all the code had lost this war definitely and that and that it was the russian campaign that actually was the beginning of the end of the pole you know as the emperor and it was the it was here that he's glory and arrogance that should end it so is this a fact do you believe that really the russian campaign was the main cause of the put in the in the play to probably disagree with the word arrogance and we can talk about that all night but after but absolutely otherwise completely agree of course the russian campaign. the single biggest reason why the polling in the critical you say single biggest single reason mean there there were there were other factors there the confederation of the rhine which was the german confederation was beginning to lead to a sense of of german unity and with that came believe that why do they nee

i feel that burger king has done me wrong. >> burger king released a statement after the incident sayingorkers are being retrained, and, quote, we have sanitized the sink and have disposed of all other kitchen tools and utensils that were used during the incident. as for macy and tim, they're both living in xenia, and their job prospects have been few and far between. >> there's really no hope of getting a job. at first i was thinking this cancels out restaurant work. but if i go in anywhere, i'm a pretty recognizable person at this point. so if i go in anywhere for a job, this guy is going to give us problems. he's going to be insubordinate. he's chaotic. we don't know what he's going to do. i've pretty much canceled out of any kind of real job. and if it's not television or music or something like that, then i don't think it's happening at this point. >> fortunately for tim, his 15 minutes of fame have led to more performances and more fans. ♪ everyone knows that i'm so dirty ♪ >> his experience at burger king even inspired one of his latest songs. ♪ because i took a bubble bath in a s

because we saw 20 years ago rodney king. >> let me speak to that.ent in its height. when they were going to do the protests of nonviolence and sit in at the wool worths lunch counters, but before you had to march you had to go through training in nashville. they had to take you through a process and i think tremendous accommodation needs to be given from the old guard to the hip-hop generation. for we went 40 days of marching with no arrests, with no looting. a leadership motif, in inner cities without there ever being an outbreak. when people were upset and they were angry. so i have tremendous confidence in the maturity of this generation. >> we've got to teach our young people that the outcome must not be judged by whether or not this man is actually charged. i understand what mayor mario is saying, we don't want to predict it in the way that we reinforce the negative event. but should that event occur, we can't stop fighting. it's the movement, not a moment. >> the thing that we were discussing before is that black people, whether good or bad, r

martin luther king jr. spoke truth to power to the day he died between 1965 to 1968 like his biographer said he literally becomes a pillar of fire talking against the vietnam war talking about political and economic inequality and talking about the triple threats of militarism, materialism and racism on the body politics. 44 years after martin luther king jr.'s death, those threats remain. we think that the new jim-crow on one level we think about michele alexander's best-selling book about mass incarceration and the african-american community. what i want to do today is extend that metaphor beyond just incarceration. we are going to dhaka but incarceration today but i want to expend that to public schools, to racial, political and economic inequality to the death of trayvon martin sheeran harlem to the issues of police brutality to our foreign policy and the drone that checks against innocent globalist. i want to extend the metaphor of the new jim crow to the new tax on the voting rights for african-americ

king says several people with the administration. so did the intelligence change, then, days after the attack, or what? >> well, as you said, fox news has sources that say intelligence officials knew within a day, one day, that it was a terror attack. a spokesman for the director of national intelligence, though, says the information about the attack did evolve over time, but didn't say how long it took. ambassador rice spoke five days after the attack, and congressman king says at >> growing concerns over possible voter registration fraud in florida. early voting begins in the crucial swing state less than a month from now on october 22nd. election officials in 10 different counties have raised red flags about questionable new voter registration. the focus, they say, is on an outside company recruited by the state's republican voters to register new reports. eric, new details now emerging about these allegations. >> yeah, they are, heirs. harris. he says he did nothing wrong, and may have been hoodwinked by people jokingly give wron

during a debate in his home state of iowa on monday night king told the crowd president obama quote doesn't believe in life and families and quote and it seems king really outdid himself with this latest outlandish and controversy or remark because the debate crowd. spotted with gasps and booed but let's look at the hypocrisy of king's comment for a moment president obama supports marriage equality of the right a sense that sex couples to kids and start families king on the other hand is adamantly opposed to marriage equality and the thought of same sex couples having kids scares him straight to congressman king who's really against families the president or you and the very very ugly ohio secretary of state john huston plus it isn't content with just restricting early voting hours in the buckeye state now he has to prevent even more people from being able to vote at a tea party event in cincinnati hustler he's been a stiff told tea party members that he has plans to push even stricter voter id requirements in a league gaudio recording husted can be heard saying that we need to stre

are beautiful paintings and everyone all of you, the audience have come to enjoy the court and the king sits on his thrown in the corner twirling his mustache and he called for his dancers and they come to the room. you are here to be entertained by them. this is called taught. taught is a highly stylized tuning of the mind and body together. you will see very fast turns ending in sharp stances and things with our eyes and eye brows and our neck, our hands. and you will also hear a language, which you might have heard. this is the language of our dance. it tells us what to do with our feet and our bodies and there is a lot of mask going on. you will hear patterns and they will be repeated often 3 times this is a t high. i want you to try to listen for the patterns and see if you can figure out the number patterns. you will see a justure called salon. you remember the greeting namatse? >> good. salom is the muslim greeting. you take your right hand, say a salom. it's a muslim greeting and you will see the dancers say this and it means peace be with you and the king and to all of you this

you can agree or not with congressman king.alk about their focus on abortion and same-sex marriage, you can believe the religion de serves a bigger role in the public or not. you can recognize the a good sergen doesn't get straight to the point. but either way the real message has been the economy. even before today a month and a day ago. to be precise, they were running this ad. >>> when religious freedom is threatened, who do you want to stand with? >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> if the romney campaign has been zeroing in on conservatives lately. recent polling could explain well. we mentioned there's these new cnn poll numbers out. last week, before the democratic convention it was tied. mr. romney got a one-point bounce and while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the convention the basic structure of the race has not changed significant limit that's the question, hasn't changed. what his recent polling revealed about the romney campaign strategy. let's talk about it with john king and senio

yes, kevin james is jesus in "the king of kings." >> see, so rabbi, to your point, this is all over thes. but there have been no uprising. are we just looking at profoundly different cultures or is there something to be head about letting words just be words, bishop, as the rabbi said? >> when i see those, i can't help but laugh. those guys are hysterically funny. when i watch any portrayal of jesus from anything, you know, my boys like "southpark" and "family guy," the guys that are even r rated. but they have jesus parodies on. >> but to the rabbi's point. if you laugh at it, then you laugh at it. you don't have to be offended. >> for me personally, they're not talking about the jesus that i know. in my mind, they are skewering an image that people have about jesus that really is attacking organized religion much more than it is the actual jesus. >> you are offended by that at all? >> no. because i know who jesus is. and like even if settings that are very nice, christians don't like when you're sort inform that setting where you say oh, the faiths are accepted and embraced because th