for the first time in his career, steph ku ri is considered a virtual lock in the western conference line up. he was number two behind kobe bryant who won't play because of an injury. if curry's name is called, he will be the first warrior named today a starting line up since 1995. other warriors are bogus and lee. how about super bowl saturday? maybe even super bowl friday. the big showdown is set for a week from sunday at metlife stadium in new jersey. take a look at what it looked like after this week's winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow. the nfl now says that another major storm is in the forecast for super bowl sunday, and it will consider changing game day to friday, jan 31st, saturday february 1st, or even monday, february 3rd. perhaps we'll go back to a warm weather stadium after this. >>> the muppets get a make over. >>> a popular kids tv show "sesame street" is getting a make over. they're teaming up with mount sinai hospital. they will be given games and activities that promote healthier living. it has been running for the last three years in south american pres

austin -- a disturbing fire is >> this holiday, some disturbing fires claiming to be from the ku kluxklan are infuriating a community in virginia. these fires are set around the neighborhood yesterday morning. inside the bag, the flyers are against martin luther king. want people to come forward and show their faces. madonna says she is sorry for using a variation of the and word. said she has two adopted by children from africa. at first she last out at critics, then she apologized for the racial slur and said she is not a racist. still ahead, jacqui jeras is back with a final word of the forecast. back with a final word of the forecast. my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks likemaybe we sd ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. and unlike warfarin, with no regular blood t

because they have four little girls and have a ku klux klan guy put dynamite in the church, and killedhese children. and even though i knew of other atrocities, and even though we were shot at, when we were kids, you know, by kluxes, i think that was something i couldn't hardly take. >> mudcat says he was so upset he got in a fight with a white team mate from texas who made a comment that would have normally just rolled off his back. >> he says if we catch you in temp we will hang you from the nearest tree. i said i'm glad you said that, we are not in texas, we are in cleveland, oh highs yo! i and i hit him. i was suspended. recognizing that those girls were killed that eight railway, that was the worst time for me. i could have put up with a lot but that was the worst time for me. >> this project is not without controversy. one team did not send its alumni available. preferring to do its own interviews and sending the tape. he hopes that the team comes around and grats him access. if you think this is all about horrible stories of access, then listen to this one. >> say the president

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it was taken by a chinese photographer, chin shong ku. water. he manages to capture the water and a wave of phone cameras recording the event with more than 325,000 hits online, reuters' pictures of the year, 2013, is our web video of the week. that sometimes they have lost -- at times they have -- they don't have the self-confidence that is sufficient for a nation to act on in their own interest. and it is very dangerous that we have depleted a nation from its self confidence. >> revelations about possible u.s. interference in the last presidential elections here come just a few months before afghan's go to the polls to vote for their next leader. president karzai has warned repeatedly against foreign manipulation. a warning that now seems to hold more weight. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. now here is an intriguing proposition, could some of the prominent faces the british side of the iraq war about to apoor officially accused of war crimes, it is not beyond the realms of possibility in criminal court it seems. straight to our

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they have a no engagement policy type inzon, but if you their mascara, they will have ku's on amazon.s said we are a marketplace, and if you do not want to pay to play, let the chaos reign. >> there has to be some sensitivity as well, but i know the reason that you're willing to pay $35 for mascara is ostsuse the handbag c $10,000. >> they are showing up to say do you want protection for your brand? if the answer is yes, you need to pay us one way or the other. when l'oreal starts to advertise on amazon, the product gets cleaned up and the discounting goes away. play, thenot want to marketplace takes over and it could get really ugly. >> uis give me a good nugget to laugh about after you leave. what are the next steps forward? is it going to be a major retailer saying that we need to figure this out? dear fuels lots of decisions -- fear fuels a lot of decisions. >> they might bind together against amazon. we found on average that estee lauder had won a 500 available skus available. >> there is no waiting list, but they have created this idea that there is a waiting list to the point w

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from maxine mcnair, the moth are of the denise mcnair, who was killed at the age of 11 years old, by a ku klux klan bombing of a church. she talked about the shock, and it reminded her. the tragic news came across the airwaves, my matter said it isn't true, it didn't happen. she went on to say, "isn't it strange how people with so much to give in this world are taken. it's god's will, not for us to question." 50 years ago today mrs. kennedy addressed the nation and thanked us for letters of condolences. there were heart-felt outpourings of grief. some were things like a 10-year-old girl wrote and said "i think you are the nicest lady in the world." i mean it too. she was trying to show the nation that she was stoic and you have to soldier on. >> there are 22,000 letters in the series, including telegrams, postcards and momentos from around the world. pages and pages of world war i history are a click away. the first batch of world war i diaries went online. britain's national archives took on the task. the collection is 1.5 million pages and they hope it will >> welcome to al jazeera amer

. >> when you were coming to birmingham, you were coming to ku klux klan territory. birmingham had more unsolved burns than anywhere else in society. segregationists were not about to let some negro preacher from atlanta or some group of demonstrators, either in birmingham or outside the state to come and change their way of life. >> this is our place our power how dare you want to come in and share our power with us. >> it was some very dark days in birmingham, alabama. >> i was scared to death. in birmingham then, the police was the black person's biggest fear. >> you couldn't eat where you wanted to eat. you couldn't go where you wanted to go. they had intimidated the working black people and dr. king knew that. the movement was stagnated. it was dead. >> but i'm going to say to you wait a minute, birmingham. somebody's got to have some sense in birmingham. >> dr. martin luther king was invited to come to birmingham to help with this situation. >> as difficult as it is, we must meet hate with love. >> we would always meet at 16th street baptist church. that was th

there was four little girls and how a ku klux klan guy put dynamite in the church and killed the children. even though i knew of other atrocities and even though we were shot at, i think that was take. >> mud cat says he was so upset he got into a fight with a white team-mate from texas, who made a comment that would have normally rolled off his back. he said "if we catch you in texas, we'll hang you from the nearest tree." i said, "i'm glad you said that, we are not in texas, we are in cleveland ohio, and i hit him, knocked him down. i was suspended. but recognising and hearing about the girls being murdered. that was the worst time in my life. i can put up with a lot of stuff. me. >> this oral history project is not without controversy. at least one team has not made its alumni available, preferring to have a team employee doing the interview and send the recording to u.s.c. dr urban is concerned about censorship and hopes the team comes around and grants him access. if you think the project is about terrible stories of hardship risen to this one. beginning when the cleveland indians we

what reverend wright doesn't know, jim crowe laws, the ku klux klan, all those came from the democrat party. when you are trying to castigate, as he is the tea party as being somewhat anti-black, that is not the case. they stand for freedom and liberty, they stand for fiscal responsibility, government operating within its right roles and responsibilities. i understand why reverend wright would want to disagree with that. >> you know, i think the tea party are a bunch of big boys and big girls. i think the thing that's still stunning to me is that he poisoned martin luther king day, martin luther king day does not just belong to black americans, there are white americans who recognize all that he did. let me give you a contrast. this is what his tweet was and what a contrast to reverend wright. he tweeted, as we celebrate dr. martin luther king jr., let us pay more attention to the content of one's character than the color of one's skin. reverend wright seems to be throwing gasoline on a fire. >> that's the difference between having an adult in the room and trying to have a conversatio

sometime earlier, the fbi had infiltrated an fbi agent, gary, into the ku klux klan in birmingham. and what i described so far sounds pretty good. but while he was part of the ku klux klan, in order to maintain his credibility, he had to both witness acts of violence by the klan and indeed at times participate in beatings. he was under orders, under no circumstances was he to initiate or lead such a violent events, but nonetheless, he could not hold back because otherwise he would be found out. that is a sting operation, if you will. where the moral ambiguity is pretty profoundly troubling and one that i don't think we have ever quite come to terms with. i am very glad that the woman's killers were apprehended, but nonetheless, the fbi had to engage into some questionable conduct. host: gregory wallance, former assistant u.s. attorney from new york. we are talking about the abscam investigation of the late 1970's and early 1980's. it's tie into the "american hustle" movie. we will put the numbers on the screen if you would like to dial-in. or you can tweet as well. peter is calling

forest high school is named for a celebrated confederate general and reportedly the grand wiz of the kun now it's been renamed. >> by changing the name it shows that students can get involved. >> reporter: in schools across the united states were operating under court orders to desegregate. despite students wishing to be named vahala, they were overruled, and nathan bedford forest hooligan. in 2007 the board was requested to change the name, but the board refused. in 2013 renew calls for change and garnered 60,000 signatures the board voted to adopt a new school name. this time the board listened to student voices. >> not only did they believe that the name needed to be changed but their voice was clearly heard about what the new name should be and that west side. >> it's been around for a long time. it should have stayed the same. >> reporter: at least one parent believes that it should be used as a teaching and learning tool. >> i think this should have been a representation of how far we have come. >> reporter: the super bowl said the decision to change the school's name is a turning

despite them being a couple families, more baptists of the ku klux klan as a christian ministry theyare always making the news. can you talk about way news editors may deem them as worthy of voices are highlighted as much? >> guest: >> dave ideology and practicality. the ideology is simply i do not think most folks in the mainstream media have the theological training and tools in temperament and background to tell a difference between fred phelps and westboro baptist church and rick warren at saddleback church. they might say superficially there is some sort of a difference, but i think for the most part they don't get the difference. if they don't understand what the differences are for the most part. again, it is not maybe animosity. it's a complete lack of understanding, the inability to discern the subtle differences. again, that is a part of the training. if i'm a science reporter for national public radio, it is inconceivable i would get hired without having some sort of a science background. and yet, journalists every day, not just religion reporters, but all reporters, cover

the very strange and speaking of deranged gop talkers that say hey, the democrats are the party of kude and propelled into our nation's history by people. and these are people that were very troubled and did some very scary things. but our president? come on, he is hardly near what we're talking about. >> let's deal with the issue for those who may not understand. if president obama is a dictator, then what are we going to say about past gop presidents? hoare is a look at their first term executive orders. past gop presidents, first term executive orders. ronald reagan his first term had 213 executive orders he signed. george h.w. bush had 166. george w. bush had 173. but president obama, he had just 147. so are these guys dictators and better at it and more invasive of what we would call the constitutional rights of citizens than he has been? >> no, rev. what you have there is they agreed with those executive orders. so they're vastly different. i was looking earlier at a "new york" magazine post that actually came out a year ago today and before newtown, president obama had issued t

then a look at the role of the ku klux klan. later a professor examines race relations in the 1920's. american history tv, tonight on c-span3. also tonight, c-span's series on first ladies continues with a look at the life of betty ford. during her time in the white house she raised breast cancer awareness after surviving the disease and voiced support for after her husband left office, she shared her experience with alcohol and prescription drug addiction which led to the creation of the betty ford center. the life and career of betty ford tonight at 9:00 eastern here on c-span. you can also listen on c-span radio. >> on the next washington journal, former mitt romney speechwriter peter winner talks about the strengths and weaknesses of american conservatism. lawless of jennifer american university discusses the impact of women in politics. plus, your e-mails, phone calls and tweets. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern daily on c-span.

. >> despite them being just a couple families, reallying with more baptist than the ku klux klan as a christian ministry, they're always making the news. could you talk more about why news editors might deem them worthy? why their voices get highlighted so much? >> well, you know, i think it's a combination of ideology and practicality. the ideology is simply that i don't think that most folks in the mainstream media have the theological training and tools and temperament and background to be able to tell the difference between, you know, fred phelps and westboro baptist church and rick warren at saddleback church. i i think they might say superficially there's some sort of a difference, but for the most part, they don't get the difference. they don't understand what those differences are for the most part. they're just, you know, again with, it's not maybe animosity, it's just a complete lack of understanding, the inability to discern those subtle differences. and be, again, that's a part of the training. if i'm a science reporter for national public radio, it is inconceivable that

they are similar to the ku klux klan of the 1920s, the john birch society and the john birch society can go back to the know-nothing party as well in the 18 50's. so each one of these quotes that i referred to, the of the 1920s and i want to stress i'm talking about the of the 1920s, not the first that was worn in 1868 in tennessee and not the of the 1950s. i'm talking very specifically about the of the 1920s because that was a national political move. the of the 19th century was racial. the of the early 1950s and 60's regional. we are talking about national right wing reactionary movements each one of those had similar demographics to the tea party. they are not conservatives in the true sense of the word. that is to say true conservatives ultimately accept social change. the of wrenchingly, they hesitate to do so but they know that it's going that -- back to edmund burke's reaction most people would acknowledge the father of modern conservatism. his reaction to the french revolution changed, slow, gradual incremental organic changes preferred to revolutionary change so evolutionary

sometime earlier, the fbi had infiltrated an fbi agent, gary, into the ku klux klan in birmingham.nd what i described so far sounds pretty good. but while he was part of the ku klux klan, in order to maintain his credibility, he had to both witness acts of violence by the timesnd indeed at participate in beatings. he was under orders, under no circumstances was he to initiate or lead such a violent events, but nonetheless, he could not hold back because otherwise he would be found out. operation, ifg you will. where the moral ambiguity is pretty profoundly troubling and one that i don't think we have ever quite come to terms with. i am very glad that the woman's killers were apprehended, but nonetheless, the fbi had to engage into some questionable conduct. wallance, former assistant u.s. attorney from new york. we are talking about the abscam investigation of the late 1970's and early 1980's. it's tie into the "american hustle" movie. we will put the numbers on the screen if you would like to dial-in. or you can tweet as well. peter is calling from new york. the morning. caller: g

it was donovan who stood almost alone in opposition to the ku klux klan's strength in this community during the 1920s. he was simply a man of incredible energy, vision and community spirit who did much to establish a cultural and economic base from which this community has grown into the remarkable city that it is today. donovan died in 1937 at the age of 78. the bellingham herald eulogized him by saying that bellingham had lost its first citizens. from the 400 people when donovan arrived, the city has grown to the population of 82000, with another 120,000 souls in the former forest lands to the north and east. much of our success as a community can be attributed to our quality of life. we enjoy rich cultural opportunities and remarkable beauty of mountains and sea. living here is an ongoing pleasure. this community is proud of its historic past. pleased with its present, and determined to maintain our quality and livability of the future. [applause] >> for more information about booktv's visit to bellingham, washington, or about the other cities visited by our local content vehicles

the ku klux klan should not be allowed to chart -- to start a charter school, we all agree with that. you know what i'm saying. but on the money cyber roland said i think is the basic into, and that is it really is i think a red herring to say that charter schools are taking money away from conventional public schools. it is moving the money for rent and moving money away from schools that for whatever reason people are less inclined to go to. there are some possible problems but in the end these are public schools that everybody attends. and the money that goes to them is still money that is going to public schools. they don't significantly increase the cost of the system, and if they do somehow, what he means is classes are successfully learn. i do now you can argue that. >> question? statement? >> i'm from st. louis, missouri, house of representatives. what we did in the state of missouri is we had this fight with education as well. is a huge fight with labor and all of the educators, superintendents, principals are all involved. so we had a problem with charter school. it was a fe

as lawyers because they won an acquittal of ku klux klansmen for killing a civil rights volunteer.y this way. >> nebbish, always was. that was my impression of him throughout, that he was he was the invisible man. >> but try to ask him a hard question -- >> he would act as if he were someone trying to think of an answer. criminals, cons will do that. we never had any real confidence in the truthfulness of what he said. >> the one thing ray would not discuss, even with his lawyers, was the murder of martin luther king. >> we never, never were able to evoke any kind of reaction from james earl ray one way or the other about dr. king or his life or otherwise. >> in july, in the middle of the night, ray was flown back to memphis in handcuffs. finally, next march, ray appeared in a memphis courtroom in a deal to avoid the death penalty. the judge asked him this -- >> you're accused of murder in the first degree charged in the indictment and are compromising and settling your case on an agreed punishment of 99 years in the state penitentiary. is this what you want to do? >> but only two

. >> the ku klux klan should not be allowed to start a charter school. we all agree on that. but what roland said is what i think is the basic answer. it really is a red herring to say that charter schools are taking money away from conventional public schools. it is moving money around, and it is moving money from schools where people are for whatever reason less inclined to go to. these are public schools that everybody attends. and the money that goes to them is still money that is going to be public schools. if they do somehow -- if they are more in lasses where children are successfully learning, i do not know how you can argue with that. --stions question mark questions? >> what we did in the state of missouri, we had this fight with education as well. it was a huge fight with labor, the educators, the principendents, the als, everybody involved. we had this fear. charter schools were not performing. charter schools were still not performing at the level public schools were performing at. we had a couple charter schools -- they were still for-profit. even though they ar

then a look at the role of the ku klux klan. examines racessor relations in the lives of african-americans in the 20s. also tonight, c-span series on first ladies continues with a look at the life of betty ford. during her time in the white house, she raise breast cancer awareness after surviving the disease, and voiced support for abortion rights. after her husband left office, she publicly shared her personal experience with alcohol and prescription drug addiction, which led to the creation of the betty ford center. the life and career of betty ford here at 9:00 eastern on c- span. can also listen on c-span radio. on the next "washington journal" former mitt romney speechwriter, peter wenner, talks about the strength and service -- strengths and weaknesses of american conservatives. after that, jennifer lalas discusses women in politics. plus, your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. next, a discussion on the top 10 lobbying victories of 2013. and what big lobbying battles lie ahead this year. from "washington journal" this is 3

after that, the rise of gangsters in the prohibition era and a look at the role of the ku klux klan. later, a professor examines race relations. american history tv, tonight on c-span3. series on first ladies continues with a look at the life of any ford. during her time in the white touse, she raised breas cancer awareness and voiced support for abortion rights. she publicly shared her personal experience with alcohol and prescription drug addiction which led to the creation of the betty ford center. at life and career tonight 9:00 eastern on c-span and you can also listen on c-span radio. next, and discussion on immigration policy and what the chances are for reform in the next session of congress. this is 45 minutes. host: in usa today, alan gomez joins us to discuss congressional action on immigration reform in 2014. we're are having a midterm election year. how is that going to impact the prospect for a big new immigration form? how is that goe prospect for a big new immigration form? caller: they will have to do this relatively quickly. the closer we get to an election, the mor

. >> the ku klux klan shouldn't be start a charter school we all agree. you know what i'm saying. said is the nd basic answer and that is it really is, i think, a red to say charter schools are taking money from conventional public schools. money around and moving money away from schools people whatever reason are less inclined to go to and there are some possible problems. these are public schools that everybody can attend. the money that goes to them is still money that is going to public schools. hey don't significantly increase the cost of systems. if they do somehow but it means more seats in classes where children are learning, i don't know how you can argue that. >> question? >> statement. >> statement. >> from st. louis, missouri, house of representatives. missouri is we have this fight with education as well. is a huge fight with labor and all of the educators, principals that are involved. we had a problem with charter schools. fear that in charter schools spread to every part of the state it will cause failure schools because charter schools were not performing. were ho

sent, she was the mother of denise mcnair, 11 years old when she was killed in september, 1963 in the ku klux klan about how manying of the church. she talked about the shock she had. the tragic news came across the airwaves, my heart said it isn't true, it didn't happen. she said isn't it strange how people who have so much to give in this world are taken? god's will, forever and no the for us to question. >> there are 22,000 letters in all, included tell grams, post cards and momentums from people around the world. >> it was five years ago today people around the country watching the miracle on the hudson as it unfolded, a pilot and crew managed to land a jet on the hudson river in new york. everyone survived and later today, captain sully sullenberger and others will gather on that spot to look back. >> calm words from the cockpit during chaos, the engines crippled. captain sully sullenberger turned to his only option, splashing down in the hudson river. >> you think of all the things that had to happen right that day. >> all survived. iconic images of them standing on the wings of th

republican presidents, they are so totally against helping people -- they are nothing more than the ku klux klan with college degrees. they are so out of control. thursday's paper show that the deficit came down by 40% over the last quarter of this past year. experts are saying that it is coming down to quickly. a lot republicans are yelling that the deficit is out of control. call, bill from marietta, georgia. caller: good morning, happy new year. host: same to you. caller: wow, this is really interesting. for the first time in years the supreme court is going to take up an issue with the first black president, which is kind strange. i believe republicans in the supreme court and congress will do anything to obstruct this president. it seems like one of those guys -- seems like none of those guys are in the same place as the rest of the americans in this country. host: that was our last call on this topic. wait for the oral argument later on in the week on c-span. we will take a brief timeout and let you know that our guest is michele flournoy, former undersecretary policy in the obam