martin luther king jr. to kill himself, sent to king from the fbi. this happened in american history. it's just one example out of many of how the full weight of the surveillance state constructed to fight the cold war was used against the people working for racial equality. it may have been constructed to defeat the russians and the genuine threat of global communism, but it was deployed on people like carmichael and dr. martin luther king jr. this is all particularly relevant today. not just because it's generally good to take heed of the lessons from history, but because of the spy novel-esque mystery that is unfolding in the news right now which involves the uncovering of a massive and sophisticated surveillance apparatus being operated by the united states government. the whereabouts of the 29-year-old at the center of the intrigue, intelligence contractor edward snowden, had been unknown since he checked out of a hong kong hotel after filming a jaw-dropping interview in which he took credit for leaking classified documents exposing government p

men and women who led the civil rights movement, rosa parks, martin luther king jr. are true heroes. i'mi'm not ready to put edward joe den in that category. i don't remember rosa parks and martin luther king jr. running off to hide in china. theythat's a little different than putting the nation's security at risk and running away. >> cenk: oh, edward snowden is not martin luther king jr. you win. we already knew that. that's apples and oranges and in a different part that have commentary he knows a lot of people in government and he likes a lot of people in government. but bob, that's the problem, you know those guys too well. you think these are my buttedies. don't reveal information about them. and i think you totally lost traffic of challenging the government. so, you know theater. let's bring in the panel again casper the reverend, lee fang, he writes for "the nation" in san francisco. lee, i'm starting with you. bob shaefer guilty or not guilty. >> guilty. the biggest bias is not is a close connection to the establishment whether that's the big business communi

a little book was published called martin luther king jr. and the montgomery story. it told the story of the montgomery bus boycott, the story of rosa parks, the story of more than 50,000 people boycotting buses in 1955 and 56. and that vote, that little book was picked up by a young student in greensboro north carolina. he read the book and started sitting in the three other students and then we read the book in nashville tennessee and we started sitting in. this book has been translated, a little book that cost only 10 cents back in 1957. it's been translated into more than four languages and it has inspired people in the middle east, in vietnam and especially in egypt. i want to see young people here in america feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble. this book "march" also tells several other stories. one day we were sitting in nashville, a little group of us young black and white students on fisk university tennessee state vanderbilt university, and a young waitress came up and said, we don't serve -- do you

martin luther king, jr. were in the forefront of the civil rights movement. there's been no similar movement to end mass incarceration. >> i think dr. king would be just so deeply saddened and appalled by what we've allowed to happen in this country in the years since his death. >> we're told to visit the prisoner, and so that goes with what we do and who we are. >> tom navin oversees prison ministries for the catholic diocese of little rock, but he says jesus' command to care for prisoners is not widely followed. >> we've gotten people to be interested in prison ministry and contribute money to us and pat us on the back, but it's really tough to get people to volunteer to go into the prison. that's really a tough sell. >> as an ordained baptist pastor, judge griffen believes churches should lead a national campaign against mass incarceration. >> we don't recognize the god in our brothers and sisters who are in prison, and the biblical imperative is for us to see that our sisters and brothers in prison are our sisters and brothers. we owe it to god to get the

mulholland you're teaching a whole generation of people of what it was like, not just martin luther king jrre than martin luther king jr. we appreciate that. joan mulholland, thank you for fighting so hard to make a difference, and loki, thank you for telling the story. >> michael: coming up in the war room all of us celebrate the proud statesmen and then we look at the bumbling careers of not so proud ones. "the war room" returns in a moment. minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard

weeks before the march on washington reverend martin luther king jr. roit for what was then the largest civil rights march in history. more than 100,000 marched in peace to hear dr. king unveil the words that would make history. >> i have a dream this afternoon that one day, one day little white children and little negro children will be able to join hands as brothers and sisters. >> today we also remember a tragedy. the brutal murder of three civil rights activists by the kkk. an atrocity that shocked the nation. i'll talk about all that history and the work still to be done when martin luther king iii. stay with us. in parks across the country, families are coming together to play, stay active, and enjoy the outdoors. and for the last four summers, coca-cola has asked america to choose its favorite park through our coca-cola parks contest. winning parks can receive a grant of up to $100,000. part of our goal to inspire more than three million people to rediscover the joy of being active this summer. see the difference all of us can make... together. e

martin luther king jr., right? so i think my reading of history is that surveillance systems are ripe for abuse, and when there are actual documented acts of abuse, i'm more inclined to think we'll see a turn-around in public opinion. >> but alex, that is exactly what we do not have is a documented case of this type of abuse. the martin luther king jr. equivalent type of abuse, the kind of momentum that triggered this type of investigation in the '70s. we heard snowden use the word abuse, but just the word. he doesn't tell us what the abuse is, it is entirely possible that his notion of abuse is not abuse to a majority of americans. and so his debate is also rigged on the snowden side, where there are absolutely no specifics involved -- supporting his argument that he absolutely had to release this information. >> well -- >> go ahead. >> i mean, the aclu has been sort of leading the fight on this. and they're trying to gain more transparency on what exactly is happened. but that is basically shut down at th

martin luther king jr., rosa parks, sojourner truth. too long, the capitol collection of statues failed to include courageous african- americans who led some the most important movements in the nation's and world's history. the installation of this statue in a place named emancipation hall is just one step toward correcting that glaring omission. the base of the statue bears an inscription with the words frederick douglass and was said famously said 155 years ago. he said, "if there is no struggle, there is no progress." after a long struggle, millions of tourists who come across a country no longer have to wait to see this statue and the place where it belongs. now this generation and future generations can honor the legacy of furtive douglass at the center of democracy -- frederick douglass at the center of democracy he fought for. there is no more fitting way of honoring him than with this statue. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, dr. edna g. medford of howard university. [applause] >> thank you and good morning. thank y

martin luther king, jr., selma, congressman john lewis got his skull fractured trying to demonstrate. >> stephen: hey, baby i was at the march on washington. you don't have to tell me. i was at the "i have a dream speech." don't play that back people went on marches card. i was at the marches. were you? >> i was not. stephen: you were not at the marches. >> i was not born in 1965. stephen: i could be madder than you. oh, i wasn't born that. that's a convenient excuse. thank you so much for joining us me. dark days, bright nights. we'll be right xppppxppxpxppxppxpxxxxxx captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org and no mayo. yeah. my name's amy. she's cute. yeah. wow. freedom tower is, like, really coming along, huh? god, i can't believe it's been 12 years since 9/11. oh, my god, i know. it's bananas. time really flies. i can't remember, do they take a long time here? no, they're usually pretty quick. okay. i was actually supposed to be meeting my girlfriend at the world trade center that day. i mean, i'm on, like, walker street and i

martin luther king, jr., selma, congressman john lewis got his skull fractured trying to demonstrate. >> stephen: hey, baby i was at the march on washington. you don't have to tell me. i was at the "i have a dream speech." don't play that back people went on marches card. i was at the marches. were you? >> i was not. stephen: you were not at the marches. >> i was not born in 1965. stephen: i could be madder than you. oh, i wasn't born that. that's a convenient excuse. thank you so much for joining us me. dark days, bright nights. we'll be right

.- mountaimartin luther king, jr robeson was the first actor of american -- african-american heritage to play of fellow. -- othello. good to see you. >> what year did he do a othello? >> 25. let's start with that since you raised it. king, robeson. i have spent time with mandela. i have been fortunate to be in the air of mandela. let's take them one at a time. playing nelson mandela for the bbc. tell me about that experience. >> i was fortunate in that i was working on a set somewhere in hungary. i got the job with enough time so i could read " long walk to fortunate i i was could have all this time to get to know who this guy was. the name obviously comes up all the time and people think that they know these people. only when you start to investigate their lives, i was astonished that this man had achieved so much and was still so unbelievably gracious and humorous. he managed to completely bury his anger, completely bury his hatred of other and was able to understand and i was really blown away from -- by his capacity to understand. >> on a personal level, what do you make of that?

martin luther king, jr., selma, congressman john lewis got his skull fractured trying to demonstrate. >> stephen: hey, baby i was at the march on washington. you don't have to tell me. i was at the "i have a dream speech." don't play that back people went on marches card. i was at the marches. were you? >> i was not. stephen: you were not at the marches. >> i was not born in 1965. stephen: i could be madder than you. oh, i wasn't born that. that's a convenient excuse. thank you so much for joining us me. dark days, bright nights. we'll be right captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org charlie: would you describe this piece as more savory or succulent? it's definitely way too overcooked to be succulent. but it's still pretty delicious. - it's still savory, right? - mm-hmm. now, what if we soaked it in beer? do you think that would help it, like, regain its succulence? - like a beer rub? - mm-hmm. that's actually really smart. mac, grab us some beers. bite my bird. what are you eating? oh, dude, dee and i cooked up a great steak. fra

the reverend martin luther king jr. was watching at home.ot only stepped up to the plate, he hit it over the fence. it was a milestone for civil rights. but the struggle and the sacrifice was far from over. just four hours after the president's speech, civil rights activist medgar evers was assassinated in his driveway by a white supremacist. these times were changing, but there was still a long road ahead to achieve the dream of civil rights. joining me now is president kennedy's leading biographer, the author of "an unfinished life." thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> my pleasure. >> the president kennedy's speech came after real reluctance on his part for getting into the issue of civil rights, didn't it? >> yes, it did. he struggled with this issue for a long time. you know, at the start of his administration, he put three major reform bills before the congress, a big tax cut, a federal aid to education and medicare, and he was reluctant to put a civil rights bill on that agenda because he felt that the southerners would reject it

most are in the government, men and women who led the civil rights movement-- rosa parks, martin luther king jr.-- they are true heroes. i'm not ready to put edward snowden in that category. for one thing, i don't remember martin luther king jr. or rosa parks running off and hiding in china. the people who led the civil rights movement were willing to break the law and suffer the consequences. that's a little different than putting the nation's security at risk and running away. i know 11 people who died or lost a member of their family on 9/11. my younger daughter lived in manhattan then. it was six hours before we knew she was safe. i'm not interested in going through that again. i don't know yet if the government is over-reaching since 9/11 to reinforce our defenses, and we need to find out. what i do know, though, is that these procedures were put in place and are being overseen by officials we elected and we should hold them accountable. i think what we have in edward snowden is just a narcissistic young man who has decided he is smarter than the rest of us. i don't know what he is beyond

martin luther king jr. and present when lbj signed the bill into law in 1965. still has one of the pens and he said that his message to the court would be come walk if our shoes. you know, you were not facing the dogs and you were not facing the water hoses and you don't know -- it took us 100 years to get that law passed. and he said that it was stabbing the voting rights act in its very heart. your reaction today. >> well, first of all, that's a very eloquent statement by john lewis, to which we all have to really pay attention. i mean not only did the court not walk in the shoes that john lewis walk in 50 years ago, but, you know, the court also is not walking in the shoes of our clients. the naacp legal defense funds represents black voters in shelby county, alabama. we were parties in this case. we argued this case in the supreme court. and our clients can well attest to the ongoing issue of racial discrimination and voting in their jurisdiction. shelby county, alabama was found by a court to have engaged in voting discrimination just in 2008. so this is n

martin luther king, jr., selma, congressman john lewis got his skull fractured trying to demonstrate. >> stephen: hey, baby i was at the march on washington. you don't have to tell me. i was at the "i have a dream speech." don't play that back people went on marches card. i was at the marches. were you? >> i was not. stephen: you were not at the marches. >> i was not born in 1965. stephen: i could be madder than you. oh, i wasn't born that. that's a convenient excuse. thank you so much for joining us me. dark days, bright nights. we'll be right captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central >> welcome to the daily show. welcome to the daily show. i am john oliver, jon stewart still not here. he is currently walking across the grand canyon. my guest tonight from the roost, the great quest love is with us. (cheers and applause) let's get straight into it tonight. huge news this morning

i don't remember martin luther king jr. or rosa parks running off and hiding in china. >> in snowden -- snowden challenges that because -- portrait of him somebody who is giving secrets to the chinese ask -- money from the country to do that. the larger context, about the insider threat program run by the obama administration. by -- that is the further scaring of the people that some really -- something only us? happening beyond snowden. >> mlk and rosa parks did not -- the u.s. government chasing them, giving secrets. that's ridiculous. >> wiretapping dr. king sh. >> no. the government was harassing them. he did something against the u.s. government and had to flee. that's a completely different situation. >> he did sign a contract and violated that contract because of his -- >> that's what people do. that's what he -- >> something nobody else has. he has position and has a platform. a.g. didn't have that. >> three months into the job, leaking stuff, he went there for that. >> he had been working there for eight years. >>

. >> rosa parks, martin luther king jr., they're true categories. . i don't remember rosa parks and martin luther king jr. breaking the law and then running into hiding. i don't know what he is beyond, that but he is no hero. >> meanwhile former vice president dick cheney says he believes snowden is a trait ler. >>> cbs news has confirmed someone has been breaking into the computer of sharyl attkisson. investigators are still trying to figure out who did that. what was happening with your computer that made you suspicion? >> well, gayle, there were signs of unusual happening in heise homes for many months, that included odd behavior of my home and work computers. they began turning themselves on and back off at night. i was able to verify and obtain nfrg and i report thed that to news. they then hired an independent cyber firm who concluded the analysis. that ruled out the ordinary reports. >> you had been reporting on benghazi, the ground breaking work on the fast and furious programmes. what did they do or what do we know they were looking for on y

martin luther king jr. and fought for justice and equality across the country. after dr. king's death, pastor carter became the leader of the baltimore chapter of the poor people's campaign, which addressed concerns of the poor in america. the melodious voice of dr. carter has been heard around the world, preaching and singing, from india to korea, as well as on sundays on wbal radio. during his tenure at new shiloh, he founded the nathan carter school of music, the determined biblical and theological institute of baltimore, as well as 30 other ministries. more than 100 preachers were called to the ministry under his leadership, including his son, who co-pastored with him. the towering steeples of the church are a testament to the legacy of service he leaves behind. >>> good morning. they know who you're talking to. an explosive report overnight that the obama administration is collecting the phone records of millions of americans. how do you know if you're one of them? >>> pulled from the rubble, a 61-year-old woman rescued overnight from that tragic building collapse in

a lot of anniversaries to commemorate this year. 1963 was a turning point for reverend martin luther king jr. and the civil rights movement. >> 1963 is, without a doubt, the breakthrough pivotal year. i call it the tipping point. >> taylor branch is a you itser prize winning author of several books about the civil rights struggle including his most recent one the king years which emphasizes much of his earlier work. branch says black churches were central in almost all the major events of the movement. >> there was a place of refuge, there was a place where you learn things, where you were entertained, where you laugh, where you debated. >> reporter: but he notes the church's influence was more than practical. >> spirituality, and christian doctrine were the great buttress for the movement, basically saying citizen's purpose claiming the right to vote and the right to be first class citizens is really the same as our spiritual message that we all have equal souls before god, and that's the -- that's the underpinning of the church. >> reporter: king began his leadership of the movement in 195

marchers, led by martin luther king jr., and others were repelled by police but they persevered and months later, president johnson invited king to the voting rights act signing ceremony. a research department tells us in 1965, there were no african- american senators and no african-american congressmen from the areas covered by the act, but today there is one senator and 17 congressmen. as chief justice roberts said in his opinion, the country has changed. but a question asked by many today is, how much? here's mark strassman. >> reporter: philadelphia, mississippi, has struggled with infamy since the summer of 1964. three civil rights workers registering blacks to vote were murdered by the local ku klux klan. >> we're trying to improve our city. >> reporter: jim prince and leroy clemens are part of the new south. prince runs the local newspaper. clemens heads the county's naacp. they have formed a multiracial coalition in philadelphia to help heal the city's wounds. pr my predecessor would probably not have sat here and trusted jim at all. >> once we kind of got to know each other and un

probable wife in prison term here those people who head unfavorably compared snowden to martin luther king jr and rosa parks had been forgetting that the civil rights activists in the u.s. forty to fifty years ago faced very short prison sentences they were not facing light sentences for their ass of civil disobedience snowden is and he will be so he can justify this time in a place that's temporarily safe but he does not have a stable life to look forward to especially not in next few years in comparison prospects them with those of say bradley manning or julian assange. he has more room to maneuver than now and then a son just signs his in this kind of. oh mate being trapped in the ecuadorian embassy in the u.k. and it's in the fourth week of his court martial and he could very easily spend the rest of his life in prison so i think snowden from his own perspective he first of all he did the right date that leaked this information it's very crucial and like a majority of americans i'm glad this news is out there it's a very very important state break and its effects all of us but i certainly

arizona, which was about arizona's reluctance to declare a statewide holiday in honor of martin luther king, jr. right. at about the same time you recorded that, i was actually working for usa today and interviewed the governor. oh, you did that, huh? a lot of us did. this guy was... mecham. intransigent. there was no-- and the state was in no mood to be lectured to by public enemy about what they ought to be doing. you did this-- this rap video, and you did-- the video itself had some provocative scenes. the governor was poisoned; is that right? or blown up. the governor was blown up, and a senator is poisoned. here's my question: beyond the obvious entertainment value of that... i was steven steelberg in that one. [laughter] (paulson) who were you trying to communicate with? did you have any sense that the people of arizona would watch the video or hear the song and go, "governor, you're wrong; we need to declare a national holiday"? 'cause on the ground in arizona, they weren't listening. well, my whole thing-- we knew that music can make an impact based on communicating to people and especi

the coroner was called to the intersection of 23rd street and martin luther king jr., shortly after last 8/mike. oakland police and an investigation. they say the death comes not initially to appear as a homicide. will bring you more details as they become available. >> america's cup officials are refunding grandstand tickets are racing to live levanti through the louus vuitn semifinals. that is because officials are uncertain of when challengers artemis racing. will be ready to compete. that follows a deadly capsizes first " last month and the death of a crew team member. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. depending on when artemis racing returns there could only be five days of racing starting july 7th. >> the offices of county courts around the bay area are preparing to accommodate potential influx of same-sex couples wanted to tie the knot. if proposition 8 is overturned. the supreme court is expected to make a ruling this month. of california's ban on same-sex marriage the san francisco parts office has signed up 35 volunteers. they will be prepared t

. >> rosa parks, martin luther king jr., these are true heroes. i'm not ready to put edward snowden in that category. >> on "cbs this morning." >> and miss usa 2013 is -- connecticut! >> historically, whoever wins the miss usa pageant goes on to do nothing so -- >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning. we begin this morning with the president arrived in northern ireland this morning to kick off the g-8 summit. conflicts in syria and elsewhere will dominate. >> the spying scandal isn't far away. new allegations involve the u.s. and one of the countries the president is dealing with today. major garrett is traveling with the president. >> reporter: good morning. british prime minister david cameron is just about to convene the first session of the g-8 economic summit and update the status of long-stalled talks on creating a new free trade zone for the entire european continent. discord over the syrian civil war could overshadow those economic discussions. before arriving at the summit president obama urged northern ireland to stick to the ha

end all state affirmative action programs he decided the best place to do that was on martin luther king jr. boulevard in newark on martin luther king day. all this is not exactly boosting lonegan in the early polls. head to head between cory booker and steve lonegan it's 54% to 27%. chris christie is widely expected to win re-election in the landslide. after all, governor christie night have provided steve lonegan good old christie coattails. that is not happening. christie avoided answering direct questions about lonegan's chances including this exchange. >> governor, what do you think of the steve lonegan candidacy for u.s. senate? are you disappointed there aren't any moderates in the party running? do you think that hurts the party's chances? >> you know, listen, again, that's another way of asking the second part of terry's, so no thanks. >> ah, but this has not deterred mr. lonegan. >> i anticipate with enthusiasm governor christie and i will be making great team the next 16 weeks to win the first republican u.s. senate seat in 42 years. >> koch brothers stooge, perennial also ran, s

famous escape was made by james earl ray nine years after he killed civil rights leader martin luther king jr. ray had been an escapee from missouri state penitentiary when he assassinated king. >> the main thing he was interested in was escaping. now, when i first met him, i was interested in escaping too. we got into a couple of plots together that never worked out. one we were going to go through the roof of the old auditorium where they showed movies. we did get the hole cut but it was discovered before we had a chance to use it. we didn't get caught, we didn't get locked up over it. they found it and tightened security in that area. >> in 1977 ray plotted another escape with james slagle and two other inmates. the plan was to climb the outer wall using a makeshift ladder crafted from chains. the inmates knew the tower guard closest to the wall took an afternoon nap. but slagle feared ray's high profile would lead them to the escapees. >> i said, james, you've got no pickup, no car. as soon as your foot touches down, they know it's you, there will be a million cops in this valley and ther

. >> we cake our cue from master martin luther king jr.n a constant battle, and you have the money power which keeps reconstituting, coming back and looking for ways to dominate, and then you have the democracy power. the problem today the money power has been on a winning streak for quite awhile, and we need to reassert democracy goals. we need to be talking about constitution amendments and equalize the situation. we've never been a full democracy. we are not a perfect democracy we never be, but as we trend down democracy, that right to vote is under all the. it's not just under assault from voter suppression or voting i.d. when you have the money power to define so much of our electoral process you end up with a situation where an awful a lot of people who ask, why bother. you cited a a lot of polls we cite another one, the majority of americans think their respective in congress would sell them out for for a campaign contribution. >> john: i don't know why you hate jobs in the free market, john nichols joining us now with more on money

history, from domestic surveillance in the bush era to the fbi's dirty tricks against martin luther king jr7 volumes of the pentagon papers which exposed government lies to led to vietnam. now the government first reaction to that disscloes yur was yes, to try to suppress every aspect of it, from forcing newspapers to censor the stories, to chrjing this man, daniel elseberg under the espionage act. the nixon administration failed. the supreme court ruled that the newspapers had the right to publish top-secret reports and the case against elseberg fell apart. what would dan elseberg think of this trial of bradley manning? he told us on the show on monday. >> he realized what he ought to do at 22, which took me, i was 40 when i did it. there are of course differences. the material i put out was top secret, rather than the secret and unclassified that he put out. >> as for those secret documents, manning has pled guilty to leaking, charges that carry 20 years in jail. but he's facing a much more aggressive prosecution than elseberg. prosecutors say manning should not be treated as a leaker. he

. >>> electrical martin luther king jr.ople talked about interracial marriages, and i quote, racists do not fall in love and get married, individuals fall in love and get married. why don't you want your fellow men and women to be happy. people want to get married. buy a house and spend their lives with the one they love. >> that was congressman and civil rights leader, john lewis. speaking against the anti-defense of marriage act in 1996. joining me is joy reed and a constitutional law professor at new york university school of law. and also still with me, barney frank. today's an awesome day, a great day, a beautiful day it's a moving, overwhelming day, it is tainted to me by yesterday. i was -- i have to say, i was so angry at that decision. i was surprised at how angry it made me, and i feel whiplash and confusion and my heart is an emotional pretzel after the last two days. how do we make sense of these two days back to back. >> i want to add on the third day, affirmative action day, i don't think it got good attention

the most famous escape was made by james earl ray nine years after he killed martin luther king, jr. he had been an escapee from missouri when assassinated king. >> the main thing he was interested in was escaping. when i first met him i was interested in escaping, too. we got into a couple of plots together that never worked out. we did get a hole cut but it was discovered before we had a chance to use it. we didn't get locked up over it. they found it and tightened the security in that area. >> then in 1977, ray plotted another escape with james slagle and two other inmates. the plan was to use a makeshift ladder crafted from chains. they knew the guard closest to the wall took an afternoon lap. slagle believed that his high profile would lead them to being picked up after the escape. >> i said there will be a million cops in the valley and no one is going to get aweigh. i said i don't believe in wasting my energy. so i just sat and watched it happen. that is the corner where james and doug and spider monkey and the others went over. the fence was not here at that time. >> first of

i said on television of a couple of sundays ago people like martin luther king jr. and rosa but theye my heros stayed around and did not run off to china. i think if edward snowden had a case to make, i do not think he made his case by his behavior. i think the post acted very responsibly. i also think that we need to know more about what is going on here. >> i really liked framing the question about whether there was intelligence failure by the press? it is a fair question because we're is happen -- really say if there is intelligence failure it they are unable to predict every feature event. i do not think that is a fair standard to hold them to. did we fail to understand and present as these things were happening? sure, we did. in my case was not for lack of trying. last book that cheney devoted, 2.5 chapters to the surveillance programs. what i broke my sword on was exactly what was the nsa doing that the justice department thought was such a big problem they were very nearly near resignation in march 2004. i could not figure it out. whether it edwards noted is

he told me mandela's legacy will be like martin luther king jr. and gandhi.iew. he's there this weekend for the human rights convention. very open to talking about all kinds of things. >>> we're not done here yet. lance armstrong says it's impossible to win the tour defrance without doping. the cyclie ining world reacts tt little comment. like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪ say it with milk-bone. try align. it's the number one ge recommended probiotic that helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ stay in the groove with align. ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. >>> welcome back. new hope perhaps for a ship lost at sea about a month ago. an american family went missing after they got caught up in a storm. they were sailing from new so zeala zealand. we have the story. >> can you tell me what vessel you're sailing on? >> reporter: that's david an highly experienced sailor. he sailed the high seas for decades. him, his w

that was martin luther king jr.'s definition of civil disobedience. it does not appear to be edward snowden's. he has tried by every method possible to escape any judgment or punishment for his actions. snowden has been compared to daniel ellsberg, the man who leaked the pentagon papers to "the new york times." but ellsberg did not hop on a plane to hong kong or moscow once he had unloaded his cache of documents. he stood trial and faced the possibilitof more than 100 years in prison before the court dismissed the case against him because of the prosecution's mistakes and abuses of justice. mahatma gandhi spent years in prison in their native land. while snowden is no hero, his revelations have focused attention on a brave new world of total information. we're living with the consequences of two powerful interrelated trends these days. the first is digital life. your life today has a digital signature, where you eat, shop and travel, whom you call, e-mail and text, every website, cafe and museum you have ever visited, it's all stored in the great digi

during the civil rights movement there were chose in the church against the advocacies of martin luther king jrd the leadership conference, they felt it was too fast. >> michael: there was a fear that formed that as well. >> yes. >> michael: no friends to the gay rights movement or the churches generally what parallels do you see between the gay rights movement and the civil arts movement. >> julian bond said that civil rights are for everyone. no one owns it. we took our could could cues from gandhi in india. we were not allowed to have family black people. when we were brought to this country as slaves we were denied benefits and these are all things that the lgbt faces. when you look specifically at marriage the supreme court came down with the loving--around 46 years. we were not allowed to marry whom we could. now we're allowed to marry, how can you not be for other people to marry who they-- >> michael: that makes all the sense in the world. i want to play another clip. lgbt canvassers approach people, let's take a look. >> i know that because a black man like yourself stood up for a woma

martin luther king, jr.resentative lewis was beaten by sheriff's deputies in the fight for voting rights and he is disturbed by this new attack by the court. >> the supreme court stuck a dagger in the heart of the voting rights act. of 1965. >> the only thing i did, little few short years ago, i gave a little blood on that bridge. but other brothers and sisters of mine and other people in the struggle gave their veriy lives >> the supreme court ruling allow estates like texas and alabama to enforce racist vote are id laws. they will swap fox news and radio and hammer on viewers and listeners. have allegations of mass voter fraud. they will sell it hard. the struggle for voting rights inspired the nation to change. now democrats have to renew the fight on house floor in a congress that does not get along or move on anything. representatives and bernice johnson joining me to talk about this. the voting rights and where does it start now? congressman cleaver, can congress pass a new voting rights act in it soun

but martin luther king jr. said the budget is the most moral document you ever look at.s hugely expensive to think all of the resources into killing one human being meanwhile, law enforcement there is no community policing, where the money could be spent better. now, you have to take people there. it's counter intuitive because you have people saying, i'm not going to spend all my tax money to keep those people in life compared to the chemicals cost. but it's everything about the death penalty. the d.a.'s themselves talking about it as a cadillac of the criminal justice system. all of these things are converges, and americans are saying it's just not working. what difference do we see? let's do something else. >> cenk: who doesn't love sister prejean. i love that line from "dead man walking" when the man quotes the bible to you obviously susan sarandon playing you. and then you say let me remind myself not to get into a bible-quoting with a nun. >> you know, what do you do, what is a nun doing in a place like this. he starts quoting all these things. i start going back a

. >> they did that to martin luther king jr. and they've done it to other movements.e people who are stronger who say screw you listen to my conversations. >> cenk: we shouldn't have to do that. >> it's generally fighting your government to some degree. >> cenk: when we come back, a senior harvard law will professor who cares about these technology issues and has fought tooth and nail the government, and we'll come back and discuss that and targeting journalists we'll talk about that when we come back. >> the nsa specifically targets the communication of everyone. it collects them in their system and filters them and analyzes them and measures them and stores them. any analysts at any time can argentina. rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great lead