some guy said i'm not a plastic surgeon. >> reporter: van dyke and his wife margie-- they divorced inf fame. >> reporter: and the walls of his l.a. home are cover with photos of family. >> you and your mom. >> and my brother jerry. >> reporter: and hollywood legends. fred astaire. jack benny. oh, my gosh. and this is a wonderful one. this is you and julie andrews. >> rehearsing for mary poppins. >> reporter: and his special friend stan laurel of laurel and hardy. >> when i first called him i said, you know, you've stolen from you somewhat over the years. he said, yes, i know. >> reporter: but van dyke's life wasn't all laughs. in 1969, he played an alcoholic entertainer in the comic. >> let me have that. >> reporter: a role that hit close to home when he publicly admitted to his own alcoholism. you've been sober for a long time now. >> about 25 years i think. it went away so slowly and gradually that i can't name a date when it finally just... i couldn't stand the sight, sound or smell of it. >> reporter: through it all, van dyke kept working. in 1993, he landed the lead in diagnosis

margy. this is r.t.d. international headlines for you this hour but trust me on punished opponents soldiers are cleared of the killing of innocent civilians including children afghanistan four years ago due to the back of evidence. the u.n. accuses libyan the political forces on both sides of the fence of committing war crimes and if they turn its decision to prolong its military action there for another three months. prosecutors in moscow have filed official charges against the prime suspect in the case of reddit russian journalist anna politkovskaya saying they have enough evidence for a conviction. the next gains access to an underground world in gaza the starting point for many smuggling tunnels and a flash point for tensions with israel is a special report. planes are still flying over the border area inhabitants should have accurate i'm not a coach the bombing so. where are you at home. you mean you hear the explosions good good good. good no miss house my brother didn't hear anything off so good the

. >> my name is margie. and here to support the compromise by supervisor farrell. the building is too large for the neighborhood. i do not know the terminology, but for the planning department to amend the code so that it allows for this building of such scale and height -- i think is wrong for the neighborhood. i urge you to support the compromise by supervisor farrell. thank you. >> i am going to read some more names. please come on up. >> my name is ronald li. i am a long-term member of the community. i do support booker t. washington. i think the proposed measure should help the community center. the height of the building is not the issue. the young people who are trying to be in the apartments, to not think of the height of the building, think of the well- being of the community and the young people who are going to stay in these apartments. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> my name is richard wu. i am the executive director of a nonprofit. we work wito support people with training and employment with companies like google that are growing. i c

broadcast blues margy. well look now at some other international headlines making news this hour. pakistan's prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the death of a young man at the hands of paramilitaries which was captured on video sharing footage filmed by passers by the city of karachi shows the man it is like before being shot. paramilitary groups battles a court trying to warp someone the victim's family denies this system innocent person has been killed. the russian so you spacecraft carrying a crew of three international space station after today turning into the president or six during their five months day they'll be visited by the american space shuttle atlantis every last mission of and that's a shuttle before the fleet is retired that. robin r.t. is a journey across russia continues as our close up team travels to the once a well it's not the sexy. yes the administration of russia's southern border has had an unstable existence since the collapse of the soviet union several conflicts or bloody fighting thousands displaced and the legacy of war has forced release of

raw jazz or blues or margie. rasika brief look at some other world headlines pakistan's prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the death of a young man in hands of paramilitaries which was captured on video showing footage filmed by casa's by a sister but actually shows the man begging because not before being shot connection of your son is that honest forthright trying to rob someone with his family denies this their sister instant person killed. the russian soyuz spacecraft carrying a crew of three has docked at the international space station after a two day trip with its number of residents of the recess to six but during that five watt stay they'll be visited by the american space shuttle atlantis the very last mission to wrestle shuttle before the fleet is retired. but r.t.c. journey across russia continues down as our close travels to the once a volatile region of the sense here. the mountainous region on russia's southern borders hand unstable existence since the collapse of the circle in several conf

margy. that time for look at the headlines now. stepping up the pressure on libya the annoyance chief calls for more war efforts of its members maybe intensified nato airstrikes on the travel meanwhile moscow insists a peaceful solution is clearly not off the talks the rival sides. russia puts the brakes on efforts by countries wanting to take action against syria present kremlin says could lead to military intervention bosco isn't looking to draw for solutions when it would put pressure on the syrian regime. america's prisons are on the five thirty three injecting death row inmates in the drug design for killing animals human rights groups say the chemical has a more prominent test it could be painful torturing prisoners to. the next meets a possible candidate for next year's french presidential election far right in the arena penn is banking on the influx of immigrants who take it something she says is being exacerbated by a country's actions in libya. when i'm president of first round victory in france's presidential elections n

broadcast blues margy. one stream cascading from mountain slopes to you is miss mancini. but this beauty brings deaths at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers per hour lou new step to launch. is easy. to. see. looking back at the week's top stories here on our teeth three thirty am in moscow and he's here headlines dozens killed in libya's capital as nato embarks on its most intense bombing raids yet while there's been heavy fighting as rebels were new attacks on the oil support city of zawiya and syria tension is growing as the government continues its severe crackdown on the opposition security forces have retaken the northern town of jews or al shabaab or portably following heavy fighting. in greece anger at the introduction of a new wave of austerity measures are spilling onto the streets of new cuts are those who are to secure a second round of new bailout problems remain as germany and europe. central banks argue over how to get private investors to contribute. u.s. naval vessel in the black sea sparks outrage from moscow and claims it's a prelude to the pla

margie's latest headlines in the week's top stories the death toll rises to forty seven following monday's passenger plane crash in northwest russia as two more people die in the hospital one of them a teenage girl. casualties in the libya conflict continue to rise while rebel forces are accused of forcing civilians from their homes in benghazi. the skeptics in brussels staged the euro's funeral as greece faces public anger over deeper cuts and the country teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. two am in moscow i mattress or bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t a man and a teenage girl who are among the eight survivors of monday night's plane crash in northwest russia have died in the hospital the tuple of one three four heading from moscow to russia's republic of korea crash landed on a major road just a kilometer from the runway the disaster has so far claimed forty seven lives artie's tests are cilia filed this report from the crash site. struggling to keep her composure to china is in disbelief at the sudden death of a friend and. i do not understan

broadcast blues margie's. it's two thirty pm in moscow these are the headlines on our teeth stepping up the pressure on libya the alliance it calls for more war at first which numbers amid intensified nato airstrikes on the capital meanwhile moscow and says the peaceful solution is the only option after talks with a rival sides. prosser put the brakes on average five countries want to take action against syria which the kremlin says could lead to a libyan style military intervention was blocking draft of the incident new ground that would put pressure on the syrian regime and. america's prisons are under fire for mutually interacting death row inmates and the drug designed for killing animals and human rights groups say the chemical has not been properly tested it could be painfully torturing prisoners some. of that steve's hostlers bankers and a saudi prince max kaiser explains what they all have incomes. max kaiser this is the kaiser report covering the global insurrection against banks occupation foreign mo

broadcast blues margy. a brief look now at a couple of other world headlines pakistan's prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the death of a young man at the hands of paramilitaries which was captured on video showing footage filmed by ryan city of karachi is the man appointed is not a complete shock troops on this court are trying to blow up some of the victim's family denies this their sister and some person killed. and the volcanic ash cloud has grounded all flights in argentina you are quite sure surely that's getting since last saturday has already caused flight cancellations earlier this week all flights from time travel business areas and several four months of it there have been suspended concerns the ash could damage a crop insurance. a journey across russia continues close-up team travels to the once for all its old engine of the century it. yes the mountainous region or russia's southern borders had an unstable existence since the collapse of the second union several conflicts all but the fi

belarus is suffering one of its worst economic crisis with prices rising and the currency plummeting margy son thomas has more and wipe out the roots is struggling to pay its bills people are panicking making a run on the banks and making a run out any types of goods that they can let me give you a little bit of a hint of the situation on the ground right now nikolai a small club who is the economic minister in the country at a press conference today in minsk said that he is sorry that he did not shoot himself and that he feels personally responsible for the current economic crisis inside the country now these could be comments that are dark humor if you will or made off the cuff but still for someone of that stature to be saying it is such a thing is very troubling to say the least well on the ground inside the country people are going to try and exchange their rubles their belorussian roubles for russian roubles for u.s. dollars but there are no dollars to be found inside the country so they're coming up empty handed the currency itself as it devalued to such an extent that it's pretty m

the lawyers whom i've spoken about, margie haines-pitts, lynn holt, howard moore -- these are figures whom it is important testimonial. they were creative. they offer models of social change that are different in important respects from the model that thurgood marshall embraced and i say that in part because there is a literature, political science literature, that argues that civil rights lawyers were actually ill-served by reliance on the courts and by affirmative constitutional litigation and that is because it turned out that the supreme court could not and could not enforce its own decrees. meanwhile, movement was so focused on the law that it tended not to mobilize politically. well, what i argue in my work is that these lawyers did not fit that description. they were very savvy. they were able to use the courts and constitutional concepts to their own advantage even when they were skeptical of those same concepts. a second lesson here is that i'm telling a different story about accommodationists. so a man like a.t. walden who is dismissed as an uncle tom by ldf on the one hand

hi, margy. caller: i'm perplexed by the fact that companies in other countries that make billions and billions less than ours seem to get by just fine with higher taxes than we do. and they pay their workers more. and these countries have a gross national product a quarter of ours, yet all their people are getting medical treatment. they don't have to sell their homes and live out in the street. but i'm not some poor down in the dumps person, but these people and him on tv and i've watched a lot of conferences. one lady was saying if they can get the same health care as me how does that make me feel? well, it ought to make her feel like crap, because she is. when you're sitting there making yourself feel lower because somebody gets the same health care, because all of america pays for y'all's health care and dental care and judges that strike down all these rules, and it's not right. and we're lied to every day by people who come on. because you have your meetings, and people are dying. do y'all

hi, margy. caller: i'm perplexed by the fact that companies in other countries that make billions and billions less than ours seem to get by just fine with higher taxes than we do. and they pay their workers more. and these countries have a gross national product a quarter of ours, yet all their people are getting medical treatment. they don't have to sell their homes and live out in the street. but i'm not some poor down in the dumps person, but these people and him on tv and i've watched a lot of conferences. one lady was saying if they can get the same health care as me how does that make me feel? well, it ought to make her feel like crap, because she is. when you're sitting there making yourself feel lower because somebody gets the same health care, because all of america pays for y'all's health care and dental care and judges that strike down all these rules, and it's not right. and we're lied to every day by people who come on. because you have your meetings, and people are dying. do y'all