but i mean, muhammad ali -- and muhammad ali influence on me, i became acquainted with muhammad ali whenhe was a young boxer. and then in 1978, i was assigned by the village voice to cover the second ali fight. i went to new orleans and had a great time. i love new orleans. and recently i went to louisville, kentucky, for the ali center. now, this is not a worshipful book of the kind that that i call the ali scribes write. for example, they say that -- they give credit to ali for his stance on the war. but they refuse to give credit to his mentor, elijah mohammed. elijah mohammed was a contentious objector during what is called the good war, world war ii. elijah mohammed refused to fight. as a matter of fact he went across the country making pro-japanese speaker. gerald horn -- gerald horn has a book coming out on the relationship between the british and african-american captives during the plantation period. he says there's probably more african-americans belonging to japanese fronts than communist fronts in world war ii and it got so that j. edgar hoover wanted to charge him with sedit

. >> reporter: 18-year-old arrgitu osman designed a tile on muhammad ali. says the mural brought the curriculum to life. >> it makes learning about history more fun and appealing for kids my age. >> reporter: this classmate julie zhu enjoys it when her family drives by the mural. >> it's kind of like a sense of pride because you get to, you know, contribute to something like that. >> reporter: over the last 12 years, josef has helped thousands of kids create about 100 plurals all over san francisco, all outside, all permanent. josef started kid serve in 1998 after taking a job creating a mural with schoolchildren. armed with grants and donations he worked with many children in high risk neighborhoods. >> these project really are about kids being able to do something very visual, public, permanent out in their neighborhoods and being able to say in a positive way, we're part of this city and we matter. >> reporter: principal jean robertson can't thank josef enough for multiple murals on the walls of grattan elementary. >> the fact that he can come in and rol

the deputy foreign minister of iran muhammad ali fatah i told our t.v. that again a standard strong example of how international intervention in the region only deepens the crisis. countries from outside the region that have military bases here intervening in our affairs they try to change the interaction between governments and people in the region and the changes that are taking place in the arab world are in the reaction to that the west and the us leadership is trying to use these changes for their own purposes in afghanistan for example the interference of nato has been unsuccessful they've failed to bring security to production is now forty times bigger than before and extremism is on the right but the u.s. is planning to create permanent bases in the region and that only boosts radicalism as many afghans are against this trend watching r.t. live from moscow we're keeping you updated on the latest developments in libya around the globe on air and online and on twitter like. our respondents are in media bring you the latest developments and eye witn

outcome of international intervention and that's according to the deputy foreign minister of iran muhammad ali. countries from outside the region that have military bases here intervening in our affairs they try to change the interaction between governments and people in the region and the changes that are taking place in the arab world in the reaction to that the west and the u.s. leadership is trying to use these changes for their own purposes in afghanistan for example the interference of nato has been unsuccessful they failed to bring security in their production is down to forty times bigger than the extremism is on the right but the u.s. is planning to create permanent bases in the region and that only boosts radicalism as many afghans are against this. always you can have david on the latest developments in libya at around the globe on the air and ally and follow our twitter stream any time it's r.t. underscore com and our correspondents are in libya bringing you the latest developments and eyewitness accounts of the find out what policy years here in tripoli. keeping you up to date fro

so here's nelson mandela, bob dylan, even tony bennett, muhammad ali. these people of all known you'd know it comes time for you to speak about yourself and for your epitaph it should say he had enough courage to stand up for his convictions no matter what problem his actions may have cost him he was just enough to perform a miracle to weaken the diskette the universal prism of sleep to regain his humanity and living hell. he was just enough. just enough. so when people hear justified sure they're going to be thinking to themselves well, just enough to get off or just enough to escapes or survive, why not to make something bold? >> universally we are all just enough. that's what that means. we are all universally just enough. we are born with everything that we need to wake up and to become conscious. that is just enough. >> host: you define contest in the book as loving the world. >> guest: yeah. the love of truth is actually the spirit of man. the love of truth is the spirit of man and if you know the truth, the truth is that we are miraculously and b

. >> muhammad ali. >> these people have all known you. now it comes time for you to say about yourself. for your epitaph, it should be he had the courage to stand up no matter what problems his actions may have caused him, he was just enough to perform a miracle to wake up and escape the universal prison of sleep, regain the humanity. when people hear this, just enough. i'm sure they are going to be thinking to themselves, just enough to get off? or just enough to escape or survivor? why not to make something bolder? >> universally, we are all just enough. that's what that means. we're all universally just enough. we are born with every thing that we need to wake up and to become conscious. that is just enough. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> hi, can you tell us about your latest release and what your next writing project might be? >> the latest thing we did is a photobook on ronald reagan, called "running with destiny" which started with the movie and over the idea that we ought to do a book that was in

. >> reporter: 18-year-old arrgitu osman designed a tile on muhammad ali. she says the mural brought the curriculum to life. >> it makes learning about history more fun and appealing for kids my age. >> reporter: this classmate julie zhu enjoys it when her family drives by the mural. >> it's kind of like a sense of pride because you get to, you know, contribute to something like that. >> reporter: over the last 12 years, josef has helped thousands of kids create about 100 murals all over san francisco, all outside, all permanent. id servet. 1998 after taking a job creating a mural with schoolchildren. armed with grants and donations, he worked with many children in high-risk neighborhoods. >> these projects really are about kids being able to do something very visual, very public, permanent out in their neighborhoods and being able to say in a positive way, we're part of this city and we matter. >> reporter: principal jean robertson can't thank josef enough for multiple murals on the walls of grattan elementary. >> the fact that he can come in and roll out

will smith had his ears pinned back to play muhammad ali.op ear that folds over. samantha's mom, cami, is convinced her ears are making samantha self-conscious and shy. >> i really want to go to new york and get my ear fixed. >> where are you going today? >> new york. >> reporter: mother and daughter head to new york city for the 7-year-old's plastic surgery. first time visiting new york. first time ever on a plane for both. >> do you like the plane ride? >> yes. >> flight 4485, connection service to minneapolis. >> this ear, we're going to make it go back. >> reporter: dr. steven perlman is fixing her ears, free of charge. he says studies show that kids with abnormalities like samantha's, are less purr, which can determine their development. you're not saying it's bullying. >> if it's minor and cosmetic, absolutely not. but in my book and most of the plastic surgery community, ears that stick out is not a cosmetic issue. >> reporter: when i asked her about being bullied or teased, she said no. or no, i haven't been bullied. what's the truth

and muhammad ali is the one that destroyed the state in 1818. this gives one fact that the states needs egypt to survive. so after that, it's really the sect, would reestablish and collapse it then the current by -- ellis road and establish the tip until he gives it his name and 1932. established in egypt, three organization to preach what happens under the name. because egypt at the time hated the name. so sharia becomes -- muslim become and then this was one and his name pointed him as head of the muslim brother in 1928. this means all of the organization it created by the throat because the needs egypt to survive. and just gives us effect that it is a difference between muslim brothers, and muslim brothers is an organization that pads and it's a political agenda, and they are considered unique for all of the middle east and concentrate about just the preaching that we've been washing the mess. and looking after indicates to take over peacefully after all of the people become. so there's a difference between the muslim brother who have their o

. >> host: during that same time, there's a young muhammad ali coming on. >> guest: right.hat's when we got into it because the state of new york was trying to decide whether they were going to abolish boxing in the state of new york, and mahammad was asked to testify in front of a committee, and i was asked to testify as a former convict who needed boxing in order to make a living, and so we were standing outside the senate chamber in albany, and a little young boy asked for clay's autograph. his image was that of a dr. dandy, a black walking stick, and he knocked the paper out of that young child's hand, and i told cassius, you're a punk, you're a big punk, nothing but a punk. from that moment on, cassius and i didn't get along. we tried to his -- he tried to get his stable mates to whoop me. one was knocked out in madison square garden, another was jimmy who became the heavy weight champion of the world, but this was a thing between cassius clay and the hurricane, two personalities clashing together, but after that, when muhammad became muhammad, he was muhammad. he woul

so here's nelson mandela, bob dylan, even tony bennett you say -- >> muhammad ali. >> and out comes time for you to speak about yourself and you say for death it should be, he was just enough to the current to stay from convictions to matter what problems his action may have cost him, he was just enough to perform a miracle to wake up, to regain the humanity in living hell, he was just enough. just enough. so when people hear this just enough, i'm sure they're going to be thinking to themselves, well, just enough to get off, or just enough to escape or survive? why not to make something bold or? >> universally we're all just enough. that's what that means. we are all universally just enough. we are born with everything that we need to wake up and to become conscious. that is just enough. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> next week in booktv will be live in l.a. on saturday april 30 booktv will be broadcasting the "los angeles times" festival of books fly from university of southern california with event coverage, author interviews and collins from 12:45-7: