[speaking like muhammad ali] by name is muhammad ali. sonhat you of a man who is revered throughout the world? my fatherthem that was muhammad ali, but it did not speed up the process. i think it made things worse. [laughter] of me andictures mohammed at the airport because there were travelers asking for autographs. i said, see, this is me. it kind of cooled off, but they still detained me anyway. it kind of cooled off, but they still detained me anyway. don''t you miss muhammad ali? have become the focus. we're getting calls from all forms of muslim organizations all forms of support groups. i believe them although they did not ask for this fight, they took on the wrong people. i think they're going to become the focus and a rallying point for this struggle. as far as the lawsuit, we are working towards that. we're trying to get everybody who was similarly profiled to contntact us or contact an ororganization that we can work with. if anything, mohammed fought for respect. and so is his wife and son. >> we have to carry on the legacy.

muhammad ali's second wife. mancini says she was questioned but not detained after showing customs agents a picture of herself with her late ex-husband. it's unclear why he waited foreign e. more than two weeks to share his story. ali jr. was never detained before and can find only one explanation telling nbc news, his father fought for his religious rights and now that trump is president, he has to fight. the cbp is profiling. u.s. customs and border protection say they cannot discuss individual travelers, however, all international travelers arriving in the u.s. are subject to inspection. ali jr. was born in philadelphia traveling on a u.s. passport with no criminal record. in 2014, he told the new york post he was then living in poverty and had lost touch with his father. mancini says ali jr. is now considering filing a lawsuit, possibly putting the gloves for a legal fight. steve patterson, nbc news. >>> with his travel ban still on hold, president trump is expected to issue a new executive order in the next

now it's happened again, this time to two citizens, a son and ex-wife of the late boxing champ muhammad alian spoke with them. >> i never felt so uncomfortable in this country in my life. never. >> reporter: 66-year-old khalilah camacho-ali and her 44-year-old son muhammad ali, jr., say customs agents detained then after asking about their religion at hollywood international airport. >> they took me aside and asked me my name. i was like, muhammad. and i was like, what are you >> reporter: ali's mother says she was taken to a separate room and asked the same questions. she says she showed this picture of her former husband, the legendary muhammad ali, hoping it would ease tensions, but it did not. what do you think your former husband, muhammad ali, is saying. >> he's probably trying the fight out of his grave and come and knock trump out. >> reporter: attorney chris mancini represents the alis. >> it's very clear the alis were selected specifically because they had arab names for secondary inspection and then they were asked about their religious beliefs. >> reporter: a law enforcement off

now it's happened again, this time to two citizens, a son and ex-wife of the late boxing champ muhammad alian spoke with them. >> i never felt so uncomfortable in this country in my life. never. >> reporter: 66-year-old khalilah camacho-ali and her 44-year-old son muhammad ali, jr., say customs agents detained them after asking about their religion at hollywood international airport. they had just returned from jamaica. >> they took me aside and asked me my name. i was like, muhammad. and he asked me my religion. and i was like, what are you asking me my religion for? i'm a muslim. >> reporter: ali's mother says she was taken to a separate room and asked the same questions. she says she showed this picture of her former husband, the legendary muhammad ali, hoping it would ease tensions, but it did not. what do you think your former husband, muhammad ali, is saying. >> he's probably trying to fight out of his grave and come and knock trump out in eight. that's what i think. >> reporter: attorney chris mancini represents the alis. >> it's very clear the alis were selected specifically because

that is when muhammad ali jr. was traveling home from jamaica with his mother when they say immigration officials not only detained them, but also questioned them about their muslim religion. for more than two hours immigration officials questioned muhammad ali jr. >> i am the greatest. >> reporter: son of muhammad ali at the fort lauderdale hollywood airport. according to a friend and spokesman. ali jr., returning from jamaica with his mother. muhammad ali's first wife in jamaica to give a speech. she showed immigration officers of a picture with her late ex-husband who died last year. was not detained. her son did not have a picture. 44-year-old ali jr., with no criminal record, was born in philadelphia and traveling on a u.s. passport was asked where did you get your name from and are you muslim. u.s. customs and officials say they cannot discuss individual travelers. however, all international travelers arrives in the u.s. are subject to cbp inspection. so through a family spokesperson, the ali family indicate

one of the travelers is muhammad ali jr., son of muhammad ali. he joins me with his mother.ng us. >> that's good. >> they're saying this is not part of the travel plan, you believe it is part of the travel plan. you just landed in florida from jamaica, where you spoke at a black history event. you were there to retrieve your bags at baggage claim, and what happened, muhammad? >> i got off the plane. before we got our baggage the immigration guy came over to me and he was like, can i see you for a minute? i said, yeah, sure, no problem. so he asked me, what is your name? which i didn't think nothing of that. i told him muhammad ali, he said, so who gave you -- how did you get that name? i was like my mother and father named me. i was named after my father. so he said, okay, now, what is your religion? and i said, muslim, i'm a muslim. and i thought to myself, that's kind of odd. he asked about my religion and i'm traveling back into the country. >> did they take you away? >> yeah. they actually -- then what happened was, they took me in a room, and it was like they didn't bel

muhammad ali jr. and his mother are in studio 57.ys agents asked him about his religious briefs. >>> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> and the academy award for best picture. >> "la la land." >> and the oscar goes to "the wrong film. >> i'm sorry. no. there's a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. this is not a joke. "moonlight" has won best picture. >> this is very unfortunate what happened. personally i blame steve harvey for this. >> the white house is resisting calls for an independent investigation. >> getting way, way ahead of ourselves here. there's no allegations of any crime occurring or that there's a criminal investigation. >>> hollywood is remembering bill paxton. >> that's it, man. game over, man. >> paxton will be remembered for the numerous hits he startestar. >> quite a sight in the southern hemisphere. a rare treat, an eclipse known as ring of fire. >> all that -- >> a teenager survived a seven-story fall in his car. >> it's unbelievable anybody lived throug

i am married to muhammad ali. >> when you made the connection to muhammad ali, and did that change thee at all? >> they said, yeah, okay, and i don't think they believed me. but i showed them a picture of me and muhammad, because a lot of the travelers were asking for autographs and sometimes i have them there with me, and they looked and said, oh, okay, okay. >> why do you think this is anything different than airport officials doing due diligence? >> they have the right to do that, and the question is are they doing it constitutionally or in accordance with our lawyelaws, and both of them are pulled aside, and they are muslim, and this is not a rogue agent that decided to ask questions of people, and now we are getting inundated with e-mails, people calling from all over the country and saying the same thing, and the same thing happened to me. >> they were asked about their religion? >> oh, yes. >> is it wrong? >> yes, it's a religious test. the heartbreaking thing about this we are getting e-mails from people saying, should i deny being a muslim so i can get through customs, and are

you mentioned muhammad ali. i wanted to go to a clip of muhammad ali. shoot them for what?y never lynched me. they didn't put dogs on me. they did not rob me of my nationality. shoot them for what? how can i shoot those poor people? that was as he protested the war in vietnam. what does he mean to you? michael: he is an inspiration for athletes to use the platform for good. of times, you get caught in the marketing situation, you forget you are a person. there are things going on, words you speak, you can inspire young kids to make decisions or bring awareness to things going on. mohammed ali inspires me to be the voice for people. it is different from back then, when protesting and rallies and things you had to go out and get them to follow you and do these things to share your message. a button onck of twitter, instagram, facebook, you can share your message and reach millions of people. you can change a lot of lives. the israel trip was about the time benjamin netanyahu came to the united states and had a news conference with donald trump. your thoughts on trump? growing

the son of the legend, the wast, the late muhammad ali detaind and questioned for hours because he has a muslim last america.t is not host: your representative, bill asqual, he tried to get president trump tax releases. a previous guest said it wasn't a correct way. that argument and the effort being made to release the tax you think?at do guest: some folks hold on to tohnical aspects of a debate ensure the movement is not to go forward, something that should be really black and fundamental uld be for us. , we look into tax returns, why not this president. when we have resolution that for president trump to release that information, the ther side of the aisle will adhere to technical opposition prevent that from happening. that is very sad, i think the american people deserve to know trump's tax returns. thoughts on president trump's traesz to congress tonight? guest: we'll hear what he has to say. optimistic, i hope remains within the parameters of the great future of america and heavy-handed like bullying anybody to beat down on that is different. host: some of the representatives sa

muhammad ali, of course, suffered from parkinsons. so he's an inspiration. i was dog muhammad mohammed al- - doing muhammad ali impressions. >> i've never trained someone who is fighting for their life. >> but pe -- petibone isn't the only one fighting for his life. everyone in this class has been diagnosed with parkinsons disease. >> june of 2016,. >> november of 2008. >> reporter: parkinsons affects movement, causes tremors, difficulties in speech and writing. according to the parkinsons foundation, more than a million americans are living with parkinsons. 60,000 more are diagnosed with it each year. >> nothing cure its -- it. no cure, nothing halts the progression. the only thing is to have a reasonable diet, take rest when you need it and take your medication. >> reporter: and that's what the people we talked to say brought them here. if there's no knockout punch, they'd like to at least get in a few stings. >> you can either stay status quo or empower yourself. >> my neurologist suggested tai chi or ballroom dancing or rock steady boxing. the boxing imm

muhammad ali suffered from parkinson's and he is an inspiration.e boxing. >> i've never trained someone fighting for their life. >> pettibone is not the only one in this fight. this is rocksteady boxing. everyone in this class has been diagnosed with parkinson's disease. >> in june of 2016, february of 2016, november of 2008 -- >> reporter: parkinson's is a progressive disorder of the nervous system. it affects coordination and dizziness, difficulties with speech and writing. according to the disease foundation, more than a million americans are living with parkinson's. 60,000 more are diagnosed in the u.s. each year. >> there's no cure. there's nothing to halt progression. only thing that is within our control is the level of activity that's going to have a reasonable diet and take your medication. >> reporter: that's what the people we talked to say brought them here. if there is no knockout punch, they would at least like to get in a few good swings. >> status quo or better yourself. this program you will better yourself. >> everything you can d

yeah, i thought hardtalk, muhammad ali...great cue, actually, because we want to show everybody a little bit of your dance, some of the stuff you've done. perhaps your most autobiographical work was desh, which took you in a way back to bangladesh. let's just enjoy 30 seconds or so of this. for me, it's fascinating on so many levels. here you are, the movement i love. it's so expressive. but also there's a longing in it and a relationship between you and bangladesh — as represented, i guess, by the nature there. i'm trying to figure out whether it's actually, in a sense, sad or whether it's a very positive thing. i think it's a bit of both. ithink, you know, really the story's about my father, in a way. i start the show off hammering this kind of grave... so, you know, when i told my father, "look, the show is kind of about you and me", he was excited. but i said, "hold on, i have to tell you something. "you're dead at the beginning of the show." he says, "you've killed me off already? "i'm not even dead in real life!" so he

muhammad ali jr.'son says he was detained by immigration officials and questioned about his religion. he was traveling back from jamaica with his mother who was also briefly detained. ali was detained hours despite saying mess a u.s. citizen and the son of the u.s. heavyweight champion. welcome to all. muhammad, let's start with you. what, exactly happened on that day in the florida airport? >> i got off the plane and i was going to baggage claim. the guy from immigration pulled me aside and asked me my name. i was like, okay, my name is muhammad ali. he asked me, what is your religion? i was like why would you ask me what my religion is? he asked me and i said i'm a muslim. it was like he didn't believe me. he took me in the back room and asked me the same questions, again. i answered them. i was like what is this all about, you know? what's going on? he was like, oh, we are checking something. i was like okay. i was waiting like an hour and 45 minutes to check something. i was like i have things to d

i didn't know what to think. >> did they know you were muhammad ali's son?did they believe you? >> i don't think so. >> like it went over their head. >> let me ask you. your family lawyer had suggested in an interview your experience was related to president trump's travel ban, but as you know, the ban was on appeal at the time so it wasn't even in effect and you were traveling from jamaica, which was not one of the countries that was part of the travel ban. do you think there's a connection there? >> there's always a problem in history. it's since gotten a lot worse. >> what was always a problem in history? what do you mean? >> just racial profiling. not just racial profiling, but, you know, a religious profiling. all the christians are bad because we've been maimed and killed and raped and all of that. >> slavery? >> it must have shaken you up. it must have shaken you both up. >> i'm a mother. >> i have a gift for the president, the ka ran. it's compact. he can read it. >> i don't know if you can blame the president. >> i'm not saying it. the president sho

. >> and the son of muhammad ali detained at a florida airport two hours. what customs officials asked him and what the family says was really behind it. there are words to describe every step we take. words for the joy... and the sorrow. ♪ but through all of life's journey... there is no language adequate to describe the ultimate heights you can attain. your full potential. ♪ >> new at 10:00, bans sex offenders on facebook has become a controversial topic all the way to the supreme court. a sex offender says his constitutional right to free speech is being violated by the law prohibiting sex offenders from social media websites. the case was sent to the supreme court. georgia, kentucky, and louisiana also have laws banning sex offenders from using social media. >>> and, an internet security service's company called cloud flair says it discovered a bug in its security systems that may have compromised personal information from thousands of websites. it is a san francisco company whose clients include uber and fit bit. it went unnoticed five long months and

. >>> new details in the developing story with muhammad ali's son. muhammad ali jr. d his mother were fort lauderdale airport this month. the son and his mother were returning from jamaica from a black history month event. the ali jr. was questioned for two hour was questions focusing on his religion. >>> a judge ruled one accuser can testify to support charges that bill cosby drugged and molested a woman near his estate in philadelphia. prosecutors wanted to call 12 other women to support the claim of prior bad acts. >>> a meetding here in new york with the city's mayor and federal prosecutors. mayor de blasio was questioned by prosecutors for four hours on friday. part of the investigation into whether the mayor and aides traded favors for campaign donations. mayor said fund raising followed the law. >>> let's go to indra on the plaza wit love this g i love new york city but go patriots. what's the mission today? >> to find tom brady's jersey! >> what's the plan? how are you going to do that? >> believe. >> works for me, right? all right. we're actually starting to

we are also going to have on the son of boxing great muhammad ali. muhammad ali jr. as a result of of the travel ban and questioned about his religion. we will get the story behind what happened there when we see you at the top of the hour. >> thank you, ali. another man detained at jfk will be at the speech. >>> the final frontier used to be reserved for astronauts. one space company is taking two tourists, we presume with deep pock theet pockets, for a trip around the moon. not every story is about president trump. (vo) a lifetime of your dog's nutritional needs... all in one. purina one. healthy energy, all in one. strong muscles, all in one. highly digestible, and a taste he loves, all in one. purina one smartblend is expertly blended... with 100% nutrition, 0% fillers, always real meat #1. lifelong smart nutrition. it's all in one. purina one. the dry skin culprit no a damaged moisture barrier. new moisture bomb from garnier skinactive. with antioxidant rich goji berry and pomegranate, it strengthens skin's moisture barrier. ...to keep hydration where it belongs

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when muhammad ali, the great muhammad ali, walked into the arena, and walked on me i'll to get into theith joe frazier or someone like that, if some guy in the tenth row and said, hey, you are a bum, he didn't respond to that because champions don't respond to every flight. he is so thin-skinned. >> bill: hear me. >> don't you see how thin-skinned this man? >> i am saying to you, it is harder for him to run the nation when the press is actively trying to subvert him. a guy like putin says, oh, trump is not going to be able to do anything, the press is killing him. it is harder for trump to make a deal. this is much bigger than just a personal, thin skinned thing. it is harder to run a country because these dishonest people are undermining the whole process. that is his point. the last word. >> this is why jake tapper used the word "unhinged," a word i didn't use, but frankly a word i am starting to understand. he is to thin-skinned. and he goes after everybody who takes a shot at him. he is incapable of taking a shot and saying, well, you know what, some people don't like me. i'm moving

customs and border -- border protection under fire for detaining muhammad ali's namesake. he was detained at a florida airport after returning to the u.s. from jamaica with his mother. both are american citizens. he was released after showing customs agents a photo of her with the sports legend but her son was detained for two hours during which immigration officials questioned him about his name and repeatedly asked him about his muslim faith. all international travelers are subject to this inspection according to officials. this happened in the days following the president travel ban. the faly is surprising decision, president trump decides whether kimberly: delays in prince george's county want your help finding the shooter that killed a woman in springdale. her body was found near charles herbert harbour high school. around 2:30 a.m. there is no word on her identity. in northeast to see are looking for the man who shot two men. one victim was hit in the stomach, the other in the leg. police say the shooter was a black man with dreadlocks and tattoos on his face. the st

muhammad ali junior is speaking out this morning about how he was detained by immigration officials atali junior says he and his mother khalilah camacho ali were detained because of their names and faith. this happened back on february 7. they were returning back to the u-s from jamaica. take a listen to what he had to say about the experience. questions. the ali's were held for nearly two hours at the fort lauderdale-hollywood airport. ali junior says officials didn't believe him when he said he was the boxers son either. eventually both alis were released. customs border patrol has not commented on the case this morning. still ahead. bay area roads are still recovering from the last series of storms. we'll show you which busy east bay road is still closed this morning. we're coming up on 8:45... here's a quick look at the top stories we're following this morning... at least three people are dead this morning after a plane that was headed to san jose crashed into homes in riverside. two others are also injured. it happened yesterday evening just before 5:00. investigators are still tr

muhammad ali jr. story. headline, the hometown paper of the late muhammad ali.stioned by immigration officials. born in the united states, mind you. his lawyers said officials held and questioned him for nearly two hours repeatedly asking him, where did you get your name from? are you muslim? i put up this story. today's "new york times" had the following piece. immigration agents discover new freedom to deport under trump. morale has increased ex potentially since the signing of the orders said border patrol agents and i.c.e. the point is there is clearly something has changed, ramesh, in some of these. it is -- these are stories that are not going to be politically helpful to the president. >> one of the things they'll have to do if they're encouraging this sort of free-lancing by sort of the least restrained elements of these bureaucracies. they have to pull them back in or it will discredit all of their policies more than -- it's going to cast it in the least possible flattering light. >> this was somebody born in the united states. >> yeah. >> one of the th

despite trump's travel ban's first suspension, the son of legendary boxer muhammad ali was detained for hours by immigration officials at fort lauderdale-hollywood international airport on february 7, only a few days after the travel ban was blocked nationwide by seattle district judge james robart. the laywer for 44-year-old muhammad ali, jr., says as he was going through customs on the way back from jamaica, he was stopped, asked if he was muslim, and then when he said yes, he was held and questioned for nearly two hours about his religion. olympic gold medalist, reality tv show star, and r republican trump supporter caitlyn jenner has issued a direct message to president trump,p, calling the adadministration's decicision to reverse e presidentnt obama's landmamark decision to order public schools to let tranansgender studenents use the bathrooms matcngng the chohosen gender identntity "a disaster." >> i have a memessage for prpresident trump from m one republican to anotherer. this is a disaster, and you can ststill x ito didou mada prome e to ptect the ltq communit call me. amy: pre

in florida and held and questioned for several hours because of his name, muhammad ali.name? and all kinds of questions by authorities. and i thought about how we are five years this week from the profiling, in my judgment, and killing of trayvon martin. his parents have in great, great, in my opinion, great behavior and performance, have upheld the dignity of their family and that young man but continued the fight. because five years later, whether you're profiled because you're black or latino or muslim or a woman or transgender, we still have a fight. i remember when i went to sanford, florida, five years ago to help lead the first big rallies and marches. i went there because i believed in what dr. king said, that a threat to justice anywhere is a threat everywhere, and we cannot allow people to just assume based on what they see and what preconceived notions they have, that they have the right to execute whatever their will is. when we went to sanford five years ago, the first big rally, they wouldn't even arrest the assailant. they would not even say there's probab

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