it's sort of like abolitionism ends and in the naacp is infant separately. there is connections. >> host: are you hopeful that there is a beginning -- your book is certainly one piece in that but are you hopeful there is beginning to be a place for wells in u.s. history? >> guest: absolutely. i know a lot of scholars are increasingly thinking about a long civil rights movement and i encourage -- i think we should take an active as of movement and wells is a perfect person who illustrates why we need to do that. >> host: it's been good to talk to mia bay about the book, "to tell the truth freely" life of the ida b. wells. thank you. good conversation. >> guest: thank you. i enjoyed it. the >>> this summer book tv is asking what are you reading. >> am i summer reading, the first half of my summer reading is going to be to catch up. there are two books i haven't finished that i need to finish. one is team of rifles, abraham lincoln book by doris kearns could win and the other is american lie and lie in jon meacham, to history books i need to read. if there is b

why has the naacp not voiced outrage about black-on-black crime in baltimore city.rved the naacp is quick to criticize incidents that involve the police department or other governmental agencies. i would like to voice outrage from the naacp involving the next shooting in baltimore city." this viewer thinks the strength of the naacp's voice can make a difference. >> we know our voice makes a difference. i am sorry that this person -- the person that wrote that message must not live in the city. if there is any organization that speaks out on black-on-black crime, it is us. we have been doing rallies every month. we speak out vehemently. later today at 6:00, you will see us at a rally where a young person was killed, a 6:00 p.m. rally. so just the contrary. if there is any organization speaking out about all crime, especially crime that happens in our community, it is the naacp. >> i have covered many of those events over the years. finally, quickly, we wanted to note an event that's coming up. it is called "saving our children" at the union baptist church. why is tha

the baltimore branch of the naacp is holding a news conference to talk about the

that has prompted the naacp to tackle some of the myths head- on. the civil rights group says one myth is that people will be forced to change insurance companies, or doctors. according to the naacp, if you had health insurance or a doctor you like, you can keep the same coverage. the civil rights group says another myth is that health care reform will cost trillions of dollars. the reality says the civil rights group is that much of the costs will come from cutting waste, fraud, and abuse within existing government health programs. the organization tackles five specific areas to see their entire list, you can head to their website, abc2news.com. we have also posted a sample letter the organization is urging people to send to their congress person. terry owens, abc 2 news. >>> fight over here with a look at you're first forecast. hey, let's take a look at the naval academy, shall we? 79 degrees. 80 degre was the high today along the water's edge there. a beautiful day overall. and brooklyn park about 83 as well. take you over to gunston day school.

to see if the had communist connections because of the naacp and all that. even questioned his drinking. so in that moment, thurgood marshall runs in to president johnson at a party. he knows that johnson is when to be there and he guards himself and puts on a good suit and goes to the party. and johnson sees him, pulls him aside and tell him you're not going to get the job, and thurgood marshall fields so deflated of course he plays the role, please set out like no big deal. i didn't come here thinking it was going to be my job but it's the next day when he is in his office supposed to go to the white house to speak to a bunch of visiting students and he's told stop by the oval office, say hello to the president and when he does so the president spent what was a ticker in the oval office bringing the latest from the wire services and the president says you know, thurgood, i am going to put you on the court and thurgood marshall los ploch, oh my god what did you say? and it is just for him a moment so satisfying it was his dream come true. >> host: what does

. >> reporter: now the naacp is speaking out, upiset about the attack but not surprised by the violence. >> a lot of people think we have an african-american as president that things are improving. it is clear that the hate crimes are increasing. >> police say that he has a long violent history. he is on the sex offender registry. they arrested him for rape but the charges were dropped. earlier this year arrested again, this time for. >> beating his wife for asorbating with the americans. >> police say that he had two other suspects with him during the attack. they say the trio beat him and tried to steal the victim's truck but a tracking device in the vehicle led police to lockenner. >> there was a robbery motive. three white people and american is concerning t is troubling that i have to talk about this kind of crime. >> the mayor issued a statement calling the incident disturbing and in it she says, quote any form of violence racially motivated has no place in our society and we must stand in opposition to violence and hatred. live at city police objection. now mary back to you on tv

it was sponsored by the naacp. ..y five, six different men under what excuse -- i want somebody to love me and as soon as you have it you forget to parent. grandmother, mothering great grabbed mother raising the children and the child knows nothing about love or respect or any of the three. you also say spending $500 on sneakers for what? they won't spend $250 for hooked on phonics. butch. >> caller: well, i mean, the men who had five women they did that so they could cut welfare money. the men then go to the women that they impregnated --. >> host: but is it about >> host: is about welfare or something else? >> caller: it was started back in the days of the welfare situation. i know what it is like. i used to do heroin myself. i hung out in the black neighborhoods. the babies would go to their houses and get the welfare check. this is why men weren't around women all the time. the women -- the women couldn't be parents, they became drug addicts themselves. they had no training in child care whatsoever. that is one of

its considered to be hate crimes you about it's clear we must come together as a community. >> the naacp will hold a prayer vigil and rally on august 28th at the war memorial plaza. meanwhile, baltimore mayor sheila dixon says the attack on the elderly man is disturbing and praises police for capturing at least one suspect so quickly. police hope lockner will identify the other suspects very soon. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> finally, those who live at the mccolloh homes highrise in west baltimore finally got a nice sleep last night. the air conditioning is back on after being off four days. after calls from abc2 news the baltimore hosting authority went door to door to check on everybody who lives there. and they said they were not notified about the problem until saturday. because it was so hot, temperatures reaching into the 90s the community room was left open so people had had a place to cool down. officials say the ac was back up and working yesterday. >>> a heads up if you live in harford county -- don't panic here. officials at the aberdeen proving grounds say the test center

when we had one from the naacp, i know the names at the folks at the local chapter and called them upand behold it was not them. it's the thing easy to figure out. it doesn't phase us more. we are so used to these dishonest tactics. it is a wake-up call to independents and moderate republicans that these are the tactics being used. people are decent and intelligent. this turns them off. >> those organizations in your district, obviously the naacp is a real organization, latino was impersonated. how mad are they? >> they are upset. obviously, anything like this, where someone is claiming your letter head and claiming your position is outrageous. they also did java, the jefferson area board for the aging, which is a great organization in our community that helps our seniors. for them to get dragged into something like this is a blow to folks in the area. it's also just a turn-off again to these sorts of corporate lobbying tactics. genuine genuinely agreeable people can spend that time together and disagree. we don't need the outside agitators and this dishonest tactic coming in. it's wh

come together as a community. >> reporter: and in that effort, doc cheatham goes on to say that the naacp will hold a prayer vigil and rally the evening of august 28th at the war memorial plaza, just about a block away from police headquarters here. police in the meantime are hoping that lockner will identify his two friends. we're live downtown, delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >>> 3-year-old charles brandley died on august 12th in severn, and tonight his death is being ruled a homicide. police say the child's caretaker took him to the baltimore washington medical center and said the boy fell down the stairs. the boy was flown in critical condition to johns hopkins hospital where staff contacted police because his injuries were not consistent with falling downstairs. >> the officers from the anne arundel county police department began investigating the case, developed a possible suspect. it's a 28-year-old male who is the caretaker of the individual, the 3-year-old, during the incident. >> the medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide. charges are pending, and anyone with informat

when we had one from the naacp, not surprisingly i know the names at the folks at the local chapter andd. lo and behold it was not them. neither was miss after valued coor whatever it was at the latino organization, the name they came up with. it doesn't even faze us anymore, we're so used to these dishonest tactics. it is a wake-up call to independents and moderate republicans that these are the tactics being used. people are decent and intelligent. this is the sort of thing that really turns them off. >> those organizations in your district, obviously the naacp is a real organization, latino was impersonated. another real organization in your district. how mad are they? >> they are upset. obviously, anything like this, where someone is claiming your letterhead and claiming your position is outrageous. they also did i think jaba, jefferson area board for the aging, which is one of these great service organizations in our community that helps our seniors. and so for them to get dragged into something like this really is a blow to folks in the area. but it's also just a turn-off, again,

you know, i think we'll have several people who have to follow after him. >> ben jealous of the naacpmuch for taking time to join us today. when we come back, we'll be talking to max bachus one of senator kennedy's key allies, a major player on health care, the head of the finance committee. stay with us. once you've mastered the complexities of a headache... the rest of the body is a no brainer. doesn't your whole body deserve excedrin strength relief? excedrin back & body. excedrin. what ache? what's in it for me? i'm not looking for a bailout, just a good paying job. that's why i like this clean energy idea. now that works for our whole family. for the kids, a better environment. for my wife, who commutes, no more gettin' jerked around on gas prices... and for me, well, it wouldn't be so bad if this breadwinner brought home a little more bread. repower america. i hope our senators are listening. great looking skin... it's in the dna. [ female announcer ] new regenerist dna cream with spf 25 doesn't just correct. it helps protect your dna without a $200 department store price tag. o

i can think also of a case of some members of the naacp who began to espouse communist doctrine in naacpnd that leads, of course, to then especially in the south, the white segregationist politicians to claim it's nothing by a white segregationist, white communists causing trouble who were threatening the very ideals of the united states. so that was one way to try to diminish, if not dismiss the civil rights movement. >> host: this is from your book in 1963. organizers thought maybe a few thousand would show up. 250,000 people showed up on that august day. why? >> guest: well, you know, it was so heavily organized. and what's very interesting about this, steve, a. philip randolph -- this is really his moment. of course, we remember it in terms of martin luther king, jr., in i have a dream speech on the steps of the memorial but what's compelling if you look at the front line of the great marshall on washington, there you have a. philip -- you have people from -- you have dr. king from the southern christian leadership conference. you have people there from the naacp and you have such a

the naacp is hoping the board, who fired forester, will publicly say why. >> we'll start talking. everybody will start communicating and we don't need that to happen. this is a very important agency that does great work for people who can't afford legal representation. >> the naaeshgs cp is calling on state lawmakers to investigate the firing. >>> the search is on tonight for a child rapist from parkville. authorities hope you'll provide the tip that leads them to this man. >>reporter: 61-year old charles was convicted of raping a child in baltimore county in october of last year. he was ordered to appear in court for his sentencing back in february, but authorities say he never showed up. >> he should be considered armed and dangerous. >>reporter: he is 6-feet tall and weighs 20060 pounds. his last-known address is in the 3100 block of garden avenue and parkville. >> he walks with a limp and sometimes uses a cane. >>reporter: anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to call the fbi immediately at this number. as always, all tips are confidential. remember. if you pr

the president of the baltimore chapter of the naacp is recognizing senator kennedy's work in congress. it was one of several topics he spoke about while appearing on sunday morning. >> there's no one in the senate or house that has done more for human rights, civil rights, health, than ted kennedy. every bill that affected us in civil-rights, kennedy was eager the sponsor or cosponsor. if you look every year, there was a maze of bills dealing with us and people having challenges in our community, ted kennedy was there. he was our statesmen in the u.s. senate. >> an iraqi war dead turned pro at least was racially profiled last week after being approached about a gun that was actually a cell phone. the civil rights leader called for better training from baltimore police when dealing with such incidents. it happened in the harborplace light street pavilion. >> members of the west baltimore conservation and finally returned home to their place of worship. fire destroyed parts of the bethel a.m.e. church after lightning struck its steeple last month, forcing members to a temporary place of

i get a chance from the naacp. and listen to this. aides how to apologize.he one thing you should not do when you apologize. hall sparks will be here with the laughs at 9:00. >> it was this big. >> now to new york. more of good morning america at 7:00 v a great day. this is more than my easy button. it's my "save-so-much-on- his-graphing-calculator... look. i made it say "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. it's my "save-so-much- on-school-supplies- he-can-stop-using-his-sister's old-backpack" button. it's my "save-so much-i-can-get- a-binder-for-every-day- of-the-week" button. there's no school on saturday and sunday, genius. don't ruin this for me. (announcer) staples equals savings on everything for back to school. staples. that was easy. denise! you've lost weight! it's just all these giant things make me look small. (chuckle) i hate dieting. me too. that's why i eat this fiber one yogurt. (mr. mehta) it has five grams of fiber, zero fat, and fifty calories. please, this is too creamy and delicious. it's true, only fifty calories. i am addin

weren't actually from that hispanic group in his district or the naacp. a republican lobbying firm in washington has admitted to impersonating those local nonprofits and sending congressman ferello fake letters to get him to oppose the climate change legislation. congress is investigating this incident. this is a lobbying firm, the establishment. this isn't a lone nut job passing himself off as a group he doesn't belong to but well paid lobbyists doing this as a strategy. it's the same thing with the deathers. the scare your grandmother that the whole point of health care reform is secretly to kill old people. this patently, patently false rumor about health care reform as we've talked about earlier on this show was started by a woman who sits on the board of directors of one of the nation's biggest medical device companies. everybody says oh, politics ain't bean bag. right? obviously this is not bean bag but this isn't hardball either. no offense to chris. this just isn't even politics. this is orchestrated mob mentality intimidation. this is called hool

naacp. thurgood marshall was the speaker.were walking out of the church and i said to my father, daddy, he looks at me. i said i'm going to be a lawyer like thurgood marshall. from that moment to the national cathedral is a huge journey. but i went to howard law school because thurgood marshall went there. bob carter went there. judge bill bryant went there. ychted to go to howard. i graduated -- i wanted to go to howard. i graduated howard on friday. monday morning i was with don holowell in the atlanta municipal courtrt getting kids t of jail for demonstrating downtown. six months after i finished howard university law school, i was escorting charlayne through -- i was making $35 a week. i was wearing a summer suit in january but i wasn't cold. tavis: powerful story. >> this is from the eulogy of thurgood marshall at the national cathedral in 1993. picture if you will the inescapable power to have beacon light thur god marshall beamed into our crammed and restricted community. a community in which the law ordained that our

. >>> coming up, doc cheatham will be here, the naacp chairman. he will give us a big challenge to save our city. he's got an important message and he'll be here in a couple of minutes. and hal sparks, funny man. you've seen him on "the soup," "talk soup," "i love the 80s." he'll be in our sued studio in a couple -- of minutes. >> we have a group from anne arundel county. the storm trackers. i know, they just came out here and they match the weather wall. with the green shirts. we take it outside. yeah, we were looking at some rain. right now looking at light showers pushing to the south of columbia. around laurel through glen burnie, spotty showers will linger across the area. wide view radar highlights the fact that they had heavy rain on the eastern shore, easton getting clobbered. the rainfall totals are well over an inch, they had thunder before dawn and more rain trying to push to the eastern shore which could help or hurt the anglers, catching record fish yesterday at the white marlin open. more on that coming up. we'll try to break up the

lyndon johnson said to clarence mitchell and the naacp when there were pushing the civil- rights bill that they had to have it. johnson looked at mitchell and said, "how many votes do you have, clarence?" that is what it will come down to with obama. >> the wascally wabbit is dead. in the end, the liberals are bluffing. mara liasson of npr put it correctly. there is no left wing democrat who will lose a seat if the option is left out of the bill, but there are a lot of moderate democrats who will lose a seat if the public option is in the bill. that willetermine how it goes. there will be no public option. there might be a co-op idea, which is a trojan horse, which would be a substitute. >> i don't think there will be a co-op idea. that has fallen pretty flat. it would not surprise me if the house passes a bill with the public option it. and the senate passes some bifurcated thing that does not have the public option, and it is all resolved in conference, probably without a public option. that will be the big trade off, that you have a public option and you give in on x, y, and z. >>

. >> a baltimore naacp news conference, leaders say they informed the fbi of their concern and the plot of the -- and they applauded police for their quick response. disbelief from other fellow fishermen just looking for some peace and quiet. >> just evil. >> mayor dixon expressed outrage as well. she says she promises to do everything in her power to bring these other suspects to justice. we have also learned that mayor dixon and a commissioner will call a news conference sometime tomorrow to further address this issue. it is most likely after a meeting tomorrow. they are still looking for two suspects. anyone with information should call the baltimore city police department. wbal tv 11 news. >> and eric of county police are investigating what led up to the death of a three year-old boy. charles r. michael brimley was rushed to the hospital after a 28 year-old man taking care of him says he had fallen down some stairs. the three-year old was flown to the hospital. his injuries were too severe for just a ball. >> our officers were able to learn that he reportedly had fallen downstairs.

. >> reporter: the naacp says it is upset about this crime but not surprised. >> because we have elected an african-american as president, it doesn't prove anything. hate crimes are clearly increasing. >> allegedly beating his wife for, quote, associating with african americans. >> reporter: police say lockner had two other suspects with him during the attack. investigate outers believe they pummeled the victim with a stick or bat, yelled racial slurs, then jumped into the victim's vehicle. while a security guard did not want to go on camera, he tells eyewitness news that the victim was severely beaten. tonight the victim is in serious condition at shock trauma. >> three white people on an african-american is concerning. it's troubling that i have to sit here and talk about this kind of crime. >> reporter: investigators say they decided to classify this as a hate crime when lockner admitted that he did not like black people. meanwhile security at the park has been beefed up. back to you, vic, on tv hill. >> police say the machine's wife was not hurt during the attack. >>> the weather put

. >> reporter: the naacp will hold a prayer vigil and rally on august 28th at the war memorial plaza. in the meantime police are hoping lockner will identify his two friends. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> now turning to sports -- baltimore's own and first round nfl draft pick aaron maven having a tough time with contract talks in buffalo. the bills remain "far apart in contract talks with aaron" and with only four weeks left before the regular season starts the bills are concerned the number 11 overall pick won't be ready to play in the first week. sources say neither side is offering positive signs that a deal is anywhere close. meanwhile he's already missed 21 practices, not including 15 walkthroughs. hang in there, we're still proud of you. >>> brett favre is back again with the vikings after weeks of speculation, he signed a two-year deal with minnesota. as you see in red he hit the practice field and says he feels at home with his new teammates. favre played last year with the new york jets after spending 15 seasons with the green bay packers. >>> orioles in florida taking on t

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the baltimore branch of the naacp is holding a news conference on this morning's attack. abc 2 news delia goncalves will have a live report on abc 2 news at 6. >>> at a time when many teenagers are preparing to return to the classroom, a 15- year-old edge wide boy is locked up in a jail cell after allegedly trying to murder his stepfather. tonight abc 2 news jeff hager has more on what may have sparked the latest incident of violence against a parent. >> instant photos, hamming it up with his sister, 15-year-old stan smith, junior looks like your average teen, not a kid capable of an adult-sized crime, attempted murder. >> i've known him for eight years. he is not the type of person. >> reporter: smith's friend jessica says stan may have stopped one day last month when he pick upped a baseball bat, approached his stepfather when he was working on the lawn, and proceeded to strike at least twice, breaking lonnie's hand in the process. >> he was transported to upper chesapeake by ambulance. and the step-son was arrested at this point. >> reporter: initially arrested on juve

two other suspects are still on the loose at this time the naacp is planning to hold a rally august 28th at war memorial plaza to bring the community together against hate crimes. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:34 now. police say a toddler who died earlier this month in severn is officially called a homicide. 3-year-old charles brantley died on august 12th. police say the child's tearcaretaker took him to the baltimore-washington baltimore-washington medical center and said he fell down the stairs. staff then contacted police because his injuries were not consistent with falling down steps. it was ruled a homicide and charges are pending. so anyone with any fireworks is urged to call the anne arundel county police department now at 410-22-3453. >>> in harford county, a 15-year-old remains in the county detention center after police say he attacked his stepdad with a baseball bat. according to charging documents it happened after stan smith jr. told he couldn't spend the night at a friend's house. so the stepfather himself has since been arrested and charged with assault in an unrelate

. >> reporter: the naacp will hold a prayer vigil and rally on august 28th at the war male -- war memorialza. meanwhile, sheila dixon praised police for capturing one suspect so quickly. police hope lockner will identify the other two suspects very soon. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> the trial is set today for a teen accused of killing a classmate. timothy oxendine is charged with the stabbing death of 15-year-old markell williams. they were students at lamell middle school. williams was found in the 2800 block of north dukeland street stabbed to death last november. >>> michael jackson's doctor breaks his silence with a video message, with a thank you to supporters. dr. conrad murray has come under fire because investigators say he may have been given the king of pop too many prescription drugs. a jackson's mother is now considering a wrongful death lawsuit with the doctors, the main person in the suit. in a minute-long youtube video here's what the doctor had to say. >> don't worry, as long as i keep god in my heart and you in my life i will be fine. i have done all i could do. i told

professor gates harvard university, naacp all would be clobbering him and media pounding away and racist rogue cops and so on and so on and only in this case the media, conservative media saved sergeant crowley and law enforcement-- >> in power, what would you think about-- it was an absolute abuse of power. >> there was no abuse of power whatsoever. >> the guy is in his house and he's being rude to a cop apsond he lures him outside so he can arrest him for domestic disturbance, that's an abuse of power. he did not commit a crime. rude to a cop. >> arrested for disorderly conduct inside your home and you cannot. he asked him to come 0 outside, he was mad for him being rude and calling him a racist, it's fine, being mad, but it's not abuse of power. you're rude to a cop ap and rewarded by a beer at the white house. >> and-- >> real quick, i think there's some juice left in this story. >> well, that's-- >> you took my liep, buddy. that's the headline from the discussion, the story has not been put to bed and the obviously, the media will talk more about it. the big winner is the beer indus

the baltimore branch of the naacp is holding a news conference to talk about the attack. we'll have a full report tonight on abc 2 news at 11. >>> police in harford county have arrested a teenaged boy on charges that he tried to kill his stepfather with a baseball bat. 15-year-old stan smith, junior, who is preparing to better the 10th grade is now being held at the harford county detention center with no bond. according to charging documents, smith struck lonnie talbert twice with a bat after his stepdad refused to let him spend the night at a friend's house. those closest to smith say he may have snapped after talbert made a threatening gesture with his fist. >> stan is a really good kid. he gets good grades. he has never acted out like this before. he doesn't have any previous charges. i've known him for eight years. he is not this type of person. >> the alleged victim, smith's stepfather, has since been arrested and charged himself with assault in a separate incident involving his daughter. >>> police in anne arundel county are investigating the murder of a 3-year-old

the naacp will stage a pro-vick demonstration at lincoln financial.l advocate group will stage a competing tailgate on the other side of town. he'll start the day in bankruptcy court in virginia. approved the plan to pay back more than $20 million. he'll fly to philly for the game where he'll just make it. >>> rick pitino lashed out at the media saying the reporting of the sex scandal surrounding him has made his life pure hell. he responded to video that surfaced of police interviewing karen sypher. in the video sypher claims he threatened violence against her and her family. he says it's a bunch of lies and wants us to move along. nothing to see here. >> if you put this on the news any more, just change the channel. and if the newspaper want to write about it, read something else. >> go ahead and tell us what you think. post your thoughts on your facebook page or test your thoughts at 45688. we'll read them on the air in about 30 minutes. >>> there were plenty of vips last night. snoop snoopy. you recognize the sunglasses? jack nicholas. then also t

marvin cheatham the chapter of the naacp recognized senator kennedy's work in congress and was one ofal topics he talked about while preparing for our sunday morning q&a. >> there's no one in the senate or house that has done more to human rights civil rights help than ted kennedy. every bill that affected us in civil rights kennedy was either the sponsor or co-sponsor. i'm saying to every bill if you look every year there was a major bill dealing with us as a people dealing with us having challenges in our communities ted kennedy was there. he was our champion in the united states senate. >> he also weighed in on the controversial arrest of baltimore ravens rookie tony fine. cheatham said the iraqi war vet turned pro athlete was racially profiled last week after being approached about a gun that was actually a cell phone. the civil rights leader called for better training for baltimore city police when handling such situations. the incident happened in the harbor place pavilion which was the scene of a shooting one week prior. >> it is official, summer vacation is now over for maryla

they were worried there would be trouble between the animal rights activists and supporters from the naacpf michael vick. dozens of people showed from the animal shelter who did not like michael vick and these two showed up to support michael vick. he's very popular among cats. they actually got a lot of clears from the philly crowd. fans were even wearing his jersey, but it was obvious to me even from the limited time he played in the game that this guy still hasn't learned a thing. [ laughter ] i mean, that's ridiculous! >> wow. >> i mean, it really is ridiculous. the turnout for protests against republican and democratic plans for healthcare reform are not slowing down. these town hall meetings, there's people -- it ago like the whole country is turning into an episode of jerry springer. at phoenix yesterday, a woman started screaming crazy conspiracy theories at senator john mccain. he had to throw her out of th place which to me is no play to treat a former running mate. it really is. you know, when i want to see crazy people screaming i turn to daytime television. this is from a rece

. >> a week from today will be the president of the baltimore chapter of the naacp.ur questions to sundayquestions@wbaltv.com. we'll be back in a moment. first here's nbc's david gregory with a look at what's coming up on "meet the press." >> coming up this morning elections in afghanistan amid fresh screptsism about the u.s. military role there. we'll be joined by two men at the center of the u.s. military and diplomatic mission in that area. a general and the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. then the fight over health care here at home. a debate. two members of the senate finance committee republican hatch and democratic senator shoe man. shoe >> a medium live view of our live h.d. doppler radar to give you an idea of what's going on there. we have partly cloudy skies over baltimore. a couple sprinkles out in west virginia. you can see outer rain bands from hurricane bill. the rains you see in new york state reaching over new jersey and if you look at the bottom of the screen in the coastal areas of north carolina, that's all associated with a stalled out front sitt

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the communist party made a choice not to defend spy cases just like the naacp makes a decision not tond rape cases. therefore they stood away from it. and so bloch, the man who my father met was basically alone with is very young and brilliant assistant. and that was it. they didn't have access to scientists. they did not have access to anything. so the biggest mistake, of course, was to accept the major fraud of the case, namely that david greenglass by drawing some diagrams could give away the secret of the atom bomb. and as my brother says in the film, that is why we are talking about it. we aren't talking about it because somebody was convicted of espionage. we are talking about it because two people killed for allegedly stealing the secret of the atom bomb and placing our nation's very survival in jeopardy. and if we talk about fiction and history, what is fascinating is that in a lot of the history and the journalists totally gets wrong. in a case where we were engaging in a lawsuit a judge who is writing an opinion describe the case as a conviction for treason. .. @ú they were

in the past, he's said things like the naacp teach their people to -- rush limbaugh is a phenomenal talentthree hours every day, talking for three hours by himself and hold an audience. he puts his talent to a use and he's driving the republican party on with him. >> i'm just wondering, we heard from harry reid and a part of his quote, he says they're talking their cues from talk show hosts. it's not often you try to blow yourself up, but that's what they're obviously doing. it's a party being run by a talk show host. i think there are a lot of people saying you know, rush limbaugh is the one in charge still. >> i think the point that democrats are trying to do is what this is about is that they can't defend their health care plan on the merits. >> mike, philip, how can they defend it if they're not even being allowed a chance to explain it? you have people showing up, not aloeing them to even talk. >> listen, the president of the united states has had how many prime time news conferences -- >> we're not talking about the president. we're talking about these town halls. >> they've had mont

final one, judge arnold left in these cases the firm the finding of status over the objection of the naacp legal defense and education fund. beginning with the consolidation issue, from 1959 until 1982 the little rock school district operated under success of the segregation plans. the details of which were frequently litigated. in 1982 however the little rock school district adopted a new-- file the lawsuit against to neighboring school district, the number zero russell district as well as the state of arkansas in the state board of education, asking the federal district court to order interdistrict relief. although all the districts that interested under desegregation decrees, the little rock school district sought to force consolidation of the three districts as the only feasible resolution of the problem of segregation. this became the main strategy for desegregation of the little rock schools. by the close of the 1970's, the little rock area schools had come to resemble northern urban schools with a self-contained inner-city majority black school district surrounded by suburban school

the naacp is offering a challenge.ing to want to hear from dock cheatham, this morning at 9:00. >>> when you make a mistake do you know how to apologize? why it takes more than just saying i'm sorry. >>> and the one thing you should not do when apologizing. we have an apology coming up at 9:00. >>> and hal sparks will be here before he hits the stage tonight. see you at 9:00. more of "good morning america" now at 8:30. ♪ the queen of the nile oh, yeah ♪ ♪ oh, yeah i'm every woman ♪ >>> everybody here is abuzz. you know who that is, that magical voice. the one and only whitney houston. she's going to be launching our fall concert series. singing songs from her highly-anticipated new cd, "i look to you." everybody's going to mark their calendars for that. that's great. september 1st is the date. >> whitney's here. >>> good morning, once again. diane sawyer, chris cuomo and sam champion. and also coming up, the one and only regis philbin. >> there he is. >> electricity in this room, yes. and he's going to tell us about th

. >> you are hearing that from members of the congressional black caucus and the members of the naacp urban league talking about his involvement in major pieces of legislation that affect people of color. >> absolutely. we had a call yesterday and a comment that -- [ inaudible ] [. >> laid the ground work and set the path for having the first black 39 of of the united states, president obama. >> and nor kennedy in endorsing president obama at american your called civil rights the unfinished business of america. >> he said this is a continuum, it continues and even as recently as this year, in fact, named the american services act was named in his honor. so his legacy will live throughout his various legislation that is in place and is yet coming down the pike that he had played a role in getting it passed or introduced to congress. >> if people would like to read more what do you have to do. >> call 202-332-0080 or check the website afro.com. us edgar, good to have you with we right back. >>> welcome back to 9 news now. this is a live look at national airport. checking your bag at the

i have been there for a couple of times and i attended his speech at the naacp where he talked about we had with newt gingrich about education. >> i have a photograph from that meeting. here you are with president obama and newt gingrich. that's quite a threesome there. isn't it? are you friendly with newt? >> it's funny, newt and i don't agree on much, we probably won't agree that i was on your show tonight. but we do agree that the education gap in this country must be dealt with. >> he wants it to get wider? >> no. he wants to increase the level of educational opportunity. he wants to deal with the fact, look at detroit, where we have only a third of the students getting a high school diploma. this is an american problem. the president talked about structural inequality. and what we're doing is trying to pull from conservatives and liberals to come together and say it's an american problem. when you have other nations producing more engineers and producing more people from an educational point of view, just strictly based on education than we are, there's a focus that needs to hap

[gunfire] bill: naacp wants to know what happened. >> what happened was the guy was rooming around theneighborhood with a gun. they tried to get him under control. they tried to taser him unsuccessfully. apparently they did taser him but it didn't get him under control and they don't know why. then he was out on his front porch waving this rifle around. they did not shoot until he took out the rifle and pointed it at them. and they opened fire. bill: rifle loaded after the fact. >> apparently it was. at least that's the report i read. in any event, now there is all this fire on the cops because they say he recovery -- they overreacted. the police are being investigated interriblely. right now the department is standing behind them because, when you shoot in that kind of a situation, you shoot for center mass. that's what cops are normally told to do. you don't necessarily. bill: sure, if you have a loaded rifle pointed at you you don't shoot them in the foot. >> this guy is in a neighborhood community with a gun. bill: absolutely. now, there is a theory about suicide by cop, that peopl

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