in that case, three black panther members wore military- style uniforms, are with night sticks, using racial slurs to scare would-be voters. a longtime civil rights activist called the conduct an outrageous affront to american democracy and the rights of voters to participate in an election without fear. having worked on the case for months, they had already received a default in 2009. inexplicably, political appointees boveri -- overruled attorneys and dropped the case, dismissing two men entirely, putting in order against the third that prohibits him from a new weapons to future elections, already for a vivid. instead of supporting the attorneys who attempted to protect the civil rights of voters in pennsylvania, political officials in the department of justice white doubt their good work. add your confirmation hearing, the statement about career attorneys enured confirmation hearing, you said you would respect them and make them proud of the goals we would pursue together. contradicting your statement in a contradiction -- confirmation hearing, you also said that we must defend the

you mean i can't build a complex because of the gray panther. it's that balance. >> how do we look to other countries and they doing the same? >> all of them, and theodore roosevelt was the generator of the protection movement. and t.r. if he were alive today, with the cover of ""time magazine" would be fighting like his grandson is to save these species. t.r. loved them, he is not by modern terms holistic. he believed in hunting. but he did not believe in hunting so that you make a species extinct. so yes he cared about snail darts and butterflies and wild flowers. and wanted to be sure we had a place for that in mod -- modern society. what people are learning in all areas is born out of roosevelt's protection. >> how did you in your research, go away from them saying, boy, they did their job. >> on the ground you mean? >> did you ever get irritated by the attitude that somebody had in research or a federal agency that keeps all of stuff or libraries. what kind of mark do you give them? >> i give them an "a" across the board on being open. not

let's create a habitat so this panther can live. we're not saying there are going to be a million of them, but we should not lose the florida panther. we should not lose the yag waters along new mexico and arizona. we should not lose the polar bear in alaska. this is where they're fighting for species survival. this is where the endangered species act is real. these are the people at fish & wildlife that are out there on the ground. and so my book isn't just about theodore roosevelt. it's about how we got to where this triumph story. we do have a great system. look at the map we have. we're not maintenancing properly due to not enough funding or wildlife refuge system. and commercialization is always encoaching on these. people don't like it in florida if you want to build a development. you mean i can't build a condo complex because of a panther? it's always that balance. >> how do we look to other countries? are there other countries doing the same thing we're doing? >> all around the world, theodore roosevelt was in my opinion th

the black panther, later on they adopted the black panther symbol and it became part of the state oflections. >> was the republican party a viable action at all? >> no. so it was democrats or nothing. they entertain. they detained the idea of joining the democratic party in the drowning. as soon as they begin to register in mass in 1935 in federal registrars and come in for the first time because of the pressure they're putting on the federal government the democratic party says, we are going to raise the filing fee from $5 to $500. the average african american was making $900 which is well below the poverty level. so the democratic party purposely -- the state party symbol was white supremacy for the right. that was the slogan. they were purposely trying to exclude them. that was part of the political education process that local people were going through. the republican party was nonexistent. they said there is no room for us in the democratic party. >> tell us about lowndes

when the civil rights of americans were trampled on by members of the black panther at the voting place you let the offenders get away. and as the american people look to you to lead in the war against terrorism you have remained too silent. you even granted the release of dangerous detainees, including ms. padilla's alleged accomplice and another detainee who reportedly killed an american diplomat. there's some things that you are doing. i think that deserve commendation. your department has defended the nation's secrets. this year at least three times in federal courts by invoking the state secret privilege. that's something you need to do and right. and standing up for our nation's secrets, you faced a lot of criticism, i know, from the left but i think you did the right thing. i'm encouraged that you listened to members of congress and the intelligence community to oppose the release of interrogation photo. i thought that was an awfully unwise thing. the release of these photos is not necessary, and it will place american soldiers at greater risk. so even though i'm disappointed by

for example, fish and wildlife declared the florida panther and endangered species. many of them are getting hit by cars. that's making it harder for them to survive. our government has created a national wildlife refuge 8, which creates a habitat for the panther to live. we're not saying there will be a million of them, but we should not lose the florida panther. we should not lose the jaguars along the mexico and arizona and we should not lose the polar bears in alaska. this is where they are fighting for species survival. this is where the endangered species act is real. these are the people at fish and wildlife that are out there on the ground. so my book is not just about theater roosevelt. it's about how he got to where this story is. we have a great system. the look at the maps we have. the problem is we are not maintenance and properly due to not enough funding for the wildlife refuge system. commercialization always encouraging. if you want to build a development, people don't like it. it's always that balance. >> how do we look to other countries? are there

and when civil rights were trampled on by the black panthers and you let the offenders get away. and as the american people look to you for the war on terrorism, you have remained too silent. and you have remained silent on jose's alleged accomplice and another detainee that killed a diplomat. your department has defended the nation's secrets this time three times in federal court, that's something you need to do and is right. and in standing up you have faced a lot of criticism, i know from the left. but i think you did the right thing. i am encouraged that you listened to congress to impose the release of interrogation photos. i thought that was an unwise thing. and release of these photos is not necessary and place soldiers at risk. even though i am disappointed in your long delay, and about the question on uighurs, and you understood there was not an authority to release them into the united states. i said at your confirmation, i respect you. you know this department well, i support you and i want you to succeed and i want to do what i can to help you. but some decisions you

the three black panthers were armed with a stick and scared would-be voters. a civil activist called the conduct

and what struck me from those early days with the oregon gray panthers was the importance of good-quality, affordable health care. and i spent hours and hours back then watching what happens when seniorseniors an their familiesd their families got exploited in the health care system. the first issue i was involved with with senior citizens was a real tragedy. we had old people who needed insurance back then to supplement their medicare. and it was very common for senior citizens then every time some fast-talking salesman came through, to buy another policy. and when i ran this legal aid office for senior citizens and i'd go to visit older people in their homes, very often they would take out a shoe box full of health insurance policies. 15, 20 of the policies. a lot of them weren't worth the paper they were written on. in fact, they had what were known as subrogation clauses, so that if you had another policy, the first one wouldn't pay off. and it was just tragic to watch senior citizens walking on an economic tightrope every week balancing their food against their fuel and their fuel ag

the florida panthers. >> bob: red sox beat baltimore again tonight.hey're 5-0 against the orioles. the mets are getting it handed to them in milwaukee tonight. tomorrow night the phillies open a series at atlanta. here in florida, 3-2 marlins, two on, two out, bottom

level that we could have only imagined, the assassination of fred hampton and mark clark, the black panther leaders, that was covered up by the city and reenacted as if they provoked the attack and the asass mission. constant arrests of white radicals for nuisance events and massive demonstrations against the war which by then was -- who knew it was going to go on for five more years, but about a thousand people a day were being killed in southeast asia, so the level of polarization, in the country, the level of militancy and reresistance was enormous and in that framework, once we kind of dropped out and changes our names and were just trying not to be caught and regroup is what a relief to be outside of that caldron. >> where you grow up? >> guest: chicago, my hometown. eugene field day school on the north side and my parents moved to milwaukee, and i graduated from milwaukee and this is my 50th reunion year. i'm going back to my 50th 50th reunion for high school. >> whoa are your pains? >> guest: dorothy and barney. i had a wonderful childhood. not money. i'm the first person in my famil

. >> guest: named after a belong panther. malik was named after malcom x. those are arabic names. >> host: if you would, bill aayers, walk us through the year 1970 for us. >> guest: 1970. oh, of course. 1970, i was an officer of sds. >> host: students for -- >> guest: students for democratic societies. a major student antiwar organization, and in march of 1970 there was a terrible explosion at a townhouse in greenwich village. my girlfriend at the time was killed two friends were killed and the rest of us went underground. i was underground until 1981. >> host: what in 19 # 1 made you come out from underground? >> guest: well, we had been underground for 11 years and that was long time and the war had ended and the war was the real defining reason he had gone underground. we now had two kids, and it seemed a lot of expert a lot of energy to -- and frankly, you know, unable to do the the kind of political work we would have liked to have done so we determined it was probably time to make our peace with the u law and take whatever consequences were there and

panthers had a good run. don't forget the hershey bears won the calder cup over the manitoba moots. >> the mood for chocolate now. they're in the mood for lord stanley's cup in pittsburgh. let's take you out to the highlights. game 7 penguins and the redwings. sidney crosby cunning for his first cup. the greatest of all time in the house. first period, no score. kirk a quite open effort. but mark andre fliewr we, one of his 23 saves on the night keeping this one scoreless. seconds period still no score. wings in their own zone. turn it over and that man we just heard from, maxine talbot shoots and scores. tall lot scored 8-24 goals this postseason. late there are the w period, johann a hard check of sidney crosby. he would leave the game. but he would return. late there are the second, talbot again. led this one 2-0s in after two periods. we head to the third, lord stanley's cup putting on silver shine. was in eight david ortiz like salam, but that i had faith that our economy and david ortiz would be hitting

there was mention of the new black panther party. i understand that the attorney in the department of the civil rights division made the final decision regarding which defendants to charge and which defendants to dismiss and the employee was there during the bush administration and past administration. i just thought i'd point that out so that it doesn't end up -- it i just want to have the facts here. and the department decided to seek an injunction and civil penalties against the person who was charged with intimidating, again, career decisions being made. it would be helpful if we had the president's nominee in the civil rights division. i would also note that we don't have that to make these kinds of decisions because the -- my friends in the republican party have so far held up that nominee from confirmation. i just -- i want to make sure that we have accurate views of what's happening. last week's tragic shooting at the holocaust memorial museum shows us violence motivated by hatred. certainly the reports i received both in ope

that we could only have imagined, you know, the assassination of fred hampton and mark clark, black panther party leaders by the fbi and the chicago police department we now know but then covered up by the city and reenacted as if they had provoked the attack and assassination, constant arrests of white radicals, of us, really for a lot of nuisance kind of events, and, you know, massive demonstrations against the war which by then was who knew that it was going to go on for five more years? but where about a thousand people a day were being killed in southeast asia. so the level of polarization in the country, the level of militancy and resistance was enormous, and in that framework we once we had kind of dropped out and changed our names and were just trying not to be caught and to regroup, it was kind of a relief to be outside of that caldron. >> host: bernadine, where did you grow up? >> guest: chicago. my hometown. yep. eugene field grade school on the north side, and then my parents moved to milwaukee, i graduated from high school in milwaukee, and this is my 50th reunion year for high

>> guest: zade was named after a black panther, malik was named after malcolm x. those are arabic names. >> host: if you would, bill ackiers, walk us through the year 1970 for you. >> guest: 1970. you mean the year -- i'm trying to remember. 1968, '69, '70. oh, of course. 1970 i was an officer of sds -- >> host: students for democratic society. >> guest: a major student antiwar organization, and in march of 1970 there was a terrible explosion at the townhouse, at a townhouse in greenwich village in new york. my girlfriend at the time was killed, two of my friends were killed, and the rest of us went underground. >> host: you went underground in 1970. >> guest: that's right, and i was underground until 1981. >> host: what made you come out from underground? >> guest: well, we had been underground for 11 years, and that was a long time. and the war had ended, and the war was the real defining reason that we had gone underground. we now had two kids, and it seemed a lot of effort and a lot of energy to -- and, frankly, you know, unable to do the kind of political wor

against the black panthers in pennsylvania. guest: i have no idea what the black panthers are doing in pennsylvania. i have not heard about that intimidation case. i know about the black panthers in the days that they were organized. we talk about some of the altercations with the police in the book and some later things. but i am not aware of that. host: what is your current view of the civil rights commission and how they are performing? how are they different? what should they be doing? guest: since the reagan years, the civil rights commission legislation was changed after a fight with the administration. i ended up suing president reagan in federal district court because he fired commissioners for criticizing his policies. in any case, under the new legislation passed as a compromise them, the commission has been ruined, in my opinion. it no longer has senate confirmation for people who are appointed. congress appoints half. the president appoints half. there is no confirmation. when personnel director at the white house t