i don't think he would have had jackie robinson without rachel. >> dickerson: your point about rachel robinson. the first lady and president don't show up in a lot of documentaries. >> they were very generous with their time. but i think what was so clear maybe to them as well as to us is that here you have four people, two couples, jackie and rachel and the president and the first lady sort of hurdling through different times and space. yet for a moment, they're uniting for a second jackie and rachel and the president and first lady merge, they also seem utterly human. >> dickerson: up with of questions about the process here. what was it like having jackie robinson in your head? it was -- he was a doer not a sayer i spend way too much time talking not doing. he makes me want to make the world better snot just make it better for my own little niche but for others. that is exactly what he wants. very end of the film it's a little bit of downer, he's not sure he's had it made actually in fact. then you think that every april 15th, every single ballplayer puts on his uniform in every st

he was in gauged to this remarkable woman, rachel robinson. >> dickerson: talk about her a little bitdon't think you could have had jackie robinson without rachel. she was able to provide a kind of safe haven for him. to go out to the ballpark and see what was happening, they didn't have to bring it home. there wasn't a rock that developed there. it's this love story, multi-generational portrait of african american family which you don't often get that crosses extraordinary set of decades of change in the united states in our national pastime in our politics and in race. but it's also intimate story of two people negotiating very, very complicated times in the course of his professional life. >> dickerson: you talked to president obama and the first lady. so let's take a look at that clip. >> just being able to find that solace and that peace to withstand all the negative energy. it's hard to do that alone. there's nothing more important than family than a real partnership, which is probably what made him such a great man because he had the judgment to find a partner that is true. i t

his wife rachel robinson in attendance. 3rd inning of the game, tied at 1. crushes it! second home run of the night, off madison bumgarner. in the 4th the dodgers open it up, scored 4 runs, including a double down the left field line. hernandez hits it! 10 for 16 in his career against bumgarner. l.a., 7-3. >>> a's taking on the world champion kansas city royals. a's down 2-0. a solo shot to right field. oakland gets on the board, royals up 3-2 in the 9th looking for some insurance. hoz merdelivers -- hosmer delivers, first homer of the year. the aids have lost four straight. and many expect golden state to repeat as champion es barkley. >>> the warriors begin the postseason tomorrow. many expect a repeat of championship. unless you're charles barkley. >> i'm guaranteeing the warriors will not win the world championship. >> sure. [ laughter ] >> ldespite winning 73 games, he distill doesn't believe in the warriors. and barkley is in the minority. >> there's a segment of america that. s the warriors to lose. >> i don't know about that. there's a segment of ch

he knew who had opened the door for him. >> very quickly, rachel robinson, just unbelievable.formidable human beings i've ever met. and it's very, very clear. we spoke to the president and first lady in this film and they made it clear, too, you know, no rachel, no jackie. you can't do it alone. and the president is very moving, having been an african-american male who went through the door by himself and had to suffer for that, how good it was to come home to somebody who loves you and had your back. and rachel was that and has carried on his legacy so magnificently. she's the reason -- i'd covered jackie in our original baseball series in '94, but it wasn't until she said, do a stand-alone, and we said, yes, rachel, we will do this. >> i'm so glad you have struck up this friendship. it was like a missing piece of history and you have done it, sir. congratulations. >> good talking with you. and on the topic of baseball, this sunday on "meet the press," i'll have an exclusive interview with a former president of the united states who has found his way back to washington for a

there's rachel robinson and a little help throwing out the first pitch from frank robinson, no relation, but the first african-american baseball manager. the first pitch of the game, hernandez, and it's 1-0. he hit two homers and relationships a two-run double inside the line. talk about 10-16, three homers. 7-3 the dodgers are victorious. plenty of eyeballs on the as as well. back home for a series others -- series with the defending world champion royals. honoring jackie in oakland as well. pretty good crew throwing out the first pitch. rickey henderson, dave stewart, who you that? bottom two, 2-0kc until that lead was cut in half. solo shot, hisser home run of the season. the royals add on in the third. morales, up the middle. tough night for rich hill, he gave up three earned and the royals win 4-2. moments away from a half-hour of warrior playoff preview blitz. everything you want to know about the season going by and the season about to come. >> coming up in just a couple minutes, the half hour special of the warriors road to the championship. should be exciting. i'm sure you have

. >> rachel robinson is almost 94.nd some of mine and i want them back. and she is one of the most-- . >> stephen: part of his greatness. >> i don't think. she is central to it i mean we had the great good fortune to certificate view the president and first lady and you realize they were two couples hurdling through different times and spaces but this is a black man who went through a door that no other black hand had gone through before. >> stephen: we actually have a clip of that right now. jim. >> mr.. >> to montreal to see jackie and his first year in the minors. and he happened to sit in an area where the wifes were. rachel was in will group. when buzzie saw her, listened it her and realized she herself was a college graduate and very intelligent, very classy person, he went back and said to mr. ricky, if jackie was smart enough to pick her for his wife, he's the guy you want. >> there's nothing more important than family, than a real partnership. which is probably what made him such a great man. because he had th

i don't think we would have had jackie robinson without rachel. >> these are the most powerful couple and it's so moving and funny. >> rose: he says, yes, she's right. >> he's nodding, yes, yes. >> rose: i think he's nodding because he's somewhat of the same way. >> these are a couple hurdling through different time and space and this is an african american man going through a door and all drawing sustenance by the example and fortitude. he said when you're going home and has somebody who loves you and has your back that's what jackie felt with rachel. he began to speak of what he did on the field he would say what we did as if the spectacular play the hall of fame career he had was theirs and they could together weather the storm as rachel says in the film. >> rose: how good was he as a player? >> howard bryant says he's arguably the best american athlete ever. >> rose: ever? >> don't think he's the best baseball player i think he's the most important. there's no other baseball player whose number is retired in all stadiums and no one but mariano rivera is allowed to wear it except w

says rachel robinson in the film, it was us against the world.'s not like having jack. and before we go to break, some more news from the political world. bernie sanders won more colorado delegates at the state convention there yesterday, securing 15 of the 23 delegates available. that adds to the 26 delegates he's won at the congressional district conventions. he won that state's caucus on march 21st. and larry david dusted off his bernie sanders impression once more on "snl" with help from host julia louis-dreyfus. >> you have been pretty vague in the past, but how exactly are you going to break up the big bank. >> a big bank breakup? >> yeah. >> you break them up. >> how? how? >> once i'm elected president, i'll have a nice schvitz in the white house gym and then i'll go to the big banks, sit them down, and yada, yada, yada, they'll be broken up. >> what? no. no. you can't yada yada at a debate. also, you yada yadaed over the best part. >> no. i mentioned the schvitz. >> up next, i ask my guests what will be the big political headlines this we

robinson,el 93-year-old, rachel robinson. talk about the role she played to make this film possible. guest: this film would have been impossible without her. she started the jackie robinson foundation that the scholarships with young people here they have done amazing work. archives.hold the we benefited for having access to the archives. one portly, we had access to her. more importantly, we had access to her, she is an incredible human being. she said, he deserves stand-alone treatment. david mcmahon and i finish the .ilm we realize jackie -- we realize we had an opportunity to do it. without her help and without her unwillingness to share, not only the triumphs, but also the struggles of her life with jackie. i don't think the wood have had the film -- i don't think he would have had the film we had. host: for viewers who want to watch all four hours on april 11 on pbs and 9:00 p.m. let's get to the calls. charles is up first, a democrat from columbus ohio. good morning. you are on with ken burns. guest: good morning to bot

all of that and everything that ken has said i think was enormously important plus he married rachel robinson to articulate what they went through. she stood at his side. i am -- i was devoted to him, i wore shipped him when i was a child and i still do and i get kind of emotional when i think about what they went through and how unnecessary it was. bill clinton had the beatles, i had jackie robinson. i met him one time, he came into the studio with nelson rockefeller, he was a republican for all of his life and i was doing an important interview show in los angeles and i had never met jackie robinson so the press was all there waiting for nelson rockefeller, i almost knocked eefr rockefeller and brushed aside two secret service agents and made a complete fool of myself. mr. robinson, i've been waiting all my life for this moment. he was embarrassed. i don't care. i got to meet him. >> there are people like that. >> so, ken, what are we going to see tonight? >> well, tonight is part two, it's the less known. if we've tried to do a different treatment of the birth to his arrival in 1947, this

his character, that he chose a woman equal.s his i don't think he he would have had jackie robinson without rachel. charlie: very interesting moment with the president. >> this is a couple, the most powerful couple on earth rguably who are utterly transparent and just like every other couple, husband is trying o agree, yes, dear and it's so moving and funny at the same time. he's nodding, yes, yes. i love it. think he was probably nodding because i'm somewhat the same way. woman. strong she's right. >> this is an african-american door for there you the the first time and this is another african-american man going through a different door, obviously, a more important one, the presidency, but all of them of m the forbearances jackie robinson. so when he says you're questioning to go home and have somebody who loves you and has back, this is exactly what jackie felt with rachel. poignant things, is he began to speak of what he did on the field. we did. say what and if, even the spectacular play, hall of fame career that hard, was theirs. and that they could -- they could together weather the storm ra

the apology will be presented to robinson's widow rachel. >>> in sports for the first time in 14 monthse warriors lost a game at oracle arena. chances of breaking the nba all-time wins record is tougher now as they need to win five of their lax six games of the season. here's abc7 news sport director larry beil with highlights in this morning's sports report. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. the road to 73 wins just got a lot tougher. the warriors were perfect at home this season until last night. celtics upset the dubs putting the run to history in serious jeopardy. along side luke walton, turned it over 13 times, 7 by himself. boston's d good, but the warriors sloppy. turner for 3. 8-0 celtics run. third quarter, steph heating up. nice pass from clay on the run. warriors up by four but turnovers plagued the warriors. d pass. i seisaiah thomas, went for 24. steph, why not from -- neptune! splash. had 21 in the third. finished with 29, also nine turnovers. fourth quarter we go. celtics up 7. marcus smart, ready to beat the clock. boston's up 10. 1:30 left. cs by 4. steph to the hoo

the apology will be presented to robinson's widow, rachel. >>> weatherwise, waking up to cool temperaturesthe bay area. >> cloudy as well in the sierra nevada, and 20 at the truckee airport and high today in the low 60s. snow pack shrinking. more like 60-degree temperatures for the week ahead and more warmth headed our way. details coming up. >> thanks, lisa. >>> also ahead, the warriors haven't lost at home since january of last year. that streak of 54 ended last night. so what does this mean in the chase for history, and the best record ever? ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. a live look outside from our east bay hills camera as the sun gets ready to rise on this saturday morning. time is 6:44. lisa returns in a little bit with the full accuweather forecast. >>> at long last the bay area's crab season is under way 4 1/2 months late. a costly delay for months because of toxic algae that made the crab unsafe to eat. as abc news reporter explains, especially toxic for a fragile part of the economy. >> how is it? >> delicious. >> reporter: joe and his crew just unloaded these crab now and ar

robinson was taunted with racial slurs by the philadelphia phillies and denied service by a local hotel. his widow, rachel, will receive the apology on april 15th. the 69th anniversary of robinson's first major league game. >>> time is 6:53. you are never too old to feel like a kid when you find out you're gonna throw out the first pitch at a baseball game. >> you will be throwing out the first pitch of the ranger game. >> oh, my word! [ laughter ] >> i'm so thrill. i can't even think. >> don't you love her? that is an absolutely ecstatic 105-year-old elizabeth sullivan. she's tossing out the first pitch at wednesday's game between the texas rangers and the seattle mariners. the former school teacher is not some fly-by-night rangers fan. isn't she something else? ms. sullivan is getting in some practice for her big day. she's just hoping to reach home plate throwing overhand. but she says she's getting better everyday. >> she looks pretty good, absolutely. >> darn good. >> 105. >> bless her heart. >> look at that. uh-huh. >> rangers better win. >> right? maybe she'll bring good luck. >>> 6:54. and up next

robinson was viciously taunted by phillies manager ben chapman and phillies players when he came to bat. he was also denied services by a a local hotel, the apology went to his widow, rachel> governor chris christie today link a state take over to atlantic city which casino expansion plans in north jersey. the christie said he will campaign against expansion unless reforms of the financially crumbling atlantic city are approved. bills for an atlantic city take over has been stalling and democratic controlled assembly. christie says atlantic city is heading for disaster. >>> presidential candidate john kasich brought his campaign to philadelphia tonight. kasich acknowledged that pennsylvania primary on april 26th is crucial to his chances, and central to his strategy of denying donald trump a majority of delegates that prior to the convention in cleveland. the kasich told brian taff tonight that trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is unprepared to be president. >> when i say he is unprepared, when somebody says that, you know, we think we might use nuclear weapons in europe or we might use nuclear weapons in the middle east. or he says we have to have a muslim ban on

the president and met his wife, his widow, rachel, and daughter, sharon, who gave me a button, this is a replica of it, designating april 15 as jackie robinson day. i think we should think about his contributions to america and what we can make to america to make us a more perfect union. thank you, jackie robinson, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the 175th anniversary of porter township, clinton county, located in pennsylvania's 5th congressional district, founded in 1841 and named for the current governor at the time, david porter. the township was settled by scotch iron pioneers and known in its early days for the washington ironworks built in 1809 and operated until 1878. like so much of clinton county, pennsylvania's 5th congressional district, it is also dependent o