we also have robert reed who is also known to all of you his specialty is career studies in the latest book is once you go black, black intellectuals of america. and also a distinguished scholar. we have brenda wineapple who is a neighbor of mine. [laughter] living on the upper west side the author of the static nation of a book about the pivotal years as civil war reid makes it self. to talk about culture a.m. the various ways that went into make the american nation. i think we are supposed to have 10 or 12 minutes a piece? and then david will respond. we are here to celebrate his work of the american a renaissance after a trip to five years jews see the enormous influence the book has had of cultural studies and history and politics. and sean wilentz has a four word? you wrote to go forward as well to get it started. thank you very much. >> can you hear me? is that all right? it is great to be here to celebrate david's book i can do this twice. two years ago i had the privilege to write the foreword of a new edition of his book. but my main point it shifted the focus of reading of th

he's 51-year-old robert reed. he was sentenced to prison. >> and margaret was given an award by the sheriff's office of $2,500 for her bravery. >> hopefully some of that money can replace some of the things he stole. he stole things worth about $1,500 u.s. dollars. >> the best is that she now has peace of mind. >> got some video of some rush hour road rage in australia. you can see here two guys duking it out on the side of the road. >> he's punch drunk. he gets knocked down and doesn't get it. >> they said one driver was trying to edge in in front of the other one and the other one didn't like it. you're thinking the guy in the black shirt started it. no. he said the guy in the white shirt was the aggressor. >> he didn't like getting hit but i'll bet the other guy was sorry he started it. >> you see that girl at a train station in australia? watch how she's tackled by securityas a question over whether she bought a ticket. she slaps that guy and then she spit on him. they hold her on the ground for eight minutes.

. >> reporter: speaking out for first time late last night the family of robert cameron reed us didn'tcident that took their on's life. >> we've been careful about reaching conclusions because we don't know any facts. >> reporter: police in alamo heights texas say it started when a campus police officer from the university of the incarnate word noticed redus driving erraticallerratically. he grabbed the officer's baton and started hitting him and resisted arrest. >> we warned him stop or i'll shoot four times. redus charged at him with his arm raised as if to strike him and that's when he fired his weapon six times striking robert redus five times. >> reporter: redus died at the scene. >> to think he would have attacked someone is beyond anything i could fathom. >> earlier the family was more blunt. our family does not believe the officer's report. we expect all official reports to confirm cameron's death was unnecessary and unjustified. classmates and friends are stunned. >> he was such a sweet boy, very sweet and respectful. >> reporter: the university issued a statement late tuesday

denbraven, shaquille washington and jelani andrews might benefit from the experiences shared by robert and christopher reed. >> now you have a chance to change your life. to start all over again. use it. you know? >> work at mcdonald's flipping burgers and mopping the floors, if i got to clean up [ bleep ] i'm going to do it. >> you think about more things. think about the things you're about to do before you do them now. >> exactly. >> me and some of the older guys we try to talk to them and let them know, it's no place to be. let them look at me and see, you know, that, you know, you could very well be me, if you don't change your ways now. >> we do the things we do, because we want to do them. we want to go out and drink or smoke weed, whatever, that's because we want to do them. we ain't got to do them. we want to do them. >> it's the choices i made in life. to continue a life of crime, and as i was continuing i got the same old results. no matter which direction i went, i still got the same results. i didn't want them to go through the same thing. >> i've been here 70 days now, and i've seen probably

robert griffin iii is going to get some help. tight end jordan reed is back in the roster tonight. after missing last monday's game. no secret robert has struggled during the three-game losing streak. griffin has turned the ball over three times, sacked 14 over the last three losses. almost everyone is pointing the finger right now at the quarterback. the coach, mike shanahan knows, this isn't all griffin. this entire team is losing together. >> it's just not the quarterback. everybody struggles. when you lose you, you lose together. we know the scrutiny a quarterback goes through. it's part of the job. and there's a lot of responsibility with it. you've got to be tough. you've got to believe in yourself. and when tough times start, you've got to be tough enough to fight through it. and he's tough enough to fight through it. >> so if you're at home and you're going to catch the game tonight, take a look at the first quarter. this is going to determine how the redskins team will perform. they have been outscored in the first quarter 88-30 this season. usually if they can get on the s

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