tom robinson, a human being. she must put tom robinson away from her. tom robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. what did she do? she tempted a negro. she was white, and she tempted a negro. she did something that in our society is unspeakable. she kissed a black man. not an old uncle but a strong, young, negro man. no code mattered to her before she broke it but it came crashing down on her afterwards. her father saw it and the defendant has testified as to his remarks. what did her father do? we don't know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that mae ella was beaten savagely by someone who was used almost exclusively to his left. we know in part what mr. yule did. he did what any god-fearing, persevering, respectable white man would do in the circumstances. he swore out a warrant. no doubt signing it with his left hand. and tom robinson now sits before you having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses. his right hand. so humble, respectable, quiet negro who had the unmitigated at the merit to feel sore -- temerity

they're willing to go out and try to lynch tom robinson, right? they have taken one of their upstanding citizens, bo radley, and locked him in the attic. he's been there for god knows how many years. has anybody in town done anything about it? no. lock your kids in the attic. that's the kind of town you're dealing with. as we're seeing this through the idse of scout, a child, we have -- through the eyes of scout, a child, we have to dig into it ourselves to see what's going on and once you do you realize that atticus doesn't have a chance. there's nobody to appeal to. he's going to lose. and the moral of "to kill a mockingbird" isn't that atticus finch is a great lawyer or the lawyer that we should follow. the moral of the book and the movie is that the republican lawyer won't work any more. we need a new kind of lawyer. the only way to clean up a town like this is to bring in the federales. you know, everybody's got to go to jail. i mean, these -- you know, if you think about it, who is the real hero of "to kill a mockingbird"? who's the one who

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states auckland now have to beat england next saturday at the trans reaching the quarter finals and robinson liars is a bit extra to. the spirit of the side ok i thought it was. a really good performance but it's about being able to finish change off and carry you know in the best tournament. in the world and you've got to be able to finish. a side like argentina off because they're very good at staying in the game and. they do world stand my ground today. and sunday's other game somehow a bit fiji twenty seven points to seventy second in quick behind south africa.

and party to the defense, john robinson. >> excuse me. >> what kind of man are you? you got children of your own. >> atticus finch. >> this ring that belonged to your mother. you want to tell us what really happened? >> i got nothing to say. do nothing about it. you coward! >> gentlemen, i shall be brief but i would like to use the remaining time i have with you to remind you that this case is not a difficult one. it requires no minute sifting of complicated facts, but it does require you to be sure beyond a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. to begin with, this case should never have come to trial. this case is as simple as black and white. the state has produced not one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime tom robinson is charged with ever took place. it has relied instead on the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence is not only been called into serious question on cross-examination but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant. the defendant is not guilty. but somebody in this courtroom is. i have nothing but pity in my hea

. >>> in this shopping center, we met cell lynn robinson -- kelvin robinson. >> you pray nothing shows up. a lot of it is out of their hands. >> finally, we met a mother three about more than 20 years of managerial experience. >> right now, mcdonalds, i would take anything. any fast food place right now. >> she found it more difficult it find a job than to kick her drug has been. she has been clean for 18 months and out of work for 24. >> i have been to career centers, locally, the job readiness programs, you can't find a job. >> jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> maryland reportedly added 8100 jobs. in large part, due to local and state government cuts. german automaker is developing headlights that will be used the laser technology. the new technology will produce a light 1000 times brighter than the new led lights. >>> con artists are ripping off seniors by pre tending to be their grandchildren. we explain how in this we can's scam alert. your home for 60 days. i'm so confident you're going to love it i'm also going to send you dorothy got a been nicked call two weeks ago. he called her gra

robinson. he's the author of disintegration followed by an interview. he took your calls, tuitele and e-mails. sarah vowell was next talking about her book on family officious and answered your questions. next, presented his book in the history and biography tent then headed to the book tv said where he took your tweets e-mails and phone calls. former arrived fbi interrogators ali soufan was interviewed next and talked about his book the black banners and answered questions. then from the history and biography tent candice miller discussed her book the destiny of the republic with festival attendees. >>> now joining us on the booktv said is jennifer gavankar of the project manager of the national book festival. if you could come start by giving us the facts and figures about the national book festival, how many authors, how many people, what kind of events. >> thank you very much for having me, peter. we expect to have 111 authors on the ground over the next two days. yes, that today's and we a

here to talk about who's going to save the date here, eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist and msnbc political analyst. good to see you tonight, gene. >> good to see you tonight, melissa. >> wow, have you ever heard of a refusal of a request like this from the president of the united states? >> not publicly, no. we haven't heard of it. if you think about it, there must have been times when presidents wanted to come and do a joint session on a certain day and either the speaker of the house or the senate majority leader or both or somebody thought that was the wrong day and they worked it out, but i have never seen this sort of public dissing of a presidential request, nor, frankly, have i seen a presidential request that so clearly was designed to big foot the other party. >> yeah. clearly there's politics going on here, and, you know, clearly part of that politics is about the president, you know, stepping into this moment, but the fact is that boehner, as speaker of the house, is not actually part of the gop presidential primaries here, so is he just protecting these fell

eugene robinson, thank you, as well. good to see you. >> thank you, guys. this is all about bennett having been like the third string first baseman on the baseball team. >> i know. >> and feeling exploited and feeling like he wasn't treated fairly. that's what this whole thing -- motivations here are very personal. >> he would have started at princeton. >> i have one piece of great sports trivia. do i have a second? john heilmann as a young man -- >> the answer is go. go ahead. >> gave up a towering home run to none other than darryl strawberry. >> i knew that. >> really? >> high school. >> yeah. >> still haunts me. >> well, where was the pitch? what was it, fastball, straight down the middle? >> it was a really good pitch. >> was it? >> it was a really good pitch. you know, 4 inches below -- >> did your hand hurt? >> and he had had taken the first one for a strike and they looked at the second one and i thought i could sneak another one by, and about 590 feet. i think the ball is still orbiting the earth. >> did the team move when he hit it? >> we'll be ri

eugene robinson has been our guest.is latest book is "disintegration: the splintering of black america". thank you. coming up we have just begun our live coverage on booktv of the national book festival. coming -- coming up in half an hour columbia university professor and historian eric foner will talk about his latest book "the fiery trial: abraham lincoln and american slavery" about abraham lincoln and slavery. after his presentation he will be here to take your calls and e-mails and tweets but coming up next sarah vowell. this is her latest book. it is "unfamiliar fishes". it is a history of hawaii. she is the author of assassination nation and the wordy shipmate. she will be out here and we will talk about this book and you can tweak your questions or call in your questions but first our colleague rob hardest and is out and about at the national book festival. let's check in with him. >> at the poetry and prose pavilion we are talking to jonathan yardley, offer of second reading, notable and neglected book revisite

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i have known ron robinson for 35 years since we worked in campus politics together. have the greatest admiration for what they're doing with the reagan ranch and programs like this they're sponsoring throughout the year around the country. i hope you will say very active with young americans foundation during the coming economic year. it is a real pleasure to be here. i thought first i might begin by talking about why this panel is being held and why it is important to read books. they say that reading books is a dying art with all the competing opportunities we have for our time. but i think young americans foundation recognizes a few parts of the canon of literature and america's founding ideas and women in government and the free enterprise system by chairing this panel. by reading books we really develop a philosophical framework. you develop those first principles that enable us to evaluate public policy. that enable us to make judgments on the things we encounter, ideas that come along. if we familiarize ourselves with the ideas of jefferson and madison and eco

the crash was on highway 12 near kelly road. 53-year-old thomas robinson of napa intentionally swerved his ford escort into an oncoming big rig. thompson was killed in the crash. they based their conclusion on witness statements and notes found at robinson's home. >>> clean up efforts are on the way tonight in the wake of hurricane irene. and there are signs that life is returning to normal. this little lam was born just before the hurricane hit. it survived the storm and staffers named it irene hope. there were also signs of recovery in vermont where the streets were dry today. inside people struggled to dig out of the muddy mess. parts of new jersey are still under a flood advisory and farmers are adding up some devastating losses. >> i had an opportunity to take a look at fields in north carolina. i've never seen anything like it. the corn was destroyed, tobacco hit hard, cotton hit hard. >> reporter: president obama is scheduled to tour the damaged area. >>> the east coast is just beginning to recover from hurricane irene. this is a satellite imagine of hurricane katia. it's the se

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