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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
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...
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president of ireland, mary robinson. she's today the president of the mary robinson foundation for climate justice. [ applause ] and on my far left and on your far right, the administrator of the united nations development program, administrator helen clark, the former prime minister of new zealand. [ applause ] so it is an extraordinary group. i want to begin with an unconventional question before we get into the very important topic that we're discussing this morning. i want to ask each one of these leaders to just give us the heads of state to give us a fact or two about your country, the people of your country, that maybe many of us don't know because we haven't been there. president ellen johnson surleaf,
president of ireland, mary robinson. she's today the president of the mary robinson foundation for climate justice. [ applause ] and on my far left and on your far right, the administrator of the united nations development program, administrator helen clark, the former prime minister of new zealand. [ applause ] so it is an extraordinary group. i want to begin with an unconventional question before we get into the very important topic that we're discussing this morning. i want to ask each one...
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mary robinson. >> i was growing up in the west of ireland and we,000 thought e west. i mentioned passion and i put it in terms of the fact that i think women tend to be more intergeneration intergenerational. i have four grandchildren who will be in their 40s. why do they not understand the impact of climate and the kind of issues we are going to be talking about. in other words there is a need for leadership and i think in the 21st century a lot of it has to be women's leadership. we have more of a sense of purpose when we get into the positions of leadership when we heard. and the issues that we are discussing in a beyond frontiers way and are issues that are needing to be dealt with and that is i think our challenge. >> thank you. [ applause ] we have heard from the areas in the region. tell us a bit about how you see the main hurdles that a country faces in moving from conflict to post conflict, and to continue on a path to democracy. in managing the post conflict country, almost everything is a p priority. you have to tackle problems giving them hope and enables
mary robinson. >> i was growing up in the west of ireland and we,000 thought e west. i mentioned passion and i put it in terms of the fact that i think women tend to be more intergeneration intergenerational. i have four grandchildren who will be in their 40s. why do they not understand the impact of climate and the kind of issues we are going to be talking about. in other words there is a need for leadership and i think in the 21st century a lot of it has to be women's leadership. we...
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he also organized youth marchs for integrated schools, and that's where jackie robinson, jackie robinson's life converges with bayard. bayard was smart enough to know that jackie was a really good public figure, and maybe we should get jackie to lead the march, and jackie stepped up to the occasion. but in all these memos you can see bayard's tactical brilliance at work. >> as we turn to looking at some of the letters in particular, can you, can you talk a little bit about your process in finding the letters, deciding between them, um, choosing which ones to spotlight? i mean, the breadth and depth of his correspondence over the 45 years, maybe, that you have documented in the book is extraordinary. how -- tell us about how you did it. >> well, it's tough to pick letters, i'll say that. and at first i wasn't sure whether there would be enough letters for the book. later it became pretty clear to me that i had enough letters for at least several books. early on after i started getting interested in bayard's life, i decided that i'd better call walter, the executor of the estate of bayard ru
he also organized youth marchs for integrated schools, and that's where jackie robinson, jackie robinson's life converges with bayard. bayard was smart enough to know that jackie was a really good public figure, and maybe we should get jackie to lead the march, and jackie stepped up to the occasion. but in all these memos you can see bayard's tactical brilliance at work. >> as we turn to looking at some of the letters in particular, can you, can you talk a little bit about your process in...
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. >>> it's safe to say that singer smokee roabdz knows a -- robinson knows a lot. >> now he wants youo come together to make the world a better place. we'll tell you how he plans to do this. >>reporter: and people around the country pull together to help an elderly bus monitor bullied on a school bus. hear how they are teaming up to help her. this story on air and online. >>reporter: no problems to tell you about on the jfx if you are using that to get into the city. but we are still dealing with all of the construction on 895. not causing a backup yet, but it will later in the morning, so definitely stick with the fort mchenry tunnel or the key bridge as your alternate route. additional construction on the pedestrianington avenue draw bridge will reduce traffic to just two lanes beginning at 9:00 a.m. if you are headed out at green spring avenue. stay with us. there's much more to come. you're watching "good morning maryland." >>> 5:45. thanks for joining us this morning. there's no doubt about it, it is painful to watch, cell phone video of middle schoolers tormenting a bus monitor.
. >>> it's safe to say that singer smokee roabdz knows a -- robinson knows a lot. >> now he wants youo come together to make the world a better place. we'll tell you how he plans to do this. >>reporter: and people around the country pull together to help an elderly bus monitor bullied on a school bus. hear how they are teaming up to help her. this story on air and online. >>reporter: no problems to tell you about on the jfx if you are using that to get into the city....
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president robinson, you've clearly had experience in the area of conflict. what one thing would you add to this? >> i would say we need this confidence and closeness to the community and we also know in the 21st century need innovative partnerships for change and it is happening, and even this conference has engaged partners to usaid and to have universities and others listening in and helen, you're working in undp, but you're increasing in to the society and business community and she's setting up leagues of women in other parts of the regional and at the local level to create these partnerships and that's, i think, very much a part of how we can try and show more willingness to address issues, but a number of us are going to the real plus 20 very shortly and it is very disappointing to see the preparation, the lack of real commitment and given the urgency of the problems and we're in the 6 billionth child, and then we have the climate which preoccupies me more and more. i know there are countries where there are different views and the lobbies on the issue
president robinson, you've clearly had experience in the area of conflict. what one thing would you add to this? >> i would say we need this confidence and closeness to the community and we also know in the 21st century need innovative partnerships for change and it is happening, and even this conference has engaged partners to usaid and to have universities and others listening in and helen, you're working in undp, but you're increasing in to the society and business community and she's...
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robinson came to malawi with me. they don't have to say any political statement, but just by coming to do something big for women is enough to begin to view that confidence in the people in you because when she came we opened together a maternity clinic as everyone in malawi knows that i'm talking about fighting, and as i went through my problems we went to ghana with the president and the president made a statement that we would not just stand by and watch a woman suffer and be abused and be threatened with death. at the end of that conference they made a statement and a decision was made that all women in africa were going to support joyce bank to get into leadership and because of that women issued statements condemning the government of malawi for treating me the way they were. all i am saying is why do women make better leaders? in africa it is time to get together and support one another and without fear of contradiction that i'm looking at five years with four or five women presidents. [ applause ] >> next tim
robinson came to malawi with me. they don't have to say any political statement, but just by coming to do something big for women is enough to begin to view that confidence in the people in you because when she came we opened together a maternity clinic as everyone in malawi knows that i'm talking about fighting, and as i went through my problems we went to ghana with the president and the president made a statement that we would not just stand by and watch a woman suffer and be abused and be...
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people like curtis robinson. people like catherine black and elizabeth hart who had given to this institution but also to their communities. every renos, as bill gates father said, there is no such thing as a self-made man. we all stand on the shoulders of others. we all need a hand from time to time. that sense of community, which i can feel in this group right now, is one that makes america great. just ask nicole sousa about self-made people. she knows. every one of you knows you are here because of others. that compact means you give back to others after you. my generation still has some unfinished business and we need to work on it before we can say we have given back. many of you will be graduating with a huge student debt. the average in this state, $25,000 per student, and many here owe that much or more. that debt inhibits risk taking, entrepreneurship, job creation, innovation, creativity, the kind to build innovations as big as facebook but small as the kinds of suppliers and entrepreneur that we need h
people like curtis robinson. people like catherine black and elizabeth hart who had given to this institution but also to their communities. every renos, as bill gates father said, there is no such thing as a self-made man. we all stand on the shoulders of others. we all need a hand from time to time. that sense of community, which i can feel in this group right now, is one that makes america great. just ask nicole sousa about self-made people. she knows. every one of you knows you are here...
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president mary robinson, you've had the chance to think about this a lot. you've certainly spoken about it a lot. with the benefit of hindsight, how do you see how being a woman changes one's ability to lead? >> i've thought about it a great deal because it's not that women are better than men, we need balance obviously but women lead in a different way. it's less hierk, a call, it's more nurturing. it was important when i was elected president against the odds and breaking the mold a bit and i thank the women of ireland who were working the cradle for now rocking the system and it was very important for me to be a president who was sort of a woman president, proud to be a woman and that it was an advantage to be a woman and even though, you know, i'd broken a kind of mold there. and in 1996 i joined with a number of others in establishing something called a council of women world laelders, which we're all members of. you mentioned that there are eight women presidents at the moment and we have three of them here as you said. but nut council, and the only o
president mary robinson, you've had the chance to think about this a lot. you've certainly spoken about it a lot. with the benefit of hindsight, how do you see how being a woman changes one's ability to lead? >> i've thought about it a great deal because it's not that women are better than men, we need balance obviously but women lead in a different way. it's less hierk, a call, it's more nurturing. it was important when i was elected president against the odds and breaking the mold a bit...
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we're introduced to robinson as we met the rookies. >> it was just a maturity thing. as i grew up, i just figured, you're here for football, and this is what you need to do, if you want to be successful and go places. >> reporter: that maturity came at michigan state, where safety trenton robinson credits his coaches for teaching him how to become a leader. >> my defensive back told me, if you just do what you're supposed to do, and lead by example, and just go out there and play football, do what you're supposed to do off the field, your teammates will respect you and look up to you. >> reporter: robinson did exactly that. his senior year his teammates chose him as a team captain. he led with his emotions and ended up being first team all in ten. >> i love this game so much, so when i'm out on the field, i'm very excited. i am just in my zone. i love to see my teammates make plays. and do great things. when i'm out on the field, i'm living through somebody, so my excitement level and enthusiasm is through the roof. you have to play this game with enthusiasm. you have
we're introduced to robinson as we met the rookies. >> it was just a maturity thing. as i grew up, i just figured, you're here for football, and this is what you need to do, if you want to be successful and go places. >> reporter: that maturity came at michigan state, where safety trenton robinson credits his coaches for teaching him how to become a leader. >> my defensive back told me, if you just do what you're supposed to do, and lead by example, and just go out there and...
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she is today the president of the mary robinson foundation for climate justice. and on my far left and on your far right, the administrator of the united nations development program, administrator helen clark the former prime minister of new zealand. so it is an extraordinary group. i want to begin with the kind of an unconventional question before we get into the very important topic that we're discussing this morning. i want to ask each one of these leaders to just give us the heads of state, to give us a fact or two about your country, the people of your country that maybe many of us don't know because we haven't been there. president ellen johnson surly, i'm going to start with you. >> liberia is a country that experienced two decades of civil conflict ruling in dysfunctional institutions, destroyed infrastructure. young people bypassed by education and training. a lot of despair. six years we've tried to fix it. we've brought back hope. we've got the young people back in school. repairing the infrastructure, ensuring that the institutions function again. and
she is today the president of the mary robinson foundation for climate justice. and on my far left and on your far right, the administrator of the united nations development program, administrator helen clark the former prime minister of new zealand. so it is an extraordinary group. i want to begin with the kind of an unconventional question before we get into the very important topic that we're discussing this morning. i want to ask each one of these leaders to just give us the heads of state,...
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president mary robinson, you had the chance to think about this a lot. you certainly have spoken about it at lot. with the benefit of hindsight, how do you see how being a woman changes one's ability to lead? >> i have thought about it a great deal because it's not that women are better than men or whatever. we need balance obviously. but women lead in a different way. it's less hierarchical and more nurturing and all the things we have been hearing. if it was important when i was elected president and against the odds and breaking the mold of it and i got the women of ireland rocking the cradle to rock the system. it was very important more me to be a president who was a woman president. proud to be a woman. that was an advantage to be a woman. even though i had broken a mold there. in 1996, i joined the number of others in steak something called a council of women who were leaders and members of. you mentioned that there eight women presidents at the moment. we have three of them here and in the council which is directly elected presidents or prime min
president mary robinson, you had the chance to think about this a lot. you certainly have spoken about it at lot. with the benefit of hindsight, how do you see how being a woman changes one's ability to lead? >> i have thought about it a great deal because it's not that women are better than men or whatever. we need balance obviously. but women lead in a different way. it's less hierarchical and more nurturing and all the things we have been hearing. if it was important when i was elected...
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president of kosovo, president mary robinson former president of -- currently a global leader in so many regards and prime minister helen clark former prime minister of new zealand and currently the head of the u.n. development program. those are just again the next panel so this is going to be an amazing few days and if we all take the approach that we are here to listen and we are here to learn from experts from so many different walks of life and we are here to celebrate the ideas they have to share with us, ideas that we know or hear from talented leaders. i want to take just a moment to thank steve ratliff. steve is there usaid chief economists in a weiland has helped us instill a culture of discipline around a more quantitative and economic growth oriented rich to development and his responsible really for pulling this together. when steve came to me about a year ago with the basic idea, it
president of kosovo, president mary robinson former president of -- currently a global leader in so many regards and prime minister helen clark former prime minister of new zealand and currently the head of the u.n. development program. those are just again the next panel so this is going to be an amazing few days and if we all take the approach that we are here to listen and we are here to learn from experts from so many different walks of life and we are here to celebrate the ideas they have...
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robinson came to malawi with me. they don't have to say -- make a political statement, but just by coming as she said earlier to do something big for women is enough to begin to build that confidence in the people in you. because when she came, we opened together a maternity clinic. everybody in malawi knows i am not joking when i talk about fighting maternal mortality. and as i went through my problems in three days, we went to ghana with president ellen sirleaf. and president ellen sirleaf made a statement that we cannot just stand by and watch a woman suffer and be abused and be threatened with death. and at the end of that conference, they made a statement. a resolution was made that all women in africa were going to support joyce banda to get into leadership. and because of that, women's networks in africa issued statements condemning the government of malawi for treating me the way they were. all i am saying is while we know that women make better leaders? in africa it will be necessary for all of us to stand t
robinson came to malawi with me. they don't have to say -- make a political statement, but just by coming as she said earlier to do something big for women is enough to begin to build that confidence in the people in you. because when she came, we opened together a maternity clinic. everybody in malawi knows i am not joking when i talk about fighting maternal mortality. and as i went through my problems in three days, we went to ghana with president ellen sirleaf. and president ellen sirleaf...
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president mary robinson, you've had the chance to think about this a lot. you've certainly spoken about it a lot. with the benefit of hindsight, how do you see how being a woman changes one ace ability to lead? >> i have -- i have thought about it a great deal. it's not that women are better than men or whatever. we need balance, obviously. but women lead in a different way. it's less hierarchical. it's more nurturing. it's all the things we've been hearing. it was important when i was elected president against the odds, breaking, you know, the mold of it, i thanked the women of ireland who had been rocking the cradle for now rocking the system. and it was very important for me to be a president who was -- a woman president, proud to be a woman, and that it was an advantage to be a woman, even though, you know, i had broken a kind of mold there. in 1996, i joined with a number of others in establishing something called the counsel of women leaders, which in fact we're all members of. and you mentioned there are eight women presidents at the moment. and we h
president mary robinson, you've had the chance to think about this a lot. you've certainly spoken about it a lot. with the benefit of hindsight, how do you see how being a woman changes one ace ability to lead? >> i have -- i have thought about it a great deal. it's not that women are better than men or whatever. we need balance, obviously. but women lead in a different way. it's less hierarchical. it's more nurturing. it's all the things we've been hearing. it was important when i was...
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needs the good the bad and the very very very corti asli ugly the good will robinson brought isn't the president the american bar association or a large republican donors attacking senator mitch mcconnell's plan to back every appeals court excuse me to block every appeals court nominee for the rest of president obama's term in a letter to mcconnell and senate majority leader harry reid robinson argues that the majority of nominees and the floor have received strong support from the senate judiciary committee and have support from both sides of the aisle and the endorsement of top conservative legal scholars for the growing number of open spots on the federal bench america is facing a judicial crisis and rather than stop the crisis mitch mcconnell has turned it into a game at the politics of hope mr robinson can convince senator mcconnell to stop playing games and focus on what really matters the bad but the vatican how do you try to rebranding the image after a decade of controversy well if you're the vatican and pope benedict the sixteenth hire someone from fox so-called news to do p.
needs the good the bad and the very very very corti asli ugly the good will robinson brought isn't the president the american bar association or a large republican donors attacking senator mitch mcconnell's plan to back every appeals court excuse me to block every appeals court nominee for the rest of president obama's term in a letter to mcconnell and senate majority leader harry reid robinson argues that the majority of nominees and the floor have received strong support from the senate...
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are you ready to rumble joining me for tonight's big picture i will as the robinson freelance journalist and deputy director of the paul revere project same sex progressive commentator and writer and brand arlene daily mail contributor and director of government studies at the heritage foundation welcome to all of you brian quick question was mitt romney standing on the road for the heritage foundation he gave it to i know it was a couple blocks down the street he was one of my heritage foundation i was certain i was ok i will be for it it just looks like that ok so obamacare is constitutional after all but republicans think that's a sign of the apocalypse you know it's a the the anti-christ apparently here republican congressman mike pence compared the ruling bill nine eleven mike davis former spokesman for the republican party in michigan is asking if it's now time for an armed revolt michael savage and bryan fischer are saying john roberts has gone off the edge because he's taking absence epilepsy medication this is a law that protects one hundred plus million americans who have preex
are you ready to rumble joining me for tonight's big picture i will as the robinson freelance journalist and deputy director of the paul revere project same sex progressive commentator and writer and brand arlene daily mail contributor and director of government studies at the heritage foundation welcome to all of you brian quick question was mitt romney standing on the road for the heritage foundation he gave it to i know it was a couple blocks down the street he was one of my heritage...
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. >> lisa robinson joins us in the studio with details. dexia official said the zoning law governing liquor licenses in the city have not changed since 1971. four years later, it is time to change in order to help improve the health of residents. >> a-rod to put people out if their -- they are going to put people out if they are not careful. >> the doctor says crime and the density of liquor stores go hand in hand. the city's population has declined by 31%, but the number of liquor outlets has remained the same. >> almost three-quarters of the of all outlets that are operating outside the zoning area are primarily concentrated in the poorest areas of the city. >> held and planning officials have identified 128 outlets that are operating in residential areas in the middle of the block. they were grandfathered enin. planning officials are proposing that stores have two years to make a change. >> the businesses can choose to continue operating, but not sell alcohol, they can choose to move to a different location where they can sell alcohol,
. >> lisa robinson joins us in the studio with details. dexia official said the zoning law governing liquor licenses in the city have not changed since 1971. four years later, it is time to change in order to help improve the health of residents. >> a-rod to put people out if their -- they are going to put people out if they are not careful. >> the doctor says crime and the density of liquor stores go hand in hand. the city's population has declined by 31%, but the number of...
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i am sarah caldwell. >> i am lisa robinson. .> i'm here for myself it was hot yesterday. today the humidity will go u
i am sarah caldwell. >> i am lisa robinson. .> i'm here for myself it was hot yesterday. today the humidity will go u
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that's a gibson r 44 robinson gibson 44. couple of dallas dirt bags appear to have no regard for a young child's life. check out this surveillance video from a mobile phone store obtained by wfaa. two robbers walked into the store with guns in their hands. one of the alleged robbers used his gun to threaten employee jasmine. >> he pulled out his gun and he pushed the chair where i was sitting down and put the gun close to me and asked for the money. >> one of the robbers walks up to his father who is holding his 4-year-old daughter and watch what he does. >> he points the guns at the father's head and down at this young girl's head. >> we were scared. at that moment i thought he was going to do something to her or to any of us, but more than anything, i was afraid we couldn't do nothing. >> the father in the video here pretty much paralyzed with fear when he saw the gun, he immediately opens up his wallet and hands it to the robber. the robbers got away with cell phones and undisclosed amount of cash. >> human garbage flat o
that's a gibson r 44 robinson gibson 44. couple of dallas dirt bags appear to have no regard for a young child's life. check out this surveillance video from a mobile phone store obtained by wfaa. two robbers walked into the store with guns in their hands. one of the alleged robbers used his gun to threaten employee jasmine. >> he pulled out his gun and he pushed the chair where i was sitting down and put the gun close to me and asked for the money. >> one of the robbers walks up to...
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jackie robinson is good enough for me. the new book, which i cannot give justice to in one conversation, is called "over time, my life as a sportswriter." as he said earlier, it is not so much about him but about his life and the people he has encountered, the story is that he was able to break. >> i really enjoyed it. tavis: thank you, sir. that is our show tonight. you can download the app from the app store. good night, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with -- a three-time grammy winner, shawn colvin. that is next time. will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs.
jackie robinson is good enough for me. the new book, which i cannot give justice to in one conversation, is called "over time, my life as a sportswriter." as he said earlier, it is not so much about him but about his life and the people he has encountered, the story is that he was able to break. >> i really enjoyed it. tavis: thank you, sir. that is our show tonight. you can download the app from the app store. good night, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more...
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how the robinsons even end up in this place.a as part of this larger process. >> the book really is a look at american history through the lens of a family. the first family. and you're right. it is much more than just dna. it's, i try to trace the journeys of her ancestors across the generations and the migration was a big part of that story for them. >> what happens when we sort of pause and look into the backgrounds and personal histories of our leaders? i know there's been some anxiety about what happens if we trace back, particularly for those of us who have slave ancestry and ancestors who were part of jim crow. how did you deal with the politics and anxiousnesshat has emerged around that? >> you know, some of this is hard history. it's hard for people to look back and think about hard times. mrs. obama's family has front row seats to some of the biggest moments in history and some of those moments were in the easy ones. slavery, segregation. but i think it tells us something about ourselves, too. >> as much we talk about
how the robinsons even end up in this place.a as part of this larger process. >> the book really is a look at american history through the lens of a family. the first family. and you're right. it is much more than just dna. it's, i try to trace the journeys of her ancestors across the generations and the migration was a big part of that story for them. >> what happens when we sort of pause and look into the backgrounds and personal histories of our leaders? i know there's been some...
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first base open, it is not even a consideration, right now to pitch around rodriguez with robinson cano on deck. 637 career home runs. jim leyland coming right after granderson, got the strikeout, coming right after rodriguez with a full count now, first base open, two outs. >> rodriguez puts the bat down and out to grab it, second baseman and benoit does a great job for the tigers in the top of the seventh. here's the pitch that got kevin long ejected. then joe girardi -- ejected. granderson and the yankees dejected as we go to the seventh inning stretch. benoit, great work. baseball night in america. 2-1, tigers. . know why? well, here's your lesson of the day, pal: it's all in the name. motor. trend. see, the ford f-150 is the only truck out there with ecoboost, which is a powerful...motor... that also delivers on the... trend...of excellent gas mileage. got it? it's truck of the year-101, baby. class dismissed. this is the future. this is the ford f-150. ♪ it's a brand-new day ♪ and i got lots of love to give away ♪ ♪ it don't matter if it's raining ♪ ♪ nothing can faze me ♪ i make
first base open, it is not even a consideration, right now to pitch around rodriguez with robinson cano on deck. 637 career home runs. jim leyland coming right after granderson, got the strikeout, coming right after rodriguez with a full count now, first base open, two outs. >> rodriguez puts the bat down and out to grab it, second baseman and benoit does a great job for the tigers in the top of the seventh. here's the pitch that got kevin long ejected. then joe girardi -- ejected....
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robinson cano, his seventh home run in seven games.kees hold on to win, 5-4. >>> red sox and blue jays. jose bautista. the full count off of jon lester. lester said i'm going to challenge him and take my chances. i'd rather give up the solo shot. the guy that owns this car, would have rather lester walked him. look at the damage. that's what you get for paying 40 bucks for parking. bottom five. that was david ortiz, off of jesse chavez. 21st of the season. 39 for papi's year. 10-4, in the ninth. darnell mcdonald wants to go home. but d-mac brings it back. take another look at this. keeping the ball and the body in the field of play. 10-4, red sox take care of the blue jays. >>> up next, "the pulse." and men come clean with surprising revelations about housework. can i get a hallelujah for all the women out there? >> i don't buy this one. >>> and the truth is out there about aliens. how many of us believe? and who do we want in the white house to do battle with those space invaders? [ girl ] when i started playing soccer, i wasn't so go
robinson cano, his seventh home run in seven games.kees hold on to win, 5-4. >>> red sox and blue jays. jose bautista. the full count off of jon lester. lester said i'm going to challenge him and take my chances. i'd rather give up the solo shot. the guy that owns this car, would have rather lester walked him. look at the damage. that's what you get for paying 40 bucks for parking. bottom five. that was david ortiz, off of jesse chavez. 21st of the season. 39 for papi's year. 10-4, in...
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robinson, what advice would you have? if you would presume to give advice, as you hear the difficult choices that these leaders are having to make every single day? >> what i was struck with when i was listening was the commitm t commitment, but also the willingness to be innovative and i remember in 2009 being in liberia for an international symposium and that the president with the support of another president at the time and the president of finland brought together and the criticism of for daring to have an international symposium for having a basic infrastructure and for the hotels that people can stay in, and it was great for not just the women of the country and the pride of the country and the changed some of the dynamics. so my sense is, and i say this particularly to president bandar. she's a new president in a country where she's already made impact in. from time to time do something bigger in order to -- and do it with partners, with outside partners of that kind because then you continue in a symbolic way to
robinson, what advice would you have? if you would presume to give advice, as you hear the difficult choices that these leaders are having to make every single day? >> what i was struck with when i was listening was the commitm t commitment, but also the willingness to be innovative and i remember in 2009 being in liberia for an international symposium and that the president with the support of another president at the time and the president of finland brought together and the criticism...
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i am lisa robinson. that story is next. this is wbal tv at six. >> good evening. our big story at 6. baltimore county police officer is indicted inea old christopher brown. >> days mother pleaded for the rest. moree investigation. >> during a bail hearing an hour-and-a-half ago, both the state's attorney office and others agree he is not a flight risk. they w
i am lisa robinson. that story is next. this is wbal tv at six. >> good evening. our big story at 6. baltimore county police officer is indicted inea old christopher brown. >> days mother pleaded for the rest. moree investigation. >> during a bail hearing an hour-and-a-half ago, both the state's attorney office and others agree he is not a flight risk. they w
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maybe thomas robinson is the guy they're looking at.d out. >> you know he was made for playing basketball. >> a little bit bigger than me. >> me too. >>> plenty ahead on fox 5 morning news. time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. we say hello to isaac colon. he tells us he wake up to fox 5 morning news every day at 4:306789 he says he loves watching tony and tucker would both happen to be off this morning. >> hopefully, we're ad swat substitutes. >> we're doing our best. >> thank you for tuning in. to be the fan of the day, just log on to our facebook opinion and leave a comment under isaac's picture. -- our facebook opinion and leave a comment under isaac's picture.
maybe thomas robinson is the guy they're looking at.d out. >> you know he was made for playing basketball. >> a little bit bigger than me. >> me too. >>> plenty ahead on fox 5 morning news. time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. we say hello to isaac colon. he tells us he wake up to fox 5 morning news every day at 4:306789 he says he loves watching tony and tucker would both happen to be off this morning. >> hopefully, we're ad swat...
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>>> well, if you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway at robinson terminal, in fact, approaching braddock road, we have construction still set up there. just a few minutes ago, an accident was there along the left side. it quickly cleared. still seeing v-dot in the left lane. be aware of that. tra traveling on i-95, roadwork at fairfax county parkway. i can tell you, checking cameras at backlick it looks to be in the process of being picked up. you're still feeling it making your way past fairfax county parkway heading northbound. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:43. still to come, the former redskin talking about a very personal secret he kept from his teammates. >>> plus, there are a lot of interested drivers waiting on this one. the court case that could decide whether speed cameras are illegal. >>> and the major mess in the >>> a private company will clean up a diesel spill in the potomac river along the southwest waterfront in the district. a floating platform at the fish market broke apart, spilling about 50 gallons of diesel fuel. normally fish and other seafood are sold o
>>> well, if you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway at robinson terminal, in fact, approaching braddock road, we have construction still set up there. just a few minutes ago, an accident was there along the left side. it quickly cleared. still seeing v-dot in the left lane. be aware of that. tra traveling on i-95, roadwork at fairfax county parkway. i can tell you, checking cameras at backlick it looks to be in the process of being picked up. you're still feeling it making your...
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in peter robinson's video, it's going to visit those people who said, no, we'll never get accustomed to the wall. it must come down, and to have the words of the president of the united states who we referred to always as the leader of the free world come to that wall, and you saw in the video clip the bulletproof glass behind him because our secret service wasn't sure that there would be a sniper from the east berlin. these were tense moments in the course of history, and to be that strong but do it in a way of hope and optimism. if you truly want to liberalize, if you mean what you say, here's visible evidence. go do it. and the people of germany did it, and gorbachev did it, too. >> well, ken, i don't want to dominate the conversation because we have a wonderful audience here today, and i know that many will have questions to ask of you, too, and you're so gracious to be with us. i'd like to take advantage of that, if that's all right with you. >> great. >> and get some questions from the audience. >> okay. >> i'm a german journalist. i was there in '87 and perhaps you'll remember
in peter robinson's video, it's going to visit those people who said, no, we'll never get accustomed to the wall. it must come down, and to have the words of the president of the united states who we referred to always as the leader of the free world come to that wall, and you saw in the video clip the bulletproof glass behind him because our secret service wasn't sure that there would be a sniper from the east berlin. these were tense moments in the course of history, and to be that strong but...
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i don't know if she's here, but she wrote a wonderful book about helen ring robinson who was the firstoman elected to the colorado senate. and she was the second woman elected in the united states to a state senate. a very distinguished woman and part of a huge progressive movement that was sweeping colorado at that time. unfortunately, there was a little backlash that happened that maybe some of you have heard about. ludlow and all the little labor violence up there and the governor would refuse to send out the national guard and finally president wilson had to call out the troops and all of this. and helen ring robinson was very involved in that because she was involved with children's rights, you know, equal pay with minimum wage, with all these good progressive issues. and she even got molly brown to donate $1,000, which in those days was a whole lot of money to help the ludlow families that had been affected by this terrible event that went on. and after her four years in the senate, she said enough. it's gotten too crazy up there. i said to people when i was reading senator pasco
i don't know if she's here, but she wrote a wonderful book about helen ring robinson who was the firstoman elected to the colorado senate. and she was the second woman elected in the united states to a state senate. a very distinguished woman and part of a huge progressive movement that was sweeping colorado at that time. unfortunately, there was a little backlash that happened that maybe some of you have heard about. ludlow and all the little labor violence up there and the governor would...
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peter robinson who you just heard from was a hell of a speech writer, age 30, and he was fighting hard for this speech draft. the communications director at the white house agreed with him. and fought hard against the nsc and the state department. before we left for italy and then germany, we had gone through everybody's arguments and it stayed in the speech. we flew first to venice, because there was an economic summit, a g-7 about to happen. and unlike these days where everything is on the 747 we flew on the old boeing 747 which was air force one. there was a lot of jet lag and time. the reagans flew to venice and went into seclusion for three days where they stayed at a villa outside of venice. we left the united states on june 3rd, on june 5th i visited the villa with the national security council advisor and did our usual briefings and the president and i spent some time afterwards talking through this speech. and the president said to me, what do you think? and i said, mr. president, i think it's a hell of a speech and a hell of a line but you're president, you get to decide. and
peter robinson who you just heard from was a hell of a speech writer, age 30, and he was fighting hard for this speech draft. the communications director at the white house agreed with him. and fought hard against the nsc and the state department. before we left for italy and then germany, we had gone through everybody's arguments and it stayed in the speech. we flew first to venice, because there was an economic summit, a g-7 about to happen. and unlike these days where everything is on the...
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helen robinson was very involved with that, involved with children's rights, equal pay and minimum wage, with all of these good progressive issues. and she even got molly brown to donate $1,000, which in those days was a whole lot of money to help the lud low families that have been affected by this terrible event that went on. and after her four years in the senate, she said enough and gotten too crazy up there. i said to people when i was reading, senator pasco's book that we ought to send that book around to a lot of people who are currently in office because it was really pretty rugged back then too. it gives you a little context. she did live through it. in 1916, montana sent wonderful janet ran kin and she immediately went there and voted against the war. she got defeated and went back again right before world war ii, went back and voted against that war too. she was consistent. but there is a marvelous picture in the national archives of her being sworn on on the house floor. there is not another male other than the ones that had to perform the ceremony on the floor. but the enti
helen robinson was very involved with that, involved with children's rights, equal pay and minimum wage, with all of these good progressive issues. and she even got molly brown to donate $1,000, which in those days was a whole lot of money to help the lud low families that have been affected by this terrible event that went on. and after her four years in the senate, she said enough and gotten too crazy up there. i said to people when i was reading, senator pasco's book that we ought to send...
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with us from washington, msnbc analyst, eugene robinson, a columnist for the "washington post."her jones washington bureau chief, david corn, also an msnbc political analyst and jared bernstein, senior fellow at the center for policy priorities and former adviser to vice president joe biden. eugene, donuts and slogans are fine things. even if mitt romney can only identify one of the two, but how much longer, seriously, can he simply run on platitudes and hollow cliches? how much longer? >> well, first of all, martin, i'm proud to say this show runs on freedom and you know, i think he intends the go on this way for some time. he comes up with these sound bites that i guess somebody tells him sound good, but what i'm hearing is an increasing impatience among voters, people who write to me or call me who say they're independent minded, but would like to have some idea of what he's talking about. what he would do if elected president. >> good question. david corn, peggy noonan took romney to task for his pandering speeches. she writes applause line speeches are not right for a time
with us from washington, msnbc analyst, eugene robinson, a columnist for the "washington post."her jones washington bureau chief, david corn, also an msnbc political analyst and jared bernstein, senior fellow at the center for policy priorities and former adviser to vice president joe biden. eugene, donuts and slogans are fine things. even if mitt romney can only identify one of the two, but how much longer, seriously, can he simply run on platitudes and hollow cliches? how much...
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mock draft has them picking either kansas forward thomas robinson, florida sharpshooter bradley bealer michael kidd-gilchrist from kentucky. no relation, i don't think, but we can make that happen if he's good. the draft is tonight at 7:00 p.m. and we'll have complete coverage of the wizards' moves tonight on "news4 at 11:00." >>> zimmerman goes left field. see you later! >> nice. the nationals are enjoying the rocky mountains. they stumped colorado for a second straight day, winning 11-5. ryan zimmerman had three rbis, including that home run. pitcher jordan zimmerman had another strong outing, only giving up one run in seven innings. the nats go for the series win today in denver. first pitch is at 3:10. i think it's working for them, right? >> it's been really fun watching them this year. >> i know! >> it's been a good season. >> it's been a long time coming, too. now, if we could just get teddy to win and one of our home games. >> yeah, not going to happen. not going to happen. >> all right, the time is 4:55. >>> a new weight loss pill hits the market. why the fda was hesitant to
mock draft has them picking either kansas forward thomas robinson, florida sharpshooter bradley bealer michael kidd-gilchrist from kentucky. no relation, i don't think, but we can make that happen if he's good. the draft is tonight at 7:00 p.m. and we'll have complete coverage of the wizards' moves tonight on "news4 at 11:00." >>> zimmerman goes left field. see you later! >> nice. the nationals are enjoying the rocky mountains. they stumped colorado for a second...
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robinson street in the city, we have an accident at fleet street.nd debris yet been filled boulevard -- some debris in benfield boulevard. 161 is a better bet to avoid the closure. so far so good at 83 and ruxton road. 295 is a little heavier and some delays from 175 down towards 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie is live at miss shirley's. >> you can put old bay just about everything. i have had caramel corn. this is about celebrating old bay. this is called the taste of patriotism. many restaurants in baltimore and annapolis are celebrating this week-long event. i'm here at miss shirley's. they say they use old bay a lot. they have it on every single table. i want to show you some of the dishes they have available. this is a crab and eggs benedict. jumbo lump eggs -- double eggs sandwich. all this has old bay. you can go to atasteofpatriotism.com. a great week to get out. temperatures dropping down today. upper 70's for the high temperature. we do warm up by the end of the week. joyce some old bay -- enjoys bay.ol some old .> yo
robinson street in the city, we have an accident at fleet street.nd debris yet been filled boulevard -- some debris in benfield boulevard. 161 is a better bet to avoid the closure. so far so good at 83 and ruxton road. 295 is a little heavier and some delays from 175 down towards 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie is live at miss shirley's. >> you can put old bay just about everything. i have had caramel corn. this is about celebrating old bay. this is called the taste...
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you know, first black coach of baseball was frank robinson, and i think when frank robinson was chosen as a coach, one of the astute sportscasters said he'll be the first black manager fired, and, of course, he was. i think two or three times. so it's not the end of the world to be bad at something or to be chosen as being a failure. sometimes it's a bigger opportunity. so here's what i say in closing. the women who have any interests in the work i do, in communication, i offer you a challenge. 80% some of all products and services in the world are bought by women, decision--makers, to some degree, and maybe 6% of the creative population who make those ads, the creative directors in advertising agencies around the world, are women. now, how does a woman become a creative director? di, you're a creative director. that's as simple as it is. it's an advancement in perception. and the men are the ones who are able to do it. so having men be more involved in advancement is the key to diversity on all fronts. you know, wouldn't it be great if we had two token white guys on this panel who ran
you know, first black coach of baseball was frank robinson, and i think when frank robinson was chosen as a coach, one of the astute sportscasters said he'll be the first black manager fired, and, of course, he was. i think two or three times. so it's not the end of the world to be bad at something or to be chosen as being a failure. sometimes it's a bigger opportunity. so here's what i say in closing. the women who have any interests in the work i do, in communication, i offer you a challenge....
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the case was called robinson versus california. and white wrote that the majority in the case was writing into the constitution its own abstract notions of how to best handle the narcotics problem, displacing the expert understanding of either the states or the congress. the early dissent was an overture to his first famous opinion, another dissent, in a case now known to every american with access to a television set, miranda versus arizona. white viewed the majority opinion as inconsistent with the texts, precedent, and sound policy. his opinion closed on a raw note, widely quoted at the time. "in some unknown number of cases, the court's rule will return a killer, rapist or other killer to the streets and the environment which produced him to repeat his crime whenever it pleases him. as a consequence, there will not be a gain but a loss in human dignity." less than a decade later, white published his most searing opinion or dissent in roe versus wade, the opinion forever casting on the dark side in the minds of liberal scholars
the case was called robinson versus california. and white wrote that the majority in the case was writing into the constitution its own abstract notions of how to best handle the narcotics problem, displacing the expert understanding of either the states or the congress. the early dissent was an overture to his first famous opinion, another dissent, in a case now known to every american with access to a television set, miranda versus arizona. white viewed the majority opinion as inconsistent...