and the author of a new biography of rosa parks. [applause] would we know about rosa parks? >> i wanted to start with november 271955. rosa parks came to a meeting at dexter avenue got this church to hear.tm howard talk about the recent acquittal of the two killers of evansville. dr. king introduced at me again. howard was there to spread the word. howard had been one of the key organizers in trying to get even a child of those two men. after those two not have been a way to, was on a tour through the countries that spread the word and to continue the organizing after the travesty have had a as the two men who had lynched emmett till have been found not guilty. so this is november 27, 1955. rizal park sits there and he is talking about the lynching and had tried to register to vote and had been killed. she is angry and she is sad and she is despairing because she came to that night having spent more than a decade organizing around cases like this. and what was particularly sort of exciting and about this case that there had been a child under two killers go free. i wanted to

rosa parks. i don't get what the big deal is i refuse to give up my seat all the time. i don't stand up for pregnant women, the elderly or even for rosa parks. i stole her seat at a benefit to sit closer to oprah. i say you snooze, you lose rosie. i-- (applause) i don't want to toot my own horn but i am the rosa parks of not giving up my seat for rosa parks. nevertheless, i am giving a tip of the hat to the rnc for reminding everyone that rosa parks ended racism. the moment she refused to get up from her seat in december of 1955 racism was over. the end fade to black. or fade to chinese, whatever. it's all the same now. so bravo, rnc, for finally giving proper credit to rosa parks. and if anyone out there does not agree that she deserves it, then you're a racist which you cannot be thanks to rosa parks. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (!-x®,xi&l.t@ uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu >> welcome back, everybody, folks, you know, i believe as a wealth american i'm constantly beseiged by leg

thanks to rosa parks racism completely ended.at's why all history books on racism post 1955 are completely empty. [ laughter ] >> you may ask why did they make it so big then? shut up. >> now, you may say to yourself, well, -- you may say to yourself what qualifies the rnc to make the call about racism being over. who would know better than the racism ended than a group of old white men. they are saying racism is done. once something is tweeted you can't take it back, right? >> the rnc tweaked their tweet after many expressed anger and dismay at the comment. >> jon: you officially announce the end to racism and three hours later you start it again. you know what that makes you? indian givers. i know that is racist because racism is back now that's why i said it. that's right. i'm allowed to -- racism is back -- if it was over -- [laughter] archie bunker died in my ear. what did they say exactly? >> the new tweet read previous tweet read today we remember rosa park's bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism. >> i suppose

woman named rosa parks refused to move to the back of the bus in montgomery, alabama. know the basics. after working all day, parks boarded bus 2587 and sat in the first row of the colored section. on the front of the bus filled with white passengers, the bus driver ordered parks out of her seat. she refused. the bus driver called police to arrest her. the police report from that day shows that the bus driver himself signed the arrest warrant. parks' arrest was the galvanizing moment that kicked off the montgomery bus boycott that began four days later and lasted more than a year. tens of thousands of black commuters stayed off the buses in what was one of the most exceptional exercises in organizational discipline in american history. that led to a supreme court ruling that the segregation on public buses was unconstitutional. yesterday morning, the republican national committee decided to mark the anniversary of parks' action with this tweet -- "today we remember rosa parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism." it was a perfect embodiment of all the pathologies

would have been on our side or rosa parks or phil robertson. what counseling do you think of that as a tactic? >> first of all, it's skurless, but the same as using jesus and making jesus cosign this bigotry here. jesus was a jew who around -- around whom a religion was made. so the anti-semitism of christians is ironic to begin with. and secondly, the gay and lesbian stuff, look in the bible. the same men who stand up in the church of all men, i put my god, jesus, over all women. i love him more than i love her. hmmm. do you really? that sounds interestingly homo erotic to people outside your religious traditions. i'm not suggesting it is, but sim suggesting there is some subtle narrative tensions within the bible itself and christianity beyond that. but to use martin luther king jr. and rosa parks and my good friend jimmy down the street who didn't find a problem when yeeg rows were being happy. to use them as test cases for their own bigotry is again to radify the ignorance upon which bigotry rests and an insult to african-american people. t

on sunday they posted a tweet to commemorate rosa parks' arrest saying today we remember rosa parks'old stand and her role in ending racism. they later tweeted it should have acknowledged her role in fighting to end racism. jonathan capehart used the tweet to discuss the ways the gop appears to be out of touch with minorities saying autopsies are done on dead things. ever since its march 2013 release, the gop has done everything possible to stay dead. and it's not just the rnc, republicans in the house held a hearing to examine the constitutionality of the president's aca actions and the "i" word came up. >> we've also talked about the "i" word, impeachment, which again i don't think would get past the senate in the current climate. am i missing anything? >> did republicans forget that president obama was elected with over 90% african-american support and perhaps, just perhaps those voters don't want to hear talk of impeaching america's first african-american black. last night on "hardball" michael steele reacted to the rosa parks' tweet. >> it speaks to the lack of connection and th

the tweet which is apparently sent out in good faith said today we were met with a number of rosa parks bold stand and her role in ending the racism inside people racism end of the ball that rosa parks refused to go up or a bus seat on the summer first one hundred fifty five there and see us try to cover its tracks by saying that it's rosa parks tweet was miss worded but let's be honest most people republican party probably do think racism and if you're jim crow i mean how else could mitt romney think it was ok to single out the dogs out in front of a black florida voter voters in two thousand and eight. stocks. and a very very ugly republican lawmakers if you thought the burger movement was crazy just check out this video put together by climate desk that shows republican senators and congressmen using the bible yes that bible to debunk global warming. is a twenty two to use in there is what was the earth remains there would be springtime harvest gold in the winter and summer day and night my point is you've got to up there. the arrogance of people to think that we human beings would b

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the tweet which is apparently sent out in good faith said today we were met with remember rosa parks told stand and her role in ending the racism that's right people racism end of the ball that rosa parks refused to go up or a bus seat on december first one hundred fifty four parents she is trying to cover its tracks by saying that it's rosa parks tweet was miss worded but let's be honest most people republican party probably do think racism ended with jim crow i mean how else could mitt romney think it was ok to single out the dogs out in front. black florida voters voters in two thousand and eight. and a very very ugly republican lawmakers if you thought the burger moment was crazy just check out this video put together by climate desk that shows republican senators and congressmen using the bible yes that bible to debunk global warming. it is a twenty two that are used in there is what we've the earth remains there would be springtime of our cold in the winter and summer day and night my point is god still up there. the arrogance of people to think that we human beings would be ab

there's nothing controversial about paying tribute to rosa parks.ayed in the civil rights movement in this country. but as you can imagine, many americans were surprised to hear racism was all over. the tweet sent off a firestorm online. maybe the backlash has something to do with the fact that this is still happening in america. >> set up near a mitt romney for president sign was a chair empty, except for two water melons, a rope tied into an apparent noose with a sign set up to look like a teleprompter that read, "go back to kenya." >> the sign in front of the georgia peach oyster bar says they don't support barack obama and the white house but uses the "n" word. >> the neighbor put a sign in his yard that uses the "n" word and claims it was directed at them. >> in an e-mail sent to an unknown number of officials, marlin davenport sent this photo, along with the phrase, now you know why no birth certificate. >> the rnc clarified its tweet saying previous tweet should have said today we remember rosa parks' bold stand and her role in fighting to en

. >>> plus the rnc now back tracking on a tweet attempting to honor rosa parks' historic arrest. just how hard is it really working to reach out to the african-american community in this country? the agenda panel weighs in on that. >>> first, the florida woman who got a 20-year sentence for firing what she says is a warning shot at her abusive husband is out on bond. i'm going to talk to one of the lawyers who helped her get that new trial next. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >>> a florida woman awaiting a new trial on a controversial stand your ground case is free on bond. marissa alexander was released from jail on thanksgiving eve. it was last year that she was given a mandatory 20-year prison 17 e 17 sentence for what she insisted was a warning shot to her husband. the judge threw out her self defense claim saying ale

. >> today marks rosa park's historic refusal to move to the back of the bus.oday we remember rosa park's bold stand and her role in ending racism. yes, ending racism. you didn't know that racism was ended? it turns out a few hours later after the republican party was informed by like a million reply tweets that rosa parks did not actually end racism in america and that no one has actually managed to end racism in america, the republican party rewrote this tweet this way. previous tweet should have road we remember rosa park's bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism. if the republican party's first tweet were right and racism had been ended in america, perhaps these three kids would not have been arrested last week while committing the crime of waiting while black. they were waiting for their school bus. they are members of the edison tech high school basketball team who were waiting for their school bus to take them to a scrimmage basketball game on wednesday morning. at 8:43 a.m. they were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for obstructing

it read, quote, today we remember rosa parks and her role in ending racism.k in the '50s. "a" shouldn't have talked about racism ending. and "b," certainly not in the 1950s. ted cruz and sarah palin led protests when telling president obama to put the koran down and figuratively come out with his hands up. there are images there of a protester outside the white house waving the confederate flag. start with michael steele here. your thoughts on how goes the autopsy and the resurrection, if you will, to use that metaphor. >> well, the body's still dead. i don't think that there's a whole lot that's really come out of this. there have been misstep after misstep. i mean, the opening, for example, of an office in detroit for african-american engagement, really, in detroit is that what you want to call it? it's just not inviting. it's not a way in which i think you say affirmatively to african-americans let alone the vast majority of other communities out there that we need to touch that we want to have a dialogue and a conversation we want you to be part of. so i

rosa parks, the bus driver was not the issue there.h rosa parks was the set of laws and the set of social practices that made segregation legal. this is not a situation like this. this is one guy who is, you know, on the opposite side of history in a lot of ways and social trends, you know, making some controversial comments. >> cammeron, if you -- as anyone looking at the interview that phil robertson did with gq could walk away with different interpretations. i don't know what's in his mind and heart. i don't know specifically thinking that he has white privilege over others. but do you think that this might have some sort of legs politically for anybody that is trying to run? >> well, i don't know if this will have legs politically. it's a really good fundraising tool and i have seen politicians in both campaigns, politicians come out say i stand with or stand against this guy. it's a good touch stone cultural to have you write $100 check or two click. floating and gone pretty soon. one guy who has a small platform right now clearly

this would not have happened -- rosa parks tweet would not have happened.he unfurling of the confederate flag would not have happened. lar lar larry clayman would not have been allowed had michael steele been the chair of the republican party because he knows what kind of message that sends to african-americans, what that does for the reputation of the republican party, and he would know to stop it. look, i give the republican party, rnc great credit for correcting the tweet three hours later, but the problem is the tweet went out in the first place. >> there's a sense some corners of the republican party believe racism is over. >> we're the real racist if we say there's a problem with racism. >> that's the racially divisive thing. >> liberal racist. >> because it works for us. the idea on some level someone wants to say, good on you you're trying to engage with black people in detroit. >> absolutely. >> it's almost more insulting to do that in a purely cosmetic sort of marketing fashion as jonathan explains than substantively, which is to rethink policies

today we remember rosa parks and a role in ending racism.sparked the hash tag racism ended when? the rnc clarified the tweet saying it should have read rosa parks role fighting to end racism. >>> marriage equality is now reality, half a dozen same sex couples took advantage of the law that went into effect add midnight in hawaii, could be a mega destination for same sex weddings with the potential for big tourist dollars. some estimate 200 million. those are things we thought you should know. >>> time for the "news nation" gut check, you may have heard about amazon.com's plan to use drone aircraft for deliveries. ceo jeff bezos gave "60 minutes" a peek at the prime air project. >> i know this looks like science fiction, it's not. >> wow. >> this is early, this is still years away. drops the package and there's the package. >> the idea is that the unmanned aircraft would deliver purchases to customers in less than 30 minutes of an online order. bezos says the drones may be ready in four to five years. they are working on commercial regulation

in a statement jackson said, quote, at least the bus driver who ordered rosa parks to surrender her seato a white person was following state law. phil robertson's statements were uttered freely and openly without cover of the law within a context of what he seemed to believe was, quote, white privilege. end quote. >>> a&e has suspended robertson for those remarks, but jackson wants him on indefinite hiatus. >>> looks like one reindeer might not have made it back to the north pole. iowa republican congressman steve king tweeted this photo from oslo, norway, saying he enjoyed a meal of lutefisk and reindeer, but apparently eating reindeer is considered pretty normal in norway. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and joining me now from washington for our first look at politics is syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning to you. >> good morning, kristen. how are you? i hope you had a nice christmas. >> i'm doing great. i hope you had a great holiday as well. we appreciate your being here. i want to start off talking about health care, the botched rollout, the oba

today we remember rosa parks bold stand and her role no fighting to end racism.vious tweet should have read we remember rosa parks abold stand in fighting to end racism. it didn't work too well. since the tweet, it has garnered more than 40,000, mostly sarcastic tweets according to hash tags.org. >>> bob dylan charged with inciting hatred. a croatian group is suing him over comments he made in rolling stone magazine. he talks about lingering problems as a result of slavery saying blacks know that some whites didn't want to give up slavery and going on to say if you got a slave master on clan in your past blacks can sense that, just like the jews can sense nazi blood. >>> is president obama a liar. today one republican senator said that the white house can't be trusted. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. >> but the president's supporters are sticking by his side. >> i think people trust this president. >> so, which side do you believe? out front tonight, a democratic pollster and republican strategist. thank you. thanks for comin

in a tweet meant to honor the work of civil rights icon rosa parks, the rnc tweeted out a image of parksith this bungled caption. quote, today we remember rosa parks' bold stand in her role in ending racism. many found this to be inaccurate and offensive. today took to twitter to take their outrage. quote, previous quote should have been remember her role in fighting to end racism. it's still hard to imagine making that kind of mistake. finally, ron burgundy may be a fictional news anchor, that didn't stop him from co-hosting a local news program in bismarck, north dakota, on saturday night. it's the latest promotion for the anchorman sequel. he was able to keep a straight face through the whole 30-minute newscast. here are some highlights. >> you look lovely tonight. >> thank you, ron. you too. >> are you married? >> no. >> well, i am. don't get ideas. >> we'll see what happens. i don't know. it's a tough call. >> i've never seen fighting in a hockey match before. that was fascinating. >> and there's also movember for mustaches. >> i'm fond of those. >> i was wondering about that. >> ye

then there's the sort of intimidation of the rosa parks tweet.t's very difficult when you look at the policy direction and you hear the voices of the de facto leaders of the party to give them the benefit of the doubt on those things. >> and madam chair lady, it's not just race. the gop is ostracizing other groups too. they won't hold a vote on immigration. they're vowing to run on the abortion issue in 2014. and they're fighting birth control access at the state level. >> certainly it is not strictly race. i mean, anyone who thinks differently, who looks differently, who believes differently, they are under assault by the gop. when you think about the people who need health care, they are not just all people of the same racial background. they're young, they're old, they're sick, they're well. when you look at people who need a better education, when you look at people who are going to be cut off from food stamps, when you look at the immigrants, you look at an america that is very different from the america that they have always known. >> congr

the republican national committee said that rosa parks, all of her work to end racism and the rnc ended up tweeting that she worked to end racism. it does highlight the party's problems with demographics with the issue of race. of course people sometimes throughout twitter statements that can be wrong and you need to clarify them. it does highlight the challenges the republican party has as we have been focusing on the problems over the past couple of months. >> who called out on it? >> they got a lot of ridicule on twitter. >> the same that racism has not ended. celebrating rosa parks is not a bad thing. >> that was definitely bipartisan. >> for more from mark and the rest of the news political team, check out first read on nbc news.com. we have breaking news we are hearing about now from the supreme court. let's go to the live desk for that. >> the supreme court declined to take up what could have been a big major legal challenge to the new health care law. the justices did let an appeals court ruling stand. that rejected claims by liberty university. you might remember the challenge

. >>> the republican national convention is under fire for a tweet meant to honor rosa parks. >> big changes coming to a shopping mall, why some businesses are choosing to shut down. >> back now to -- julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> they help keep you safe as you walk along the coast. why three broken buoys are a big deal and why it could be a long time before they are fixed and a gas pipeline comes back online, why pg&e said it shouldn't be fine. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. >>> joe biden arrived in asia where he was greeted by caroline kennedy. japan and other countries are upset over china's claims that it controls new air defense jones airlines need to get permission -- zones and airlines need to get permission to ply over the zones. >>> the republican national convention said today we remember rosa park's stand and her role in ending racism. the problem is people don't believe racism has ended. the republican national convention changed the last part to say her role in fighting to end racism. yesterday was the 58's a

she was the first recipient of the rosa parks woman of courage award. she has also received the award awarde langston hughes for poetry. i know that you did not plan on becoming a spokesperson for gun control in this country. that was not your goal. but of course, virginia tech is famous for what happened in 2007. i came down to virginia tech and interviewed you in your office. amazing to learn about the relationship with the student who was the killer there. i know there are couple of rules in new york, do not touch the microphone and do not correct an introduction. i did not teach mr. cho. i did not teach him poetry and it then that teach him to shoot. he had enrolled in my class and was a disruption and i requested that he leave. maybe four weeks into the term, i said to my department head, either the student has to leave my class, or i will resign. she did not believe me, but i was incredibly serious. on tuesday and thursday and that was a tuesday afternoon. i taught a student who was a wonderful young man who now does literacy. -- i wish iteach wou

wellingburg the kidnap bay and a gateway high school and a rosa parks so thank you for those communities host those. okay. at this time we're going to recess this meeting and go into the closed session. recessed. >> all right. i'm resuming the board meeting of envelope 12, 2013 i want it to be december. and i'm going to report the closed session actions. is somebody preparing the closed sessions. that's why i have a computer here that the this the after the accident of the november 12th nichlz in the litigation of la nor case property damage settlement recommendation the board recommended and haney district. the board bill a vote of in accordance with the education one me was put on a mustard leave of absence. that he item b is adjournment. meeting adjourned. everybody. >> all right. good morning. thank you all for coming out today i'm ed reiskin i'm the director of transportation in san francisco. i appreciate you all coming out. what we're here to talk about is safety. about a year and a half ago the board of supervisors adapted a strategic plan identifying transportation safety as the

rosa parks did what? plus, the gop's guide to picking up women. the connection between hip hop, sexuality, and gender. but first, the president has a new playbook. all offense, all the time. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. i want to talk today about a controversial word. it's a word that has been with us for years. and like it or not, it's indelibly printed in the pages of american history. a word that was originally intended at a derogatory term. meant to shame and divide and demean. the word was conceived up by a group of wealthy white men who needed a way to put themselves above and apart from a black man, to render him inferior and unequal and diminish his accomplishments. president obama has been labels with this word by his opponents, and at first he rose above it, hoping that if he could just make a cause for what he'd achieved, his opponents would fail in making their label stick. but no matter how many successes that he had as president, he realized there were still many people for whom he'd never be anything more than that on

where were these people when rosa parks was sitting on that bus? where were these people when folks were boycotting that bus? where were these individuals? >> hold on. hold on. vicky, hang on one second. i want to add to this. i'll give you a chance to respond. but i want to add to this. what i found fascinating was then there was a "wall street journal" op-ed that took a similar position, but from the other side. sort of nostalgia for the good ole days when wasps ran everything. quoting from it. by joseph epstein. under wasp hegemony, corruption, scandal and incompetence in high places weren't as now regular features of public life. under wasp rule, stability, solidity and gravity and a certain weight of an aura of seriousness sufficient fused public life. as a ruling class, today's new meritocracy has failed to provide the positive things old wasp provided. we're seeing and hearing it from all sides. ultimately i agree with joe it's ignorance. i also think it's just a lack of acceptance of a fact that our country is changing. and it's not going t

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. >> sunday was the 58th anniversary of rosa parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus tweet marking the date. today we remember posa parks bold stand in her role in ending racism. well, that message sparked outrage in the twitter verse from thousands who say that racism is not over. >>> and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now for our first look at politics, joining us now, aaron blake from "the washington post." aaron, good morning. >> good morning. >> aaron, let's start with these changes made healthcare.gov. do you think things may be changing? >> the aadministration announced that the website is working 90% of the time. that that was about their goal. they're privately held goal of 80% which they said was a number they were seeking privately after saying they wanted to work for the vast majority of users. so basically what they're saying now this is working as well as they wanted it to right now. there is still a lot of very important changes to be made. there's still some issues as far as the back end and sending data to the insurance companies

jesse jackson has compared him to the bus drive r who ordered rosa parks to give up here seat.u tell us. >> reporter: it interesting. so far a&e has not responded to what reverend jackson said. then jackson urged a&e to keep robertson on hiatus. and he urged them to meet with the rainbow push group within 72 hours. the network hasn't returned our calls either. cracker barrel which pulled the merchandise from the stores and put it back up. they didn't know about jackson's comments until we emailed those comments. we are supposed to get a statement from them shortly. the reverend jackson trying to push it. twitter has unblocked any posts that can into istandwithphil.com. the organization faith driven consumer is behind it. listen to them. >> i think it sends a clear message that a&e while they differ with phil on opinion. and their culture is different than his. they recognize that it is a money maker for them. >> it is important to note that while all of this is going on, "duck dynasty" is still airing. no sign that it is being pulled off the air right now. >> it is a bis after

all is easily partition and rosa parks remains. the vessel was at least twenty seven meters long. the team has been using sonar to search the more artifacts buried under the sea floor the receptionist and analyze the data. all but the summit will resign our investigation by combining the results of the sonic chrome with archaeological data on the terrain and the depth of the water. they can set the date by saving the ship back and forth and intervals of fifteen each. this new type of sheena and other items they collected data from one hundred and forty two locations the team believe they have found yet another remnant of the sea floor. one hundred meters north west of the facile the us. this one is two point five meters long and its width and height of forty centimeters. it is thought the attackers used it as in bangkok buried next to it was a piece of wood about two meters long. it appears to be in concert the anchors would embrace. it's hard to believe it's been buried in a deceitful seven hundred years because it has retained its smooth wood and texture the research team will a

last night i was and i was in columbus and we were paying tribute to rosa parks because the day now some invalid died that december fifth was the same day that the my government bus boycott started the same day and so there was a group paying tribute to congress woman joyce. beatty who represents that history and the thing that was so fascinating is i interviewed last night we did our tribute danny glover who by the way his first act and first awareness of nelson mandela was when he was a student in college and then two decades later he played nelson mandela but he said you know here's the thing that was that really stuck out in his mind that people called nelson mandela after his release from prison twenty seven years. called him a communist because if you remember when he came to the united states it was to raise money for the a.n.c. and conservatives went bonkers all they called him a communist because he embraced by del castro and he said wait a minute we wanted the united states to be our friend said del castro was there with him what that was our friend was our friend and you calle

last night i was and i was in columbus and we were paying tribute to rosa parks because the day nelson mandela died that december fifth was the same day that the mother marie bus boycott started the same day and so there was a group paying tribute to congress woman joyce. beatty who represents that history and the thing that was so fascinating is i interviewed last night we did our tribute danny glover who by the way his first act and first awareness of nelson mandela was when he was a student in college and then two decades later he played nelson mandela but he said you know here's the thing that was that really stuck out in his mind that people called nelson mandela after his release from prison twenty seven years. called him a communist because if you remember when he came to the united states it was to raise money for the a.n.c. and conservatives went bonkers all they called him a communist because he embraced by the castro and he said wait a minute we wanted the united states to be our friend. fidel castro was do with what that was our friend was our friend and you called me a com

to make it kin to rosa parks. i'm throwing a flag on weather. >> remember we talked about this.prised on the comments phil made about blacks. there was not much comment on them. what he said was intolerable. i can understand why jackson would react the way he did. the fact of the matter is what phil did was say things that i understand he's an old guy from down in that part of the country where that was looked upon as blacks were happy people and we were all happy with them. it's a terribly racist description of people. >> i'm not sure that's fair to call phil robertson racist. >> jesse jackson is late to the game. >> maybe he wanted to wait for his opportunity. he knows pr and timing. if there was one way to make this story more ridiculous, it was having jesse jackson come out on this. i think people were ready to move on from this story. on that point, i think bob, when we first talked about this controversy, i thought that's where most the the anger would be. that was late and coming. >> you said you were a crazy excited host. more than your wife in an elf suit? okay. >> it's

to make it kin to rosa parks. i'm throwing a flag on weather. >> remember we talked about this.ised on the comments phil made about blacks. there was not much comment on them. what he said was intolerable. i can understand why jackson would react the way he did. the fact of the matter is what phil did was say things that i understand he's an old guy from down in that part of the country where that was looked upon as blacks were happy people and we were all happy with them. it's a terribly racist description of people. >> i'm not sure that's fair to call phil robertson racist. >> jesse jackson is late to the game. >> maybe he wanted to wait for his opportunity. he knows pr and timing. if there was one way to make this story more ridiculous, it was having jesse jackson come out on this. i think people were ready to move on from this story. on that point, i think bob, when we first talked about this controversy, i thought that's where most the the anger would be. that was late and coming. >> you said you were a crazy excited host. more than your wife in an elf suit? okay. >> it's p

anthony and with elizabeth he said and we can fast forward to nine hundred fifty six when rosa parks said in the front of a bus and said i'm simply not going to move anymore and the young minister dr king begin what became of the civil rights movement as we know it today and it was through that effort that in one thousand sixty three sixty four sixty five the civil rights movement grew and dr king ultimately was in the rose garden with president johnson to sign the civil rights in the voting rights act so it's the social movements working in concert with those inside the system that also will bring about that change who thought that a southern president under lyndon johnson would do that but between the assassination of john f. kennedy in the civil rights movement on that pressure and then fly. only i would end with the anti-war movement when buddhist monks started the self in your late under offices of robert mcnamara a young activist began to gather at the pentagon as early as sixty three and sixty four doubt led to bella abzug in others to cut the purse strings and vietnam so i th