. >> ruston was also an old ally of martin luther king.ng the momentous event that launched king on the national scene, the montgomery b bus boycott of 1956. >> mr. randolph spoke to dr. king in the early days of the protests and suggested to him that byard would be a real help. from that period through 1960s, byard was in virtual daily contact with dr. king. >> at the height of the desegregation battle with bull conner's forces, ruston travelled to birmingham. and when bull conner turned the cities fire hoses on its black children, ruston was on hand giviing advice. one important piece of advice he would give came in the form of an important message from a. philip randolph. >> randolph sent ruston down and said, look, rather than keep this a southern black movement, we need the organize a march on washington that would make it a national movement. >> randolph had been stating in public that there may be a need for another march on washington in the early 1960s. the kennedy administration, which had come in with so much hope for civil righ

vehicle open the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blake's sure officer ruston she fired his service weapon 7 times after she fired the weapon into mr blake's back. during the investigation following the initial incident mr blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession and the cia agents that's the division of criminal investigation recovered a knife from the driver's side floorboard of mr blake's vehicle a search of the vehicle located no additional weapons john hendren has more from. we saw an armored personnel carrier just a little bit earlier clear the town square now only temporarily they used tear gas to get rid of people but it is really another hour or so usually until the night tends to go seriously downhill so let me show you how these towns prepare for this this is normally a vacation town and so restaurants like this one would normally be filled but they're not just closed for the early curfew that goes through sunday night they're also boarded up and that's because they're afraid of looting and in fact when people live up stairs above the sho

vehicle opened the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blake's shirt officer ruston chef's ski fired his service weapon 7 times after she fired the weapon into mr black's back during the investigation following the initial incident mr blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession and the cia agents that's the division of criminal investigation i recovered a knife from the driver's side floorboard of mr blake's vehicle a search of the vehicle located no additional weapons john hendren joins us live now from can have john so we're listening there to wisconsin's attorney general getting more details about the events leading up to jacob blake shooting what was he been saying. that's right the details we learned from the attorney general really contradicts a lot of what we had been heard earlier we've been told that blake was an armed the attorney general's that in fact he acknowledged that he had a knife on him although the video that we have seen that 20 seconds of viral video shows him walking away from police with his back toward them not threatening them but y

the officer that opened fire is now identified as ruston sheskey that's been with kenosha police for seven years. playoff games put on hold wednesday if an act of protest for racial injustice. it's not clear exactly when the season will resume. three games postponed yesterday starting with the milwaukee bucks who were about to play the orlando magic. >>> to the storm watch now, devastation in texas and louisiana after hurricane laura made land fall as a category 4 storm. it blew roofs off homes and knocked down power lines. the cleanup and search for survivors is just beginning. our team coverage starts with meteorologist mary lee who is tracking the deadly storm's path. mary. >> michelle, this has been a monster of a storm. of course making land fall as a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour along the louisiana coast and now it is a tropical storm so laura is packing maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour as it continues on that northerly path so still looking at flooding rain and strong winds for portions of northern louisiana and up through arkansa

officer ruston cesky fired his service weapon 7 times. blake is being treated in hospital and his family say he may never walk again the u.s. justice department says it is launching a civil rights investigation into the incident but for now the protests show no sign of relenting. well armed individuals and groups are increasingly adding and a new layer of volatility to these protests and the violence in the u.s. in some cases right wing activists are openly carrying their weapons and they've been patrolling apparently with the tacit acceptance of local law enforcement our correspondent all over salah met with members of a militia known as american wolf. target training with the armed civilian group americans wolf somewhere in the state of washington this is one of peter dios is favored rifles that a tory is a k 47 or kalashnikov for originally made by the soviet army but not a weapon of choice to defend american values as he says. pretty good classic so they don't make them like that anymore right dia's believes it takes armed men like hi

officer ruston cesky fired his service weapon 7 times. blake is being treated in hospital and his family say he may never walk again. the u.s. justice department says it is launching a civil rights investigation into the incident but for now the protests show no sign of relenting. and let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world emergency workers in northern afghanistan are searching for the survivors of flash floods that have killed more than 120 people and injured hundreds more authorities fear many people are trapped in the rubble of collapsed houses around 1500 have been destroyed in the floods. police in bellerose have detained dozens of protesters rallying in central minsk as part of a widening government's crackdown on demonstrations in the aftermath of the country's disputed presidential election the august 9th hole saw president alexander lukashenko win a 6th term in office protester say the result was raped. kevin mayer is quitting the chinese own video after take talk the former disney executive o

i've been thinking a lot about julian bond and byron ruston and dr. king during this time. i thought i would begin perhaps with the reading from julian bond's essay from -- oh, my goodness. this must be the early 1870s though i don't have the date right in front of me. it's about violence and on is talking about who is find in american who is not. let me start with this and maybe we can go to the george floyd protests from here. >> webpage are you on? >> fifty-six. "race man: j ulian bond selected works, 1960-2015", and other reading from pages 56-57. i'm right at the end of page 56. we need to discover who is and who isn't filed in america. violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving five years of education. violence is 30 million hungry stomachs. violence is having -- disproportionate share of -- in vietnam. violence is a country where -- [inaudible] violence is an economy that plays -- i i love this race -- socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. violence is spending $900 a person but only $77 a year to year to feed the hungry people

3 days ago the white police officer who allegedly pulled the trigger 7 times has been named as as ruston cesky an officer with 70 years experience in the kenosha force. the streets of an ocean are once again tense as police in armored vehicles attempt to keep the peace for another night of protests against the shooting of jacob blake they're now getting back up from the national guard and federal agents. after a traumatic escalation videos taken tuesday showed demonstrators trying to disarm a man then he starts shooting hitting several people and wounding 2 of them fatally the alleged shooter then approaches police with his hands up but they do not arrest him and he was only captured a day later in illinois what happened yesterday night. 2 people were shot and killed the 3rd person was shot and seriously injured the killings came on the 3rd night of protests that have rocked since sunday then police shot blake in the back wounded him at the scene of an altercation authorities have now released more information about that incident. officers attempted to arrest jacob. age 29 a law enforcem

meantime the officer who shot jacob blake on sunday is named ruston sheskey he is a seven-year veteran of the kenosha police department the wisconsin attorney general revealed that blake said he was or he had a knife at the time of the incident. police were initially responded to a domestic violence call involving blake. he remains in the hospital in milwaukee, his family says he's paralyzed from the waist down. now the other big story this morning. not survivable that's the warning forecast are giving regarding hurricane laura storm surge the category 4 storm made landfall near cameron louisiana last night now camila bernal is on the ground in beaumont texas with the very latest. this is a serious storm. and we urge all those in the affected areas to heed state and local authorities stay safe. >>and know that will be with you every step of the way hurricane hunters flying through the powerful destructive winds of hurricane laura. >>a storm that forecasters are calling an unsurvivable monster one thing that i do want to underscore. >>is the rapid intensification of these storms the gul

vehicle open the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blake's shirt officer ruston chefs fired his service weapon 7 times. says blake emitted to officers that he had a knife later found on the driver's side floorboard of his car new video did not show him threatening officers. as protests continued past the new curfew demonstrators seemed undeterred in a massive influx of police plan to shut them down john hendren al-jazeera can no show wisconsin. on the news hour we spoke to benjamin crump who is jacob blake's lawyer and he also represents the families of george floyd and briana taylor other black americans who were shot dead by police crime told us that he understands the anger of the protests. well i think that the reaction very emotional because it's very difficult as this brutal and this is use of excessive force on a young black man who holds no 3 as he tries to walk away from you and burbling and then he won but he was shot 7 times in the back in front of his 3 little boys who are any years ago 5 years ago 3 years ago furthermore you hear the police trying 5

his vehicle open the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blix sure officer ruston. fired his service weapon 7 times call says blake it mid to officers that he had a knife later found on the driver's side floorboard of his car the video did not show him threatening officers. as protests continued past the new curfew demonstrators seemed undeterred that a massive influx of police planned to shut them down john hendren al-jazeera can no show wisconsin. us possible styles of joins the protests the n.b.a. postponed all of wednesday's playoff games that's off the wisconsin based no walk a box boycotted their match against a orlando magic the rest of the team's followed suit. the u.s. vice president used the 3rd night of the republican national convention to praise donald trump's record on the economy and law and order why parents accused democratic presidential rival joe biden of attacking america and said americans wouldn't be safe if he beats trump and november's election as a white house correspondent kimberly in washington. it was a night heavy with symbolism as the

vehicle open the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blake's shirt officer ruston she fired his service weapon 7 times. says blake admitted to officers that he had a knife later found on the driver's side floorboard of his car new video did not show him threatening officers. as protests continued past the new curfew demonstrators seemed undeterred in a massive influx of police plan to shut them down john hendren al-jazeera wisconsin . action against racial injustice is also spread to the world of american sport the n.b.a. has postponed ole of weapons days playoff games to the milwaukee bucks boycotted them against the orlando magic the bucs players made the decision in the aftermath of the shooting of jacob blake david aldridge is the editor in chief of the athletic d.c. and he's covered sports for 30 years now he says symbolic acts like these may not end racial violence but can keep the momentum for change going. i think it has a very significant role and it doesn't solve all the problems but i tend to believe that you know when jackie robinson broke the color lin

vehicle open the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blake's shirt officer ruston chef ski fired his service weapon 7 times officer he fired the weapon into mr blake's back during the investigation following the initial incident mr blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession and the cia agents that's the division of criminal investigation recovered a knife from the driver's side floorboard of mr blake's vehicle a search of the vehicle located no additional weapons. the action against racial injustice has now spread to american sport the n.b.a. postponed all of wednesday's playoff games of the milwaukee bucks boycotted that match in protest of john hendren joins us live now from in wisconsin we know that wisconsin's attorney general has been giving more details about the events leading up to jacob blake shooting at what most even say. well the attorney general's big news was that this story is not entirely as presented by the family of mr blake at least that is his perspective. he said that police were seeking blake because his girlfriend had complained tha

about 30 minutes or so ago to a tropical storm pre-dissenter at that time was between shreveport and ruston. the track of the storm was just slightly east of what had been forecasted. and according to a conversation that i had with kim bram of the hurricane center, that is why we didn't get as much storm surge pushed up into lake charles. because the eye of the storm never crossed over the ship channel. so that very strong north wind, i should say southwind, was never pushing that water up the ship channel. it had been forecasted to track further to the west. which would have pushed much, much, much more water up. whatever the reason is, we are very thankful. because there is widespread and very significant damage because of the winds. in some because of the rain. we are thankful we did not get more storm surge than we did. just about the entire state sought tropical storm force winds. everything except for extreme southeast louisiana and the north shore. that is how big and powerful this storm was. after i finish the press conference, i will leave with many of the officials you see with yo

he is ruston is sheskey a seven-year veteran of the kenosha police department the wisconsin torture attorney general says that blake had a knife at the time of the incident it was in the car was not on him and that police were responding to a domestic violence call made by his girlfriend. now he remains in the hospital in milwaukee, his family says he's paralyzed from the waist down. and that is one of the stories that we're following the other story that we're following this breaking news in the bay area we want to give you the very latest on the fire's containment is growing even if these fires do continue to rage the lnu complex fire is 33% contained so you can see that that one is getting a little better. the scu complex fire is 35% contained. and the ccu complex fire in sammut and santa cruz counties is 21% contained right now so let's go to our team coverage of the fires starting with the czu san mateo santa cruz county fire you can see the burned out area on the map here and kron four's will tran covering that from cal fire base camp and scotts valley well. >>there is good news to pas

he is ruston sheskey he's a seven-year veteran of the kenosha police department and wisconsin attorney general veal that blake said he did have a knife at the time of the incident. police were responding to a domestic violence call that was made by blake's girlfriend. blake remains in the hospital in milwaukee, his family says he's paralyzed from the waist down after being shot 7 times in the back. another story that we're following a powerful hurricane that amor amor in the gulf coast. and this is video from some of the damage this morning look at the trees that were toppled roadways were flooded. homes wiped out by these high winds and rain in louisiana and we just learned a 14 year-old girl is the first death connected to the storm a tree fell on her home killing her darryl forges has more. >>a big time stars coming through here, it's all for right now that's all i got to get worse with light of the worsening yet. >>hurricane laura made landfall early thursday morning in southwestern louisiana, as a category 4 hurricane bringing with it 150 mile per hour winds. putting it in a tie w

vehicle opened the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blake's shirt officer ruston shot fired his service weapon 7 times after she fired the weapon into mr black's back. during the investigation following the initial incident mr blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession and d.c.i. agents that's the division of criminal investigation recovered a knife from the driver's side floorboard of mr blake's vehicle a search of the vehicle located no additional weapons or john hendren is in connection with more now on the efforts to bring the protests under control i just spoke to a law enforcement source about an hour or so ago who told me that from chicago alone there will be 60 f.b.i. agents and an untold number of swat teams those are the guys who carry riot gear and assault weapons and they're there for very serious crowd control kinds of missions and that's just one city that the nearest big city but just one city that they're coming from so what officials are trying to do here is what they successfully did in minneapolis that's after several days of of raucou

>>is ruston sheskey he's a seven-year veteran of the kenosha police department the wisconsin attorney general said blake said that he had a knife at the time of the incident and that police were responding to which was a domestic violence call that blake's girlfriend had made. now blake is in the hospital in milwaukee, his family says he's paralyzed from the waist down. >>well now to the latest on the wildfires burning here in the bay area crews are making some progress and we put up here on the screen. some of the latest containment numbers for you the lnu lightning complex fires burning in the north bay now 33% comply contained. the scu lightning complex fires in the east and south bay's now 35% contained and the czu august lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties now 21% contained. >>we have team coverage of the czu lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties and you can see in red here the circle around the area that's been burned by this complex of fires covers will tran is live at the cal fire base camp at scotts valley with more on what's goin

king and john lewis and bayard ruston and a.organized that march, which by the way things weren't easy then. it was supposed to be a march on the capitol and president kennedy thought congress would react poorly if the folks showed up and faced them, so he encouraged them to go to the lincoln memorial. when john lewis spoke, they were so concerned he was going to be do radical and too revolutionary that the kennedy administration had two people inside the lincoln memorial ready to cut the microphone and play mahalia jackson singing "he's got the whole world in his hand" over the loudspeakers. the lesson of the first march on washington in 1963 is that dr. king set out the ideal and john lewis told the story about how the students of america, as they are again now, were trying to bring the ideal into reality. and so having a president who refuses to acknowledge the plain facts of the matter about structural racism and the prevalence of injustice, is a central stumbling block. we need a president who sees the world as it is and ca

vehicle open the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blake's shirt officer ruston chef ski fired his service weapon 7 times. says blake emitted to officers that he had a knife later found on the driver's side floorboard of his car new video did not show him threatening officers. as protests continued past the new curfew demonstrators seemed undeterred then a massive influx of police plan to shut them down. it's about quarter past 1 of the off there now in commercial wisconsin his john hendren again. looks quite where you are tell us about where you are and what you've been seeing today. well after we saw a massive influx of police as you as you heard in that story that federal regional and local police from around wisconsin hundreds of them particularly from the federal government descending on this small city the evening appears to have been pretty quiet we're waiting on a briefing going on right now or in moments with the mayor where we should learn a little more about what happened overnight but what we haven't heard is reports of the kind of widespread looting

his vehicle open the driver's side door and lean forward while holding on to mr blake sure officer ruston she fired his service weapon 7 times. says blake emitted to officers that he had a knife later found on the driver's side floorboard of his car new video did not show him threatening officers. as protests continued past the new curfew demonstrators seemed undeterred then a massive influx of police plan to shut them down john hendren al-jazeera wisconsin . for us sports stars have joined the protests as well the n.b.a. postponed all of wednesday's playoffs out to the wisconsin based milwaukee bucks boycotted their game against orlando magic sam alec reports walking fox did not come out the stars of the n.b.a. said they'd use their platforms to promote the fight against racial injustice and they've delivered on that promise back into the law on wednesday teams boycotted scrunch postseason matches in protest following the police shooting of wisconsin resident jacob blake and it was wisconsin's very own team the milwaukee bucks that led the way by not taking to the court for their game ag

of a black man 3 days ago the white police officer who allegedly pulled the trigger times has been ruston an officer with. the force. the streets of canoe show are once again tense as police in armored vehicles attempt to keep the peace for another night of protests against the shooting of jacob blake they're now getting back up from the national guard and federal agents . after term matic escalation videos taken tuesday showed demonstrators trying to disarm a man then he starts shooting hitting several people and wounding 2 of them fatally the alleged shooter then approaches police with his hands up but they do not arrest him and he was only captured a day later in illinois what happened yesterday night in can osha was despicable 2 people were shot and killed and a 3rd person was shot and seriously injured the killings came on the 3rd night of protests that have rocked can osha since sunday then police shot blake in the back wounding him at the scene of an altercation authorities have now released more information about that incident. officers attempted to arrest jacob. age 29 a law enfo

shooting of jacob blake by a kenosha county police officer, they have identified that officer as rustonfive on the driver's side floorboard of jacob blake's van. we also know that the federal government is now getting involved in this investigation and the doj is launching a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of jacob blake. that will be headed, neil, by the fbi. neil: all right grady trim bell thank you very very much hope some calm can be restored there right now, in the meantime i was telling you a little bit that the nba has announced that the playoff games will resume this weekend, they were put off in light of the shooting right now and many other team players we're saying we don't even feel like playing these playoff games there are contracts and understandings that can't be so easily broken, however, so the playoffs will resume this weekend but it occurred at a time when not only the nba but the wnba, major league baseball , major league soccer and the rest, had also looked at delaying games and events, some days, some were even talking about weeks, don't know

involved in the shooting of jacob although they did say, jacob blake i should say, although they did say rustonnds at jacob blake. also last night there were hundreds more law enforcement officers on the streets including from the federal government, and there were actually nine people arrested two nights ago with out of state plates according to kenosha police filling up gas cans so that law enforcement presence seems to be working here on the streets of kenosha, especially once the sun goes down. that of course is something that the president touched on at the rnc last night. president trump: if the democrat party wants to stand with anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters and flag burner , that is up to them, but i, as your president, will not be a part of it. >> reporter: an update on kyle r ittenhouse. he is the 17-year-old charged with two counts of first degree murder and other weapons charges and he appear in court this morning in illinois in an extradition hearing and that is the first court appearance he has made since being arrested and charged earlier this week. stu? stuart: grady t