they're from selma, alabama.and her husband started fighting for the right of black americans to vote in the 1920s. amelia was on that bridge in bloody sunday. she was teargassed, beaten, knocked unconscious. her son, betty's husband, he was arrested for eating in a white-only restaurant at a bus terminal. he's the boynton in the supreme court boynton v virginia. that case was one of the supreme court cases that the freedom riders started doing what they did because that supreme court case as well as a couple others were not being enforced. some people here say without the boyntons, without people like amelia, you don't have the freedom riders and maybe not as much as john lewis. they say name the bridge after everyone. two people we spoke to, if you want to name it after one person, look at the boynton family. >> ellison, fascinating perspectives there. in all honesty, not perspectives i considered as well. michael starr hopkins, you've been listening. in what's your reaction to what we just heard there, that ma

she is in selma. ellison, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hey, craig.ntless pivotal sooifl rights moments happened in the black belt region of alabama. still, this is an area that has been plagued with high rates of unemployment, high rates of poverty as well as poor access to basic necessities like health care, food, proper sewage. the people who live in this area say that was by design. major roadways were built to go around black communities like selma and it kept opportunities out of this area and other areas like it. covid-19 has made the problems in the black belt region of alabama so much worse than they already will. it has exacerbated pre-existing issues here. in lowndes county they have 10,000 residents, 75% are african-american. it's a small rural community, but somehow they have one of the states highest per capita rates of covid-19. 4% of the population have tested positive for covid-19 right now. you compare that to jefferson county, the state's most populous county, the home of birmingham, less than 1% of their population currently is tes

thank you so much, selma. >>> here's another story that we're following. this development happened just a few hours ago. a court in the philippines has found journalist guilty of cyber liable. she is a former cnn bureau chief and the founder and the ceo of the new site rattler which has produced information against the president duterte. press freedom group say the charges are a politically motivated prosecution by the duterte government. my colleague spoke to her shortly after the verdict. her conviction won't stop the coverage. >> when power, great power hangs over your head, if you allow it to affect you, they succeed. if you are not doing the investigative journalism you should be doing. what we've learned in rattler, we swat it away and we keep our eye on the goal. it makes me wonder and worry, what is the government afraid of? why are they afraid of journalists? why must they always make me feel their power? i think i'm a nice person. i ask very respectfully. our reporters are very respectful. but they just don't like the questions. we need to get ba

sustain, to put yourself in harm's way, as john lewis did, you know, on bloody sunday, marching in selma. but it's a very effective tactic. and what we're seeing now is something that looks very much like an echo of that. peaceful protestors, met with a remarkable amount of state violence, tear gas, rubber bullets, and, you know, the example in lafayette square being, really, the kind of emblematic case. where people are totally peaceful, and there's just this remarkable amount of repression. and those images, for the person who is watching from afar, really tell a story about what is he t is' the issue here? is the issue crime? or is the issue, you know, a kind of classic redress of grievances in a grand american tradition? and depending on what happens on the ground, either of those stores might carry the day. what we're seeing now is that the stories really are emphasizes peaceful protests and -- and -- and violent state repression. and that -- that's hard to sustain but, fundamentally, good

in selma. seends up not being able to dr. king because he is imprisoned.alcolm meets up with andy young and caretta scott king. he does a speech to student activists. he personally tells caretta scott king how deeply he admires her husband, the work he is doing and he is in selma not to cause problems but to make sure that people know that if dr. king's voting rights initiative is not past, there are going to be other alternatives. he tells the press that as well. we do see his evolution as well where he comes to speak. you see on the ballot or on the speech that we need to transform democratic institutions as part of that revolutionary front. susan: we will not have much time to spend on it, and i invite people to read more details in your book, but i wanted to do a little bit about the biography of each man. mother max was born in 19 -- malcolm x was born in 1925. we are going to watch a little bit of the lost tapes. we will come back and learn about his early years. -- to taught you to take hate the texture of your hair? who taught you to hate the color

selma adelaziz. good morning, selma. this move by the e.u. is quite extraordinary. it could have an impact many, many ways. >> that's right, natalie. and it is extraordinary. but it is unlikely, simply put. it's very unlikely that u.s. travelers will be playing out in the united states right now. u.s. chances are close to zero with infection rates. you heard earlier, we have gotten reaction from the state department on this, essentially saying, that they appreciate the transparency from the e.u., and look forward to working together. a big statement, making it seem that the united states believe there is a door for negotiations. this criteria has yet to be passed. it's a matter of passing those points on the checklist. it will be facts and numbers. this is a health decision and not a political one. once the rules are in place, you have no exceptions. you have an american president that believes in exceptionalism. he may perceive this as a political decision. >> could very well do that. what are the potential economic indications of this decision? >> they could be hu

it is not just selma.t is 1963 it is what sets the nation up for the progress it is going to make. susan: by november 22, john f. kennedy was assassinated. it fell to his successor, lyndon johnson, to carry the civil rights legislation across the finish line. how important was he to the ultimate passage of the legislation? thinking about the larger question, how important are presidents in times of cementing the change the public is asking for? prof. joseph: presidents are important, especially in that time. that is going to be a time where the president had arguably more power in terms of transforming legislation than our own time. this is a time without the same pressures to campaign and raise money, without the same concentration of wealth and power that impacts politics even though it existed in 1963 and 1964. lyndon johnson is very important. lbj starts out as someone who civil rights activists were very wary of. he was from texas. he had been senate majority leader when they passed the civil rights a

well, a third of those individuals that were on the vessel ended up in selma, alabama, but one of timothy meaher's brothers and associates. a third of them stayed here in this community and then there was a third that was scattered all over this area. well, 1861, the civil war breaks out. the civil war breaks out, these custom agencies leave mobile, because this was a hotbed. as a result of that, timothy foster and meaher were never prosecuted. those individuals, they say we don't know where they came from. they disappeared and they realized that they had claimed them and if they for found guilty, they signed the emancipation proclamation. abraham lincoln was very astute and he knew that the next president could rescind that emancipation proclamation because it was like an executive order, and we know what some current presidents have done to executive orders. they would percent them. and then most african americans would be slaves again, and he worked to get the 13th amendment passed. and he did get a past. when the 13th amendment was passed, of course, abraham lincoln have been assassin

. >>> there my pictures is removing the pay well for the movie selma. >> there have been thousands ofacially motivated murders. we need your help. >> the powerful drama tells the story of how dr. martin luther king jr. led the three month march from selma to montgomery alabama to secure equal voting rights for black americans. watch selma for free this month on all digital platforms. >>> matter mural has been painted on the street in oakland. chopper five flew over the artwork on 15th street between broadway and harrison. the mural spans three blocks. it comes after a similar mural was painted on the road, leading to the white house. >>> the 27 hour labor of love just around the corner. artists finish this tribute to breonna taylor last night. she was killed in march when louisville police officers barged into her apartment, shooting her eight times while she was in bed. they were investigating a drug operation in a home, far from taylor's. it would've been her 27th birthday last week. so these artists spent 27 hours creating this mural in her honor. >> we really feel like a lot of th

we are the ones, you that are marching in selma, you that are marching in selma, you that are marchingeat for everybody, for the first time. you can't be great when you can shoot people down like you did terence crutcher, and let the officer be acquitted and go to another county and serve in law enforcement. ain't nothing great about that. you can't be great about that. you can't be great when you come and shoot a manjogging down great when you come and shoot a man jogging down the great when you come and shoot a manjogging down the road in brunswick, georgia, and you cut him off and kill him in cold blood. that is not great. it's not great when a woman in her own house, sweeping with her boyfriend, and you use a no knock law and break into the house and the man tries to defend his woman with a legal weapon and you claim to believe in amendment two, but you don't believe in it for him. where are the second amendment people defending that rather in louisville, kentucky? you can't be great when you handcuff a man, and even handcuffed, falling to the ground, over $20, and put his neck dow

. >>> paramount pictures is removing the pay wall for the movie selma. >> the president and the south, there have been thousands of racially motivated murders. we need your help. >> the powerful drama tells the story of how dr. martin luther king jr. led the three month march from selma to emory, alabama to secure equal voting rights for black americans. you can watch selma for free this month on all digital platforms. >>> a new, huge black lives matter mural has been painted on a street in oakland. chopper 5 flew over the artwork on 15th street between broadway and harrison. it spans three blocks. it comes after a similar mural -- leading to the white house. >>> we feel like a lot of the black women who have been assassinated by the been highli much. and we want to make sure that we are talking about our black men, our black women, our black trans women, our black trans men, we want to talk about all the slides equally. >> in a labor of love around the corner, artists finish this tribute to breonna taylor last night. she was killed in march when louisville police officers barged into

selma march.elma, montgomery. the scenes of those protesters being attacked on the bridge, it resonates today. you watch something like that, you can't help but be disheartened and say how much have we changed? have we made the progress we flatter ourselves in thinking we made? and, you know, i come back to what reverend sharpton kept saying at the memorial service for george floyd. get your knee off our neck. >> the president struggled with this. what's been interesting is he seems more on an island. he tried to praise drew brees for taking a knee. for first having a one stand and then attacked him for withdrawing it. and then he tried to -- he seemed to be alone on that. there wasn't a lot of -- the amen choir for that is just not as loud anymore. does the white house realize the president might be in the minority on this now? >> well, i think there is a sense within the white house, chuck, that president trump needs to at some point say what he is going to do about this crisis. he's trying to c

so starting with "selma," a movie from 2014 so directed by ava duvernay.owerful movie and tells the story of how martin luther king jr. led the historic march from selma to montgomery for equal voting rights in 1965. david oyelowo plays martin luther king jr. you also have niecy nash, common and oprah, can't go wrong with oprah, and speaking of ava duvernay, she is so brilliant, she's also behind "the 13th" and "when they see us" on netflix. you have to check her out. another movie that's free is "just mercy." it's based on the life work of civil rights attorney bryan stevenson, and that stars michael b. jordan, jamie foxx and brie larson. again, it's really easy to find. i'm usually about figuring out how to watch things online, but it's very easy to find. it's free across digital platforms so have to check out those two movies. >> must see viewing for adults but tell us really quick, we've got a new movie for the kids. tell us about that one. >> yes, so "artemis fowl" is out on disney plus, and i got to interview the cast. this kid beat out 1,200 other a

yesterday we rewatched the film "selma," the famous selma march, selma, montgomery march, and the scenesthose protesters being attacked on the edmund pettus bridge, it's so resonate today. you watch something like that and you can't help but be disheartened and say, you know, how much have we changed? have we made the progress in flattering ourselves in thinking we have made? you know, i come back to what rev ronald sharpton kept saying at the memorial service for george floyd. get your knee off our neck. >> he talked about colin kaepernick taking a knee and then he withdrew. he seemed alone for that. the amen choir is not as loud. does the president realize he's alone right now. >> president trump needs to at some point needs to say what is he going to do about this crisis. he's trying to cast himself as the law and order president. he's inside the white house when you have this fencing, additional fencing that has gone up to create a larger perimeter, and he is literally and metaphorically blocked off from the protesters outside and the crux of their demands, which is that they do want

she was wonderful. >> fierce to the organizing in selma where you've got .7%. let me be clear .7% of african-americans registered to vote and she said anime boy, not on my watch and became mobilizing, organizing until we could see that cataclysm. >> i got the chance to meet her and she told the attorney general eric holder after he thanked her for what she'd done [inaudible] you gave a good speech, but that was quite a moment. she led the way. a black woman should be president or short of that, vice president. i believe on the history of african-american women in this country who else can save the fall of america and so now is the time. now the last case for voter suppression today but they tell you in california for example there was a campaign recently where the voting place was shut down at the last minute and they had to fight to get it back open for black people could vote. how has that manifested throughout the country as you've said? >> it is like the mississippi plan of 1890. one is that they make it sound reasonable. we are trying to stop this massive

it was true about things that happened in selma. the thing that changed though, and we are proud of this, we put a camera in everybody's pocket and so it becomes much tougher as a society, i believe, to -- to convince themselves that it didn't happen or that it didn't -- or it happened in a different manner or whatever it might be. and i think fundamentally this one will change the world. >> he was born in small town robertsdale, alabama and witnessed racism only and the whites only signs posted on businesses and he faces discrimination often. six years ago he became the first openly gay fortune 500 ceo. >> there can no longer be discrimination based on their orientation. what was your reaction to that? >> i was grateful for the -- for their opinion and i applaud the justices who did that. >> he will stand up tomorrow on the virtual stage when he kicks off apple's developers conference. as for what is on the agenda, it is a big secret. >> you are full of secrets. >> i am full of secrets and it is hard not to overflow right now but i

one glaring distance between the situations in selma and lafayette square is the reaction of the person in the oval office. in 1965, following the work of civil rights organizers and demonstrators, president johnson pushed for the passive of the voting rights act. meanwhile, the current occupant of the white house has encour e encouraged aggressive law enforcement to demonize protesters and protect property own human life. he threatened to withhold funds from states unless they withhold ten years for damage to statues. ten years. while militarized police officers face zero damage. when the people spoke up and demanded justice, president johnson ordered his federal court to protect black americans. donald trump is using federal forces to attack black americans. >> thank you, the gentlelady's time has expired. and we're going to come now to mr. keller. before i recognize him, i want to say i asked my staff to check on this, and the ranking member is correct that there was a mix-up on the press release, which i knew nothing about. so mr. ngo's name is on the website, and we thank you very

in selma, in 2015, president obama asked us this, "what greater form of patriotism is there than the belief that america is not yet finished? that we are strong enough to be self-critical, that each successive generation can look upon our imperfections and decide that is in our power to remake this nation to more closely align with our highest ideals?" that is what the boston tea party was about -- a demonstration -- some britons would say a violation of law, to redress rights. we remain a nation of imperfections. calling out to us to be addressed with the seriousness and determination to make good on the promise that all are created equal. all entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and the right to breathe. the right to have their lives matter. we have heard our people cry out, "i can't breathe." we have heard our people speak out, "black lives matter." black lives matter. the protests we have seen in recent days are expression of rage born of despair. today, democrats in the house and senate are saying, "we see you. we hear you. we are acting." thank you, karen ba

your grandfather as i said marched in selma with dr. king. you're named after malcolm "x."mother is a professor at morehouse. you did march in selma once but this is the first time you have gone out as an adult in there kind of way. what got you out there? >> i think seeing that -- that the country and the black community is in crisis mode. i think coming off the covid-19, that's sort of -- that sort of set the landscape for how significant this sort of racial crisis would be and then boom, mr. floyd is killed, is murdered in the streets, and there's a huge eruption. i think now is the time that we need leaders. now is the time we need platforms for people to speak out and to shed light and voice those that don't have the opportunity. those that don't have the platform, voice their concerns and voice what they have been going through for so many years. >> your mother as we said is a professor at morehouse. you came back from this protest which you said was exhilarating. you jumped in here and then only as a mother can, she asks you, okay, now what? so what do you say to her

good morning, selma. >> reporter: good morning, natalie.nt to start by explaining to you where we are today. we are just at water loo station, and this is the scene of those clashes over the weekend. there was right wing demonstrators here facing off with supporters of the black lives matter movement. black lives matter canceled the demonstrations over the weekend. patrick hush chuns said he knew some young people would come out and he wanted to act as a peacekeeper. take a listen to our interview. >> is this you? >> yes, that is me in that photograph. >> can you describe what's happening in this picture? >> my friends and i were helping this man. he was lying in the feet tall position. first i saw a crime and i started to pick him up. >> you could have looked at this man and thought, he is my enemy. why did you choose to help him? >> there was a particular thought i had that, you know, you have to show some sort of love for your fellow man, okay, regardless? because i was saying that if the other three officers that were present when georg

. >> what happened after the selma march? >> one woman was shot by some thugs.ple are shot every day in washington. but nobody got hurt in the marching. susan: what is your understanding after really studying it and seeing it at the time what really happened that day on the bridge? ms. kennedy: both of them, he and sheriff clark, they came ready to beat those marchers. they wore gas masks, they had tear gas, they bad bats that were wired, they were on horses, and they came to beat those marchers. and so, that's what they did. and for my father to have not fired him, arrested sheriff clark, and fired all the troopers who were on horses and participated, was a mistake. it was wrong. he should have done that, and he did not. susan: did you ever have an opportunity to challenge him on why he made those decisions? ms. kennedy: no, i did not. susan: where were you the day that it happened? ms. kennedy: well, i was 15. my mother and i were at home watching a movie. and they cut in, and they showed the film, and she and i really didn't say much about it, but a little la

tonight's headliner is motown legend, selma houston. >>> governor newsom ordering some bars to shut down to climbing covid-19 cases. tweeting that due to the rising spread, bars in the following counties must close, fresno, imperial, kern, kings, los angeles, san joaquin and tooulary. recommending others. costra costa was going to open wednesday, no call for santa clara to reopen. santa clara has responded to the order, we are reviewing the comments and will respond as appropriate. bars continue to be closed pursuant to the local health order. more on the story in live report 5:00. statewide now more than 211,000 cases. 4,100 added past 24 hours. nationwide, around 2.5 million cases. more than half the country is seeing a surge in new cases. one of the new hot spots, texas. today vice president mike pence health crisis and facing allegations about russian-ordered attacks against american troops. >> reporter: vice president mike pence speaking to crowded dallas church and meeting with texas governor greg abbott as cases of covid-19 surge in the lone star state. >> we're one day closer to

and as you mentioned, the protests at birmingham and selma gave rise to the legislation that has made it substantially clear in this country today. >> how does this response compareds to those we've seen in dozens of states across the nation to protest measures against the coronavirus? >> i would say that in the context of the lockdown, police officers have been incredibly restrained and i haven't noticed violence against protesters at times ored tear gas. vby contrast, the protest following the death of george floyd, we have seen a lot of o that. so there has been a remarkable difference in terms of the response. >> thankin you. and i would just say that the fannie lou hamer's and doctor king's, we are in the movement but i'm quite certain they were vilified, when falsely and harmfully anesthetized in the same way the protesters and demonstrators on the front lines of this movement are being today. those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. thank you and i will go back. >> thank you very much. if you are still there, you have five minutes for questioning. >> than

after lots of pressure, particularly selma, that cinematic explosion on the admin titus bridge in the way that it shocked the nation finally led congress and the president to sign the voting rights act which said that states that have a demonstrated history of discriminating against voters and who have used one of those conditions that are in what we call the mississippi plan a literacy test, had to get any changes they made to their voting laws approved first by the u.s. department of justice or by the federal courts in dc. that's called preclearance. what happened previously are that these states would implement these laws, there would be litigation, the states would tweak the law a bit but the really discriminatory processing's were happening with elections that were different in times and millions of black voters. now with preclearance, those laws couldn't be put in place to do their damage before the election. it was wonderful. in mississippi, for instance, in the early 1960s only five percent of african-americans were registered to vote. two years after the voting rights act alm

nation's capital, civil rights icon congressman john lewis, 55 years after being beaten on that march to selma, standing at the new mural "black lives matter" painted just blocks from the white house. and among the chants, a growing cry to defund the police. latest flashpoint in fierce debate over how to reform and reimagine law enforcement, to root out racial injustice. in minneapolis where floyd died, tense debate playing out on the streets as protesters clashed with mayor jacob frey. >> we don't want no more police. is that clear? we don't want people with guns in our community, shooting us down. it is a yes or a no, will you defund the minneapolis police department? >> i do not support defunding the police. >> get the out of here. >> reporter: response leading to boos from the crowd. on the heels of this public rebuke, minneapolis city council voting 9-3 in favor of disbanding the police department. >> you'our commitment is to end toxic relationship with the mayor's department. >> reporter: explaining his stance. >> let me be clear i'm for massive structural and institutional reform for en

king, civil rights movement march from selma. the second stop was the student union table. i walked up, introduced myself and said let's start a black jewish dialogue. my colleague busted out laughing and kept laughing until he saw the horrid look on my face sort of realizing i didn't get the picture. i guess to hum the moment, he said i'm from harlem. when he said that, i understood that it was literally an african-american neighborhood in manhattan. i understood that was a much deeper statement he was making to me. his upbringing, my upbringing, certainly his look at african-american history and my look at it would be fundamentally different. i it wouldn't open the book. that was the moment that d pr is y answer to that conversation with him. >> so where did that conversation go? it's culminated in this marvelous book we want folks to buy and read and contemplate. how did that conversation continue? i spoke because that was the end of the black jewish dialogue of uc berkeley 1982. i decided i needed to educate myself. i took black study classes, african-american history c

when we were in selma, a few -- in march, we saw at brian stevenson's, one of his museums, a beautifulplay, heart breaking display, but children, little children saying, mama, mama, has anyone seen our mother? these children separated from their mothers. the cruelty of that. and that's why when george floyd called out for his mother, when he was subjected to that knee in the neck, it was just a continuation of some horror that has existed in our country for a very long time. to mr. clyburclyburn, mr. hoyer whip, join karen bass, leader schumer, the two senators, leaders on this issue, mr. -- congresswoman harris, congresswoman -- senator -- did i say senator -- senator harris, senator booker, in the emancipation hall, aptly named for those who built the capitol of the united states, in their honor. we were there for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, on our knees. my remembers will attest, it is a very long time. it is a very long time. and i graciously led them in falling over when it was over, so that they could do the same thing. but here we are, the martyrdom of george floyd gave american e

well, she's the first black female director to have a film that's 2014 selma, nominated for an academy award for best picture. in nba news some reports coming out today that the league plans to paint courts to say black lives matter this season, 3 different courts will be used at the worldwide sports complex in orlando. and of those all of them would have the message painted on the sidelines. it's the latest in the nba's plan to use its platform to support social justice initiatives. players union president chris paul said this week that the league is considering also allowing jerseys with messages in support of the movement. as major league baseball teams convene for training camp ahead of the shortened 16 game season. today, the giants are one of several teams that has been hit by the coronavirus kron four's jason dumas has more on how teams will try to keep their players safe moving forward. >>the jury has confirmed on monday that 2019 1st round pick hunter bishop has tested positive for coronavirus who will temporarily be kept off the giant 6 team and player pool sports medicine do

the birmingham church bombing comes to mind, selma, bloody sunday, selma, alabama, where you really hadn event that galvanized a true rainbow coalition. is this one of those moments, joy? >> yeah, and i would mention another one, craig, the murder of medgar evers in his driveway with his family inside, in june of 1963, which shook john f. kennedy, president john f. kennedy, whose priority up until then had been to pass a massive tax cut. that had been the top thing on his agenda. he was pushed to move on civil rights because, in part, of the slaying of medgar evers who was the field secretary for the naacp in mississippi, the hardest state to move in terms of allowing black people to vote, 6% of african-americans at the time were registered to vote because of terrorism, and he was killed by a member of the white citizens council who wanted to shut down any notion that black men and women would feel they had full citizenship and the right to vote let alone the ability to integrate restaurants, swimming pools, et cetera. medicigar evers' murder is not talked about as much, but the univers

a few years ago i went to selma, alabama, with representative john lewis, like so many senators have done. i stood there on the bridge where he had his head beaten in. i was in awe of his persistence, his resilience, and his faith that this country could be better if only we put in the work. that weekend, after 48 years, the white police chief of montgomery handed his police badge to congressman lewis and publicly apologized on behalf of the police for not protecting him 48 years before and not protecting his freedom marchers. i don't want to take 48 years for my city and my state to heal or for our nation to fix a justice system that's been broken since it was built. i want justice now. the people of this country deserve justice now. everyone has a role to play in coming back from these crises. the protesters are shinning a light on injustice that we pushed into the shadows for too long. the front line workers and volunteers are serving the communities they love and they are looking to all of us to deliver the reforms we promised, not just in speeches, not just in campaigns, but in

just as it guided our forbearers through seneca falls and selma and stonewall, just as it guided allf those men and women sung and unsung who left foot prints along this great mall to hear a preacher say that we could not walk alone. to hear a king proclaim that our individual freedom is inex trickablely found to the freedom of every soul on earth. [ applause ] >> that was then former president barack obama there 2013. and one more point about your location. because the stonewall inn itself is, i guess the best way to say it, it is a rather cozy bar. it is not very big, is it? >> it is not very big. in the large scheme of things. but actually it was known in 1969 as one of the larger gay bars in new york city and in greenwich village. it featured dancing, it featured go-go boys. and so actually compared to some real holes in the wall, the stonewall inn was known to be relatively spacious. >> and why were these locations to important at that time to the gay and lesbian community? >> well, in 1969 same sex was illegal in 49 out of 50 american states. there were also laws, federal, stat

s the police beatiinod selma uced a landm act guaranteeingk black americans te vote.he modest reforms from donald trump will not satisfy protest movements were some are calling to defund the police. >> we are trying to put a band-aid on a gaping wound. it might help stop the bleeding a little bit, b there is a lot more that need to bee. d>> it'so be much more becaulo it's too coming. reporter: in posar american history, these kind of oftrontations have produced transformative legislative reform, but critics of donald trump will complawo his and actions do not meet the needs of this dramatic national moment. nick bryant, bbc new new york. katty: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on the program, the view from out west. have voters in montana feel about protests, politics, and whether donald trump deserves e.other term in offic tensions between north and south korea ha grown hotter after pyongyang blew up a liaison office the two sides used for talks. the site was opened in 2018 bridge the political divide. repoer: herhas confirmed at 2:49 local ti

martin luther king marched on selma, alabama, the goal was to pass a voter rights bill and it was successful. >> they were focused. knew what they wanted. we had some many between where people didn't seem like they had a plan. and for any goal you set, you have to be very specific. >> reporter: still, we should remember this protest movement only began about a week ago. >> i think it is natural in the beginning it will be a lot more expressing how you feel. and as it goes on, as more people get involved, it will be getting more specific. >> reporter: that may be, but lesean says you can't wait too long to do that. >> we'll be at the cross rooms soon. where energy dies, people go back to their shelter in place places. and then what happens? there is an opportunity. >> reporter: in berkeley, john ramos, kpix5. >>> we have been getting pictures of a peaceful protest from los gatos, tom shared this picture saying it was a large, civil, peaceful protest. emma shared this picture with the caption saying my largely white town shut down the streets saying we will not be complacent. if you want infor

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and civil rights icon john lewis, who marched on washington and across the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama, where white police officers left lewis bloodied and battered, with a broken skull >> i thought i was going to die i said a little prayer i said lord, let me live. >> reporter: the civil rights leader and the nation's first african-american president say they still inspire each other to keep the fight going. >> i'm tough but he's a capital dude you would not know that, that young man could awaken a nation and that's an example of the power that we each have. >> the changes that have occurred, to live to see a young man, a young friend like president barack obama become president of the united states of america. >> reporter: and obama taking what seemed to be a not-so-subtle swipe at president trump without mentioning him by name. >> there are other people in power who are sometimes lashing out or putting other people down it's because they've got something in them they've got to work through. >> reporter: still obama and lewis tried to keep the focus on the road ahead. >> tho

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after selma, there was violence and death on the edmund pettus bridge and around there. the result was decent people who were not aware of how great the problem was said something must be done. kennedy send in a civil rights bill. johnson sent in a voting rights bill. in donald trump's case, there has been a little talk about george floyd, but not very much talk about what he is going to do to fix this mammoth problem for all of us. instead, he very quickly leaped to the default of what am i going to do about law and order? i think because he remembers 1968. richard nixon and george wallace together got 55% of the vote largely as law and order candidates. trump may appeal that that is the way to victory rhode island for him this year. >> right. and we've seen throughout history that tension and the attempts to exploit or seek a moeflgs tluf the discussion of riots, of law and order, the so-called silent majority from nixon, and yet we're seeing also, as you well know, these numbers show they're taking up well over 55 and 60% of sympathy. suggesting at that level the actu

selma is one. >> we are going to walk nonviolently and peacefully -- >> if you tornado the other cheekce, the reward is that you get change from the people who observe you suffering, and you achieve your objective even though you may personally be suffering. >> i don't think that's too strong a line to draw, to say that the march on selma was essential to the passing of the voting rights act. i do think it's really worth thinking about the length of that struggle. selma is the end of a 100-year struggle to realize the guarantee of the 15th amendment. >> it wouldn't have been an lgbtq civil rights movement if it wouldn't have been for the african-american civil rights movement. many of those people at stonewall were inspired by groups like the young lords and black panthers. so you have some other kind of much more confrontational kind of politics. >> most street action in american history has not been without violence. largely because of the forces that are deployed to suppress it. >> it's about disruption. protests is about disrupting business as usual. >> people who participated who

s address in selma, alabama. >>> in the wake of george floyd's death, several nba coaches are callingor change. the former knicks and grizzlies head coach is one of many demanding change. the national basketball association formed a committee including steve kerr to end racial injustice. tisdale says raising awareness is the first step. >> hopefully this will continue and eventually turn into legislation. >> some coaches say the committee has given them more confidence to speak out on social issues. >>> let's check in with kari for one last look at the steamy forecast. >> yes, it's going to be hot today. we're up to the triple digits in our inland valleys, 94 degrees tomorrow. and then a cooling breeze comes in on friday. and it's going to be a nice weekend. we'll be watching out for a chance of showers farther to the north. but it looks like it misses the bay area. we'll continue into next week with some more seasonal weather, his in the upper 70s. >> kari, thank you so much and thanks for joining us. get the latest information on our website, nbcbayarea.com and follow us on social m