the civil rights movement. [ ♪♪ ] >>> i'm michael shure, and this is "talk to al jazeera".st this week is julian bond long time member of the civil rights movement. 50 years from now where do you imagine if you close your ice, race relations will be in the county. >> i don't know, but i hope people say we've come forward more than we hoped they would. if they say that that will be okay with me. >> that's 100 years from selma. someonize "what do you want julian bond to be remembered for when it comes to civil rights what would you say. >> i want people to say he was a raisman, a man that cared about his race and help him as much as he could. >> you said racist history. history is race not racist history. what does that mean? >> it means history is waste. we are learning history, we are reading history. what we are seeing what is happening history, we want to look at it and see what is happening? >> and you are a raceman. >> yes, and i'm a raceman. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. you. >>> this is al jazeera america. i'm erica pitzi in new york. here are the top stories.

michael shure good to see you. this could be a real problem for the president and the agreement. because any sanctions could certainlyscuttle any chances for the deal to be done. >> right now it's very early. i think when you look at the public reaction to this deal and the idea of finally seeing diplomacy work, i think a lot of people are saying hey let's give this a chance. what you're running into that one-vote-shy part antonio is a really important part here. especially with robert menendez, the ranking member of the senate foreign services committee under indictment, i think we'll have to see how congress takes the temperature of the country probably over this easter weekend into the next week before we know what senators and congress people are going to say, maybe we should give this a chance or absolutely not. >> the president has tried to play opponents of the deal as war mongers but is that going to fly? you know that chuck schumer who is likely to be the nest next leader of the senate is also arguing the deal. >> proven themselves to be very good at and whenever a democ

. >> al jazeera american political correspondent michael shure joins me, on the road in montgomery alabama. good to have you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> why did ted cruz make a point of stealing a day's march on opponents, declare now rather than virginia, texas? >> i think a little bit of that is an imagery. he's at liberty university in virginia. that is a sort of the hallmark of ted cruz's political and campaign life. portraying liberty as his motto. it's only fitting that he would be there. he'll go on the road and do a little fundraising. he's going to new york and be over the country. he wanted to get an early start. a great place to get attention. >>> a poll from republican voters put ted cruise behind the presumed republican candidate. let's do a little calculus. first going on the favour and what is working against him. >> what has ted got going for him? >> what is going for him is rising name recognition. he doesn't have the recognition that some have. you remember huckabee won in iowa in 2008. he has a skill that is underrated and will be well seen, certainly in the prim

that makes hillary clinton formidable to them. >> michael shure we appreciate it. that is our show for today. i'm david schuster for ali velshi for everybody here at "real money" thanks for watching. watching. >> back on the streets. in baltimore a rally for freddy gray. the second night of curfew goes into effect as thousands of demonstrators protest police brutality in cities coast to coast. no indictment. another city another case of police using deadly force. a dallas grand jury decides officers will not face charges for the fatal shooting of a

. >> you're watching talk to al jazeera, i'm michael shure speaking with civil rights icon, julian bond >> looking back at the movement even in the movie selma, but reading about it and knowing about it it wasn't all harrowing and terrible. and i've heard you in other interviews even talk about how it was a good time the civil rights movement. talk about that a little bit. >> it was a wonderful time. it was the best time of my life to be in the civil rights movement, to be doing this thing this thing and this thing with this group of people. my colleagues, people who worked for the student nonviolent coordinating committee with me. people who marched down the street with me, who walked across the bridge with me. these people were just the best people, and i loved being with 'em and i can only hope i get to be with 'em again and again and again. >> and as you get to together with some of those people, as i'm sure you do from time to time do you shake your head sometimes that can you believe what's still going on? >> i say "not only can you believe what's still going on but "can you belie

. ♪ i'm michael shure >>> you are watching "talk toays."m michael shore speak with civil rights icon julian bond. >> looking back at the movement even in the movie "selma," reading about it, knowing about it it wasn't all harrowing and terrible. i have heard you in other interviews even talk about how it was a good time the civil rights movement. talk about that. >> it was a wonder time. it was the best time of my life to be in the civil rights movement to be doing this thing, this thing, this thing, with this group of people my colleagues people with the student non-violent coordinating committee with me people who walked across the bridge with me. these people were just the best people and i loved being with them. i can only hope i get to be with them again and again and again. >> as you get together with some of those people as i am sure you do from time to time do you shake your head sometimes and say, can you believe what's still going on? >> i say not only can you believe what's still going on? but can you believe we are still going o

michael shure explained how it inspired a brit, a former advisor to pm david cameron to intervene. >>eporter: this is alabama senator jeff sessions, in a bit soipd for re-election last november he received 800,000 votes, while his campaign twitter had 12 tweets, his facebook four posts, and he had no opponents. amid unprecedent discontent. voters, if they got to the polls didn't have a choice once they did. half of georgia's congressional delegation ran unoopposed. pore massachusetts, it was two-thirds. two-thirds.more than 30 ran unapposed and many, names like john luize, charlie dent and joseph kennedy didn't have a primary opponent. enter crowd pack. >> every voter innery distribute should have a choice. it turns out in tern parts of america -- certain parts of america, last year, they didn't have a choice. >> the problem is seen as big, yet fixable. what we want to go is give politics back to people, give them a sense of control. >> to do this crowd pack started their unopposed project. raising money to field candidates in each distribute where there was one name on the ballot las

michael shure joining us our al jazeera political correspondent. thank you. >> thank you >>> in yemen the battle is intensifying. iran called for saudi arabia to end air strikes. the saudis say they have no intentions of backing down. the humanitarian situation is tire. we have a report near the saudi-yemen border. >> the said saudi-led air strikes continued. the saudis blame the houthis for seven civilian casualties saying the houthis are hiding in residential areas and using civilians as sheeds. -- as shields. in aden fighting conditions between fighters and loyalists, and the local committees trying to defend the residential areas. in the middle of the country tribal formations tribes of yemen have announced a mobilize mobilization. >> now escalation across the border. three saudi soldiers were killed. this sauce fear and apprehension of more escalation as there is talk about possible ground invasion. there's no official decision in that report by the saudi government >>> turkey recalled its ambassador to the vatican after the pope called the de

michael shure said that there is now an effort to change that. >> this is alabama senator jeff exceptions. last november in his bid for re-election the republican lawmaker received nearly 800,000 votes while his campaign twitter had only only 12 tweets. his campaign facebook only four posts, and he had no opponents. amid unprecedented discontent with congress many voters, if they even got to the polls didn't have a choice once they did. half of georgia's congressional delegation ran unopposed. for massachusetts it was two-thirds. in all more than 30 house members ran unopposed. and many of those names like john lewis charlie dent and joseph kennedy also didn't have a primary opponent. enter crowd pack. >> every vote center every district should at least have a choice of who to vote for and it turns out in certain parts of america in november last year you did not have a choice. >> they see the problem as big as fixable. >> what we want to do is give politics back to people. to give them a real sense of control over the political process that is really lacking at the moment. >> to do this,

. >>> for more let's bring in al jazeera political correspondent michael shure, joining us from l.a. what jed bush is doing is legal. it can raise more money than his campaign could. do you think it will be the new normal? >> it already is in a sense. it's not far different to what happened in 2012 with mitt romney and president obama. the fact that they are announcing and saying it's happening is what sets it apart. will it be the new normal? as long as the finance campaigns have these loopholes, it will be normal. it may not make sense through the general elections, but for the primaries it does. >> to operate legally super pacts are not supposed to coordinate with the campaign. it will be filled with people. is that a role that is nice in theory but in practice means nothing. >> it skirts the campaign law, the maximum, the 2700 per candidate per cycle. that seems to me that the way that these are set up it's designed to skirt that issue. it's a blatant way of taking advantage of the fact that you can raise more money, and say who your donors are with the super pacts, unlike the no

and the latest and we'll hearing about it, in nap pal and you'll find all of that, >> i'm michael shure this is talk to al jazeera our guest this week, julian bond, long time veteran of the civil rights movement. >> 50 years from now julian bond, where do you imagine when you close your eyes race relations will be in the country? >> i'm not really sure. where i hope they'll be is people will be saying, "well, we've come forward more than i thought we would." i hope we-- somebody will be saying that. and if they say that that'll be okay with me. >> so that'll be a hundred years from selma.

. >> michael shure we appreciate it. that is our show for today. i'm david schuster for ali velshi for everybody here at "real money" thanks for watching. watching. >> back on the streets. in baltimore a rally for freddy gray. the second night of curfew goes into effect as thousands of demonstrators protest police brutality in cities coast to coast. no indictment. another city another case of police using deadly force. a dallas grand jury decides officers will not face charges for the fatal shooting of a mentally ill plan man. >> crisis in nepal. why it has been so hard to get food water and shelter to those who desperately need it. and money for hostages. it's against american policy but a new report says the fbi encouraged the family of a hostage to pay ransom, what they're saying about the allegations. good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. protests over freddy gray's death are spreading to cities across the u.s. hundreds of demonstrators demanded answers. in washington not far from the white house protesters gathered on penn

can i ask you real quick so that i make shure that you are safe. where is the gun right now?he gun is in the truck. do you think that your dad could go to get it and kind of keep it safe for the night? all right. you have the car keys. okay. tell me what you were thinking about out in the desert, and a what was going through your mind and what you did. he told me that if his mom had not called and kconvinced him fr the three-way call he would have done it. he had written the note. he is desperate and hopeless right now. right. i they part of to getting your life on track is talking to the people at the v.a. to make sure that your depression is in check, and depression is really hard to work on, on your own. i will put a referral through for him to the v.a., but i think that if this gentleman doesn't get some intervention quickly, it is not going to turn out well. thank you, john. i appreciate your service. you know, you sacrificed a lot for us, and we are here to help you any way you can, and you don't have to do this by yourself. all right. bye-bye. have a nice holiday. all

. >> michael shure, al jazeera. >>> new cases of bird flu bring the total number of midwest farms to 22. the outbreak has impacted nearly 1.2 million birds in the midwest. federal officials say the risk to public health is low. >>> residents of fairdale illinois are allowed back into their communities after their community was hit by a tornado. >> i don't know how they survived. from the looks of the house they were hidden in the bathroom. there's no basement. it's just a slab. the bathroom is on the other side of the house where three found them. >> a total of 12 tornadoes tore through northern and central illinois during thursday's storms. the strongest hit fairdaledale hurting 22 people. this is a fast moving system. kenji joins us. >> we saw storms moving between 40 and 50 miles an hour. especially with the winds coming out of that, the wind damage coming out of these fast-developing storms, this is the radar image. the storm damage just talking about the tornadoes here, you can see up towards northern illinois iowa, missouri but it was northern illinois that did see the majoriti

michael shure explains how that inspired a former advisor to british prime minister david cameron to intervene. >> reporter: this is alabama senator jeff sessions. last november in a bid for re-election he received nearly 800,000 votes. his campaign twitter had 12 tweets his campaign facebook four posts, and he had no opponent. amid unprecedented discontent with congress many voters if they got to the polls didn't have a choice. half of georgia's delegation ran opposed. from massachusetts, it was two-thirds. in all, more than 30 house members ran unopposed. many of those, names like john luize, charlie department and joseph kennedy didn't have a primary opponent. enter crowd pack. >> every voter in every distribute should have a choice on who to vote for. in certain parts of america in november last year you did not. >> reporter: they see the problem as big, yet fixable. we want to give politics back to people. give them a sense of control over the political process that is looking at the moment. >> reporter: to do that they have started an unopposed project. raising money to field c

michael shure takes a look at big money. >> reporter: most candidates dream of running more in the pockets than they left with. rather than counting cards he is counting on the generosity of sheldon adelson, trying to play the role of king maker in the 2016 election. the 36th richest american is expected to spend upwards of $100 million. >> an individual with millions tense of millions hundreds of millions, could fit the bill for a campaign, and make a difference have a determinative effect. >> reporter: running for president is about getting the most electoral vote. the new way of campaigning is about getting the most cash. it's the legacy of the supreme court's 2010 citizens united ruling allowing compses and unions to pend unlimited sums of money on campaign. and the recent case allows for nonprofit organizations to accept limited donations from individuals. it is precisely this provision that will allow jed bush to have all television advertising and mail paid for by an entity allowing unprecedented funds. and to operate with a coordinated effort. >> the republicans seem to be talking

michael shure is live in l.a., michael. >> lisa, you wouldn't be able to tell it now they are cleaning up after a very long day. los angeles is pretty much the capital of armenia in america. the fact that the pope recognized the genocide, there was a lot of age most of it directed towards washington and the world. from the first drum beat marchers in los angeles would not be ignored. stopping traffic in hollywood from the air you can see the crowd, estimated at 35,000 strong walking six miles. calling for official recognition of what they see as genocide. the massacre of as many as a million and a half armenians a century ago. >> almost everyone walking here has lost a cousin, grandfather grandmother, neighbor. >> greater los angeles is home to half a million armenian americans. one of whom we met walking with her child. >> it's interesting to be with my seven and a half-year-old asking me questions that i have difficulty answering. why did this happen? what did we do wrong? >> reporter: questions spurred by a new generation and an increasing number of countries recognizing the 1915 sl

earlier i spoke to al jazeera's political correspondent michael shure from los angeles. asked him what did the hillary clinton for president say about her campaign? >> this went as well it could have hoamed, what hoped. because it had gotten younger people talking a little bit different than her 2008 bid for president. >> does this help or hurt her now? >> there's two schools of thought here. i think it's fine not for hillary clinton to have an opponent. there is a lot to look at what she did wrong last time and what she's been doing wrong with communicating with average americans, middle class americans. i believe by running against the old hillary 2008, she has to beat that hillary do better than that hillary. today's launch they are pleased with the way it's gone. >> as we head into this year 2016 does it still matter that she is a woman and would be the first smeafl female president of the united states? >> she would play it differently this time i have been told, erica. she does not have an opponent who will be a barrier breaker she had that with obama the first afr

michael shure joins us from los angeles.hat does senator rubio's announcement mean for the campaign? >> well you know, it means -- i don't want to overplay what marco rubio jumping in the race means. he has an uphill climb. he like jeb bush is from florida, and they are going to be going to the same places. he is jeb bush's pro ta jay, and they will be going to the same people to raise money. it mean there is some youth, and different kind of conservatism. he is going to cast himself as very different. >> what is the case -- david, what is the case for marco rubio running for president. >> the case is generational. if you go back the similarity to some republicans, hillary clinton versus the establishment candidate, versus barack obama, who is able to grab lightning in iowa and makes it about race and about hey, hillary clinton is the past. marco rubio is going to try to do the same thing. jeb bush is one of these historic royal families i'm fresh, i'm knew give me a chance. >> we have first-term sen no, sir this race. didn'

michael shure takes a look at big money and politics. >> most visitors fanticized about returning home with more in their packets than they arrived in. the only thing different about florida senator marco rubio, he is guaranteed to come home a winner. rather than counting cards, he counts on the generosity of the adelson who played the king maker. the 37 richest american is expected to spend upwards of 115 million. an individual coming in with millions tens of millions who knows, maybe hundreds of millions. an individual or corporation could fit the bill and make a difference. have a determinative effect. >> of course running for president is about getting the most electoral votes. the new way of campaigning is about getting cash. that is the legacy of the supreme court's 2010 citizen's united ruling allowing corporations to spend money on campaigns. and a lesser known company allowing for nonprofit organizations to accept donations from individuals. it is this provision that allows jed bush to have advertising and mail paid for by an entity with an ability to raise funds to higher bus

let's bring in michael shure from little rock arkansas.hat do you make of hilary's plan to announce on sunday over social media. what is that about? >> it's about not wanting to engage with the media. the other thing is she's trying to tap into younger voters. a lot of people think she lost the democratic primary in 2008 to barack obama because she was not able to be involved with the younger voters. she has a 35 year old tap to head her campaign 35 years old, running a national campaign. something you don't see a lot of anymore. so i think by going the twitter route it keeps her an arm's distance from the press, and addresses the audience she needs. >> they are having wine tastings and what not to try to improve relations, how much of a factor will that be to have a better relationship with the press? >> the press sees through a lot of that but it is a good first step. they were drinking brooklyn logger, because her headquarters is going to be in brooklyn. but i think it is important that she realizes that only goes so far. >> clinton's o

. >> michael shure for us. >>> the end of an era at the justice department.eric holder wraps up six years as the nation's top law officers. >>> and in minnesota why an outbreak of bird flu has officials there so concerned. >> the nation's outgoing attorney general delivered his farewell address today. eric holder's six years in the office comes to an end officially when loretta lynch is sworn in on monday. he said that they will be remembered as a historic time in the department of justice. >> 50 years from now and maybe sooner from that people will look back at the work you all did and say this was another golden age. that's how good you all are. this is how good you all are. that's how dedicated committed wonderful you all have been. >> holder took office in 2009. he exits as the nation's third longest serving attorney general. randall pinkston takes a look at the legacy holder leaves behind. >> he's been one of the most divisive attorney generals. >> the best attorney general i've seen in my lifetime. >> supporters praise holder for taking strong positions

michael shure reports. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie will decide whether to seek the presidency it may be prosecutors that decide that the white house is a bridge too far for the embattled republican the "new york times" reports that indictments are expected next week in the 2013 bridge-gate incident and it's alleged that governor's deputies caused a massive bottle neck to punished the mayor for not supporting governor chris christie's bridge. >> who in their right mind closes access to the busiest bridge in the world to send me a message? >> reporter: indictments are expected to go beyond the email of chris christie aid who wrote: a marathon press conference was held denying involvement by chris christie. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, planning or execution. and i am stunned by the abject stupidity. >> the bridge closure opened up investigations into other questionable activities on the part of christy's. the mayor found his access to state commissioners cut off. the "new york times" reported that chris christie gave flags and debris from 9/11 in

and the latest and we'll hearing about it, in nap pal and you'll find all of that, >> i'm michael shure this is talk to al jazeera our guest this week, julian bond, long time veteran of the civil rights movement. >> 50 years from now julian bond, where do you imagine when you close your eyes race relations will be in the country? >> i'm not really sure. where i hope they'll be is people will be saying, "well, we've come forward more than i thought we would." i hope we-- somebody will be saying that. and if they say that that'll be okay with me. >> so that'll be a hundred years from selma. >> right. >> somebody says "what do you want julian bond to be remembered for when it comes to civil rights?" what would you say? >> i want people to say, "he was a race man." that's a man who cared about his race and wanted to help him as much as he could. >>you've said, "race is history." or you've said "history is race not, "race is history." >> right. >> what does that mean? >> it means-- history is race because we're always learning history. we're always reading history. we're always seeing it-- w