other soledad o'brien is at riverside park for that special ceremony. soledad, good morning to you. the ceremony also comes with a bit of controversy this morning with the firefighters. explain it all for us. >> it really does, t.j. we're about eight miles north of ground zero. and that matters because, of course, the firefighters were not invited to the events at ground zero. for some people that has made them angry, others disappointed or frustrated. this is a firefighters memorial. every year since 9/11 they brought a memorial service here. very quiet, no politicians, no speeches. they're expecting this year for the tenth anniversary that many people, hundreds, maybe thousands will gather here at 100th street and riverside drive, this beautiful memorial. it's one of the nicest in the city, a memorial that was built in the 1900s for firefighters, showing sacrifice and duty. they've always tried to keep it very low key, don't even like the media here. this year because they're not being invited to the ground zero ceremonies they're expecting it will actually be quite busy here. the

soledad o'brien joins us now. soledad, is the memorial still going on there? >> reporter: you know, it's interesting. the memorial itself has wrapped up, but what we have here are firefighters who have driven in, in many cases, on their motorcycles to be part of the celebration here. it's almost remarkable. they did this convoy of motorcycles right down riverside drive, where you're right, anderson, about eight miles north of where you are. so after the memorial ended and many of the firefighters from the fdny went off to church, folks from, you know, every state, literally every single state, plus i've seen firefighters from germany and from france and canada and australia, are here and taking an opportunity to check out the firefighters memorial, which is really the centerpiece of the event that was here today is remarkable. we wanted to tell the story today of a woman named regina wilson, a firefighter whose story we tell in a document that we have airing tonight at 10:00 p.m. on cnn. we wanted to look at the role of women at ground zero who served and as p

rose as is not just a person with a disability, that soledad has dreams, aspirations, goals. >> her goal is to have her own radio show. and she didn't think cerebral palsy will keep her from realizing her dream. she's close to it at a san jose radio station. >> thank you for joining us today. you can see the eagle tequila sunrise on k-bay. >> is this the first time you've hired someone with disabilities. >> as a program director and such, i worked with people with disabilities, wheelchairs and such, and it's always fine. i've never had an inturn personally so it's a new experience for me. and everything i've given her she's done wonderful with. >> little things, the things that make me feel -- >> the inturnship was arranged through a professor at san jose state. soledad is close to graduation and when the time comes she hopes to be one of the 14,000 people who find jobs every year through the department of rehabilitation. but having help of the d.o.r. is no guarantee of finding a job. this last quarter the agency's success rate placing applicants was only 56%. >> as long as i contin

good morning to you once again, soledad. >> good morning to you.r my shoulder they are starting to lay out the flags for the firefighters memorial celebration that will happen here. it will begin in a couple hours. they had the first wreath laying not long ago. they put those flags up, one to represent each firefighter, 343 who lost a life on 9/11. nicole simpson, though, is a survivor. she was working on the 73rd floor of tower two when the first plane hit tower one. she started making her way out of the building, going out the stairs. after that, of course, the story changes. nice to have you, thanks for talking with us. >> thank you. >> they made an announcement that the building was secure and started telling everybody to go back up to their offices. you started heading back upstairs. what happened? >> they made at announcement but didn't indicate we could go back upstairs. if it was secure i didn't have to evacuate at that time. when we got to the 44th floor, my two assistants and receptionist was with me, we made the decision to go back upsta

soledad duran nos amplÍa. >> (caÁnticos) >> las familias campesinas llenaron las calles de sacramentochos laborales. >> 1200 millas. >> al frente iba leonard lÓpez gonzÁlez quiÉn caminÓ 200 millas en los Últimos 13 dÍas desde madera, california en un peregrinaje hacia sacramento que le dejÓ los pies destrozados. >> lo hago por todos los compaÑeros que trabajamos en el campo y que queremos un trato justo. >> miles de trabajadores siguen luchando para que sus condiciones mejoren en los campos de california. en donde aÚn hay quejas que son tratados como esclavos. >> nosotros como trabajadores como tenemos respeto >> el sindicato de trabajadores del como los estÁ apoyando. >> y piden que el estado los amo ampara con el proyecto de ley sb 126. >> los trabajadores tendrÁn el derecho de votar en elecciones, para reuniÓn sin la intimidacion y despidos y amenazas que siempre han hecho los patrones. >> al concluir la jornada, los artistas llegaron hasta el capitolio >> no solamente el trato justo, por eso estamos aquÍ apoyando a todos los hermanos campesinos que estÁn trabajando. >> aquÍ estamo

i wanted to meet these gals, soledad. >> they're great.ng, and, you know, they're really tiny. they're a flyweight so they weigh 112 points. it's a weight category that marlen boxes in and christina cruz as well. these are really small women but they are so tough, and tough mentally i think is sort of the thing i have learned from this documentary. >> and tell me just before we go if you don't mind before we go to the break, soledad, i mean, you have done a number of pieces on latinos in america. you are taking now the angle of women in sports. how has this been embraced by the community, a community where, you know, the abulita is the key woman in the family? >> i was surprised there would be such a large number of latinas who are boxing. marlen would say we are the underdog. there are people who don't cheer for us until they realize the amount of heart and dedication and drive we have. but to me the documentary is not really about boxing. it's about a young woman who works very hard who in spite of some very big losses is able to keep go

doing this because what's going to be next they're going to start cross pollinating going to see soledad o'brien on the show cooking something you know or bring her kids on i mean that's what's going to go in there like time warner friends are going to kick my butt but that's what you're going to see next and that's the unfortunate side of this brandon handsome and that is making it easy for jon stewart and stephen colbert as this is what people want no it's what the people in charge think they want they want. they think they want this the older media stories to be you know wonderful and accessible and slowly but you know they want information they want to know us to slowly people but that's why they tune into the daily sure they don't get their entertainment but they know they're going to get their analysis too and it's smart this is not smart it's like the wal-mart age where you can just go one stop shopping and get everything. chris chambers journalism professor at georgetown university and always so great to have you. so ten years now it was three years ago today happy anniversary th

soledad y desamparo. >> me siento decepcionada. esperÁbamos que hubiera algo mÁs.os que el racismo fue lo que triunfÓ esta vez en el estado. >> cÉsar, que llegÓ desde mÉxico hace dos aÑos, nunca pensÓ que su mundo se derrumbarÍa. >> mi mundo a cambiar. he planeado hacer mis compras a la medianoche, cuando no hay nadie. >> cesar piensa en la que vivirÁn a partir de maÑana grandes y chicos. >> mucho miedo. mucha gente no quiere mandar a sus niÑos a la escuela maÑana.. >> fueron miles los que siguieron paso a paso lo que sucediÓ en el capitolio en la capital de alabama. >> yo como mÉdico, no le negarÍa la asistencia a ningÚn ser humano, pero como gobernador estoy obligado a aplicar la ley migratoria con rigor. >> por la tarde, se mostraba complacido con la decisiÓn judicial. >> la juez aprobÓ casi toda la ley y continuÓ diciendo: la juez temporalmente bloqueo cuatro incisos que vamos a apelar. >> en estas pÁginas, las tres demandas interpuestas una de la administraciÓn obama, y otras de iglesias, tuvieron cada una, decisiones diferentes. >> con esto, alabama tiene la

eastern with soledad o'brien. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching.

cnn's soledad o'brien has the story of a doctor and a boxing enthusiast who's been studying long-term chance to look at your mri scan and it shows a little atrophy or shrinkage of the brain. it is probably from boxing. >> reporter: dr. barry jordan, is a renowned neurologist who specializes in brain injury at burke rehabilitation hospital in new york. his patient, once the world middleweight champion. when you were at the height of your career, when was that? >> 1988. when i fought thomas hearns. >> you won. >> you know, i won the title. >> reporter: after years in the ring, boxing brought him to dr. jordan. >> if you have multiple concussio concussions, there's always a risk of chronic brain injury. you may have problems with memories. you may have difficulty with walking. >> reporter: dr. jordan started tracking more than 300 retired boxers to measure the long-term effects of all those punches. >> this is a scan of a boxer compared to a normal control. you can tell the colors are just not as robust. here's another scan showing fibers between a boxer and a normal control. >> oh, my g

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wasn't candidate played the russians in the final and that's rated as and sasuke atmosphere at the soledad arena and charged up the red army from the opening minutes to match their chip opponents from call of the ball right were the enemy and easy to discern its going into the final match against the red army while the russians were forced to take it. easy to get to the stage later it was clear after the first period and three an answer goals at the last was merely a he called on the way to try and find his second period so the russians ramped up the pressure on energy as that certain amount of score political points in the one on the school board below the czechs managed to score so the first break it was nowhere near enough to match russia's three in the second period is theirs second goal of the match and the third period through to gave them a glimpse of hope but the red machine justified its nickname and made the score in reachable seven to. set up a little emotions with having at such an electric atmosphere that it still thinks of this a tate's is also think oh my teammates and all o

probably aren't good for kids there are two ways we can try to solve this problem so you try now soledad says it is illegal to serve tater tots a public school that strikes me as a little bit your county and or we can try to find interesting intriguing and innovative ways to get kids to eat more healthy in a way that doesn't invoke the ire of every parent ok yeah i know right and strike that referred to that have to move on i'm so sorry daniel eagan what's that even yeah that's the problem all right now that's ok speaking of eating at home or school you could have the option to go eat somewhere else instead of jail if you are punished for a crime in alabama you can go to church but alabama town is giving nonviolent offenders that option operation restore our community or rock begins next week but the judge will give mr meter offenders a choice go to jail and pay a fine or go to church every sunday for you. ok so if you go to church you have to check in every week and with the pastor and you know if you you show up every time your case but you got to hear your good deal or completely wron

y lo mÁs difÍcil la soledad que de pronto se vive. >>> hace tiempo tu ex compaÑera de rbd, maite dicen te dan un mensaje bonito, a mÍ me, me da una luz, lo que yo quiero es eso, es sembrar una esperanza. ( ♪ mÚsica♪) >>> dulce marÍa iniciarÁ una gira por estados unidos, y venezuela y el 6 octubre va ofrecer un concierto en mÉxico, para los twitteros si quieren saber si estÁ soltera sÍ. para mÁs, vaya a univision.com. >>> vamos hacer una nueva pausa no se vaya porque tenemo >> conforme pasa el tiempo, surgen nuevos detalles sobre la tragedia en el casino de monterrey. las victorias de que el destino puso en medio de la historia. algunos llamaron acto de terrorismo y otros hablaron de una cadena de corrupciÓn. >> saliÓ de la capilla funeraria. seguida de uno de los varios cortejos fÚnebres que ese dÍa circularon por las calles de monterrey. era una desigualdad entre que dejaron de escribir. >> el fatÍdico 25 de boston sus amigas la convencieron de que saliera a distraerse, fueron al casino royal, en el momento de rescate, esos pudieron estafar, pero isabel no lo logrÓ. >> mÁs que propiam

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. >> there wasn't a lot of discussion about dan white's time at soledad. what were his prison years like? >> he was kept in isolation. he was considered to be at risk and at danger. someone who was kept in isolation with him nearby isolation, they were released for an hour a day to run. they both could run at the same time on the track with -- was sirhan sirhan. so, it was like a festival of assassins. >> were you a fan of the true crime genre? >> no. no. i like to read novels. >> what happened to dan's two kids? >> well, i mean, the down's syndrome son still lives with his mother, and although i'm told he is quite highly functional, and dan's oldest son, charlie, left the state and visits occasionally. he actually came to san francisco when they were shooting the film "milk," and sean penn had him on the set as his guest. that event caused a great deal of consternation on the set. several people -- i have had two different people tell me they called the cops because it was pretty frightening. here's sean pen portraying harvey milk and here was dan white's

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a rhymer, you can catch soledad o'brien's documentary cnn latino in america 2 next weekend on cnn. >>many people believe that in four days georgia is going to execute an innocent man. i want you to stay with us through the top of the hour. i will be talking to a man who plans to be at the parole board hearing on monday to try to save troy davis' life. but you'll also hear from the mother of the police officer davis is convicted of killing and why she says she wants this execution to go >>> tlefrn minutes past hour an this "cnn saturday morning." let us say good morning to nadya with our morning passport. i had someone write in and said, i need to leave the house but he saw the story teased about kids smoking in indonesia, and he says, i'm sticking around. what in the world is this about? >> about a year ago, a video went viral of a 2-year-old boy smoking. there were 13 million hits when the little boy, in a small village in indonesia was smoking. this was how it it all came about. of course people are saying, how is that possible? certainly as an american audience seeing a 2-year-old

listen to what maxine waters said last night on the soledad o'bri o'bri o'brien -- "the situation roomwork we did was what caused the conversation to take place. we focus on what the needs are, and the president heard us, and because the president heard us, he was saying african-american. he was saying black for the first time in his speech. >> and, of course, robert, she's referring to this congressional black caucus speech that he made on the where he said, expect all of you to march with me and press on, take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes, stop complaining, grumbling crying, we're going to press on. we've got work to do. do you think congresswoman maxine waters is right, that they've influenced the president to start talking about blacks and saying black, and african-americans? >> i think so. it's not just maxine waters, it's cornell west and others. it's an interesting dichotomy the black community is facing. i'm sure many, many black americans are praying for the president, however, they want a good paying job. praying for his well-being, are sensitive to t

[applause] it's very important that we make the cuts [inaudible] and when we are in soledad -- i wasnd he thought the most wonderful thing we could do is expand a miracle. nope. americorps is the insult to you and our children. we have to cut out stupid programs, counterproductive programs, put a ribbon on arrogance and regulation and overall reduce the size of government and that means the entitlement. so we have to look at those among us like paul ryan and dear to step forward. the question of entitlement in america has been carried on the last three years republicans but don't dare and democrats but don't care. we have to get serious adults working on this problem now. once you cut the government down and make it fit, the capabilities of our economy in a manner where it can be an instrument of assistance to what we do naturally witch's brew ourselves into a prosperous nation then you reform the one legitimate reason, only one. anything you try to do with the tax code other than raise money is an audacity to the taxpayer. now unfortunately from 1984 to professor who gave us what is