but they could still set a limit of intimidation but the south africans have to stop that. that is where we are on that front. but zimbabweians have been watching north africa with encouragement and our encourage but the one big problem in those that are not to identify the nav you can have the uprising but what makes it crucial is if it succeeds is how the security forces react. of the egyptian army wanted, they could clear to rear square in one hour. but if they have the institutional determination it would have been over. but in zimbabwe but if you try to have the mass protests to go up against pranks of the policemen and the army of soldiers, you will not be put stems of flowers down there done barrels because they will we too busy to fire live ammunition. that is the problem mugabe has the security forces that remained very loyal to him and his party that look after them. the big game changer is that the best discovery in eastern zimbabwe and mugabe and have the most exclusive access. and suddenly they are awash with money and that makes quite bleak about the immediate

. >> the south african president has held talks about how to resolve the conflict there. the leader was ready to accept an african union proposal, but he did not say that he was ready to step down. >> they have been able to achieve no diplomatic breakthrough after his visit here and is meeting. although it did produce the first television appearance by the libyan leader in almost two weeks. just a 4 he left for south africa, the president said that the colonel was prepared to sign of foreign african union cease- fire proposal, but we knew that was his position. both nato and the rebels have rejected the african union plan on the ground that does not call on him to step aside. he rejects the idea and it looks like things are still deadlocked. that is why many are expecting more nato strikes. they are bracing themselves for another bombardment. what might be another sign of the pressure, this has been announced that eight officers have defected as part of a group of 120 soldiers. although he is under increasing pressure, he has shown many times in the past his ability to su

. >> the south african president zuma has held talks in the libyan capital, tripoli, with colonel gaddafi aimed at finding a diplomatic solution. these pictures show the two men during the talks. the meeting came as news broke that eight libyan army officers had defected from the sources supporting gaddafi. security forces are continuing their crackdown on anti-government protesters. 11 people were reported to have been killed and three civilians are believed to have died in the central town. the spanish government says there is no evidence that spanish cucumbers are to blame for an outbreak of e. coli bacteria in parts of europe. tests have found e. coli on vegetables imported from spain and 13 people have died in germany. you're watching bbc world news america. still to come -- fighting for freedom on memorial day. we remember the african-americans who helped defeat slavery and saved the union during the civil war. >> the space shuttle endeavour is heading back to earth. it undocked from the space station for the very last night overnight. it's due to land in florida on wednesday. endea

members of the chinese chamber of commerce and industry came to south africa a decade ago to exploit business opportunities. now he says manufacture them are battling to stay afloat. the south africanovernment expects them to pay a machinist in a factory like this at least $68 per week but he argues that some are not producing fast enough for him to make that money back. >> it's at 70 per hour. she's reaching her target. >> reporter: she's doing 75 at the moment? >> yes, yes. another one you can see is 60 but she's only achieving 50. >> reporter: your argument is they cannot be paid the same minimum wage? >> yes. >> reporter: so they pay workers less than the minimum wage, saying they cannot give them more and remain in business. >> some of our members are considering to close down here and relocate their factory to either neighboring countryies like lesotho. >> reporter: where they can pay workers less. >> yes. >> reporter: in south african manufacturers are trimming their work force or closing down. >> according to the clothing and textile workers union, in the last three years, more than 18,000 people lost their jobs in the sector. with employers like lu calling for a lower mini

. >> the south african president says that colonel gaddafi is willing to accept a cease-fire deal. but that he is not willing to step down. they announced that they have defected from the forces supporting the libyan leader. >> it does not look as if the president has been able to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough after his visit here and of a meeting with colonel gaddafi. it did produce the first television appearance the libyan leader in almost two weeks. just before he left for south africa, the president said that the colonel was prepared to sign up to an african union ceasefire proposal, but we already knew that was his position. of nato and the rebels had already rejected the union plan on the ground, that it does not call on him to step aside. he rejects that idea and it looks like things are still deadlocked. that is why many are expecting yet more nato strikes. tripoli is bracing itself for another bombardments. and what may be another side of the pressure on the military, it has been announced that eight officers have defected as part of a group of 120 soldiers. even thoug

african government of lying to them when they inquired about the whereabouts of photo journalists anton hamill. hamill disappeared in april and now the southrnment has been told by journalists that were with him that he was killed by pro-gadhafi forces. it seems obvious that the gadhafi government would have known about something like that. so relations strained but jacob zuma going to libya, representing the african union that wants a cessation. we'll have to see if he will be able to achieve anything during that trip on monday. >>> pakistan wants u.s. troops out of the country, at least some of them. washington says it is reducing its military presence there at the request of islamabad. the u.s. is trying to mend fences with pakistan. relations became strained after u.s. troops sneaked into the country and killed osama bin laden. pakistan condemned that raid as a violation of its sovereignty. stan grant joins us from islamabad. stan, how seerious is that, the reduction of troops? do we know when that will happen? >> reporter: it's another indication, zain, of the tensions that have arisen between the two countries, especially afr the kil

the south african president, jacob zuma, has held several hours of talks in the libyan capital with colonel qaddafi aimed at finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict, as another eight army officers announced in italy that they defected from the forces supporting the libyan leader. from tripoli, andrew north. >> it doesn't look as if president zuma has been able to achieve diplomatic breakthrough after his visit here and meeting with colonel qaddafi although it did produce the first television appearance by the libyan leader in almost two weeks. just before he left for south africa, president zuma said colonel qaddafi was prepared to sign up to an african union cease-fire proposal but we already knew that was colonel qaddafi's position and both nato and the rebels had rejected the african union plan on the grounds that it does not call on colonel qaddafi to step aside. he rejects that idea so it looks like things are still deadlocked and many expect more nato strikes. tripoli is bracing itself for another bombardment. in what may be another sign, though, of the pressure on colonel qadda

handed off the conflict to south africa to the president there and said that it was his point man and south africa as the great power in the region was going to sort it out through the southern african development community. and so technically should be the ones who say you're not doing enough of these reforms but in practice this hasn't really happened so you put your finger on the problem which is that he jerry picks the reform but the really important ones like for example the zimbabwe television broadcasting corporations and retial in particular is important in the communities to absolutely complete monopoly. you can't have any independent review station in zimbabwe so things like that, and that's not -- fijian you was established on the basis of these would be allowed so he is in breach. >> host: i have to push you on this a little bit because in your book its striking the situations people find themselves in this one story that you told of a father which his wife and his 4-year-old and i believe his 9-year-old daughter as well rn sorry his four month old and nine month old daughter said i'm going to run this way the rest of you run that we to save your lives from the forces cl

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there could be a kid from turkey, from mexico or the south african finance minister. more names are already being talked up. some, including india, are frustrated by the lack of progress reforming other international bodies, particularly the un security council, to reflect a rapidly changing world. china says the choice should be based on merit. >> you have raised the issue of the selection of the senior leadership. we believe this should be based on the principles of fairness, transparency and merit. >> but some european leaders are making it clear that they will not give up traditional ownership of the imf post without a fight. the german chancellor is a leading voice arguing that case. with the eurozone in profound crisis, europe has never relied more heavily on the imf. both the short and long term effect of a new managing director who might take over. >> for more on what party organization will chart in the future, and joined by the former imf chief economist, currently a senior fellow at peterson institute for economics. you know the imf well. what's going on ins

he said that he would bring up the missing south african photographer missing in libya. o that? >> reporter: this is something that the south african stress press has been calling for. it has been an unfortunate situation. his family released a statement saying that those journalists with him when he was killed, what we were hearing here on the ground is that they were saying to us that we have never seen him, he was never in any kind of libyan detention but his family had been told that he had been taken away safely until they spoke to those journalists. so from the south african side, there was a lot of upset that zuma was coming here to even negotiate with colonel gadhafi any way. there was a real cooling of relations between the two countries which i'm sure hampered the ability to offer gadhafi a soft landing, brooke. >> i see. perhaps that's one of the reasons that there is not quite an announcement yet. we don't know. but perhaps. live in tripoli, nima, thank you. >>> here, hundreds of post offices are on a list to be possibly closed. find out if yours could be one

after colonel get back and signaled he was ready to accept a cease fire plan during talks with the south african president who they say though is not holding back in its onslaught britain's ministry of defense says it's to the point she attack helicopters and bunker buster bombs warheads have already arrived at an italian air base from where pilots will fly missions over libyans harkat speech analyst patrick hayes from the spiked online magazine told r.t. that while the alliance readies its a bunker busters libya might still be a hard not to crack. this is us is getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could pull a swoop in two months ago and basically bomb the country into the into democracy they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their hound you know keep a bit of a distance hold bombs into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these bunker busting bombs and the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make decision worse they coul

anti-government rebels have rejected a truce offer from libyan leader moammar qaddafi according to the south african president who met with qaddafi yesterday. he says qaddafi is ready to accept an african initiative for a cease-fire but with conditions that have ended previous cease-fire efforts. a rebel leader says an offensive against qaddafi will be launched soon. this comes after eight top army officers have defected from qaddafi's military. >>> it is 4:40 now. another world-renowned financial expert has been arrested accused of raping a made at a new york hotel. police say mahmoud abdel omar was arrested at manhattan's pierre hotel yesterday morning. the 74-year-old businessman is the former chairman of one of egypt's major banks. he is accused of sexually abusing the made and holding her against her will inside his room. this comes of course weeks after they arrested the chief of the imf dominique strauss- kahn on similar allegations. >>> time now 4:40. will she or won't she? what sarah palin said when she was asked point-blank, are you running for president? >> some heavyweight help for the v

like manuel trevor from south africa, a former finance minister, and also very prominent in the south african government. there's a lot of good people out there. but i think at the end of the day the question is developing momentum, selecting the candidate, i think the europeans have like i said they have already started to coalesce behind lagarde, i think she's got a good shot at it. if the emerging markets want a candidate, they'll have to be more unified in their approach to getting that team. >> susie: no matter what person get this is job, a lot on their plate to deal with, particularly with the european debt crisis. and looking at this graphic of the countrys in need of help, we see that greece is at the top of the list. its debt account for 130% of its g. d. p., italy, belgium right behind with more than 100%. can europe solve these problems? how long is did it it going to take no hearth who is in charge of the i.m.f.? >> no matter who is in charge, i think it's going to take a couple years, maybe longer to sort out. unfortunately the european sovereign debt crisis does remind me a lot

capital tripoli came just hours after colonel gadhafi was ready to accept a cease fire to talk to the south african president then so there was not holding back in its own sort of minister of defense says it's to deploy a hatchet attack helicopters of bunker buster bombs the warheads have already arrived at an italian place where pilots will fly missions of the libyan targets but journalist patrick haynes from lights online magazine told r.t. the idea of the red is its bug. might still be a hard nut to crack. if you are actually getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could pull it through pin two months ago and basically bomb the country into the thing for democracy they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their. distance oh boy move into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these new bunker busting bombs from the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make this worse they could bring about civilian casualties in libya and i think a

me just hours after colonel gadhafi signaled he was ready to accept a cease one and talk to the south african president nato is not holding back on its own stock which is a ministry of defense says it's to deploy the attack helicopters and bunker buster bombs the warheads have already arrived at an italian air base where pilots will fly missions on the libyan targets but journalist patrick hayes from spikes online magazine told r.t. that while the alliance readies its bunker busters libya might still be a hard nut to crack. if you are actually getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could swoop in two months ago and basically bomb the country into the move into democracy they thought this is going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their hound you know keep a bit of a distance hold on the into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these new bunker busting forms in the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make this in worse they could bring about se

it started and so i think the south african president feels very uncomfortable at the prospect of an mdc government in zimbabwe and would much rather try to figure out a way to reform from within or to find some technocrats to rule it which i don't think will happen. there's another problem which is a sort of systemic one which is of all the southern african nations that fought on the intercolonial war, litigation wars were you had political parties that then came into power, all of those parties who have a kind of liberation are still in power. amc in south africa and libya goes on to zimbabwe and mozambique and it's not in the interest of any one of them that any other of them leave power because it is a bad precedent so that is the sort of wide political conflict. >> host: well for the sake of zimbabwe i hope there's a solution soon. thank you so much, peter godwin for being with me today. >> guest: thanks for having me. >>> that was "after words," booktv signature program which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislator

just hours after the printer dolphin signaled he was ready to accept a cease fire and talk to the south african president nato though is not holding back on its onslaught britain's ministry of defense says it's to deploy attack helicopters and bunker buster bombs but warheads have already arrived at an italian air base from their pilots would fly missions that may be in targets but journalist patrick hayes from the spiked online magazine thought either body alliance or raise its market bust and libya might still be a hard nut to crack. the situation getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could kind of swoop in two months ago and basically borman the country into the thing for democracy and i thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep you know keep a bit of a distance bombs into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of the you bunker busting bomb from the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make this if you could bring about civilian cas

and at the school she created to educate disadvantaged south african girls, a dorm matron was charged with abuse in 2007. the woman was later acquitted. presidents lined up to appear on "oprah," but it wasn't until 2008 that she embraced partisan politics with her pivotal endorsement of barack obama. >> is he the one? is he the one? i believe he is the one! >> ifill: her campaigning drew criticism in some quarters, and excitement in others. >> i've got to say, is is the biggest crowd we've had in this campaign. >> ifill: winfrey announced she would end her show a year and a half ago. >> these years with you, our viewers have enriched my life beyond measure. >> ifill: but she isn't leaving the spotlight or abandoning her brand. six months ago, she launched a cable network-- own-- which she named after herself. the oprah winfrey network. for more on oprah's impact on television and american culture, we turn to two people who have followed her career. audrey edwards, former executive editor of "essence" magazine. and mary macnamara, television critic for the "los angeles times." audrey e

the point man on zimbabwe. south africa as the sort of great power in the region was going to kind of sorted out, and they're going to do it through the southern african development community. and so technically they should be doing to say you're not doing enough for this one, whatever. but in practice, this hasn't really happened. so in practice when you put your finger on the problem, which is mugabe cherry picks the reform, but the important ones like, for example, zimbabwe television, zimbabwe broadcasting corporation, radio, is very important in rural communities, absolutely complete monopoly for mugabe. you can have any independent registrations in zimbabwe. so there's things like that. that's not, you know, the gnu was established on the basis that all these things would be allowed. and they're not. so he is a breach. >> host: i have to push on this a bit because in your book, i mean, it's striking how the situation that people find themselves in. there's one story you told of a father with his wife and his four year old, and i but his nine year old daughter as well -- sock in his four -month-old and his nine year old daughter, and he said i'm

brega along with claire morgana gillis, who writes for "usa today" and "the atlantic"; spanish photojournalist manu brabo and south african photographer anton hammerl. ray suarez spoke to foley yesterday about the ordeal. >> suarez: james foley, welcome. let's begin when you were taken. how were you captured? >> there was four of us, myself, manu, claire and anton. we were riding in a rebel vehicle, we exited the vehicle. about a few minutes later two heavily armed qaddafi vehicles came over the hill firing and shortly after that we were all captured. >> suarez: so you realized right at that moment that this was something more serious than simply being stopped, having your papers checked, being momentarily detained? >> oh, definitely, the level of fire towards us was something i hadn't experienced before and i was in afghanistan. accurate fire directed at us. we pressed our bodies to the ground and they got out of the vehicles and came closer firing. >> suarez: sco so you identified yourself as journalists. how were you treated by the soldiers? >> i had to jump up and say "journalist." i wasn't sure if they knew we were j

chinese visitors to south africa has citizens of the world's second largest economy firmly in the sights of tourism officials here. no expense has been spared in selling the south african experience to them. >> we've just finished a global ad where we actually brought in two couples from china. they actually did experience these things in south africa. we call it 20 experiences in 10 days. what they did is what a typical traveler from china would love do in south africa. >> which is what? >> safari, of course. they love capetown. they love scenic beauty. and diamond shopping is one of those things they love. >> reporter: but the campaign has one big problem there are currently no direct flights from china to here. for now, travelers have to go through hong kong. national carrier south african airways launches its johannesburg/beijing route in september. chinese credit card holders spend over 3 million u.s. dollars in this country. >> however this announcement is a positive thing, i don't think they have been caught napping because it's a developing market. >> reporter: what about the language barrier? >> that's still our biggest challenge in terms of making sure that i

i remember, you know, the protests outside of the south african embassy and they involved a arrest andonstant movement and i think that has had an influence and that the consciousness of the people of the united states about the issue. we want our brothers and sisters around the united states to see our place and to help us out. >> do you have to have acts of civil disobedience? >> you don't have to have them but i think sometimes you need to take steps to get tag. >> okay, thank you, we may see some civil disobedience and there is a rally planned for tomorrow morning, and we'll be here, shawn, keep us posted. >>> after the revelations that apple and google cell phones track their owners' likes, the justice department is deciding whether to investigate. the attorney general eric holder told the senate judiciary committee that he takes this issue seriously. apple ceo steve jobs said that his company has never knowingly violated customer privacy by using the tracking data it collect on the phones. >>> and we have a warning for gamers. the hackers have access to personal information like

. >>> as fighting in libya continues, the south african president, jacob zuma, is planning to visit theipoli, as early as next week, to hold talks with moammar gadhafi. nato air strikes hit the city for a second consecutive night on tuesday. the government says 19 people were killed. >>> back to our top story now, barack obama in the uk and the so-called special relationship. it's likely to be at the heart of his address to parliament today. but when did it all begin? cnn's dan rivers explains. >> that unity of purpose and of action, which has made victory possible and certain for the united nations in this war. >> the special relationship between britain and the u.s. will be forever be associated with the close friendship between president roosevelt and prime minister winston churchill. who knew his country's survival depended on american help. >> the relationship between my grandfather and roosevelt was absolutely single-minded pursuit by my grandfather. to persuade president roosevelt to enter the war. >> so churchill chose ditchly house in oxfordshire to convention the americans to

today the embattled libyan leader met in trim o'ly with the south african president jacob zuma, who saidfi is ready to accept a cease-fire. but neither man said anything about gadhafi stepping down, which of course is the main demand of the opposition. and zuma has not called on him to quit. the fact remains that more than three months after rebels rose up against him gadhafi is still holding on to power and it appears by any means necessary. soldiers who have deserted to the opposition allege that gadhafi's forces are using rape as a weapon of war. senior international correspondent nic robertson spoke to some of those men. >> reporter: in this makeshift rebel jail this gadhafi army deserter tells us what he saw before he fled his post. "i saw cell phone video of several soldiers raping two school girls, 15 and 17 years old, over six days in tripoli," he says. "as i was told, they were acting on military orders." he tells me he ran away from the army when he realized officers were giving soldiers sexual stimulants and uppers to keep them awake. "i found viagra and uppers," he says. "bef

so mugabe wants to push ahead and have elections with things as they are but the south africans have to stop that and that is where we are on that front. the zimbabweans have been watching what's going on in north africa with interest and are all encouraged by it, but there is one big problem and its the fact it isn't emphasizing of which is you can have your uprising and that's fine but what makes it crucial is whether it succeeds or not is how the security forces react is if they wanted to they could have cleared in an hour they would have killed people but if the head of the institutional determination that would have been over. that what has been that. in zimbabwe for various reasons they didn't put in zimbabwe if you try to have mass protests and go up in arms against ranks of peace men and of the army, the soldiers, you won't be putting the stems of floors down the gun barrels because they would be too busy firing live ammunition at you. and that is the problem that mugabe has caught the security forces that have remained very loyal to him and his party conflict after and the bi

walden who was one of the south's first african-american lawyers. he's a man who's little known of today, but what i show him doing here is challenging the white primary, the convention that excluded african-americans from voting in the democratic primary in georgia and throughout the south. so he's actually here going and trying to vote -- >> host: what year was that, do you know? >> guest: this was 1944. >> host: okay. >> guest: and as you can see in that photograph, he is squaring off against this gentleman who is the registrar, and there are a lot of people gathered around looking at this really dramatic moment in the history of atlanta. the lower photograph pivots as to the 1970s where i show a woman by the name of ethel may matthews who was the leader of the local group of the national welfare right organization. she was a strong dissenter in the african-american community. at a welfare rights protest there. and what she's saying there is that the civil rights movement has not worked equally well for all blacks. she's demanding an adequate inco

and now it seems the peace mission has fallen flat. zuma told libyan and south african television that qaddafi said he was willing to talk about a cease-fire but made no mention of meeting the rebels' key demand that he step down. in effect, the same answer that scuttled the last such peace effort. allen pizzey, cbs news, tripoli. >> smith: to politics now and the question that is dominating these early days of the 2012 presidential campaign: will sarah palin run? so far, she's not tipping her hand. here's political correspondent jan crawford. >> reporter: after stealing the thunder at the annual rolling thunder bike rally sarah palin kicked off her one nation bus tour today with a stop at the national archives to see the declaration of independence and then it was on to fort mchenry in baltimore and all the way reporters were chasing behind her with the same question. >> when are you planning to announce that you're running for president? >> when i decide if i'm ever going to run will for president. >> what's going to make that decision? >> it's a continued process of

the mine. >>> south african photographer was shot and killed by moammar gadhafi forces. three other photographers that were released with him. he was shot and left to die in the desert as gadhafi forces took them away. >>> the patriot act will be extended. they have agreed to a four-year extension. democrats and republicans say they want to extend it with as little debate as possible. >>> a proposed launch in sacramento may give local government more power to raise your taxes. state senator darrell steinberg has introduced senate bill 653. it will give counties and school boards across california the power to raise taxes with voter approval. steinberg admits this bill is partly political because of the ongoing debate over the extension of temporary taxes. >> it makes sense to give local governments the ability to do the same sorts of things the state can do on the revenue side. i have been very clear about this. there is a sub city tan reason and tactical reason to do this bill. >> two taxpayers groups have already joined the night against the bill. >>> yesterday the asse

the first african american lawyers. though none today. what i show him doing here, challenging the white primary, the convention that excluded african-americans from voting in the democratic primary in georgia and throughout the south. trying to vote. as you can see he is squaring off against this gentleman who is the registrar. the photograph, the 1970's. coachella woman by the name of death may matthews who was the leader of the social group of the national welfare rights organization. she was as strong dissenter in the african-american community. at a welfare rights protest. what she is saying there is that the civil-rights movement has not worked particularly well for all blacks. demanding an adequate income, demanding integrated schools, for all housing. the cover is meant to detect the nuances. >> professor, is still alive? >> she is not. >> its chance to chat with the children or relatives? >> i did not. i had extensive with her which was just a joy. >> he did? >> i did. >> a year been working on this book for several years. >> absolutely. i started out as a dissertation and work done for years. the result is this 500 page. >> that's right. >> so in talking during your research what was she like 30, 40 years

. >>> moammar gadhafi is ready for a cease-fire, parentally, according to the south african president trying to broker a truce. gadhafi is not promising to step down, which is the main demand of the rebels. >>> sarah palin's one-nation bus tour is in gettysburg, finally. there are times when she sounds like a would-be presidential candidate. she still isn't ready to call her tour anything but a campaign for america's constitution. the tour started in washington wag. then, it continued on to pennsylvania. there was some confusion about where exactly her bus was headed at times. she refuses to tell the so-called mainstream media exactly where she is going. her co-worker, greta van susteren was invited on the bus. she said, despite how things look, her one nation tour is not political. >> it is not about me. it is not a publicity-seeking tour. it is about highlighting the great things about america and the media can figure out where we are going if they do their investigative work or they are going to keep kind of, as you put it, going crazy trying to figure out what we are doing here. >

that's far less than the projected dead. >>> south african's president says that moammar gadhafi is ready for a truce. jacob zuma made that statement after gifting gadhafi. but zuma said gadhafi's not willing to resign. >>> meanwhile in rome, eight libyan army officers, including five generals, met and urged other officers to join the rebels. >>> nature is flexing its muscle off the coast of australia. severe storms battered the country, spawning several waterspouts north of sydney. the news channel that captured the spouts said they reached 2,000 feet before reaching land. spectacular video. >>> the unofficial kickoff to summer got off to a wintry start in the fresno foothills. several inches of unexpected snow sent families packing earlier than expected. they went to swim and fish but were forced to bundle up. maybe ice fishing. >>> record-hot temperatures slammed the midwest and northeast. it was so hot in chicago yesterday, four people on north avenue beach had to be hospitalized. emergency officials had so much trouble getting through the crowd, they actually evacuated the beach. the

some of the black college presidents in atlanta, many african-american teachers who were the lion's share of the black middle class. and they also included a.t. walden, who was one of the south's first african-american lawyers. and here he is a portrait of mr. walton. mr. walton was the son of former slaves and sharecroppers. he studied at atlanta university with w.b. dubois. he went on to graduate with honors from the university of michigan law school. he excelled at michigan while waiting tables for a local fraternity. he is little known today but walden really inspired a generation of african-american lawyers, including vernon jordan, a lawyer, the counsel to the president who i'm sure some of you have heard of. jordan called walden so impressive. he said, quote, i wanted to be a lawyer just like walden. i wanted to walk like him and talk like him. and hang out my shingle on auburn street just like walden. above all else, pragmatists like walden and the black college presidents prioritized voting rights as the path to black power. and here we see walden challenging the so-called white primary. the laws, the tradition of excluding african-americans from the vote in georgia a