thurgood marshall as the head of the naacp. he's a lawyer who argued brown versus board of education supreme court. no lawyer did more to advance racial justice and thurgood marshall and then when he was a justice on the court he was very much a voice for that. >> host: would be it be fair to say louis brandeis and thurgood marshall and john roberts have something in common and in fact they were private lawyers lawyers for longtime? >> guest: yes and no. yes they share something in common. they both argued many cases before the supreme court before becoming a supreme court justice at the no is ideologically they are different in who they represented is quite different. thurgood marshall was always represented african-americans and the cause of racial equality in the supreme court. brandeis at times represented business but also argued in favor of upholding the laws to regulate this. john roberts as a lawyer was consistently on the side of business and has been that way is a justice. >> host: appointed you decide you want to be

thurgood marshall airport is undergoing a $105 million expansion.port officials say the investment will support b.w.i.'s growing international travel. and provide more amenities for domestic passengers. additions will include a new security checkpoint. a connector between concourses d and e and two new gates for international carriers. the project is set to be completed in 2017. the watergate hotel will reopen later this year. after a $125 million renovation. this project includes a new rooftop lounge, which was used -- with views of the potomac river. the 10 acre complex which includes offices and apartments is best known as the site of the 1972 break-in of the democratic national committee. that scandal eventually led to the resignation of president richard nixon. it is arguably some of the best real estate in washington. coming up next, on saturday news extra, too much studying not enough free time, the surprising results of a newstudy on teens and stress. kimberly: forget the 40-hour work week. according to the u.s. senus data, once you factor i

all the money raised will help with the thurgood marshall college fund. still ahead -- partying in the u.s. capitol building. the police say it is out of control. what they are asking lawmakers to do. leon: taking action against powdered alcohol. leon: and up close and personal with a black bear. (brad) holy cats! has, has anybody else been experiencing a snail infestation? no? i'll tell you later. polygons. without them: no shapes. without shapes, our world has no form. but you can use the polygonal search tool on the new apartments-dot-com to define the area in which you want to find your next apartment. there. what if i lived in that area? oh,interesting. change your apartment... change the world. alison: check out this incredible new video from brazil. a bus falling into a hole when it collapsed road. it was then carried away by floodwaters. amazingly everyone on board escaped unharmed. leon: ok, we will stop complaining about our potholes. the police say there is a party problem at the u.s. capitol and they're asking lawmakers to dilate back a bit. t

thurgood marshall and gusty winds will d bit. it will remain rather breezy throughout the overnight hours. forecasting morning temperatures between 25 and 34 degrees and put on top of that bit of a breeze. 10 to 15 miles per hour could knock the chills briefly down a bit more. a dramatic change over the past 48 hours. plan ahead for tomorrow morning. it will feel a whole lot different than it did. 31 in burlington. all this cold air is being driven in by the persistent northwesterly winds. so not only colder air but wind chills to deal with as well. our futurecast paints a pretty nice picture around the area with high pressure building in and lots of sunshine. few passing clouds late in the day. get into the day thursday though the clouds rapidly increase as soon as 1:00 or 2:00 tomorrow morning it will make its presence felt. this indicates in higher elevations there could be some snow mixed in with the rain. that's certainly possible at higher elevations and even not out of the question in the metro area to see a few wet flakes

thurgood marshall. temperatures on average this time of year we get 58. not going to happen today. plenty of cold air in place. 31 at pittsburgh. 29 in chicago. live weather bug camera from wrigley field. still snowing there. winter hangs on. the same time that happens it tries to get a foothold in the south. we get conflicts of hot and cold. that's when we expect severe weather system to start to spike a bit more. there has been very little severe weather so far this year since january 1st but a little hint of thunder in the air possible thursday as we go from the cold air to a warmer air and an active warm front. tomorrow morning, flurries or snow showers even in the mountains. disturbance moving through chicago that gets closer. cross over the mountains overnight bringing clouds into the area. they bring snow showers. at the highest elevations, maybe accumulating snow but the closer it gets to our area it should dry out a bit. maybe, just maybe, enough flurries in spots to see on rooftops or grassy areas. i don't think it will have any impact. then we'll start to go the other wa

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and eventually will serve all kids from thurgood marshal high school. >> it's part of the commitmenttalize the neighborhood. >> bay view is the place to be. you know? we're trying to stem migration of folks here. >> it's fabulous and incredible tribute, frankly. i don't know how it happened. but i accept it. >> a golden ticket perk has been added meaning they will be accepted at any school in san francisco. >> new technology for people suffering from 6Ñ knee problems. >>> bay area researchers have developed a new technology to help repair injured knees. it could change the way many surgeries are done. >> from bike riding to basketball. it would be hard to find a sport marte doesn't like. >> i torn my acl. and had the draft. >> marte turns a surgeon's hidden stone saying it involves harvesting bone and tendon to rebuild acl. >> in the 21 century we should bt be taking away one part of a body to another. we actually hurt the patient when we do that. >> one strategy is waiting for human donor tissue. in this case he was able to offer an animal ligament. >> it's a pig bone graft that we

the organization first created an steward it by the great thurgood marshall.applause] lbs and selma go back a long way. it was lgf working with brilliant and courageous local counsel who represented the activist who marched and selma. lgf helped create the plan for that final march from selma to montgomery. we litigated the case in the trial court and court of appeals . we come here every year, not just this year, to commemorate the opening of democracy in this country because that is what the boating rice is -- it has ushered in the voting rights act in this country. yesterday, we held a unity reception at which we brought back some of the original lawyers who represented the activist. they spoke with students about what it means to commit yourself in a lifelong way to improving this country and working for equality and justice. having that conversation in this church reminded me of the importance of institutions. it has become fashionable to scorn institutions, but if the truth be known, none of us would be where we are today without three core institutions

we'll have them together tonight at the thurgood marshall academy on martin luther king avenue.rivate charter school for high school kids. popular school. a crowd of a couple hundred expected and 13 candidates. asking a lot of questions, i will moderate this. >> what sorts are things will people talk about to separate themselves on whan issues tonight? >> there are several -- with 13 candidates one we have to say is marion christopher berry, marion berry's son is on the ballot but we wanted to ask them what their community activity has been what they know about the ward. it's the poorest ward in the city. the district of columbia is economically rebounding almost everywhere. but ward 8 still is trailing behind. there's more unemployment there's less economic development. there's more crime in some parts of the ward. so we want to know from these candidates if they're going to replace marion berry what are they going to do for the citizens of ward 8? >> given his son is one of the candidates does that give him a leg up in the race do you think? or is he really in a with the other

all proceeds go to the nhl's thurgood marshall college fund. leon: coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, going in a different direction. what sent teenage girls in a tizzy about one of the biggest boy bands. alison: dishonorable behavior? we'll take a look at the controversial swirling on line after this picture of kids climbing on a national monument. reporter: a former member of congress seems to be living a mystery life in dubai and his friends are concerned. i'm sam ford. that story is coming up o leon: a call tonight to help the wife of the district's first congressional delegate. friends tell abc 7 news that walter's wife is on the verge of losing the family home the home that has been in the family for 50 years after he traveled overseas and has not returned. sam ford explains how all this happened. >> walter if you hear about us and know about this, we want you to come home. sam: friends of d.c.'s 82-year-old former congressman walter fontroy told reporters they haven't seen him in three years. he's in dubai, they think, but they know he's i

thurgood marshall talented lawyer came to japan to defend them. he heard about the case, and ethel payne was released in a more honorable fashion. the chicago defender who a realized they'd got her into deep do do and secondly, recognized her talent, offered her a job. is so she came back to the united states in 1951 at the pivotal moment when some of the early cases of brown v. board were trickling up through the system. she arrives back on the shores of the united states at a moment when the civil rights movement was about to explode. >> wonderful. and where was alice during this time period? she's older. she's struggling. i read in both your book withs they were both always struggling financially. >> yes. >> that there was this need for the information they were providing, but it was always difficult to make ends meet especially for alice. >> uh-huh. >> well the black newspapers never had much money and they weren't about to give much to a news service. so claude barnett with his associated negro press was always struggling to get them to pay t

thurgood marshall as the head of the naacp.he's a lawyer who argued brown versus board of education supreme court. no lawyer did more to advance racial justice and thurgood marshall and then when he was a justice on the court he was very much a voice for that. >> host: would be it be fair to say louis brandeis and thurgood marshall and john roberts have something in common and in fact they were private lawyers lawyers for longtime? >> guest: yes and no. yes they share something in common. they both argued many cases before the supreme court before becoming a supreme court justice at the no is ideologically they are different in who they represented is quite different. thurgood marshall was always represented african-americans and the cause of racial equality in the supreme court. brandeis at times represented business but also argued in favor of upholding the laws to regulate this. john roberts as a lawyer was consistently on the side of business and has been that way is a justice. >> host: appointed you decide you want to be a

thurgood marshall and stronger gusts on top of that sustained wind. now, by tomorrow our computer projects temperatures in the mid 20's in many suburban areas. 27 in frederick. 2 29 at manassas and 35 degrees near reagan national airport by early tomorrow morning. after a very chilly start, there still will be a breeze in the morning. wind chills in the lower 20's so plan ahead. and then for our wednesday, bright sunshine. but a little bit breezy. high temperatures expected at 50 degrees. but with northwesterly winds at 10 to 15 it will feel a bit cooler. look ahead to the weekend and beyond in a few minutes. alison? alison: see you then thank you. more questions tonight about the response time for some d.c. ambulances. it's a story you saw first here on 7. and tonight, our d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live with word of a new case under investigation tonight. sam? sam: there is growing concern about these response times. the actual time that the city sets as a standard is eight minutes to arrive on scene. after one was dispatched here last thursday,

thurgood marshall and 24-mile-per-hour gusts at washington dulles. winds turn to the west. it's happened in cumberland and petersburg they're changing. that's where the cold front is. behind the front, the winds change direction. ahead of the front, we're seeing the showers and thunderstorms and the whole line is moving to the east but the individual cells are moving northeast so that kind of slows the timing down here. but we're thinking between 7:00 and 8ly:00 that's probably the earliest time frame to get close to the metro area. moving to the west-southwest first. our futurecast is helping us timing it out. at 8:00 even a broken line northwest. this is a simulation by computer. it is not a, you know this is exactly what's going to happen but it's a clue and then more showers to follow with a few heavy downpours and gusty winds and still a lot of moisture coming in behind the front here so we'll have showers overnight. we can wind up with 1/2 inch of rain or more in spots and even some rain into tomorrow morning. but gradually during the midday and afternoon, should all

degrees from oxford, harvard law secretary for thurgood marshall, secretary at harvard law school, eventually of the harvard law school. in 2009, president obama asked her to -- and a year later associate justice of the supreme court. that is a brief summary of a truly spectacular career. i am very proud to introduce you eat -- to interest -- to introduce to you today justice elena kagan. [applause] >> thank you so much, secretary kerry. -- secretary perry. i promise not to tell any of my colleagues you said that. most of all, thank you secretary carter for asking me to be here. it is a wonderful honor to be here to express my admiration and gratitude to you for your service and all of the men and women who make this department work, and most of all to all of the men in women in uniform who sacrifice for us on a daily basis. thank you for giving me an opportunity to be part of this day. if you walk around this town and talk to people, what everybody says is exactly what the general and former secretary said about ash carter, which is he is the perfect man for this job. the consummate public s

news outlet focused on criminal justice issues, and named after the late supreme court justice thurgood marshallare also joined by antonio yarbough, who served 20 years in attica prison. he was convicted for a triple murder he did not commit, and was released last year after he was fully exonerated. welcome both of you to democracy now! tom, let's begin with you on the williams case. just lay it out for us. >> this was an incident in the summer of 2011 that took place on c block antonio will tell you is one of the toughest places in attica. guards went to the cell of george williams, 29-year-old from new jersey, who is serving a two to four year sentence for robbing a couple of jewelry stores. took him down the hall to a day room and told him that they were bringing him there for a drug test. as he was walking into the room, he felt summoned clobber him on the ribs on the right side knocked him to the ground and then assaulted, pummeled by kick s and batons. he said someone jumped on his ankle. he said he open his eyes and saw an officer taking a step back, aiming a tick to his face. he said it

[laughter] andrew: we answered it when thurgood marshall, bless his heart, and he was right from 1941 to 1960. but in 1960 we said, ok. four by court and case-by-case -- court by court and case-by-case, we are going to change the south. and it might mean going to jail. you are breaking the law and my parents pleaded with me not to hook up with the likes of martin luther king and ralph abernathy. they were considered rifling young -- triffling young negros like you said about folks. [laughter] andrew: you finally realize when white folks embrace us that we were right but we were not popular. john: to your question, i would say that every family talk honestly about how the phone bill gets paid so the kids understand what stuff costs. number two, on the kids birthday next time, do not get them a trinket, get them one share of stock. you can get a stock certificate. we had a financial literacy program in houston actually and the key, after the second time watching a banker in a suit, the fourth time he came in with a suit on and graduated. i went to the kid, how do you feel about this? hi

[laughter] we answered it when thurgood marshall, bless his heart, and he was right from 1941 to 1960. but in 1960 we said, ok. court by court and case-by-case, we are going to change the south. and it might mean going to jail. you are breaking the law and my parents pleaded with me not to hook up with the likes of martin luther king and ralph abernathy. they were considered rifling young -- triffling young negros like you said about folks. [laughter] andrew: you finally realize when white folks embrace us that we were right but we were not popular. john: to your question, i would say that every family talk honestly about how the phone bill gets paid so the kids understand what stuff costs. number two, on the kids birthday next time, do not get them a trinket, get them one share of stock. you can get a stock certificate. we had a financial literacy program in houston actually and the key, after the second time watching a banker in a suit, the fourth time he came in with a suit on and graduated. i went to the kid, how do you feel about this? his friend said, you need to hang out with u

bill clinton and first lady hillary clinton, governor mario cuomo and supreme court justice thurgood marshall. malone and mr. knox will you do the honors? [laughter] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> it's not often that i get to boss the attorney general around. [laughter] it's a tradition at the department that when an attorney general steps down he or she is presented with the actual cabinet chair in which they sat during cabinet meetings at the white house. and so on behalf of your friends and colleague here at the department, we are presenting you now with your very own cabinet chair. it may be a little worn around the edges after six years of use, but we hope that you won't mind. [applause] and now it is my privilege to welcome to the stage the president of the united states. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> hello everybody. thank you. please please, everybody have a seat. i think it's important to point out, first of all that eric has more gray hair than that. [laughter] clearly, he posed early in his tenure. [laughter] but it's a remarkable likeness a wonderful portrait. i am

bwi marshall thurgood 13 from 1901.ecord have held for years and maybe one or two could have a new record by tomorrow morning. record cold and wind. the winds will be over 20 miles per hour and that will take our windchill temperatures, what it feels like in the morning down to 5 to 15 degrees below zero. you ready? >> in march. kind of hard to believe. we'll set a couple records tonight. look at the numbers. these are the actual low temperatures we're going for, 14 in d.c. 9 in leesburg 8 in winchester 12 in fredericksburg a very frigid morning. as we mentioned we think we'll break a couple records. the good news is warming next week. here's our storm. the cold air aflorida, you just showed florida, we're finally going to get some of that warmer air. not quite that warm but at least it's on the way and looks like it wants to stay. 42 degrees on saturday after 27 on friday. 47 on sunday. 50 on monday. notice the trend here. so far this month we've gone up and then right back down. but this time every day is warmer than

degrees from oxford, degrees from harvard, a law clerk for thurgood marshall professor at universityiversity of harvard law school. eventually becoming the dean of the harvard law school. in 2009 president obama asked her to become the solicitor general, and a year later associate justice of the supreme court. so that's a brief summary of a truly spectacular career. so i'm very proud to introduce to you today justice elena kagan, a woman for all seasons. [applause] >> thank you so much, secretary perry, and i promise not to tell any of my colleagues that you said that. [laughter] and thank you, general dempsey. most of all thank you, secretary carter for asking me to be here. it's a wonderful honor for me to be here to express my deep admiration and yacht tuesday to you for -- gratitude to you for your service and to all the men and women who make this department work and most of all to all the men and women in uniform who sacrifice for us on a daily basis. so thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this day. if you walk around this town and talk to people what everybod

the organization first created an steward it by the great thurgood marshall. [applause] lbs and selma go back a long way. it was lgf working with brilliant and courageous local counsel who represented the activist who marched and selma. lgf helped create the plan for that final march from selma to montgomery. we litigated the case in the trial court and court of appeals . we come here every year, not just this year, to commemorate the opening of democracy in this country because that is what the boating rice is -- it has ushered in the voting rights act in this country. yesterday, we held a unity reception at which we brought back some of the original lawyers who represented the activist. they spoke with students about what it means to commit yourself in a lifelong way to improving this country and working for equality and justice. having that conversation in this church reminded me of the importance of institutions. it has become fashionable to scorn institutions, but if the truth be known, none of us would be where we are today without three core institution

i can't even vote on c-span c-span what thurgood marshall said about doctor king. so everyone turns. and that is the life he has to navigate. as he is talking about racism and poverty and militarism they turned their back on him. he dies broke. you can't get a book deal, paid speech. he is disinvited to the white house, to black churches. this is the last mile that he has to walk all by himself. he takes that bullet killed april 4, 68. he believes and dies imagine this, dies be leaving that everything and everybody has turned on him. the cosmos has shifted against him. five decades later he was right and everyone else was wrong but that is not the way he got up out of your. >> you can watch this and other programs online at c-span.org. >> here is a look at some books being published this week. >> sally ride did not grow up without dreams. the job simply was not available. it was a white men's club restricted to fighter pilots in military men. the few women who did apply keep in mind, we have a lot of very qualified women pilots out of world war ii and the work they