in his final assignment, general thurman served as the senior u.s. military officer in korea where he was responsible for 28,500 u.s. forces stationsed there. his top command -- stationed there. his top command was to defend and deter against north korean provocations and aggression and should deterrence fail be prepared to fight tonight and win. he ensured the readiness of his multinational command and joined forces through a broad range of additions. as a result of a change, he directed during the two be aual multinational combined and joint exercises in korea, forces under his command, because most mission-focused training sessions in his u.s. history of u.s.-iraq relations. his initial assessment of existing capabilities on the peninsula resulted in the addition of an armed reconsauns squadron and other changes to better prepare u.s. forces to respond. his steady hand and strong relationships with counterparts as well as senior civilian and military leaders in the u.s. was critical to safely navigating several operational crises. a native of mari

strom thurman is a creature of the 1940s and '50s. and he was pretty much type cast in a way that wallace was also. the other thing i would say is actually -- and i base this on my -- who did a biography of it, actually senator thurman never apologized. just kind of engaged in what i call the great white southern past time. called amnesia. forget about it. it happened yesterday. today's today. let's remember what we want to. >> any final words? >> i'm going to leave that one alone. >> you're going to leave that one alone. i don't blame you. let's thank our panel again. [ applause ] thank all of you for coming tonight. drive safely. good evening. >> thank you very much. >> very good to meet you. >> really glad to meet you. >>> i never saw anything like it when i landed. there was broken equipment. there was bodies all over the place. they hadn't yet to bury anybody. either the japanese or the american americans. there were bodies without arms, without heads, completely eviscerated. there's a smell that you never get over. to this day,

in 1957 south carolina senator strom thurman set the filibuster record talking for 24 hours straight against civil rights legislation. and when it came to the civil rights act of '64, thurman led southern senators who spent 60 days blocking it. it wasn't right then. and it's not right now. it has to be said that both parties have used and misused the filibuster. but in the age of obama, the republicans have made a mockery of our democracy. they've turned a useful procedure that turned majority rule into a battering ram to deny the results of a presidential election. take a look at these numbers. in all of u.s. history under all previous presidents, a total of 86 presidential nominees have been filibustered. but during the past five years, republicans have blocked 82 of president obama's nominees. that's nearly the same as all previous presidents combined. it's unfair and it's undemocratic. >> in each of these cases it's not been because they opposed the person. that there was some assessment that they were unqualified. that there was some scandal that had been unearthed. this isn't o

thurman was one of the most famous party-jumpers in american political history but far from the onlyald reagan, judge jesse helms. lieberman became independent in 2001 and 2006. and arlen specter, the 29-year republican senator from pennsylvania became a democrat in 2009. which brings us to charlie crist, who this morning announced he will run for florida governor as a democrat. he was not only been governor of florida before. back in twist, he was a life-long and considered a conservative republican. john mccain considered him for running mate in 2008. as governor crist signed a ban on gay adoption and considered a social and fiscal conservative but now charlie crist's former party has moved so far to the right he was essentially pushed out. his sins? in 2008, christ held the polls open so the long lines of voters could cast their ballots, which helped barack obama win the state and the white house. as governor, he vetoed a bill that would have required women to pay for an ultrasound before getting an abortion. he restored voting rights for former felons and vetoed a union-busting m

>> john thurman. >> how long did he talk? >> i think 23 hours. >> more, more. 1957 civil rights bill. >> they don't talk anymore. they just threaten the filibuster and go about their business. >> so what happened with the filibuster? wait a minute. wait a minute. >> first of all, we democrats felt the republicans were blocking the nominees. they only controlled 55. >> tell me about harry reed and how he did this. >> he did this through a procedure that the republicans felt was parliamentary illegal. he did it with a 51 vote change of the rules. normally, they are only allowed to do in the first opening day of the session. however, they violated their own rule and did it according to the republicans. >> why have they waited so long to get rid of the filibuster? wait a minute? >> they need to do it now because they are running out of time to get the judges through. the democrats may lose the senate majority in the coming election. this may give them a chance to usher through many nominees the president chooses before they presi

a decompression warning we don't hear anyone was injured i don't know where there's any relevance thurman thinking back to that big crash you called many years about seven four seven made a hard landing and then twenty three years later was up in the air and the back blow out of it this doesn't sound like it's a similar kind of instant does exist what came down no no the i don't think we're talking about decompression here because this aircraft was at low altitude so compression was not an issue and the other thing is that boeing seven three seven actually over the history of this incredibly popular jetliner there have been quite a few decompression incidents in its history but but they haven't usually on only on one occasion as it lead to disaster but i don't think we're talking about that here i suspect that. that technical problem might have come into it and the black box will very very soon tell your therapy's what that technical problem was but we don't know ourselves at this moment what it might have been or they're saying the recovery operations are over i've not heard of a news wi

. >> strom thurman did it on the floor of the united states senate. >> reporter: thurman referenced ruston'snterested in attacking me because he is interested in destroying the movement. he will not get away with this. >> reporter: the march was a huge success and exceeded expectations, but it wasn't the first time ruston's sexuality came under attack, sometimes from his own people including the democratic congressman from harlem. >> there was the possibility of rumor being circulated by adam clayton powell that bayard and martin luther king jr. were having an affair. king pressed bayard to take a back seat and back off from the organizing in 1960 in the march on conventions movement. >> reporter: after the 1960s, ruston continued to be a pro-labor and anti-apartheid activist, yet to colleagues he never seemed to get his due recognition. >> clearly somebody as charismatic and as brilliants a bayard ruston but was not able or establish or to become a leader in the same sense of all the civil rights leaders of that time, he was being held back by the fact that he was a homosexual. >> reporter:

thurman with concern, and they're second in the nfl in total defense. trouble in the college ranks.ajameis winston may be on his y to new york for ruling on an leamed rape case. they need two weeks or longer to decide whether to bring charges against the heisman candidate. the rule willing not come before the holiday. it all assures that winston will be able to play in the championship game on december 7th in charlotte. and that is a look at sports headlines at this hour. >> jessica, appreciate it. we'll see you later. the icy comet could be making a spectacular tomorrow as it passes earth. it will either break up as it reaches earth or explode. we'll have much on the i comet. >> protecting user data, we have that coming up. >> and i'm john terret with the big balloons of maci's thanksgiving parade. will they fly tomorrow morning? right now that's up in the air. power of the people until we restore >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at tonight's top stories. millions of americans are on the roads, rails, and in the skies. it is the big thanksgiving get away. peopl

just because i watch a quentin tarantino movie, i don't think i'm uma thurman and i'll slash people upa machete. >> they glamorize the best of hollywood, did they have the debate of using weapons, that kind of thing there? >> i think there is always a debate about what goes into the issue and how far are you pushed and getting behind that decision of why you would print a certain image or not or holding back. i think that dialogue is always happening. it's continuing to happen. >> it's interesting survey released last week but the public policy center, the highest university that said the amount of gun violence and the pg 13 movies have tripled since the rating was instituted. in 2012 it exceed gun violence in the r rated movies. that cannot be a sensible way for it, can it? that young kids in america are being pumped with more gun violence imagery than fully fledged adults? >> i think it -- you look at grand theft auto, it made 800 million the first day it was released. that's more than gravity. the movie, is, you know, will maybe go on to make that much money but the video games, the

we can go through, let's see, obama, we got biden, reid, thurman, schumer, hawken, feinstein, kerry, hillary clinton, all dead set against it a few years ago. >> yeah. 2005. here's what's fascinating. you're actually right in what you said about harry reid, who said 12 years ago that this exact move would ruin the country. here's the funny part. guess who took the exact opposite point of view and supported it dramatically, mitch mcconnell -- >> here is one difference. no, no. they did threaten it. one big difference. they didn't do it. they never did it. this is the first -- how long have we had this rule? >> let me help rick a little bit. okay? >> i had a feeling you would. >> i live in a country that's a republic with majority rule and minority rights. thomas jefferson, madison, monroe, lincoln, all believed in this filibuster. >> really? why did they leave it out of the constitution? >> let me say this. this is obama care. because they know in the next year they're going to get hammered. they're going to ram through their liberal federal judges now because the senate is going to b

uma thurman. we have nancy pelosi and marco rubio.eilley. >> who are those two? sorry. >> they're competitors. >> why is it so important, the gettysburg address? coming from britain we have churchill and his great addresses. what makes the gettysburg address in your opinion the greatest american speech? >> it's pure presidential poetry. but the biggest thing is that it's doubling down on our original promise that all men were created equal. but you have to go oops. he owned more than 100 different human beings and didn't see the hypocrisy and didn't see fit to free any of them in his lifetime. four score and five years later there were 4 million americans owned by other americans. so what lincoln is saying after the worst battle, the worst battle in american soil in the entire history of north america, he's saying, we really do mean all men are created equal, out of this suffering, out of this death we can have a new birth of freedom. he wrote our new cathechism, gave us marching orders we're still operating under today. when the firs

and another comment that really hurt me that came out that said, thurman munson can only stir the drink badly. and i didn't say that either. and that got me off on the wrong track and started things downhill. >> rose: what was the relationship between you and thurmon munson? >> it was rough and difficult at first, mainly it was fine until the article came out. the article came out in may and one of the great quotes of all-time is i said to fran healey i said well tell thurmon, please, because he was a go-between, friends of both of us that i didn't say that stuff, i was misquoted and thurmon said to him, for 3,000 words? i that that is one of the great all-time quotes. >> rose: did you ad add admire him? >> yes, h he played hard was a great hitter, and a guy we worked very well in the on deck circle today. he hit third and i hit fourth and he could tell me things he was going to. do he said, reggie, i am just going to advance the runner howrks do you hit this guy? hit him good. >> i will get him to third and advance the runner and he might say to you, how do you get this guy and i would

suspending walter thurman for the team's next four games for violating the league's substance abuse policy. he started three games this season including last week against the minnesota vikings when he returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown, he is eligible to come back the week before the seahawks finale but in the meantime his suspension released leaves a hole in the secondary, brandon browner missing because of a groin nefrnlth. >>> jim abbott spent tens years as a baseball as jessica reports, abbott considers giving back to be his greatest achievement in life. >> when jim abbott pitched a know-hit -- no-hitter in 1993, he did more than cement himself in baseball history. the yankees pitcher who was born without his right hand became an inspiration for those who thought having a disability meant they couldn't go after their dreams. >> i don't know if i could really truly put into words all that baseball has meant to me on a number of different levels. i think it provides a wonderful message to people. at a time doesn't matter how you do it. it matters if you can do it. >> now 2

was made the united states attorney, in the early 1980s, this congress, senator kennedy and senator thurman, leahy biden grassley hat did the mandatory sentencing, eliminated parole had the mandatory sentencing provisions and it was a revolution in prison, and in prosecution. i would thought before and after states began to follow a mandatory sentence. we've seen a decline in murder rates by one-half. people in the 70s were constantly fearful of their homes being burglarized being assaulted their cars broken into all kind and you just have seen this rather substantial improvement so all i would say to our colleagues is there's no doubt in my mind that moving from a revolving door where people come in get probation, released on bail for the second, third and fourth aches and tried another year later given probation again. too often, this drives the crime rate. we achieved a lot. that's why i was willing to support and work with senator durbin to maybe reduce some of the mandatory sentences because i think we can be smarter about it. it's naive in a big ere deny error to just walk away in inc

. >> guest: i admire judith thurman who has written about isaac benson, and she wrote a book on colettedavid mccullough's book on john adams. he writes a happy ever after kind of book. i loved his book on truman. justin kaplan. i should have a list long, long, long. but i'll think about them and go back to that question. >> host: kitty kelley is the author of several books, jackie kennedy, elizabeth taylor, his way, about frank sinatra, then nancy reagan, the unauthorized biography came out in '92. the royals came out in '97, the real story of the bush dynasty, 2004. then oprah, a biography, 2010. her most recent are two photo books with her writing capturing camelot, stanley's images of the kennedys 2012, and then this year, let freedom ring, iconic images of the march on washington. what's been your biggest seller? >> host: well, it depends. "the royals" gives me the right to tell you that i've been published in 36 foreign languages. so i can act laity da about that. frank sinatra sold a million copies in hardback. so it depends. and five of them have been number one on the new york t

. >> thurman returned an interception for a touchdown. he's eligible to come back the week before the seahawks season finale. fell corner back also suspended, the seahawks signed parish hawk. >> one day after signing an extension with the los angeles lakers, kobe bryant was defending himself against widespread sentiment that this deal is good for him, bad for the lakers. the 7-7 lakers are 1-5 on the road this year after losing tuesday night in washington. wizards guard scored 13 of game high 31 to give him a third straight game with 30 or more points. he added nine assist as the wizards snap the three game win streak 116-111. >> for some college hardwood action, we head to hawaii for the semifinals of the maui invitational. >> the orange exploded to pull away from the golden bears. >> a judge dealing a legal blow to the hot sauce maker in its battle with neighbors. >> how it could affect veilability. >> some families are uprooting themselves to gain access to marijuana for the sake of their children. the stream is uniquely interactive te

. >> guest: i admire judith thurman who has written about isaac benson, and she wrote a book on colettedavid mccullough's book on john adams. he writes a happy ever after kind of book. i loved his book on truman. justin kaplan. i should have a list long, long, long. but i'll think about them and go back to that question. >> host: kitty kelley is the author of several books, jackie kennedy, elizabeth taylor, his way, about frank sinatra, then nancy reagan, the unauthorized biography came out in '92. the royals came out in '97, the real story of the bush dynasty, 2004. then oprah, a biography, 2010. her most recent are two photo books with her writing capturing camelot, stanley's images of the kennedys 2012, and then this year, let freedom ring, iconic images of the march on washington. what's been your biggest seller? >> host: well, it depends. "the royals" gives me the right to tell you that i've been published in 36 foreign languages. so i can act laity da about that. frank sinatra sold a million copies in hardback. so it depends. and five of them have been number one on the new york t

. >> uma thurman. >> alyssa milano. great mix. >> sacred scripture.sident lincoln, to go and attend the dedication of the union cemetery on november 19th. a week from today will be the 150th anniversary of that address. edward everett spoke for almost two hours, then the president was asked to give some remarks. he started off by reminding his audience that it had been only 87 years since the country's founding and went on to embolden the union cause with some of the most stirring words ever spoken, doubling down on the declaration of independence, because we had not dealt with the question of slavery. they were now dealing with it with the worst battle in american history on our shores. and lincoln was coming to double down on it. it is sacred text, that we hear highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. it's an amazing two minutes of pure rhetoric. and there are generations that committed that, put it on their own hard drive, and we don't do that anymore for various reasons. and how great -- we're at baseball games and love to sing