people who wanted to kill tommy smith and john carlos.t that scary and very dangerous time, he told me that threats to kill him continued for many years. even for decades after the '68 olympics. avery brundage, the head of the international olympic committee, was so mad at smith and carlos he ordered the u.s. olympic committee to kick them out of the olympic village and remove them from the olympic games. brundage said their protest was a domestic political statement unfit for the apolitical international forum the olympic games were supposed to be. in fact, brundage had sent legendary star jesse owens, who had defeated hitler's nazi team in the 1936 olympics to meet with tommy smith to try to talk him out of the protest, offering to help him find another way to protest. but tommy smith refused owens' offer. would not listen to him. their meeting was so bitter, smith and owens never talked to each other again. >> this is the first time the olympic game was shown live. it couldn't be stopped. everybody in the world saw this. and we wanted

and he named the events the tommie smith youth track meet after his olympic hero. tommie smith gave the salute while receiving the gold medal for the 200-meter race in the 1968 olympics in mexico city. >> because he was an amazing athlete and a courageous person we decided to name this meet after him. >> reporter: smith has attended all 13 track meets in support of dr. alexander's work >> you hear that in the background? that's joy, love, being part of something. >> reporter: as a leader and mentor, dr. alexander helps kids like briona rivera get a running start in sports and school. >> he is like a grandpa to me. >> reporter: how? >> he helps me with everything. he checks up on me. >> reporter: thanks to dr. alexander, christopher pearson hopes his first place finish is not his last. >> my dreams are just to make it to the olympics one day and get a gold medal. >> it gives me goosebumps to see all these beautiful children. >> reporter: so for creating a program to teach inner city kids a healthy lifestyle, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. ma

john carlos and tommie smith were track stars at san jose state when they made that silent protest on the world's biggest stage. ktvu's dave clark recently talked with don -- tommy smyth in berkeley about how people are still learning about what he did in mexico city in 1968 and what it meant. >> when you rent, do your best. you hear me? okay? be a good sport. >> and they're off. >> please come onto the track at this time. >> reporter: at 71, olympic legend tommy smyth is in his element surrounded by young, future athletes. inspiring them to work hard, be healthy and be good people. >> through daily reflection and by serving my community. >> reporter: it was at his tommy smyth youth track meet in berkeley that i met tommy smyth for the first time. he will be forever known for his shocking the world almost 50 years ago, when he and fellow san jose state track star john carlos won a gold medal at the 1968 olympics for winning the 200 meter race. as they were standing on the winner's podium, to get there medals, they wore black gloves and thrust their fists into the air in a black power

and he named the events the tommie smith youth track meet after his olympic hero.e while receiving the gold medal for the 200-meter race in the 1968 olympics in mexico city. >> because he was an amazing athlete and a courageous person we decided to name this meet after him. >> reporter: smith has attended all 13 track meets in support of dr. alexander's work >> you hear that in the background? that's joy, love, being part of something. >> reporter: as a leader and mentor, dr. alexander helps kids like briona rivera get a running start in sports and school. >> he is like a grandpa to me. >> reporter: how? >> he helps me with everything. he checks up on me. >> reporter: thanks to dr. alexander, christopher pearson hopes his first place finish is not his last. >> my dreams are just to make it to the olympics one day and get a gold medal. >> it gives me goosebumps to see all these beautiful children. >> reporter: so for creating a program to teach inner city kids as healthy life sometime, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. mark alexander. sharon ch

sure, the black panthers used that symbol, but when athletes tommie smith and john carlos made this statement at the '68 olympics, they weren't pledging their allegiance to the black panthers. they were making a statement about black empowerment because in america at the time, there was no such thing. ( cheers and applause ) so why would the military be upset about some black women who clearly feel empowered by this great achievement? >> west point telling abc news academy officials are conducting an inquiry into the matter. >> defense department rules say members on active duty should not engage in partisan political activity. >> larry: okay all right, no, no, no it makes. if you're a cadet and you're raising your fist like that, that's partisan political activity. oh, man. i think you better round up the classed of 2011 because they pulled this (bleep) at a concert. ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) oh, my god! are those white panthers. but seriously, when those mostly white cadets raised their fists, it was seen as a sign of solidarity, unity, and strength. but when black women do it, we should all be of

he names it after his olympic hero, tommy smith receiving the gold medal for the 200 meter race in then mexico city. >> he was a courageous personal icon that decided -- we decided to name the meat after him.>> you hear all of this in the background, and that is julie and love, a continuous part of something. >> reporter: dr. alexander help kids get a running start in the before a.m. school. >> he helps me with everything in checks up on me. >> reporter: and christopher pierson is helping his first place finishes not his last years back my dream is to make it to the olympics one-day and get a gold medal. >> it gives me goosebumps to see all of these beautiful children.>> reporter: creating a program to teach the inner- city kids a healthy lifestyle, this week's jefferson award goes to dr. mark alexander.>>> unbeatable. will they go all the way. ,,,,,, have a great sunday. >>> thank you for joining us this morning, face the nation is coming up next. >>> bernie sanders in a face- off that will be interesting. have a good one. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> dickerson: today on "face the nation." myste

said to me last year -- someone had said to me after that leicester would win i would say that tommy smith has a better chance of winning -- of riding the winner of the kentucky derby. it,nother way of looking at spring training, the phillies and the colorado rockies, the odds of them winning were in 500 to one. leicester was less likely. when thethis is like american students, american college kids in hockey beat the russians. it is that they can upset. -- that is that kind of upset. >> you have to win, this is a marathon. this played out over nine months and i have spoken to leicester players all season, how are you doing it and they do not have a good answer. they talk about incredible team spirit. they talk about their chip on the shoulder, this ragtag bunch of journeyman has been discards and come together always something to prove and the manager who is this old wizened 29 years career, he is like -- enthusiasm packed into the body of gandalf. his last job is to be the manager of greece. was a [inaudible] there was this dirty dozen effect. you take 11 players and this bunch of reject

tommie smith and john carlos raised their hands in a similar gesture, the black power salute, at the 1968 olympics in mexico city. but a west point graduate who spoke with the cadets told the "new york times" -- "these ladies weren't raising their fist to say black panthers. they were raising it to say beyonce. for them it's not a sign of allegiance to a movement, it's a sign that means unity and pride and sisterhood. that fist to them meant you and your sisters did what only a few people, male or female, have ever done in this country." the photo showed 16 cadets, all but one of the black women in the graduating class of 1000. in new york, more than 150 activists gathered at the brooklyn museum to protest a photography exhibition they say normalizes the israeli occupation of palestinian territories. the protesters say the exhibition entitled, "this place," is backed by funders who also support the israeli military. the action also targeted the museum's role in gentrification and displacement of people of color in brooklyn. protesters draped banners that read, "decolonize this place"

at the 1968 olympics in mexico city after john carlos and tommy smith won the bronze and gold medalsgesture was widely misinterpreted as a black power salute. 48 years later, the debate continues, and who better to ask about all of this than the man who so famously raised his fist back in '68. john carlos joins me now and is looking pretty good. as you've watched this unfold, what have you been thinking? >> first of all, i was thinking those young ladies are correct in their activities that particular day. i think they were expounding on the fact that, right on, right on, we made it, we made it, in terms of having some pride in what they accomplished, having some unity relative to what they accomplished, and at the same time being able to expose their history relative to black people coming together to try and make it a better society for all people, blacks in particular. >> so did you read race into it? because if you took away that connotation of black history, then maybe there was a racial implication intended. >> well, the racial implication is you being a black person and knowin

department oxford police department tommy stopped them on a traffic stop and realize some enlisted right when they saw them in camouflage and by the way, one of the weapons with a smith & wesson pistol that was confirmed stolen by the arlington police department. can you imagine what would've happened if they carry this out and kidnap the people. but a test plan to use the handgun to shoot during a home invasion. i remind you this is alabama. just about every house has a gun. and for good reason. i won't get into this administration's policy in gun control, the let me tell you, can you imagine what would've happened if they shot the police officer? this is insane. you let people in here. you do criminal background checks. they commit crimes. one guy a 10-year-old girl in alabama. here is another one. 34 arrests over 12 years. he's a palestinian when he was arrested by the newtown police department in my district. i said they couldn't afford them because the u.s. doesn't recognize palestine. director saldana come it's been reported trade to recently proposed prints be taken custody of children who entered the united states illegally without an adult relative. let me a