obama there in topeka. so many wanted to hear her speak, they had to change the date and the forum to accommodate the community. >>> much more ahead on "world news" this saturday night, the jaw-dropping discovery, the fossilized dinosaur bone. could this be the biggest dinosaur ever? the new video coming in and what the images revealed about the true size. >>> later here tonight, millions watched barbara walters last night in her own words, what you tweeted about it and her crush revealed. what did clint eastwood say to her? sfx: car unlock beep. vo: david's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >>> we're going to turn tonight to that new discovery, could it be the biggest dinosaur that ever lived? abc's linzie janis with the jaw-dropping images coming out of argentina this evening. >> reporter: tonight the bones of a

this is in topeka, kansas.-american family led the fight to integrate schools in this country. >> that case, of course, led to the landmark brown versus board of education ruling at the supreme court. now the first lady says the country is experiencing a troubling new trend. alexandra field joining us live from new york. as i understand it, experts are supporting what the first lady is saying. >> absolutely. look, christi, victor, good morning. what we're talking about is the fact that numbers show schools are more segregated today than you might think and more segregated than people might want to think. a pew research study that has been released in conjunction with this historic anniversary of brown versus board of education. some background on the numbers we're talking about. fewer white students in public schools today. because more white students are leaving the public schools and the percentage is, of course, falling as you see more minority students enter the public school system. when you break the numb

first lady michelle obama told topeka graduates tonight that some schools remain segregated, becausechools choose to remain separate. >> students of color tao often lag behind with crumbling classrooms and less experienced teachers. and even in schools that seem integrated according to the numbers, when you look a little closer, you see students from different backgrounds sitting at separate lunch tables. >> and one school in washington state has a unique task when it comes to integration. foster high school is located in tukwila, washington, claird as s the most d -- declared as the most diverse school district in the united states. sabrina register has the story. >> the 3,000 students in this district south of seattle speak 80 different languages and dialects. four times as many students are in english language learning classes here than in seattle's public schools. and there's no pork served in tukwila's lunch rooms to accommodate the number of muslims. >> i have friend from nepal, somalia, ethiopia, just everywhere. >> reporter: diversity is one of the reasons conner said he want

first lady michelle obama spoke to seniors at topeka high school. mrs. obama initially planned to speak during the graduation ceremony today. but those plans were scraped after protests. >>> and in washington state, police say that a 68-year-old woman accidentally drove her suv into her own house, killing her husband inside, and the couple's daughter and son-in-law were also seriously injured. the vehicle plowed right through the house and ended up in a lake behind that house. the driver, though, wasn't injured. >>> and less than a week after being drafted, michael sam hit the football field for the first time as a pro, along with his st. louis rams teammates, wearing number 96. the league's first openly gay player joined 24 of his fellow rookies. meanwhile, planned documentary by the oprah winfrey network about sam's first year has now been postponed. >>> and the sign of small town of tipton, iowa, reads where dreams happen. they're looking for two powerball winners from tipton, one bought a ticket worth a million bucks. the other, only $10,000. sold ba

topeka, not be undermined. quickly i want to say, the court got it wrong in the affirmative action decision and brown lays the framework for equality and opportunity and exposure and the affirmative action decision took awhy the polio vaccination if you will, for this ongoing divide between people of color. as you can see in higher education, at the university of michigan, michigan state, you see the numbers going down of people of color, african-americans, berkley in california, numbers going down. affirmative action was not a handout. it was a partner to brown vs. to pee can ka -- to 350e ka. it was the opportunity to carry -- topeka. it was the opportunity to carry out the dream that martin luther king had. all of us have to come together and share each other's experiences. we have to stand in the shoes of young people who want opportunity, whether they're hispanic or african-american or asian or anglo. in the state of texas, there's a sizable group of hispanic children, because of regional location. what i

met with some of the principals from that brown case, yesterday first lady michelle obama was in topekaspeaking to the high school graduating class, this is a little bit of what the first lady said. >> there is no court case against believing in stereotypes, or thinking that some kinds of certain hateful jokes or comments are funny. so the answers to many of our challenges today can't necessarily be found in our laws. these challengnges need to takee in our hearts and minds. >> two speeches from high profile people in the last 48 hours, what are they trying to do here? >> i think we have seen the obama administration and noteworthy african-americans be more forthright about racial issues. the last time eric holder made a speech about race was in if 2009. and you know there was a report that he was yelled at for that, he was taken under ground for awhile. but holder has been more outspoken about these issues in the second term. they have spoken pretty forthrightly. so i think they're free now to talk about what's in their hearts on these things. second term or a different kind of liberat

it is the anniversary of the landmark 1954 court decision, brown versus the board of education of topekahat day 60 years ago, the supreme court ended segregation in u.s. schools. classrooms across the country were being integrated. today's schools across the country are actually being less integrated. a study finding that some black students in the northeast are once again attending schools that are all black. the situation is the same for hispanics. but that's not the case in washington state. there is a school system that reflects the world, and as sabrina register explains. it's complicated. >> reporter: foster high looks like most schools across the u.s. students arrive by bus, skateboard, or on foot. getting in a quick chat with friends before the bell rings. but there is a difference. the 3,000 students in this district speak 80 different languages and dialects. there is no pork served in the lunchrooms to accommodate the many muslim students. >> my best friend is half filipino, half white. i have friends from nepal, people from somalia, ethiopia, everywhere. >> reporter: the diver

postcards out was founded a couple weeks ago, registered in state papers to this lawyer's office in topeka lawyer there tells the topeka capital journal he registered the group because americans for prosperity, afp, engaged him to. americans for prosperity and chamber of commerce said not us, we didn't send the postcards, this has nothing to do with us. but the head of the new group that sent the postcards is the sister of the chairman of the chamber of commerce. the group's lobbyist is the former director of afp in kansas, also a former koch industries lobbyist. with all of those connections piling up, with the lawyer saying he registered the group because americans for prosperity asked him to, it took about two days for reporters to figure it out. the head of the koch brothers group in kansas finally admitted yes, okay, in his personal capacity he helped set up the new group. says he did it on a personal level, not as afp. one of the republicans said that exma nation that that sounded, quote, pretty bogus to him. that's further evidence of the dark campaigning that goes on in kansas poli

general eric holder, in his speech he made at morgan state, coupled with the first lady's remarks in topeka. >>> and we are one race away from breaking a 36-year-old triple crown

but remember, not everyone has grown up in a place like topeka.districts in this country have actually pulled back on efforts to integrate their schools, and many communities have become less diverse as folks have moved from cities to suburbs. so graduates, the truth is that brown versus board of ed isn't just about our history. it's about our future. >> first lady michelle obama spoke to graduating students in topeka, kansas on saturday in the school district that was integrated by brown, the landmark supreme court case. it was the 60th anniversary of that famous supreme court decision. and the obama administration sent out two very prominent faces to mark the anniversary, the first lady and the man at the center of some of the administration's most far-reaching civil rights reforms, eric holder. >> the biggest threats do not announce themselves in screaming headlines. they are more subtle. they cut deep. and their terrible impact endures long after the headlines have faded, the obvious ignorant expressions of hatred have been marginalized. >> an

last night, first lady michelle obama, addressed graduating high school students in topeka, kansas, the city at the heart of the 1954 ruling. >> "brown versus board of ed" isn't just about our history. it is about our future. because while that case was handed down 60-years-ago, brown is still being decided every single day. not just in our courts and schools, but in how we live our lives. >> axelrod: according to a report this week from u.c.l.a.'s civil rights project, blacks students in the northeast face the highest present-day levels of segregation. those in the south encounter the least. later, young athletes barely underway with their high school careers, are already courted by colleges. and poachers apparently take the life of a hero elephant when the the "cbs evening news" continues. gj >> axelrod: we have a rather sad and discouraging story to share about a setback in the worldwide fight against illegal ire ivory trade and african elephant that we at cbs evening news have followed for the past couple of years have died, apparently at the hands of poachers. >> he is known at mou

. >> ifill: the case was named for linda brown, a third grader in topeka, kansas forced to travel moren an hour each day to an all-black elementary school, rather than attend the all-white school located just blocks from her home. government-sanctioned racial discrimination was the law of the land in 1954. the supreme court's "plessy v. ferguson" ruling half a century earlier had ruled that, as long as separate facilities were considered equal, segregation itself was not a violation the constitution's equal protection clause. but the browns-- linda and her two sisters-- who were joined by families of students in four states and the district of columbia said no. their class-action suit eventually reached the supreme court. retired baltimore public school principal john stokes was one of the original plaintiffs in the virginia case included in the brown litigation. >> it was separate, but it was never equal. >> ifill: he describes the conditions at his overcrowded all-black high school in farmville, virginia as "deplorable," with no running water or indoor plumbing, and a potbelly stove

. >>> topeka, kansas, will be marking a supreme court decisions 60th anniversary tonight.city whose board of education was the target of the famous case, brown versus board of education, that desegregated the nation's schools. we asked our network of student reporting labs across the nation, if school integration should be a national goal today. here's a sampling of what they had to say. >> integration should be a goal for every school in america, because it allows students to be exposed to the diversity they'll experience in the real world and gives them a chance to connect with different people in high school. >> people need to learn that their skin color is not the only one in the world. outside of school, you meet people with different backgrounds and why keep an opportunity like that away from them by keeping them in a segregated school. >> we have an opportunity to go to a school that's integrated, but people feel more comfortable with their own culture. >> it's better to diversify and let people meet new people so they don't become racist when they're older. >> i be

it is the anniversary of the landmark 1954 court decision, brown versus the board of education of topekaending segregation of u.s. schools. in the 1970s, the classrooms were being integrated as blacks and whites went to school together for the first time. in washington state, the embodiment of brown. sabrina register went there. >> foster high is like most schools across the u.s. students arrived by bus, by skateboard or on foot, getting in a quick chat with friends before the bell rings. but there's a difference. the 3,000 students speak 80 languages and dialects. four times as many are in english learning classes here than seattle schools. accommodating the many muslim students. >> my best friend is half filipino, half white. and i have friends from napal and somalia and ethiopia, everywhere. >> the diversity is one of the reasons that connor wanted to attend foster high. they're following a national trend. 20% of the students are hispanic, and only 15% are white, far fewer than the rest of the country. and the greatest difference, asian pacific islanders make up one-third of the popul

school principal was at the center of the case from topeka kansas that struck down racial segregation in public schools. as many schools serving predominantly minority schools today still don't get the resources they need. >> i would say one, we're in the position that at least a lot more work to do. >> housing policy is education policy. if we really want to desegregate our schools, we have to do more to desegregate our neighborhoods. >> as an example in new york, illinois, maryland and michigan, more than half the state's black students attend schools with at least 90% minority enrollment. same is true for latino students in california, new york and texas. >>> there's something you may have in your refrigerator that could make you sick. why you may need to throw out the cottage cheese. >> what's happening in napa that winemakers have never seen before! the answer is sobering up vineyard owners. we'll have that story after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, its cottage cheese. the com says it wasn't stored at the proper temperature at >>> kraft foods is recalling some of its cottage cheese sa

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the day when 20 boys and girls from topeka, kansas, changed through their classroom. today after weeks of ugly words that opened racial divides, comes the 60th anniversary of the supreme court decision, brown versus board of

you can easily see where the front is, right over the front of topeka, kansas. to the east, temperatures in the 70s and 80s will feel a but as we look across the mountains, 30s and 40s, well below average temperatures and a lot of snow to shovel. i'm eric fisher for the cbs news. >> two ukrainian provinces cast ballots. pro-russian separatists claimed a resounding victory in donetsk and luhansk. it was called a criminal farce organized by russia with no legal consequence. clarissa ward reports from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: at some polling stations there were lines as long as five city blocks as thousands of ukrainians defied the will of the international community and even a request from russian president putin. some of these people have been waiting more than an hour and a half to cast their ballot, and one woman told me that she has lived here for 23 years and that she's never seen so many people come out to vote. certainly the referendum did not meet international standards. many polling stations had no booths, leaving voters to cast their ballots at an

. >> yesterday first lady michelle obama spoke to graduates in topeka where the case began. and the granddaughter of one of the plaintiffs was barred from attending an all white school. it opened up an era of integration. >> it been 10 years since smaller smaller -- same sex marriage has been legalized. the original plaintiffs in the massachusetts case are divorced but remain friends are proud of their place in history. >> it made us more visible to the rest of the world. it mas to be safe. >> in idaho gay right supporters celebrate the support. in arkansas the battle over the ban is with the state supreme court. >>> a string of protests turn violent. demonstrators take to the streets as turkish officials end the search for more victims of the coal mine fire. >>> living up to the nickname man and woman's best friend. this dog saved the owner from a fire. >>> we have been tracking high clouds. coming up the temperature change and when this system could produce showers. . >>> turkish mess use rubber bullets to break up the latest protest. turkish officials say two more bodies

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the case rose from a complaint about the school system in topeka, kansas.cement address in topeka yesterday evening, and she said some segregation remains. >> so today by some measures, our schools are as segregated as they were back when dr. king gave his final speech, and as a result many young people in america are going to school largely with kids that look just like them. >> earlier i spoke with dr. steve perry who founded a magnet school in hartford, connecticut. he says the disparity problem lies with our leaders. >> school of choice would allow a child, regardless of their color, to go to the school that best meets their family's desires, and there are about a million children on waiting lists to go to public school choices now, and the reason they're not going is not because of resources, it is because the democrats have been working against many forms of school reform for about 30 years. >> let's bring in erin mcpike. the first lady's comments prompted discussion about disparity in public schools. did the white house expect this was going to happe

general eric holder, in his speech he made at morgan state, coupled with the first lady's remarks in topeka. >>> and we are one race away from breaking a 36-year-old triple crown drought. can california chrome pick up where firmed left off? your "new day" starts now. >>> it doesn't matter if you're still in your pjs, sit back and relax. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. i'd be in mine. we start with the destructive wildfires in southern california. firefighters there, they now seem to have the upper hand thanks to the weather, cooler temperatures, lighter winds helped them gain containment of three more fires. >> four are still burning though, the largest one at 42% containment. now it scorched 15,000 acres and in some areas a lot of residents have been given the all clear to return to their homes, try to assess the damage and see what's left there, but three of the fires converged on camp pendleton. officials say that nearly 20% of the marine base has burned. there had been no casualties, though, which is the most important thing and no buildings damaged. >> pendleton has an advan

in the 1950's this family lived in topeka, kansas, and the state was racially segregated. little black boys and girls went one place to school. little white boys and girls went someplace else. but it was clear that where the little black boys and girls went to school, schools weren't very good. where the little white boys and girls went, the schools were pretty good, certainly better than where the black boys and girls went. but a courageous father named oliver brown was determined to give his little third grader, linda, a fair shot at a good education. these are long odds he took. mr. brown tried unsuccessfully to enroll his daughter linda in the neighborhood all-white elementary school. the school was close by, but the doors of that school were shut to little linda because she was an african-american, because of the color of her skin. it had nothing to do with her intellect. it had everything to do with the color of her skin. she was forced to walk -- a little seven-year-old girl, third grader -- to walk seven or eight blocks to a bus stop where she waited for a bus to t

tomorrow marks 60 years since the landmark 1954 court decision brown versus the boar d of education in topekakansas. the closure of schools has prompted a new fight for civil rights. ash har quaraishi has more. >> words don't always come easy for jeanette taylor's son michael. >> as a single mother of a special needs student they hope to one day they can read together effortlessly. but she worries that his education is suffering. >> you're figuring you at how to close schools so you give a shiny new building, a bunch of laptops and it's not overcrowded. >> reporter: in a budget shortfall, the chicago school board voted to close 49 poorly performed and underused schools. only a handfuall but a handful d in the southwest sides. >> the groups contend the charter schools publicly funded but operate independently cherry pick students and kick out poorly-behaved students. one complaint alleges that chicago public schools is deliberately setting schools up to fail in order to close neighborhood schools in african-american communities. it points to data in which .6% white students were effected and 8

hospital in topeka, kansas. an outpatient clinic in liberal has been without a primary care provider in more than three years and while others try to fill in the gap, there is nothing to date the v.a. has done to solve the underlying problem. still no primary care provider. i recently spoke about claims backlog to a kansan veteran involved in the american legion named dave thomas from leavenworth. he has waited, since he filed his claim in 1970, and only this past year received an answer. he received a 90% disability rating from the v.a. but it took 44 years for him to receive that answer. the veterans with parkinson's disease was told recently that he had to wait until march of last year because he was told the past week that it now can only process claims that are a year old. you have to wait a year before you're in line in order to have your process -- in order for you to receive the process of your claim that you deserved more than a year ago. how can the v.a. establish a wait time benchmark of one year for

. >> and while speaking to a group of students in topeka kansas where it originated, michelle obama toldhem they are the living, breathing legacy of the case and warns the students about the possibility of segregation even in schools today. >> many young people in america are going to school largely with kids who look just like them. and too often, those schools aren't equal. >> the republican national committee releasing a statement today saying the decision affirmed the principal that in america all children deserve a great education and a chance to create their american dream. julie, back to you. >> elizabeth, thank you so much. >>> no child left behind, coming up in today's beyond the dream, a look at charter schools and how they are leveling the playing field for those students growing up in american cities. >>> plus a top v.a. official stepping down for the growing scandal engulfing the agency but critics pointing out that he was due to retire later this year any way. so is this really what accountable looks like? jack king joins us live with his reaction. >> to date, we found no e

michelle obama visited a restored kindergarten in topeka kansas, to see wait would have looked like at the time of the court ruling in 1954. mrs. obama challenged high school seniors to bat whal she said were the old prejudices that still linger in america. >> every day you have the power to choose our better history by opening your hearts and minds, by speaking up for what you know is right, by sharing theoard of education. the lessons you all learned right here in topeka. >> president obama marked the anniversary at the white house by recommitting to what he called the long struggle to stamp out bigotry and racism. >> studies show that segregation is still widespread. here in new york a school is trying to buck that trend as elaine quijano reports. >> reporter: when this student arrived for sixth grade, she noticed something different. >> in this school e see a lot of blacks and more hispanic people. i was happy for the fact this school wasn't segregated. i hate segregation. >> reporter: 370 sixth through 12th graders attend a school that used to be a minority neighborhood but in the

. >> it's been 60 years since the supreme court in the landmark brown versus topeka board of education ruling handed down a decision meant to reshape education, ending segregation in schools and many american schools remain segregated if not legally at least in effect. often underperforming because of where they can afford to live. some call this a zip code education. parents hoping to get their children a better education, end up border shopping. soledad o'brien reports. >> kelly rms bolar of akron ohio, is a 43-year-old mother and a teacher's aide. also a convicted felon. she went to jail in 2011 for illegally enrolling her children in a school district. >> i had issues with my school district. i was talking to my father about it, send them to our school, my school. you're here every day, here all the time anyway. >> was it done to sort of sneak it in? did you know i'm putting an address where i don't live. >> right. i've been working for the school system for many years, i knew a lot of students who did the same thing. >> find an address, put it down. >> it wasn't like i was finding

michelle obama spoke last night at a senior recognition ceremony in topeka, kansas. her speech coincided with the landmark supreme court decision brown versus the board of education which put an end to school segregation. >> my challenge to all of you today, as you go forth, when you encounter folks who still hold the old prejudices because they've only been around folks like themselves, when you meet folks who think they know all the answers because they've never heard any other viewpoints. it's up to you to help them see things differently. >> nbc's christine welker's at the white house. with another good day to you, my friend. as you know, there was some controversy leading up to the first lady's speech. how did everything turn out? >> she got a really warm welcome. she got a little bit of background about that controversy. the lady was scheduled to speak at the actual graduation ceremony in topeka today but students and some parents protesting, expressing their concerns there wouldn't be enough seats for their family members because seating would be limited if th

. >> and while speaking to a group of students in topeka, kansas, where the case original natured, first lady michelle obama told the graduates they are the living, breathing, legacy of this case, but she, too, warned students of a possibility of segregation in schools even today. >> many young people in america are going to school largely with kids who look just like them. and too often those schools aren't equal. >> the republican national committee also releasing a statement which says in part, quote, the decision affirms the principle that in america, all children deserve a great education and a chance to create their american dream. back to you. >> liz belizabeth, thank you. >>> meanwhile naacp selecting brooks at its new national president and ceo. mr. brooks is the organization's 18th leader. a minister and former lawyer. miller was serving as interim leader. >>> and protests in turkey escalating today. thousands taking to the streets when government officials announced the tragic mining accident's new heartbreaking death toll. >> and back here at home, outrage among immigration a

>> we are going to be using the central business office call center out of topeka, kansas to make an attempt to contact by telephone every veteran on the list. if we cannot contact them we will send them a letter to make sure we have gotten in contact them and determined their care needs and planned for them as necessary. >> i represent a rural district where a lot of places don't have mail delivery or broadbrand internet access. i am worried they will not be contacted in a timely way. maybe i can work with you about suggests. i know the vso's would like to be involved and sometimes they are the point of contact. i offer that as a suggestion. >> thank you. we are open to anything that helps us contact the veterans. >> my second question is the original purpose of the hearing which is responding to the subpoena. during the first visit to phoenix did you receive or send send any interim work product that references the destruction of an alternative patient wait list? >> to the best of my knowledge, congresswoman, i don't believe i communicated that by e-mail. i believe i communicated t

as if president obama was the one stalking the halls of the legislature in topeka and trenton, telling them to cut the corporate tax rate. but new figures out today from the budget that president obama actually does have something to do with shows that his government, the federal government, ran a $107 billion surplus last month. this is the second time in five months that the federal government has been in surplus. the new projections on the overall federal budget for a federal government that has not cut taxes but in fact raised taxes on the richest people in the country is that the federal budget deficit is plummeting. republican governors who thought that cutting taxes would have this kind of result on their own deficits but instead they experienced the opposite? they can try to blame president obama all they want for their own problems, but chart imitates life. this is what has actually happened under president obama. the deficit dropping faster than at any time since the end of world war ii. >>> good tuesday morning. right now on "first look," unstoppable. nasa says glaciers are

today, the first lady will mark the anniversary by returning to the city where the case was born, topekaas. as "the new york times" reports today, it was a decision that helped shape michelle obama, because he herself was born into the segregated chicago of the 1960s. there she is in the third row, in the blue sweater. but while we've seen so much progress, we can't ignore the fact that in this country 60 years later, segregation is still alive and well in many parts of america. the number of black student in overwhelmingly minority schools has actually gone up. it was 43% in 1968. today that number is 51%. and that means while we can celebrate what was achieved 60 years ago tomorrow, we must remember the struggle is far from over. joining me now is congresswoman eleanor holmes-norton, democrat from washington, d.c. she joined the president just a short time ago as he met with some of the relatives of the plaintiffs from the brown case. thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> this is an historic day, but isn't there still a lot of work yet to be done, congresswoman? >> there certainly

, michelle obama delivered a high school commencement address in the city where the case started, topeka erin, what does the first lady have to say? >> part of the reason why this speech is getting so much attention is because michelle obama described how brown v board impacted her own life but she also was relatively outspoken in asserting that segregation still exists. listen to her describe that here. >> many young people in america are going to school, largely, with kids who look just like them. and too often, those schools aren't equal, especially ones attended by students of color which too often lag behind. with crumbling classrooms and less experienced teachers appear and even in schools that seem integrated according to the numbers. when you look a little closer, you see students from different backgrounds sitting at separate lunch tables or tracked into different classes or separated into different clubs or activities. >> reporter: now the first lady didn't exactly have a policy prescription. she just said there needs to be some cultural change. as it turns out attorney general

topeka, kansas.at 60 years later, schools are becoming more segregated. >> see, many districts in this country have actually pulled back on efforts to integrate their schools. and many communities have become less diverse has folks have moved from cities to suburbs. so today by some measures, our schools are as segregated as they were back when dr. king gave his final speech and result, many young people in america are going to school largely with kids who look just like them. and too often, those schools aren't equal, especially ones attended by students of color which too often lag behind. with crumbling classrooms and less experienced teachers. >> but then she talked about her hope for the future. and remembered the progress she's seen, the progress she's lived growing up in chicago during the struggle to integr e integrate. she talked in very personal terms about what she does when she gets discouraged. >> as a little girl who went to segregated schools in chicago and felt the sting of discrimina

first lady spoke in topeka, kans.any young people in america are going to school largely with kids who look like them and too often those schools aren't equal, especially ones attended by students of color which too often lag behind, with crumbling classrooms and less experienced teachers. >> we all la men the idea after so many years of trying to make sure that schools weren't segregated, we're seeing it happen again. but i would call upon the first lady and all the people on the left to understand that part of the reason is because we created policies that have caused a lot of parents, especially those who can get their kids out of schools that are failing, to move to private schools or home schools or parochial schools. i was fortunate that my kids were all able to go to public schools. by the way, i was the only governor in 50 years in my state whose own children went exclusively in public schools. i wanted them to interact with kids with all kinds of backgrounds and cultures. many parents believe when you shut of

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the day when 20 boys and girls from topeka, kansas, changed the world through their classroom. today after weeks of ugly words that opened racial divides, comes the 60th anniversary of the supreme court decision, brown versus board of education. words that mattered. >> without brown, would deval patrick be governor of massachusetts? >> who knows? i don't think so. >> our conversation with governor patrick about why it's so hard to talk about race. how his friend, barack obama is faring and his worries about hillary clinton. and then the obama registration's twilight years. the growing distance between democrats and the white house and all things cloak and dagger with the chair of the senate intelligence committee dianne feinstein. plus -- >> no matter who you are and where you come from, the path is always forward. >> why would the rising star mayor of san antonio move to washington to become secretary of housing in an administration with more pasts than future. our political panel adds to the latest buzz. this is state of the union. >>> good

. >> and the first lady is going to be speaking to graduating seniors in topeka, kansas, this eveningm her when she addresses the students? >> i would like to hear her stress to the country the importance of having diverse desegregated schools. the importance of preparing students to live in a divers environment. to be able to compete in the world, to recognize that we have to educate all of our children and we have to live together as a country. >> all right, dennis parker, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. great insights. >> my pleasure. >> on our website, the legal defense funds writes about the fight for equality 60 years after the historic supreme court decision. she'll take your questions. go online to read her column. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. nc wt nc ] #2evn tt fl iesou turn y

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>> yeah, same thing of topeka, kansas, they passed an ininclusion on their nondiscrimination ordinancethe ball is going to keep rolling but it would great to see on a federal level. >> can the mainstream media have a role in impacting that fight? >> i think it's important that it be covered the way it has been. i don't know impacting it so much is helping people understand why it's an argument, what is complex about it. when you have about 12 states have now changed their policies to let students play on the sports team of the gender they identify with, that's something that parents and schools and parents are all going to be talking about and what that means, i think that debate is a very important one and issue it raises is an important one to be covering. >> i know this cover is a big part of that conversation. you have it right there. i hope people look at that and other people in the media seriously consider showcasing this more. i do think the difference between this and the gay rights movement, there's let immediacy, many people don't have trans gender friends and family. the wo

yesterday, wean heard about the international being the element under price from topeka as they initiatedd buy. this is a name, scott, i keep kicking myself. i've seen the international growth, talked about it. 36 million in the u.s., 48 million total. it shows me there's a lot of outside the u.s. growth to be had and germany could be huge. >> you're kicking yourself why? >> because i'm not in the stock. >> you keep waiting -- >> i'm waiting for the stock, and i have no idea why. i had option activity coming in there today that should have pulled me in there, and it didn't. i have no excuse. >> sales beating estimates by a penny, raising guidance, citing stronger product demand. doc? >> wouldn't you think, judge, those two that you just talked about would be enough to lift the stock? no. stock was down 2% in the premarket. it's down 6% now. trading at the lows of the day. i gotta believe it's setting up decently here under 50, judge. that puts it about 17 bucks below the 52-week high, so it's getting interesting. >> stocks are staging a rebound today. markets tough to figure out, though,