it also with the united autoworkers. so that is a lot in the specific period. >> host: tell us about this video. >> ♪ >> the president of the uaw in its heyday the '40's through the '70s when he died in a plane crash. he brought them into the middle-class and was a leader to get it rested on the quality city was strong for civil rights equality. so to be very important and under recognized group. >> what was that video? >> my publisher to promote the book. it is one of the most under recognized figures. and to come from west rigid map. end with the very difficult situation protection from the auto industry is in the left-wing of that aspect of it. in most with president john kennedy. and then the united autoworkers role. >> you have been writing books over 20 years the way to promote that is it new to put out a video trailer? [laughter] >> yes it is. the industry is like the newspaper business but then use the new social media. to promote the books it is part of the game. >> rating that they would march into sunlight. ac

[laughter] >> the president of the united autoworkers union a union and supported the civil rights movement for a long time and is the most important white labor leader randolph is the most important black one. >> number three re wilkins. >> president national association of defense would of colored people. >> the naacp was the largest civil rights organization that had one a tremendous victory -- victory but bringing that legal case with brown v. board of education. and then to segregate public schools is and in the decade after in that court to victory they pushed and pushed to turn that legal decision into a reality. klay in with the schools in the south have become integrated. they were focused on pushing the kennedy administration they're pushing for desegregation of schools but the elements of his speech and in his opening speech that with the desegregation those laws that were aimed at ending the right to go. these would not be effective to a decent paying job. one of the important things about his speech at is not central to the naacp into not be achieved in isolation. and was extre

and walter loser was central to that united autoworkers. so it was right in that specific period. >> host: i want you to tell us what this is and what you are talking about. ♪ >> he was the head of the 1970s when -- she was really instrumental in two important ways, one was bringing united autoworkers into the middle class. he was a progressive leader who believed the chance to get into the middle class rests on the quality. and was strong in terms of supporting and pushing civil rights for everyone. when you think of the people who transformed america in the 20th century, walter is an important underrecognized figure. >> host: what was the video? >> guest: it was done by simon and schuster, my publisher to promote the book in different ways. at the end, i consider one of the most important underrecognized figures of the 20th century and did it all in detroit, came from west virginia, came to detroit as a young man with his brothers, all three helped develop the united auto workers, had to negotiate a very difficult situation over many year

music, mo town, the sound track of my generation, the labour movement in americas, the unit autoworkers was really the heart of the labour movement. and civil rights. detroit was key to civil rights during the period of the '60s, it allowed me to focus on the four themes. i use the metaphor of my work where i set up an oil rig and dig as deeply as i can. it allowed me to show what detroit gave america, and the seeds of its own collapse. >> this was, i guess, one of the golden years for detroit. the cracks were beginning then? >> absolutely. >> sociologists at the university that year issued a report largely ignored that said that detroit was on its way to losing half a million people by the end of the 1960less, and the depopulation would continue for the foreseeable future, stripping the city of the a tax base. part was the auto industry, the industry moving away from detroit. part was the history of racial detention, and the unwilling aspect which blacks in detroit, called nig roe removal. they were showing the signs of weak innocence. what did the mood by the auto industry to leave, t

. >> the united autoworkers union donated thousands of water to flint residents and given a cash donation, as well. >> we're finally getting a look at them. the first winners of the record-setting powerball jackpot are coming forward to claim their prize. >> the couple from mumford, tennessee, bought a ticket at their neighborhood grocery store and they're planning to present their ticket to lottery officials this afternoon. >> mumphord is one of three locations that sold the winning ticket. >> munford, tennessee, 27 miles north of memphis and home to america's newest multimillionaires. >> it's the talk of the town. >> john and lisa robinson bought the winning powerball ticket at their neighborhood grocery store. >> looked again, they're the same and the third time i went running down the hallway, john, john, you've got to check the numbers? >> i checked them four times and i said i believe it when the news comes on in the morning and they say hey, there is a winner in munford. the town is home to 6,000 people that are embracing the good fortune that has put them in the national spotlight

when he was in office i was a card-carrying member of the united autoworkers and i disagreed with a lot of things, but now it that i look back i have to agree with what he did. the firing of air traffic controllers, they broke the law. they broke the contract. they were wrong. ronald reagan was not great. he made a lot of mistakes, but he listened and gave your too many counselors and he listened to the greatest counselor and i believe he listened also to the mighty counselor of whose birth we celebrate today. >> host: thank you very much. we will let our guest response be to i think america has been unbelievably fortunate because virtually almost all of the presidents we have had have been men of good intention and men of good faith and that goes from george washington to president obama. i don't question president obama's faith at all. some republicans would question policies. none should ever question his faith. abraham lincoln sometimes said that the only way he could find the answers was on his knees. george washington and franklin roosevelt when he was here on december 8, 1941, hi

as did as i recall the united autoworkers who is president and became the first ambassador to china. i am sure that there was some money expended in that campaign those supported groups. they were supporting jimmy carter because of his position which he in fact adopted. is that corrupt or is that the normal operation of democratic systems? it seems to me we have to distinguish the danger of a corrupt relationship from the normal dynamics of politics and with the presence of many the most effective treatment to try to preserve a healthy environment is disclosure which is why i think the supreme court has upheld the principle late:1, disclosure can be abused, it can be burdensome, it might be improper to some extent but as a general proposition that is going to be the constitutional and practical antidote to the fear of corruption. >> we have basically run out of time. i want to thank you both, good conversation, thank you all for attending. >> we have come to an end of our conference. >> thank you for the panelists. your excellent questions, thank you to the audience for being here to

united states. home to their very first assembly plant in north america. at one point, 80,000 autoworkersdifferent story. auto jobs have largely left the city. the total population, just 100,000. half of what it was in 1960. with the loss of the core industry, poverty has unsurprisingly spiked. over 40% of the population now lives below the poverty line. that's more than double the state-wide average for michigan. remember, jose, the federal poverty level is $24,000 for a family of four. now, the loss of jobs and industry, of course, also means loss of tax revenue. so that's a big part of how flint ended up with this $15 million deficit in 2011. it's crazy to think it was just a $15 million shortfall that kicked off this whole chain of events that will now likely result in at least a billion dollar bill to fix the pipes, let alone to treat the people who have been poisoned by lead. jose. >> olivia, tony, and cal, thank you very much. as i mentioned earlier, msnbc's special town hall on flint, michigan, will take place in hours. moderator rachel maddow sat down with msnbc's kate snow to ta