cornel west was there and blackckmon, of united's church of christ. all that and more, coming up. welcome to demomocracy now!, demomocracynow.org, ththe war ad peace report. i'm amy goodman. thousands of people rallied in cities across the united states on sunday to protest deadly violence by a mob of ku klux klan members and neo-nazis during a rally in charlottesville, virginia, on saturday. a 20-year-old nazi sympathizer killeded one anti-racist activit and injured more than a dozen others when he intentionally drove his car through a crowd of people protesting against the kkk and neo-nazis, who were rallying to oppose charlottesville's plan to remove a monument of confederate general robert ely from -- e. lee from a downtown public park. on sunday, thousands poured into the streets of seattle, denver, baltimore, sacramento, san francisco, los angeles, san diego, dallas, washington d.c., miami, and in charlottesville, virginia, to protest white supremacist violence and mourn the death of 32-year-old heather heyer, who was killed in the attack. courts it is interesting made a big

mlk now -- welcome now from trinity united christian church. from chicago illinois.erend otis martin iii. >> i stand in reach you today from chicago, illinois from trinity united church of christ. i stand with my son elijah months. the next generation. we stand as father and son today. standing against those who are practice activities of injustice. the question should be shall we redeem and restore this nation or will we allow administration to pitcher pimp a butterfly. we must recognize that we must repent. we must repent from america's original sin according to james madison which is racism. we must represent from addiction of confederate ideology. not only must rerei want, we must repent from a war on drugs that hurts black and brown and poor people. we must repent not recognizing there is actually climate change that is happening in this world. we must be willing to repent. not only repent collectively as a nation and but i must say that the black church must also repent. we must repent from a theology that says money coming instead of speaking truth to power. m

so americans united in church and state did sue them. the organization lost. they have to repay the state of iowa. but they kept making the argument that they're not partisan, they're faith based. >> we'll learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor. his book is "fighting for dreams that matter". >> you got to stop going up there screaming at that council because you're not going to get anywhere with you doing that. now you want to get on the other side of that bunch. you're going to have to calm down. and you know, i got that from whites and blacks. and so i had to change my attitude. because i really realized that you on the other side of the bench makes the laws. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll visit the that to ma narrows bridge to hear about its collapse on november 7th, 1940. the bridge was considered the third longest suspension bridge in the world and today the collapse is used as a case study for civil engineers in the study of bridge design. >> there was no suspension bridge anywhere in the world. the

his family members attend church at united methodist church in cherry hill. he and nine other sailers disappeared when the tanker co mccain. and the operation to find the remaining nine sailors switches from search and rescue to search and recovery. >> we continue to follow the story and bring you any updates. >>> a teenager is fighting for her life after being struck by a car in montgomery county. she was video traffic when she walked into traffic. jeanette reyes is live at the abington police station. >> reporter: sara at last check this teen is in critical condition being treated at chop. this all happened crossing the street when she was face timing at the time of the crash. we reached out and she told us she did go to a high school here and counselors were made available to her peers. >> police are still investigating the accident at highland road that sent a 14-year-old girl to the hospital. jacqueline lived down the street from the scene and rushed to the crowd huddled around the teen on the ground. >> i heard god no. no. as a mother it was an update s

now and reverend tracey black man, executive minister of justice and witness ministries at the unite church. she was in charlottesville during last weekend's violence. let's start with you. what do you think of the president coming out and using the term alt left to say there were many sides or both sides that were responsible for the violence? >> thank you for having me, katy. i feel that that is a ridiculous term, and i reject it out right. the term alt-right was created by richard spencer to legit miez the hate groups and the promise you will gags of hate that he was helping to direct. and to compare peaceful protestors, who came out with a message of love, it's ironic that on friday night a part of the certificate monday that i delivered was to remind us that we were not just there to stand for ourselves, but we were there because love is the solution for everyone. so to make a false comparison like that i thought was unfortunate. >> and reverend, you were trapped inside of a church on friday night? >> we were. we had a worship service. it was always scheduled to be just a worship servi

and it's the people that have changed, and it's the places like the buddhist church and wesley unitedethodist church that have kind of been the anchor of the community. but overall, the layout of japantown has pretty much remained the same. it's just all the fantastic people that are in the community. robert: and of course, one of the things i should point out in case people didn't get it, which is a lot of the photographs that are in here were taken by you. so, you were not only chronicling it visually, but also you were there to experience it yourself. one of the pictures that i was talking to you about before was the sumo wrestling and some of the other things that kind of brought san jose's japantown into sort of--kind of a more national focus, maybe even an international focus. how big a moment was that japan--for japantown was that sumo wrestling thing? jim: that was an incredible weekend. you know, to have the sumo wrestlers come into japantown was just amazing 'cause they're considered gods in japan. and to be that close to them and experience that was just--it was just life-c

joy," executive minister of the united church of christ. her last night as she was inside of the church on the campus of university of virginia when hundreds of torch wielding white nationalists converged on first, the church and then the park which is called emancipation park. it used to be robert e. lee park and actually storming the prayer meeting before the counterprotest to today's neo-nazi and white supremacist rally. they stormed the meeting in the dead of night wielding tiki torches, looking like tough villagers but a little sort of an interesting choice there. former media consultant for breitbart.com. what do you make of what you're seeing including violence against clergy in charlottesville, virginia, right now? >> this is about the most un-american thing you could ever see. it's disgusting. there's not even words to adequately describe what it feels like to watch something like this happen. in america, in 2017 and a lot is the symptom of what we see pages like breitbart, the rhetoric of donald trump having people like sebastian a

. >> it culminated with a standing room only crowd inside united methodist church which spilled on to the streets. >> several thousand people from across the region showed up for the rally power. philly is charlottesville in the wake of deadly violence last weekend. >> we are here to say that we don't support that. >> a number of people denouncing the president believing he didn't come out strong enough against white supremacists and natzis. >> i want him to persecute those people the same as any other terrorist. as the rally converged at the united methodist rally, organizers said this -- >> it's not just about natzis. >> most americans remember that this was a group of people we had to go to war with. >> participants were reminded by at least one rabbi that neonatzis are a real threat. >> they would kill every person in this room. do you get that? no one here is safe from their hatred. >> organizers were standing in solidarity to condemn this evil. dann cuellar, "action news." >> this the view from chopper 6 over the frank rizzo sa statue. a group of black live matters statue demand

. >> attended a prayer service at the arch street united methodist church. >>> meanwhile as some fight to tear it down, more than 16,000 people have signed a petition to save a statue honoring the late frank rizzo. police also arrested a 25-year-old man for reportedly throwing eggs at the statue yesterday morning. >> the city of charlottesville is remembering the victims of saturday's clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters. ♪ let it shine there was a candle light vigil last night in the university of virginia campus. marchers assembled peacefully on the same grounds. >> the candles will shine brighter than the torches they did. we will be speaking of love and unity not hate and division. >> it's scary. you want to take your city back so that's what we're doing. >> there were memorials earlier in the day as well. 32-year-old heather heyer was killed when a car floud into counter protesters. >>> president trump's chief strategist is criticizing white supremacists. steve bannon told "the american prospect" that white supremacists are a collection of browns. bannon >> in

. >> tracy blackman is the executive director of justice ministries a to the united church of christ. also one of the protesters who was there in charlottesville and spent part of friday night locked down in a church while those rallies went on and people paraded forward with torches and violence. i want to ask you, reverend, as we hear both sides becoming a theme, what can you tell us first, factually, about what you experienced and whether there's any basis to that claim. >> well, thank you, first, for having me on. as i've stated before, there is no basis for that claim. and i ask that you ask your listeners to please hold up the name tyler mcgill, if they are praying people, in their pray prayers. for we hope that heather heyer was the only person that loses their life in this. as a matter of fact, tyler mcgill is in intensive care right now, fighting for his life, having been struck in the throat with a tiki torch on friday night, damaging his carotid. he is now in intensive care. clearly, the people who came with the alt-right came with the intention of starting trouble. their f

and we will fight to uphold the laws of freedom >> the group packed into the arch street united methodist church for a prayer service. others stood in front of the statue honoring late frank rizzo the former police commissioner and mayor >> i think it needs to come down one way or another, i'm not necessarily committed to which way. i'll tell you i'll be happy chevy way >> feet from the statue, two barricades and surveillance cameras. >> we understand and respect everybody's rights to protest. that's what this country is founded on. >> reporter: following the service, about on a dozen demonstrators stopped traffic on jfk. their message, tear the rizzo statue down. there's a process to remove the rizzo statue and starts with mayor jim kenney's office. kenney has had conversations about removing the statue must takes place, mark ferguson started a petition to keep it. it has more than 12,000 supporters. >> it's about principle. there's so much going on right now, so many divided relations. this is not a symbol of hate. >> reporter: ukee and nicole, you're looking at three hd surveillance cameras,

united methodist church has been active with the boy scouts for years. many denominations have been. frank, the involvement of scouts with the community and with the church, has that been since the beginning. >> it has been. scouting was started 107 years ago with a partnership with community organizations. we felt we could serve more kid and serve more organizations in the community if we partnered with churches, other civic groups, schools. so the partnership has been going on for 107 years. >> that's great. that's been very intentional. >> absolutely. some groups probably have ownership of their scouting groups directly. we thought we could serve better if we partner with other organizations. >> how many scouts are in the country? >> currently, about 2.7 million approximately. >> a good number. >> our membership is increasing. we are very pleased about that. >> joe, is there a scout troop in every state? >> there is a scout troop in every state. as franks mentioned, it is growing. in the bay area, we have grown for a number of years consecutively. we

and we will fight to uphold the laws of freedom >> the group packed into the arch street united methodist church for a prayer service. others stood in front of the statue honoring late frank rizzo the former police commissioner and mayor >> i think it needs to come down one way or another, i'm not necessarily committed to which way. i'll tell you i'll be happy chevy way >> feet from the statue, two barricades and surveillance cameras. >> we understand and respect everybody's rights to protest. that's what this country is founded on. >> reporter: following the service, about on a dozen demonstrators stopped traffic on jfk. their message, tear the rizzo statue down. there's a process to remove the rizzo statue and starts with mayor jim kenney's office. kenney has had conversations about removing the statue must takes place, mark ferguson started a petition to keep it. it has more than 12,000 supporters. >> it's about principle. there's so much going on right now, so many divided relations. this is not a symbol of hate. >> reporter: ukee and nicole, you're looking at three hd surveillance cameras,

there is a march starting at the congregation of the synagogue and ending at arch street united methodist church. the march is meant to unmask white supremacy in philadelphia institutions. organizers say they already have hundreds planning to show up. >>> in charlottesville, the community will gather to mourn the woman who died after a car rammed through a crowd. heather heyer's family hopes people will wear her favorite color purple. yesterday heyer's father says he forgives the man who ran down his daughter and encouraged others to stop hating and forgive. and in bucks county, local leaders spoke to a crowd gathered at the garden of reflection. they called on the community and the nation to move forward in the spirit of diversity, inclusion and peace. >> our values are far more resolute and may i say far more american at their very core than any of the values that were espoused by those hate-filled groups. >> the group also paid their respects to heather heyer. you can find more coverage on the charlottesville violence on the nbc 10 app. we have more reaction to president trump's statement and

. >> well, i think she's not going to pursue ordination in the united methodist church. ition we have very strong lay participation in preaching and the ministry of the church and we believe in the ministry of all believers and i believe she is going to do guest preaching and perhaps we need a preacher in chief right now that will talk about love and compassion and morality and building bridges and eliminating hate and intolerance and bigo y bigotry, like we saw yesterday in sharlecharlottesville. >> is there anything specific that you could advise president trump especially in light of what we saw in charlottesville that you might want tasay to president trump or advise him? >> i would remind him of some of the bible stories he would read of turning the other cheek and if you're asked to go one mile, go an extra mile. some good biblical passages for him to read right now. >> what about all the people in charlottesville who are vowing to heal. how do you help them heal? >> i would pray, first of all. and i do as a faith leader. i'm praying for all those people in charlott

zion united methodist church. free event included a school supply giveaway, moon bounces, face painting and young entertainers. three students were each given $200 scholarships. >> it's just a day where kids can have all free things and a day of fun and a day of peace and they don't have to think that somebody's going to come and shooting at them. >> well, aniyah is no stranger to giving back to others. she's been collecting food, coats and clothing for the homeless since 2014. she's donated money from her first water ice stand to buy school supplies for children in need. >>> team teresa's 15th annual softball and family fun day was in full swing earlier today at south ardmore park in wynnewood. there was a deejay, raffles and of course lemonade and spiderman there, too. the kids got to meet superheroes from the philadelphia avengers. and over the years team teresa has raised more than $120,000 for alex's lemonade stand. >>> the nation's oldest and largest rowing competition took over the schuylkill river today. t

a prayer chain has been started by members of the saint andrews united methodist church for the 22-year-oldther april brandon of michigan says her son always wanted to serve. >> his father was in the navy his stepmother was in the navy my father was in the navy. his father and i couldn't be prouder of our son. he's a hero. >> this is the fourth time war ship has been involved in an accident in asian waters this year. >> parts of hong kong getting hit by a strong typhoon right now with winds up to 103 miles per hour. the huge chinese city is nearly shut down as a precaution but we've learned that three people have died in the storm. businesses and schools are closed and even trading on the stock exchange of hong kong has been suspended. thousands of people were evacuated from parts of the mainland's coastline ahead of the storm's arrival. >>> the strong storms that moved through our area overnight caused major problems in the nation's heartland. a family in kansas was stranded for hours on the roof of their home because of flooding. the family of four children three adults and pets were all

the united orner, methodist church cemetery, the storm disturbed those resting in peace. was just as problematic as wind. flooding roads. tonight crews rushed to repair downed power lines which shut power to 3,300 homes. the andersons have their restored. striking, it was a > as for this tree, anderson says he was going to live it up anyway. >> this is a different tree, the news, no reported injuries down here and the power to most of the homes is expected to turn next 24 hours he or so. reporting in charles county. barber, abc 7 news. jonathan: federal funding for the purple line coming soon. he department of the transportation says it will sign a $900 million federal funding agreement with maryland. that money will go toward construction of a planned light rail from new bethesda. to alison: condo residents are facing a morning deadline or they might be kicked out. officials saw some major hazards at these condos. fixed by ues aren't tomorrow morning, residents will hours to vacate. anna-lysa gayle went inside is the troubled complex tonight. anna-lysa: i can tell you th

zion united methodist church.free event included a school giveaway, young entertainment, and face painting. two students were given scholarships. >> it's a day where kids can have all free things and a day of fun and a day of peace and don't have to think somebody's going to come in shooting at them. >> she is no stranger to giving back to others. she's been collecting food, coates and clothing for the homeless since 2014. she donated money from her water ice stand to buy school supplies for kids in need. >>> a teacher accused of ultimate assaulting a student two years ago. she taught earth science at o & j roberts high school in potts town. police say her victim is a student but didn't say if they're a student where she taught. she resigned from her teaching position. >>> betrayal and theft from a retired south jersey police officer in charge of his police, you know former cape may police officer yuan campbell was the president of the, you know he admitted to a judge he stole more than 100,000 todd pay for home i

today a march starting and ending at art street united methodist church. organizers say they already have hundreds planning to show up. that rally begins at 7:00 p.m. >>> one woman is okay after she was trapped on the roof of her home while her exboyfriend was in a standoff with philadelphia police. he became upset after they handed him a retraining order. he told her if she called 911 he would shoot police officers. she climbed onto the roof and called 911. he eventually turned himself in and is now in police custody. the woman was not hurt. >>> no one injured during a house fire in philadelphia's neighborhood. everybody made it to safety when flames hit just after 2:00 this morning. crews got it under control in just under 30 minutes. they are now looking into the cause of that fire. >>> new video shows a robber wanted in a hold up at a wawa in south philadelphia. this is surveillance video of hinl outside the store. he went into the store two weeks ago, pointed a gun at two workers and demanded cash. they gave him the money and he ordered them to the fl

americans united for separation of church and state did sue them in the organization lost, they have to repay the state of iowa but they kept making the argument that they are not partisan, they are faith-based. they are neutral and open to everyone. as a result of the case when you go in these prisons people use the term this is about faith, character, moral rehabilitation, over and over i was told these -- the worst prison in texas is notorious for violence, angola was notorious, the bloodiest prison in america, and people slept with magazines and catalogs strapped to their chest so they wouldn't be stabbed in the night but then the seminary came and it is peaceful and everything is better. a lot of people refute that narrative and say was changing staff because staff had been there many generations, generations of families, predominantly white staff and african-american population of prisoners, meant changing policies. a lot of prisoners agitating for better rights, better organizing, it becomes very much this is changing the prison itself. is making prisons better. my criticism o

. >> reporter: your place at the tabled to bank run out of the trinity unite the methodist church serves about 50 families. the theft translates into a loss of food for four families for a month. >> thanks guys. >> reporter: but guess what? as word of the theft spread as fast as sales of the homemade pot pie, something amazing happened. people like the six family started refilling that empty jar. >> it's just sickening it really is. it's just people don't have any will he spec any more. >> reporter: now the restaurant has nearly surpassed the $200 thed in bank has lost but they're hoping to fill this jar even more over the next couple of weeks. harrison township police say they are working on several strong leads to help them catch the thief. in mullica hill, chris o'connell fox 29 news. >> sky fox over the scene of a 12-inch water main break at broad and geary streets. two southbound lanes broad street are still closed tonight. as crews continue to work on fix the damage. it's impacting a cluster of commercial customers including a cvs wills eye center an credit union. >>> neighbors are

he is a senior pastor of united methodist church.people did you think you rescued today. >> go ahead ppahead. you just can't get to so many of them. >> we're trying to coordinate as well as we can with resources we are have. sometimes we hear about someone being stuck and someone gets over there before we get there and they've already been rescued or whatever. but we've had another church member that was there and their 91-year-old mother in law and neighbors were on the second floor. we got her out, some of the guys brought her down in the wheelchair. there's no way they could get out. one of the neighbors had a bad back and a lot of things we find as we go into the neighborhoods to get one particular family and then we run across all these people and there was a doctor who didn't want to leave but he and his care takers, we got them out and it surprises me. we continue to run across people who don't want to leave. so it's not like -- we're not finding people on the roof. i've seen some of that, although we've been busy today. in th

ends at the arch street united methodist church, followed with a rally at that church at 8:00. >> allht, let's lighten things up. whoa. >> please. >> we will pt up a picture here, probably one of the most famous selfies ever. it is on the list of the most likes or re tweeted tweets of all time. but what tweet is now number one after yesterday? who do you think beat out ellen? it is a politician. every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >> yesterday, malcolm jen since, said he was the most talented wide receiver on the team, that's a lot without jeffrey on the other side, al gore saying he's trying to stay hungry and not be comfortable. >> familiarity helps you move litt

. >> reporter: your place at the table food bank run out of the trinity united methodist church servesbout 50 families. the theft translates into a loss of food for four families for a month. >> thanks guys. >> but guess what? as word of the theft spread as fast as sales of the homemade pot pie, something amazing happened. people like the six family sta started refilling that empty jar. >> it's just sickening it really is. it's just people don't have any respect any more. >> reporter: take a close sr. look at the guy. the distinct neck and arm tattoos. does this car with new jersey plates look familiar? the they have hopped in with a get away driver and took off. but not before the owner and his customers are making sure the charity gets what it deserves. >> for every time somebody does something bad there's ten people who are willing to go and do something cool. >> reporter: if you're that guy who swiped the money and you're listening -- >> good luck counting the change. if you last that long. >> reporter: well with that crystal clear surveillance video harrison township police say th

you get a better tv in your style, and get access to parole in this way, so americans united for the separation of church and state gives to them in the organization lost. they have to repay the state of iowa. they kept making the argument that they are not partisan, they are faith-based. their new show on open to everyone. the result of the case when you go in this present, this is about faith, character, moral rehabilitation. over and over i was told these are the worst prisons in texas, torres for violence, people slimed with magazines and catalogs struck to their chests said they would be stabbed with a knife. but then seminary came minutes safer and peaceful and everything is better. a lot of people refuse bad to say actually it was changing staff because the staff had been there for many generations of families in a predominately white staff and african-american population of prisoners, not changing policies, a lot of prisoners advocating for better right, better organizing among themselves. so you know, i think it does become that this is changing the prison itself. it is making prisons better. my

americans united for the separation of church and state sued them and the organization lost. they kept making the argument that they are not partisan. they are faith-based. >> will also learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor, harold moss, as he recounts his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest. his book is fighting for dreams that mattered. c stop screening out the ouncil because you are not going to get anywhere. if you want to get on the other side of the bench, you have to calm down. i got that from whites and blacks. attitudechange my because i really realized that you on the other side of the bench makes the law. >> sunday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will visit the tacoma narrows bridge collapse int its 1940. the bridge was considered the third largest suspension ridge in the world and today the collapse is used as a case study for civil engineers in the study of bridge design. >> there was no suspension bridge like this in any part of the world. that was an unfamiliarity with how big thing like this was suppo

a prayer chain has been started by members of saint andrews united methodist church for the 22-year-oldther april brandon of michigan says her son always wanted to serve. >> his father was in the navy. his stepmother had been in the navy my father was in the navy. his father and i couldn't be prouder of our son. he was a great kid. he's a hero. >> this is the fourth time that a u.s. war ship has been involved in an accident in asian waters this year. >> parts of hong kong are getting hit by a strong typhoon right now with winds up to 103 miles per hour. the huge chinese city is nearly shut down as a precaution. we have just learned three people have died in this storm. businesses and schools are closed and even trading on the stock exchange of hong kong has been suspended. thousands of people were evacuated from parts of the mainland's coastline ahead of the storm's arrival. >> it's 6:17. and today's produce tip is up next. as well venus williams is handing over her phone records as the tennis star fights a wrongful death lawsuit in court. david. >> storm tracker6 live double scan thank

. >> the your place at the table food bank, run out of the trinity united methodist church, serves aboutlies, the theft translates into a loss of food for four families for a month. >> thanks, guys. >> but guess what? as word of the theft spread as fast as sales of the homemade pot pie, something amazing happened. people like this family started refilling that empty jar. >> it is just sickening.& it really is. it is just people don't have any respect any more. >> take a closer look at the gy. the discontinuing neck and arm tattoos, does this car with new jersey plate look familiar? the thief hopped in with a get away driver, and took off. but not before the owner and his customers are making sure the charity get what it deserves. >> for every time somebody does something bad, there is ten people who are willing to go and do something cool. >> oh, and if you're that guy who piped the -- swiped the money and you're listening? >> good luck counting the change if you last that long. >> the restaurant nearly surpassed the $200 the food bank has lost, but there are ' hoping to fill this jar ev

talking about pursuing the strategies in the era of mass incarceration meaning divesting the united methodist church just announced they decided to divest well, churches invest in mutual funds and very often we don't even know what companies and mutual funds are invested. they've become very profitable so many investment portfolios now include private prisons as one of the profitable companies that any institution ought to invest in this institution that we are investing in this system. i think the campaign urging universities, churches to divest with any mutual fund or pension plan that has even 1 penny invested in the prisons could be very helpful but even more importantly it can be a tool for raising consciousness and awareness about the system of incarceration as a whole and i believe fewer than one in ten today are held in private prisons. as well as boycotting companies that will not hire people with criminal records. there've been a number of companies that courageously said we are going to hire people and give people a fair shot at employment, and if we begin to celebrate and honor those com

. >>> let's turn now to reverend john stevens, senior pastor at chapelwood united methodist church. he went out today to save as many people as they could. how you doing, rev? >> well, how are you? >> i'm sure doing better than you guys. you guys are doing a great job down there. you're doing god's work. you've been with your church group helping with rescues. we have some video from instagram. what are you seeing? tell us what you're seeing. >> well, a lot of rain. it just won't stop. you know, we got a call, this thing started out kind of small and organic. we have church members we heard were stranded. we had a couple of guys get together. it kind of grew from there. we went down to where they were and found out more and more people. when we got to the little neighborhood that's got about chest high water all around it so you can't get in and out. once you get in, it's a little higher. people just start coming out. then we'd have people that were walking up in the water to check on their parents. we had some elderly -- there was one of the things a guy in a wheelchair. there was

s americans united for separation of church and state is the one pressuring the university.we reached out to them first. attorney iian smith confirms they did send a letter saying a cross on a state campus violates the constitution which explicitly bars the institution from favoring one religion over another. >> it then becomes a space that all students can move for religious worship as i see fit. that increases religious freedom for all of the students. >> the letter is addressed to east central university are president patricia pierson who initially said they were looking at removing the cross but then had a change of heart after locals flocked to the chapel in opposition. >> i just don't want this building touched. >> the next thing we did was it comes from randall cristy, a pastor in oklahoma and alum, he's sponsoring a petition and holding events where children paint crosses. okay state's attorney mike hunter is taking on the case because in a primarily christian town they say the chapel at east central university may become precedent. so yes, lynn, we can verify that a

americans united for the president of church and state sued then and the organization lost and they had to repay iweb and they kept arguing that they are not part of sin that they are faith-based. >> live at the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor harold moss as he recounts his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest. book is "fighting for dreams that matter." >> you got to go -- you are not -- you're not going to get anywhere. now you want to get on the other side of the bench. you are going to have to calm down. i come back from whites and blacks and so i had to change my thatude because i realized you on the other side of the --ch makes the law >> on sunday at 2:00 eastern on american history tv we will visited tacoma narrows bridge to .he puget sound in 1940 a bridge was considered the longest suspension inspiration the world and today the collapse is used as a case study for civil engineers in the study of bridge design. >> there was not as a stench of bridge anything like this anywhere in the pacific northwest so it was an unfamiliarity with chest how

same issues, get your own tv, in yourself, you get access to parole, the americans united for the separation of church and state sued them, and the organization lost, having to repay the state of iowa. to they came best they cap make an argument that they are not partisan, that they are faith based. firsto, tacoma's african-american mayor, recounting his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest. you haveve to go that to stop going and screaming against the council, because you would not get anywhere while doing that. if you want to get on the other side of that bench, you will have to come down. calm down. i got that from whites and blacks, which meant that i had to change my attitude. i realized that you on the other side of the bench, make the law. sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, we visit the suspension bridge and hear about its collapse in 1940. it was considered the third longest suspension bridge in the world and today it is used as a case ready or civil engineers in the study of bridge design. >> there was no suspension bridge anywhere like this, so, there was

single tenant living in the basement was will because of hearing about the illegal units from people who worked at the church. they all went through perez who was one of the church elders. he was also the man who came every month to collect the rent from the tenants including the $1,000 a month in cash they paid for the tiny room. but then perez came asking for more. he wanted the tenants to help raise money to buy the building. >> reporter: we did bake sales and car washes. >> we turned over all the money to the church. >> reporter: but after a falling out between church leaders, the pastor left, the half million dollars disappeared, and the tenants were stuck living in hell. >> reporter: i couldn't go back to church after that. i had given so much of my life to try to help and we were left with nothing. >> reporter: the family's bad luck only got worse. claudia was diagnosed shortly after with sinus cancer. she says it was caused by the living conditions. the city's lawsuit cites health issues like mold, mildew, and rodent infestations, plus safety hazards like leaking pipes from the laundromat upstairs, d

single tenant living in the basement was there because of hearing about the illegal units from people who worked at the church. they all went through ernesto one of the church elders and he collected the rent monthly including the $1,000 in cash one paid for a tiny room but then ernesto wanted more. he wanted the tenants to help him raise money to buy the building. [ speaking spanish ] >> we did bake sales and car washes and tried to get donations. we turned over all the money to the church. >> reporter: but after a falling out between church leaders, the pastor left, the half million dollars disappeared, and the tenants were stuck living in hell. [ speaking spanish ] >> i couldn't go back to church after that. i had given so much of my life to try to help. and we were left with nothing. >> reporter: the family's bad luck only got worse. claudia was diagnosed shortly after with sinus cancer. she says it was caused by the living conditions. the city's lawsuit cites health issues like mold, mildew and rodents. plus, safety hazard like leaking pipes from the laundromat upstairs, dangerous wires and extension cor

church cemetery will continue. it was bulldozed years ago. developers want to build a parking garage and residential units directly over the cemetery site. members of the church are asking for small monument and space for a museum. court hearing is scheduled this afternoon. >>> three corpse flowers are about to bloom at the u.s. botanic garden, first bloom for all three of the plants known for their terrible, awful smell. botanic garden officials estimate they will start opening between tomorrow and august 23rd. appears tbe north america an institution has three corpse flower plants blooming at the same time because they're gluttons for punishment. >> triple the odor of that? goodness, i don't know if i want to smell something like that. >> good luck shaking that smell off. >>> 4:36. a check of weather and traffic. >> going to look at wednesday commute with wtop's jack taylor in a second. first check in with chuck and sheena with a look at the weather. >> she wondered if that was dennis the menace flower. >> this is google. we will find out. >> i loved that movie, that was a good part, too. anyway, dense fog we've been telling you about.

welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm rosemary church and this is "cnn newscenter." the story about donald trump jr.'s meeting with a russian lawyer last year is changing yet again. after repeated denials from the president's attorney the white house now says donald trump acted like any father would, offering direction but not dictation on his son's explanation. cnn's jim acosta has more. >> reporter: yes the president was involved in the statement that obscured the true meaning for the meeting. >> the president weighed in as any father would based on the limited information he had. >> reporter: the question came after a "washington post" story that the president dictated the story and inaccurately claimed that the meeting was goes focused on russian adoption that was active and popular with americans years ago. trump junior released three payments of e-mails later. and would be very useful to your father. talking to reporters on air force one the next day the president was talking up the adoption explanation saying they talked about the

united way and local churches and charities get more community support like you do in portland. are lots of reasons why we want to make sure that american companies stay in america but we want them to be able to make things here and export them all around the world. one of the things we all sought to do is create incentives for businesses to expand more plant and equipment. you spend $10 billion a year on capital equipment building these factories. do you spend $12.7 million a year on r&d. important think it is that more of that occurs in this country so that we can make things here and export them all around the world. that is what we are trying to achieve when we talk about tax reform. under the thing is fairness. as people and families and workers, we don't really have a system that is fair. one of the reasons is it is we do leak obligated. you can sit next to your next-door neighbor, have the same income and pager medically different taxes because of all the different loopholes and carveouts in the tax code upwant to clean this thing to make it simple and fair. condense all

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james united methodist church. >> if you love music, you love kansas city. >> reporter: for daryl, theof the great high school bands during the parades. he moved to texas for two decades and returned to find many of the bands were gone. the victims of budget cuts. >> i wasn't thinking that i wanted to go to the school board and petition them to make a more robust music program. i just thought i would just roll up my sleeves and do something about it myself. some of you may have powerful minds where you can memorize music. >> reporter: daryl has a full-time job as a technical writer. in his spare time, he plays piano in churches to make money to buy instruments for his orchestra. >> over the years, i wound up with enough brass and woodwind instruments for a full brass and woodwind band. >> reporter: he has a growing stockpile, including that new timpani. >> this is just me, buying instruments on my own. anybody that wants to give me an excuse that they can't do it, i don't want to hear it. ♪ >> reporter: daryl charges a nominal fee for the lessons and instrument rentals. it teaches the

americans united for the separation for church and state sued them and laws. they have to repay the state of iowa. they keep making the argument they are not partisan. >> you will learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor and see recounts his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest. >> you have to stop going up there screaming at the council. you're not going to get anywhere. you have to get on the other side of the bench -- and you will have to calm down. my attitudenge you arei realized that on the other side of the bench make the law. p.m. onnday at 2:00 american history tv, we will hear about the collapse of the bridge into puget sound in 1940. it was considered the third longest suspension bridge in the world and today is used as a case study. >> there was no suspension bridge anywhere like this anywhere in our part of the world. with was no familiarity just tell a big thing like this was supposed to behave. so people excited about it, there was a certain musical gracefulness about a bridge like this. some people jus

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