as a result, i think the fabric of wichita changed for the better. it is continuing to change for the better. it was a great achievement for all of us. i'm happy that i was a part of it. >> just because there might have been the extremity of violence from the lack of human dignity is a lack of human dignity. at alle is no progress and that happens when good men and women choose to tolerate the status quo. it is better to strive for change than to live with the presence when we know that ends could be better.

as a result, i think the fabric of wichita changed for the better. it is continuing to change for the better. it was a great achievement for all of us. i'm happy that i was a part of it. >> just because there might have been the extremity of violence from the lack of human dignity is a lack of human dignity. at alle is no progress and that happens when good men and women choose to tolerate the status quo. it is better to strive for change than to live with the presence when we know that ends could be better. >> american history tour continues our look at the civil rights movement. the freedom summer was an effort to register black voters in mississippi. up next, part of a 1964 news conference and then a conversation with the head of the mississippi humanities council. >> we hope to send into 1000ssippi, up to teachers, ministers, lawyers, and students from all around the who will engage in what we are calling for reading schools, community center programs, voter registration activities, research work, work in the white committees, and in general, a p

i was in colorado springs, albuquerque for a little while, wichita and i ended up in topeka, kansas. i always talked baseball, no matter where i went. i always talked baseball. somebody mentioned there was a negro leaguer that had played ball who lived in topeka. and i got to know this negro leaguer, his name was carroll ray and he was on that '24 team. he later passed. but through that association i decided to do a little tribute to him. so in doing this tribute, you know, once again being that kind of person who loves to collect information, you know, i challenged myself. i said i'm going to find everyw. in 1925 they returned to the world series but they didn't win. hilldale won. they were the best team in the eastern colored league. the kansas city monarchs don continued to play and by 1929 they won another championship by bullet rogan. the kansas city monarchs played exhibition games. in the negro league they had a regular schedule. you had eight teams and they had a regular schedule. but most of those games would be on the weekend when they could draw the largest audience. so th

down the rock, the illinois and the allegheny, down the miami the kentucky and the tennessee, down the wichita, the red and yazoo. down the missouri, 3,000 miles from the rockies. down the ohio, a thousand miles from the algain y. down the arkansas, 1500 miles from the great divide. down red, a thousand miles from texas. down the great valley, 2500 miles from minnesota. carying every rivulet creek and rill, the mississippi runs to the gulf. ♪ new orleans to baton rouge. baton rouge to naches. naches to vicksburg. vicksburg to memphis. memphis to cairo. we build a dike a thousand miles long. men and mules, mules and mud. mules and mud a thousand miles up the mississippi. a century before we bought the great western river the spanish and french built dikes to keep the mississippi out of new orleans at flood stage. we continue to levee the entire length of the delta. the valley built up for centuries by the old river spilling her floods across the bottom of the continent. a mud delta of 40,000 square miles. men and mules, mules and mud. new orleans to baton rouge, naches to vicksburg, memphis t

cool, say, if he had been into bowling and had -- and had -- and had channelled glenn campbell's "the wichita lineman"? just as a guy who understands the entertainment part of this thing. >> i'm speechless. [ laughter ] i think everybody else would have been, too, if he had sat up there and sang "the wichita lineman." >> i don't know how to answer that. i won't answer that, and i almost don't know what you're talking about. >> we are down to the last 15 seconds so -- >> i want to say something to you. >> please. >> i'm sitting between on the left hand my best friend and a guy that i've known 50 years. i've got a bit here. but i started with such an honor to me to be invited because all i've ever tried to do in my adult life is make my father proud of me, and we were -- my father died a few years ago, but on the eve of '75ñ=m[?-$Ñ he s, you know, i love you. that was the first time he had ever said that. and he says, and i'm proud of you. and that was the first time he ever said that. he said, i'm proud that you're my son and i'm proud -- just as proud that i'm your father. and that was my

wichita falls, 38. bring your attention off the eastern coastline. we have cristobal. good news with this, all warnings have been dropped. we have tropical storm watches in effect for bermuda. this will remain out of sea and head off there towards the northeast. moving towards europe, more on this later on, but we have several low pressure systems. one over the baltic states pulling in cool air from the north and also we have blustery conditions and rainfall across the low countries into southern portions of the british isles. temperatures feeling fall-like out here. here is our extended forecast. >> hello and a warm and sunny welcome to the show today. there's was a lot going on around europe this week, here's a few of the stories that we featured! image improvement. local drinking laws on the spanish island of mallorca are tightened dance till you drop. fans celebrate the tomorrowland festival in belgium. vintage vehicles. luxury oldtimers relive their glory days on an english racetrack. it's the holiday season here in europe and hundreds of thousands of people choos

to get the game in after a lengthy rain delay and severe weather across omaha, nebraska and west of wichita, kansas. our rain chances will remain very low through tomorrow, less than a 30% chance tomorrow. monday a little chance for rain second part of the day. tuesday will be the best chance this week. second half of the week is looking great. more about hurricane julio, the latest track from the national hurricane center. still keeps this storm off, well off the north coast of the hawaii island chain and moving away. it's down to 90-mile-per-hour sustained winds at the center of the storm. speed and motion moving away is good news for friends in hawaii. the planner for tomorrow, it's going to be a pretty nice day, and 68 degrees when you get out the door first thing in the nin lunchtime, mostlyny and 83. can't rule out one or two random rain drops and even fewer than we had to deal with today. tomorrow's highs mid to upper 80s and mild dry evening. tomorrow we want the skies clear to get a good view of the super moon, 15% larger and 30% brighter than the average full moons. when you want

to >> i think everybody else would have been too if he would have ] sung "the wichita lineman." >> i don't know how the answer that. and i almost don't know what you're talking about. that. >> okay. all right.re >> enough about that. >> we're down to the last 15 seconds. >> i want toeti say something te you, please. obviously between one of my lifetime best friends and a guy that i've known 50 years. i got no business being here okay? be but i thought it was such an honor for me to be invited o because all i've ever tried to do in my adult life is to make my father proud of me. a and wego were -- my father dieds few years ago. but when he was 75, he says to " me you know, i love you.id and it was the first time he had ever said that. and he says, and i'm proud of you. that's the first time he ever that. he said i'm proud that you're my son and i'm proud just as proud that i'm your father. goi and that was my hero. you know, i'm going to tell you a quick story. >> we have zeros on the clock. d you have to be quick. >> wquick?i'm >> i got my first $100,000 contract and i called my fath

i was in colorado springs, albuquerque for a little while, wichita and i ended up in topeka, kansas. i always talked baseball, no matter where i went. i always talked baseball. somebody mentioned there was a negro leaguer that had played ball who lived in topeka. and i got to know this negro leaguer, his name was carroll ray and he was on that '24 team. he later passed. but through that association i decided to do a little tribute to him. so in doing this tribute, you know, once again being that kind of person who loves to collect information, you know, i challenged myself. i said i'm going to find every game the kansas city monarchs ever played. that was pretty aggressive idea back in that 1980. there was no internet at that time. so if you wanted to know the name of the library say if they played in abilene, you write to the library, had to go the library. they had a big book with all the library addresses, i write them down. i would write letters. i had all these letters. it was a labor of love and a passion that just kept on growing. and needless to say, i was able to find games

jack is a retired police officer in wichita. he arrived on omaha beach on june 6, 1944 with the 743rd tank battalion. next to mr. ford is ray. ray was a staff sergeant. at the outset of the war, the 16th regiment was one of the first mobilized for overseas duty. as we see his experience was more than just normandy. we had a wonderful moment right before the panel. i like showing off the holdings at the eisenhower library and museum. i was very excited to show mr. lambert the journal from june 6, 1944. and asked him if he had read it. he said he read it and let it. -- lived it. to mr. lambert's right, we have dr. guy stern who many of us were fortunate enough to see yesterday. he was born in germany in 1922 and was the only member of his family to have escaped and come to the united states in 1937. he was drafted into the u.s. army where he became one of the richy boys. they were largely european jewish refugees who returned to europe and work in psychological warfare and other intelligence aspects during the war. there was a rec

i'm speechless. >> everybody else would have been, too, if he would have stood up there and sung the "wichita lineman." >> i don't know how to answer that. i almost don't know what you're talking about. >> all right. okay. >> well, we're down to the last 15 seconds. okay. >> i want to say something, please. >> obviously, lifetime best friends and a guy that i've known 50 years, i've got no business being here. but i thought it was such an honor for me to be invited. because all i've ever tried to do in my adult life is to make my father proud of me. and we were, my father died a few years ago, but he was 75. he says to me, you know, i love you. it was the first time he had ever said that. and he says and i'm proud of you. that was the first time he ever said that. he said i'm proud that you're my son. and i'm proud -- just as proud that i'm your father. and that was my hero. you know, i'm going to tell you a quick story. >> we've got zeros on the clock, it's got to be quick. >> i got my first $100,000 contract and called my father and said, you don't have to work anymore. i make enough for bo

jack is a retired police officer in wichita. he arrived on omaha beach on june 6, 1944, with the 743rd tank battalion. and next to mr. ford is mr. ray lambert. ray was a staff sergeant with the 16th infantry regiment on d-day. at the outset of the war, the 16th regiment was one of the first mobilized for overseas duty. we'll see mr. lambert's experience was more than just normandy. we had a wonderful moment right before the panel. i always like showing off the holdings here at the eisenhower presidential museum. i like to show the journal from june 6, 1944, and asked him if he had read it. he said he had read it. and he had lived it. and to mr. lambert's right, we have dr. guy stern, who many of us were fortunate to see in programs yesterday. and dr. stern was born in germany in 1922. and was the only member of his family to have escaped and come to the united states in 1937. he was drafted into the u.s. army and sent to camp richie where he became one of the richie boys. the richie boys were largely european, jewish refugees wh

andy cooper's original lly bornn waco, texas, but he's raise in wichita, kansas. 1920 he plays for the detroit stars and in 1920 wilkinson traded two players to get him and he comes to the monarchs, remains there until he died while he was the manager in 1940. you becomes and because he was such an outstanding player, he, too, is in the major league hall of fame at cooperstown, new york. but of all the greatest players, especially during the 1920s, there was none greater than wilber "bullet" rogan and many people to this day have not heard higgs name. if i had the same group of people in 1920 and i would mention rogan's name, they would know exactly who i was talking about. he was widely publicized. here is the reason why i personally think he was the greatest all-around baseball player that ever lived. and, you know, right before, you know, we went and started this whole new decade and the new century, they did all these polls of the greatest baseball players of all time. everybody picks babe ruth. but let me till what you rogan was able to do. rogan, like ruth, he was a pitcher and h

in wichita you haven't seen the max heating yet. dallas feels like 96 degrees and they're dealing with this dangerous heat. you need to stay inside, hydrated. it is very dangerous. >> no wonder robert ray was saying the heat was affects the protesters in ferguson. i'm morgan radford. stay tuned. 101 east is up next, and you can always catch us online at www.aljazeera.com. in india, a woman's fate can take a cruel twist when her husband dies. >> they would beat me, both my daughter in law and my son would beat me.

wichita in the triple digits. so we do have a ridge of high pressure that's situated right over the midwest. that's going to shift closer to us. so our temperatures are also going to go up as we head into the next couple of days. so high pressure's going to stay in control. we've already seen a warm-up from yesterday. a 24-hour temperature change shows we're up 14 degrees in pottstown, up 11 degrees in wilmington and up about five degrees in millville. our average for this time of year continues to go down as we continue to wind down summer. 84 is our average for this time of year tomorrow. but above average at 85 degrees. and as we head into tuesday, temperatures will warm to 87. that's not as warm as we'll get. wednesday is the warmest day of the week pushing closer to 90 degrees. but over the next 24 hours you will notice plenty of sunshine for us especially as we head into the start of your workweek. we'll see clear skies heading into tonight as well. so a really nice 24 hours on tap for us. 61 degrees our ove

wichita. then indiaed up in topeka, kansas -- i ended up in topeka, kansas. no matter where i went, i talked baseball. someone mentioned there was a negro leaguer that had played ball who lived in topeka. and i got to know thisneath r n leaguer, carol ray moth ro w. through association he passed. i decided to a do a tribute. so in doing this tribute, once again being that person who loves to collect information, you know, i challenged myself. i said, i'm going to find every game the kansas city monarchs ever played. that was pretty aggressive idea back in that 1980. of course, there was no internet at that time. so if you wanted to know the name of the library, say, if they played in the abilene, you wanted to write the library, you had to go to the library. they had a big book with all the library addresses from the state of kansas, and then i'd write them down. i'd go and write letters. so hi had all these letters. it was just a labor of love and a passion that kept on growing. needless to say i was able to find games that were played in abilene because of

from wichita to duluth, an early warning going into this holiday weekend. >> and what a wild weather week we've had on both coasts. >> especially the waves. we have to show these pictures again. this was from the wedge, there the waves come. that was frommarie, but heavy rains are a threat. the great lakes, two to three inch inches. gal vest on the, texas, three inches. and labor day, the run moving across the east coast, too. >> thank you so much. >>> and we're learning much more tonight about the condition of joan rivers. hospitalized yesterday when she stopped breathing during a medical procedure. the latest from linzie davis. >> reporter: an update on the condition of joan rivers. abc news has learned the comedienne is unconscious and has been ever since she was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering cardiac arrest during a procedure at an endoscopy clinic. doctors are intentionally keeping the 81-year-old sedated and under close supervision until they're more comfortable with her condition. her daughter melissa, by her side tonight saying her mother's "condition remain

jack is a retired police officer in wichita, he arrived on omaha beach on june 6, 1944, with the 743rd tank battalion. flex to mr. ford is mr. ray lambert. ray was a staff sergeant with the 16th infantry on d-day. at the outset it was one of the first mobilized for overseas duty as we'll see mr. lambert's experience more than normandy. we had a wonderful moment before the panel. i like showing off the holdings here at the eisenhower presidential library museum so i was excited to show mr. lambert the 16th infantry journal. and asked him if he had read it and he said he read it and lived it. to mr. lambert's right we have dr. guy stern, many of us were fortunate to see in programs yesterday. dr. stern was born in germany in 1922, was the only member of his family to have escaped and come to the united states in 1937. he was drafted into the u.s. army and sent to camp rite where he became one of the richie boys, largely european jewish refugees who returned to europe and worked in psychological warfare and other intelligent aspects during the war and there is a recent documentary which w

from wichita to duluth, an early warning going into this holiday weekend. >> and what a wild weather week we've had on both coasts. >> especially the waves. you remember the pictures we have to show them again. this is at the wedge, the famous area. the people watching the waves, here they come. that was from the storm marie, so far from land now, the high surf advisories do run out. but heavy rains are a threat. some severe storms. the great lakes, two to three inches. galveston, texas, three inches. already today. and the tropical low in the gulf, it's going to be around for most of the weekend. and labor day, the rain moving across the east coast, too. >> some indoor cooking then, this weekend. ginger thank you so much. >>> and we're learning much more tonight about the condition of joan rivers. hospitalized yesterday when she stopped breathing during a medical procedure. many questions tonight. the latest from abc's linzie davis. >> reporter: an update on the condition of joan rivers. abc news has learned the comedienne is unconscious and has been ever since she was rushed to the

what is coming, whole central part of the country basking in serious sultry heat, hundred degrees in wichita. oklahoma city hundred degrees. we have not seen many of of them throughout the country this summer. ninety-nine in dallas. the lit rock 94. a piece of that heat will be moving our way over the next couple of days. high pressure is anchor to the north. more east northeasterly wind today. during the day tomorrow we will get in the warmer win. temperatures in the upper 80's. by wednesday that high gives way and we will get into more southerly win. our warmest win as this cold front approaches from the northwest, it will squeeze that heat off the eastern seaboard with temperatures around 90. it is only second time this month that that has happened where we are below average with 90-degree temperatures. he is well out to sea but it will be impacting our weather down the shore. we will get to that in a minute. by thursday we will see drying conditions, lower humidity, temperatures in the 80's courtesy of the high pressure system coming from the great lakes. it is not that cool in the mid 8

>> that's where i became rosie the riveter, it was the first place we moved after basic training in wichita falls. the first thing i had to do was get a job. i worked for a warehouse and learned they were hiring war brides, especially wanted war brides because they figured they'd be better workers for the defense plant something i never dreamed i'd ever do. i climbed an eight foot ladder with a blow torch in one hand and a roll of solder in the other hand and welded a group of small pipes together to make one large pipe for helium and that was one of my experiences. it shocks me today to think i did it. >> i know you follow ed mr. johnson around doing some jobs that men would have had during peace time? >> it was in the warehouse, i had to push a grocery cart around. and fill orders. and you had to learn in a short time where everything was on the shelves. it was so many miss lane jous things and i had to devise some way of knowing where i was in the hallways, i did that then in oklahoma city, i didn't know that men were doing it, but i learned to do a teleprompter and worked for western un

to >> i think everybody else would have been too if he would have ] sung "the wichita lineman." >> i don't know how the answer that. and i almost don't know what you're talking about. that. >> okay. all right.re >> enough about that. >> we're down to the last 15 seconds. >> i want toeti say something te you, please. obviously between one of my lifetime best friends and a guy that i've known 50 years. i got no business being here okay? be but i thought it was such an honor for me to be invited o because all i've ever tried to do in my adult life is to make my father proud of me. a and wego were -- my father dieds few years ago. but when he was 75, he says to " me you know, i love you.id and it was the first time he had ever said that. and he says, and i'm proud of you. that's the first time he ever that. he said i'm proud that you're my son and i'm proud just as proud that i'm your father. goi and that was my hero. you know, i'm going to tell you a quick story. >> we have zeros on the clock. d you have to be quick. >> wquick?i'm >> i got my first $100,000 contract and i called my fath

shutdown, because there were a lot of federal employees in wichita. a muchcould be with larger audience, like he had an interview with the low rightly that precededly the super bowl. you are getting to 111 million people or however many are watching that. the audiences are very. but presidents over the years have found interviews to be an important aspect of how they want to communicate with the public. not just giving speeches. the presidents in the 19th century who used interviews johnson. andrew andrew johnson was doing interviews with washington tryespondents as a way to to survive impeachment. he was having his impeachment , and he the senate decided to do interviews to his actions. and one of the people he talked to was a correspondent from , cincinnati commercial. was ae matter discussed most always nearly empty ending -- in beating impeachment when he was doing interviews. each party asking and answering questions and turned. while the interviewer did not take notes, he queried the presidents. if he was willing, that the result of the conversa

it was the first place we moved after basic training in wichita falls. the first thing i had to do was of course get a job. i worked in a warehouse for a short time and learned they were hiring war brides, especially wanted war brides because they figured they would be better workers for the defense plant there in amarillo, texas. something that i never dreamed i'd ever do and i can't believe i did it, but i climbed an eight-foot ladder with akííííín torch in one hand and a roll of solder in the other hand and welded a group of small pipes together to make one large pipe for helium. that was just part of my experience as i had other experiences there. that was the one thing that shocks me today to think i did that. >> you followed mr. olson around during the war. were some of the jobs you took on maybe jobs men would have had during peace time? >> well, in amarillo, the first job i had in amarillo, it was in a warehouse and i had to push almost like a grocery cart around and fill orders. you had to learn in a short time where everything was on the s

candy is coming back to texas to open up one in wichita falls. they are places that no little kid would pass up. we target title i schools in particular. a lot of those kids come from homes with no books. they go to schools with no libraries. those are the people who do not complete high school, which is a disaster in the information age. the age in which we live, where knowledge is power, we all have to be really tuned into these kinds of programs. we also have to be thinking about how to improve school systems. vouchers, wonderful. those who understand the value of that have to start speaking out strongly about this. how do we fund schools? the problem of course being if you live in a wealthy neighborhood, you have a lot of scholars and you can build a really nice school. if you live in a poor neighborhood -- that doesn't work. we need to find a much better way of funding public schools to make sure those people who start out on the lower rungs have a better chance to get to the higher rungs. everybody we can keep from that path of self-destruc

wichita topping out at 100 degrees. we will stay well above average through the rest of the work week. it's going to feel more like the triple digits. back to you. >> ok, thank you. >> it has happened again, dozens of people arrested overnight in ferguson, missouri. >> police say a handful of people turned peaceful protests violent. we'll speak with one woman who's organization is trying to help the community recover, especially the children. >> surveillance cameras capture two brazen purse snatchers attacking a 74-year-old woman in a supermarket. the harsh words her daughter has for the thieves. >> a realistic terror drill in south korea, the type of attack first responders there are preparing for. >> pope francis has been the head of the catholic church for a year now. we'll talk about how he is planning on retiring in our headlines from around the world. >> a tractor trailer seen dangling off a brink after it crashed into a side rail. the driver was rescued. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in th

charles coke along with his brother, is pouring nearly $300 million into this election, members of the wichita state basketball team, have the honor of pouring ice water and then throwing him in his pool. watch. >> they need to help us win this. >> let's do it. how do you feel. >> i feel like i am going to throw you in the pool. come on. >> good for them, but you know, tony, the $100 million that a.l.s. has raised now, that's still only one third of what the coke brothers are pouring into this election. >> bad perspective. all right. >> thank you. >> nfl players guilty of multiple incidents of domestic violence, could now be banished from the league, commissioner roger gadell introduced the new rules today. first time offenders will be twoed for six weeks. but players have a chance to appeal the decision after one year. coming up, after ukraine's president accused russia of invading it's country, how they are trying to avoided an all out war. was thousand children sexually exploited in the same town. the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis in ukraine

third day of the year for you in triple digit, 97 in oklahoma city and in wichita and that will continue to move north, push this delightful air mass that's been overhead in the midwest out of here. in the 0s, 87 in st. louis by monday, 92 in memphis. out west, no the a bad day, certainly a drier day. 106 in phoenix. the monsoon not too bad. 104, las vegas, 96 in sacramento and last but not let a tropical disturbance off the coast of africa. if it becomes a tropi >> a beautiful sta to the weekend. 80 to 86 and very cololorful humidity. sticer tomorrow with a thunderstorms possible. >> and this weather report brought to you by walgreens and two handsome 5'8" guys. >> vertically challenged. >> whoo. >> dan is still on his tiptoes. >> all right. well coming up on "good morning america," putting the teeth in shark week. the dive that changed one man's life forever. how he he indicated when he was attacked by a shark who didn't want to let go all caught on camera. >>> reality mixes with fantasy when frank underwood makes a prank call to hillary clinton. the hilarious conversation coming up in

a 10-drear warm-up for every mile that you go from denver to wichita. very hot. coming up, we willdeal detail more of the hot water but also the flat sys coming up. richelle. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> a big celebration. a cabe, the second panda at the zoo who has lived long enough to sell ambulate a first birthday. happy birthday to you. thank you for joining us. ism richelle carey. stay tuned, fault lines, a city under siege coming up now. "fa city under siege" [ explosion ] >>> ferguson, missouri - the spark for what would become daily street protests was the kit killing of an unarmed african-american teenager. 18-year-old michael brown was gunned down by a white police officer. in the days that followed police responded to the demonstrations with massive force.

i know about this 'cause i grew up -- some of my life was in wimp at a -- wichita kansas. is it the only place in the country that is this type of road yo'. >> i don't think so. my family is originally from oklahoma. there were lots of plaque families out west for sure. >> i want to see that one. so, the festival is going to run through this sunday. >> yes. >> okay. at various locations. how do i finds. >> black star.org is our web site. most everything takes place in university city. >> okay. >> okay. that i guess we covered it. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> are you going o do it again next year. >> absolutely. >> it's getting more successful every year. >> yes it. >> thank you for doing this in philadelphia. congratulations man. we have breaking news. >> 9:19 right now. we are following breaking news. police on the scene of a shooting in camden county. skyfox live over this area in winslow township. still a very active scene. we're still getting details into the fox 29 flues room but all police are saying right now is that they are on the scene investigating

now it's still going to be 90° over wichita in the next couple of days in omaha, 93, but as you can see they're beginning to come down in st. louis, more rain showers are in your forecast. that's a look at your national weather. your news is next. >> a united airlines flight was diverted over the weekend, forced to make an unexpected landing and it happened because two passengers got in a heated argument about leg room. our science and technology editor exert joins us from san francisco jake ward, he's rather tall, so jake, at the center of this debate something called the knee defender, i know you've got one of those things right? >> you know i hope to be unbiased as i can. i'm 6'7". two meters tall. the knee defender keeps the seat in front of you from reinclining. i know that passengers have jammed quarters in the hinges. i personally just lean forward and say hey can i buy you a drink or please don't come back. >> the leg space has clearly gotten smaller. >> yes, it has. >> is there a limit to how tight they can make it? >> there is undoubtedly. airlines are work around, they make m

there were three cities, wichita, little rock and tucson. each one of them had 18 different sites. people who ran this missile were sitting under ground. they didn't know where the missile was targeting. they had keys. they had to turn the keys simultaneously. the idea here was mutually assured destruction. the idea here was we've got overwhelming nuclear power. if you attack us, we're going to attack you. kind of like two scorpions in a bottle. each knowing if one stings the other, they both die. and that's why i wanted you to watch dr. strange love. dr. strange love, on the one hand, it's a comedic farce. it's black comedy. it's one of cooper's greatest ever. it really gives you a sense of what the cold war was like. at the very girning of the movie, there's a disclaimer that says this is fictional and the u.s. military says there's no way that this could happen. but the notion of b-52 bombers being poised to take off and overfly russia was real. there was an essential doomsday scenario. i personally grew up in columbus, mississippi. it's the home of a strategic air command base.

and had channeld glep campbell's wichita alignment? just as a guy who understands the entertainment part of this thing? >> i'm speechless. >> anybody else would have been, too. >> i don't know how to answer that. and i almost don't know what to talk about. >> all right. okay. >> well, we're down to the last 15 seconds. >> to my best friend, and a guy i've known for 50 years. i have no business being here. but i thought it was such an honor for me to be invited. all i've ever tried to do in my adult life is to make my daughter proud of me. and we were, my father died a few years ago. when he was 75. when he was 75, he says to me, you know i love you. and that was the first time he ever said that. and he says and i'm proud of you. and that's the first time he ever said that. he said i'm proud that you're my son. and i'm proud -- just as proud that i'm your father. and that was my hero. you know? i'll tell you a quick story. >> we've got zeros on the clock. it's got to be quick. >> i got my first hundred thousand dollar contract and i cal

he was a refugee born in waco, texas, but was raised in wichita , kansas but plays for the detroit stars. wilkinson traded to players at the beginning and he comes to the monarchs and remains there until he died while he was the manager of the monarchs in 1940. he comes and because he was such an outstanding player, he is in the major league baseball hall of fame in cooperstown, new york. players,e greatest especially during the 1920's, there was none greater than wilber "bullet" rogan. and many people to this day have not heard his name. if i had the same group of people here in 1920 and i was to mention his name, they would know exactly who i was talking about. he was widely publicized. i personally think he was the greatest all-around baseball player that ever lived. right before we started this whole new decade and new century, they did all of these polls of the greatest baseball players. everybody picks babe ruth, but let me tell you what rogan was able to do. like ruth, he was a pitcher and he invented a pitch called the palm ball which is a change of pace. so he was a great pitche