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this was to be the great white city. what do you notice about the architecture of the great white city? greek? >> [indiscernible] marble and very clean. prof. suri: yes. exactly. an ancient kind of look. museum like. if you have been to many great metropolitan museum in new york and chicago, they look like this. we talked about this last time about the metropolitan museum in your. -- in new york. these are things built in the late 19th century, invoking some connection to the classical world. some connection to rome and some connection to other societies and empires. what else about the texture -- architecture do you notice? remind me of first name -- isaiah? >> usually when architects try to capitalize on fillers and rotunda is, they tried to project some idea of power in relation to other places. typically when you see things like this, you are in all of this size of this amazing experience. that is one thing they are trying to project to the world. prof. suri: it is designed to be big. it is designed to make you feel
this was to be the great white city. what do you notice about the architecture of the great white city? greek? >> [indiscernible] marble and very clean. prof. suri: yes. exactly. an ancient kind of look. museum like. if you have been to many great metropolitan museum in new york and chicago, they look like this. we talked about this last time about the metropolitan museum in your. -- in new york. these are things built in the late 19th century, invoking some connection to the classical...
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this was to be the great white city. what do you notice about the architecture of the great white city? >> [indiscernible] marble and very clean. prof. suri: yes. exactly. an ancient kind of look. museum like. we talked about this last time. the metropolitan museum of art in new york. it is also what washington, d.c. looks like. these things are built in the late 19th century. what else about the architecture do you notice? remind me of first name -- isaiah? >> usually when architects try to capitalize on fillers and rotunda is, they tried to project some idea of power in relation to other places. typically when you see things like this, you are in all of this size of this amazing experience. that is one thing they are trying to project to the world. prof. suri: it is designed to be big. it is designed to make you feel small. it is hard to see that in the image, but if you look at the many people, you see the mini people here. you see the size relationship. in the late 19th century, many people are not accustomed to tall
this was to be the great white city. what do you notice about the architecture of the great white city? >> [indiscernible] marble and very clean. prof. suri: yes. exactly. an ancient kind of look. museum like. we talked about this last time. the metropolitan museum of art in new york. it is also what washington, d.c. looks like. these things are built in the late 19th century. what else about the architecture do you notice? remind me of first name -- isaiah? >> usually when...
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they loved double in the white city. [laughter] so i have to say they would not let me bring in the digital camera you don't photograph -- photocopied them anymore but it was very powerful and moving because it told me this is what the story is about not conspiracy theories or geopolitics but the fact this was a human tragedy of great dimension. of men and women and children dressed perfectly with what they were wearing at lunch and looking frankly like they could walk out of the photograph. and walked onto the stage is very powerful. >> 84 the interesting conversation. [applause] >> questions? >> once again to accompany the book with photographs? he says once again. [laughter] but it is the thing with me and i will explain it. but my goal is to create as rich a historical experience as i possibly can. i like them to sink into the past then he merge with a sense of having lived in the past time. photographs and nonfiction books, i totally embrace the philosophy he writes novels by have adopted this to nonfiction with the
they loved double in the white city. [laughter] so i have to say they would not let me bring in the digital camera you don't photograph -- photocopied them anymore but it was very powerful and moving because it told me this is what the story is about not conspiracy theories or geopolitics but the fact this was a human tragedy of great dimension. of men and women and children dressed perfectly with what they were wearing at lunch and looking frankly like they could walk out of the photograph....
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a white city, a common 60 foot cornice line. classical details throughout. and they all agreed unbelievably. you get a bunch of architects together, and they agreed on this. at the end of the meeting, this man over here. which is a gustavus. -- which is augustus. what did gus do here in town? the adams memorial. gus, another eminent american sculptor walked over to burn up and grabbed him by the hand and said, look here old fellow, do you realize this is the greatest meeting of artists since the 15th century? in other words, what happened back in florence and rome was now being reincarnated here in the united states. so what you have -- these are a couple of shots. here is a statue of the republic by daniel chester french. some shots around the best. what this was was we were trying to show those damn europeans that we can do it too. the first of the world fairs was in london, the crystal palace. actually prince albert was very much behind this. the huge, crystal building. this is where people came and showed their stuff. this is where you brought your plows
a white city, a common 60 foot cornice line. classical details throughout. and they all agreed unbelievably. you get a bunch of architects together, and they agreed on this. at the end of the meeting, this man over here. which is a gustavus. -- which is augustus. what did gus do here in town? the adams memorial. gus, another eminent american sculptor walked over to burn up and grabbed him by the hand and said, look here old fellow, do you realize this is the greatest meeting of artists since...
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and he was also committed to the city beautiful movement, which was something that grew out of the white city movement of the world's fair of 1891, i think it was in chicago. and the other person who was very civic minded was a guy named rudolph spreckels. that framly owned the oceanic lines of every ship that went from san francisco to hawaii and to australia belonged to them. they owned the largest building west of the mississippi. they owned the "evening call" newspaper. owned fullly one third of one of the islands in hawaii. one of the biggest sugar producers in america. so spreckles went because he saw the vast corruption around him went to a guy named older who was editor of the evening bull tin here. and older was fairly well-known editor and much respected, and he went to washington. he got an appointment with president roosevelt. and he met with roosevelt and told him of this extraordinary corruption in the city and had to be:ed up. you couldn't do any business in san francisco that didn't cost you fortunate. and, roosevelt said, ok, let's try to clean it up. i can give you john
and he was also committed to the city beautiful movement, which was something that grew out of the white city movement of the world's fair of 1891, i think it was in chicago. and the other person who was very civic minded was a guy named rudolph spreckels. that framly owned the oceanic lines of every ship that went from san francisco to hawaii and to australia belonged to them. they owned the largest building west of the mississippi. they owned the "evening call" newspaper. owned...
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minor city. >> reporter: south africans know politically things are changing. for the first time the main opposition party, the main opposition alliance will have a black leader, how do voters feel about that. >> we are scared of being led by a white western. i don't think it will make a difference. >> reporter: the outgoing leader has been praised for bringing more black people in the democratic alliance and diversifying the leadership. her departure ushers in a new era of black leaders. this is a favourite. he's up against an antiapartheid activist. some south africans are not convince the democratic alliance is truly transforming. is it as simple as having a black person as head means more black people will vote for the party. >> some disagree. they have to maintain a perception that it interests white interests. >> to put the black people in front knowing that the white people behind - that they might have that point of view. i'm not sure that that is how i say it. >> i wouldn't vote. not now. >> not in this lifetime. >> not in the next coming lift, hey. >>
minor city. >> reporter: south africans know politically things are changing. for the first time the main opposition party, the main opposition alliance will have a black leader, how do voters feel about that. >> we are scared of being led by a white western. i don't think it will make a difference. >> reporter: the outgoing leader has been praised for bringing more black people in the democratic alliance and diversifying the leadership. her departure ushers in a new era of...
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city so i'm just interested in the process that you go through and pinpoint the topic to review and then how you begin to bring that into the narrative. it's been despite anybody that works the thread into the way to go. [laughter] >> so essentially how do you come up with these ideas the whole narrative people have sort of interpreted by work and suggested i've got this thing about making sure i have the narrative and it's not been the intention of mind to do so although it may seem that way. the whole thing was very organic but the idea for me is a horrible phase. it's very difficult to do. it's too late to the kind history that i like to write which people have labeled nonfiction and that is as good a label as anything. it has to have a very rich archival base. i can find the bits and pieces that would like the imagination. it has to have a built in the organic engine that is to say something that inherently colors along because it begins under threat and then the climax is the seventh and that is the natural so then you can retold the story as a nonfiction work about to let at t
city so i'm just interested in the process that you go through and pinpoint the topic to review and then how you begin to bring that into the narrative. it's been despite anybody that works the thread into the way to go. [laughter] >> so essentially how do you come up with these ideas the whole narrative people have sort of interpreted by work and suggested i've got this thing about making sure i have the narrative and it's not been the intention of mind to do so although it may seem that...
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on their own got up and left the city partly because the cities were increasingly black and white people did not want to be with lack people and they left. i grew up in the detroit area, which lost almost all of its white population and was losing it long before the riots in detroit. it was a huge decline in the white population because they were able to move to the suburbs where jobs are being created. factories were being built not in the inner cities but out in the suburbs where land was cheap. and the federal government was financing their mortgages. was ensuring their mortgages and -- insuring their mortgages and making a possible for them -- impossible for them to buy out -- possible for them to buy out there but not possible for black people. the federal government encourage the segregation and it has never done anything to track it. all of the programs you can think of, if they don't address that core problem of poor people without any wealth being segregated into a tight area of the city, if you don't deal with that problem, you will never solve the problem. guest: the one thing
on their own got up and left the city partly because the cities were increasingly black and white people did not want to be with lack people and they left. i grew up in the detroit area, which lost almost all of its white population and was losing it long before the riots in detroit. it was a huge decline in the white population because they were able to move to the suburbs where jobs are being created. factories were being built not in the inner cities but out in the suburbs where land was...
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>> whites on their own got up and left the cities, partly because the cities were black and white people didn't want to be with black people and they left. i grew up in the detroit area louising almost all of the white population, lost it long before the riots in detroit. it was a human decline in the white population because they were able to move to the suburbs where jobs were being created, factories were being built not in the intercity, but out in the suburbs where land was cheap and the federal government was financing their mortgages. it was insuring their mortgages making it possible for them to buy out there, but not making it possible for black people. so the federal government encouraged segregation, and it's never done anything to correct it. all the programs you can think of, if they do not address the core problem of poor people without wealth segregated into a tight area of a city if you don't deal with that problem, you'll never solve the problem. >> the government true a lot of money at the problem. the fact it in 1965 with the war on poverty we poured money into the int
>> whites on their own got up and left the cities, partly because the cities were black and white people didn't want to be with black people and they left. i grew up in the detroit area louising almost all of the white population, lost it long before the riots in detroit. it was a human decline in the white population because they were able to move to the suburbs where jobs were being created, factories were being built not in the intercity, but out in the suburbs where land was cheap and...
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our city is a city that has a rich diversity that goes beyond black and white. our city population roughly about 15% of our city population consists of asian-american pacific islanders roughly historically a percent to 9% african-americans. latino population smaller at 5% of native americans historically have been the urban indian population has been about 2%. that diversity belies a lot of attention that our city is experiencing like so many others across the nation as we deal with development and growth. we have parts of our city that are incredibly diverse. a few years ago after the 2010 census one of our zip codes 98118 was declared as the most diverse zip code in the country. other zip codes have since fought for that distinction. he has seattle is also known as the city because roughly 70% of the city is white is also very segregated and how our city lives. when mayor murray took office last year, there was a lot that was very wonderful about the opportunities present in our city but also significant challenges. one of those challenges that the mayor ident
our city is a city that has a rich diversity that goes beyond black and white. our city population roughly about 15% of our city population consists of asian-american pacific islanders roughly historically a percent to 9% african-americans. latino population smaller at 5% of native americans historically have been the urban indian population has been about 2%. that diversity belies a lot of attention that our city is experiencing like so many others across the nation as we deal with development...
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in baltimore the median wage of the city's white residents are twice that of the black citizens. >> the violence i'm talking about is underfunded system, gentrification in black and brown neighborhoods high unemployment investment in downtown when you are forgetting about uptown. >> the people here will follow the development of freddy gray's killing. but for now for one brief moment there's a sense everyone's voirseseveryone'svoices have finally been heard. >> i said what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> we've checked out the scene behind us, it's pretty calm, these people are breaking curfew but it doesn't look like anything is happening. we'll update you to make sure there aren't any changes. >> al jazeera will be focusing on this throughout the weekend. i'm libby casey in new york. "america tonight" is next. stay tuned. >> on al jazeera america ali velshi looks at the issues affecting us all... >> we're taking a hard look at the most important issues out there that get you the answers that you deserve. >> real money with ali velshi only on al jazeera america
in baltimore the median wage of the city's white residents are twice that of the black citizens. >> the violence i'm talking about is underfunded system, gentrification in black and brown neighborhoods high unemployment investment in downtown when you are forgetting about uptown. >> the people here will follow the development of freddy gray's killing. but for now for one brief moment there's a sense everyone's voirseseveryone'svoices have finally been heard. >> i said what do...
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the mayor of my city i grew up in. i just came from celebrating my mothers 90th birtday in seattle and it is wonderful to see their parks. growing as all these cities grow. this is a great time to have this conference in san francisco. i'm proud to host it here and proud of the reck and park and commission and parks alliance and trust for public lands and all our private partners working together with us to not only expand, to maintain, to reutilize and refresh open spaces in our city. just this weekend as you were here opening we had sunday streets over in the bay view and it is exciting to always find out how people are celebrating those sunday streets. i know the other cities do that as well and it isn't just enough for us as a city to have the parks that we do have. we have to kick over streets once in a while and make sure those streets exhibit the kind of friendliness for at least a sunday to imagine and have our kids and families imagine how it is to play in open spaces without the challenges of the congested tr
the mayor of my city i grew up in. i just came from celebrating my mothers 90th birtday in seattle and it is wonderful to see their parks. growing as all these cities grow. this is a great time to have this conference in san francisco. i'm proud to host it here and proud of the reck and park and commission and parks alliance and trust for public lands and all our private partners working together with us to not only expand, to maintain, to reutilize and refresh open spaces in our city. just...
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and whites were at 9%. we asked the city's mayor why this problem keeps coming up. >> they are asking the question about race in policing in every big city in america today and in every big city as in san jose, we have to continue to look for ways to improve accountability. >> last night the assistant police chief joined leaders, students and the mayor to talk about racial bias. he said the department is bringing in an outside expert to analyze the data. >>> police arrested a well- known east bay community leader for allegedly downloading child pornography. 52-year-old jeffrey casper was taken into custody on may 7. detectives say casper was downloading the illegal videos at his concord home. he is a former chairman of the greater concord chamber of commerce. he won a number of awards to city of concord business recognition awards. the state of california small business of the year for the 7th senate district. and et cetera a member of the rotary -- he is a member of the rotary club, as well. he is emceed t
and whites were at 9%. we asked the city's mayor why this problem keeps coming up. >> they are asking the question about race in policing in every big city in america today and in every big city as in san jose, we have to continue to look for ways to improve accountability. >> last night the assistant police chief joined leaders, students and the mayor to talk about racial bias. he said the department is bringing in an outside expert to analyze the data. >>> police arrested...
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. >> is the issue of white inner city blah, -- blacks and 50% dropping out and can't write is that because of racism >>> i come from south africa. >> i feel like i'm an outsider. >> i come here and see schools that are in an appalling condition in the upper city. mainly african-american kids going to the terrible schools, living in poverty. the good public schools are in wealthy neighbourhoods predominantly white, and they are wonderful. black kids can't get there. you are saying the system is fine. >> i didn't say it was fine. in baltimore we are spending 16,000 to educate children every year. we need to be able to get the kid out of a bad underperforming school. the democrats, the leftists don't want that. they are beholden to unions. president obama has his kid in a pricey school. before moving to washington d.c. they were in a nice private school. obama went to the best school in hawaii. and then to oxi and then columbia and harvard. he never set foot in a public school. >> let's talk about the black lives matter movement. you endorse, support it you are a part of it. >> yes. >> in fer
. >> is the issue of white inner city blah, -- blacks and 50% dropping out and can't write is that because of racism >>> i come from south africa. >> i feel like i'm an outsider. >> i come here and see schools that are in an appalling condition in the upper city. mainly african-american kids going to the terrible schools, living in poverty. the good public schools are in wealthy neighbourhoods predominantly white, and they are wonderful. black kids can't get there....
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the white house is vowing to help reclaim the city. nbc's bill neely has our report. >> reporter: the retreat from ramadi was fast and humiliating. iraqi troops in dozens of armored vehicles in a race for their lives. forcing them out, isis fighters who shot this propaganda video showing a city abandoned by the army. isis gunmen controlling the hospital in the city center. iraqi troops fought for just two days, leaving behind american supplied weapons and tanks. but it's a setback for the u.s. a decade ago nbc news was in ramadi where hundreds of american troops gave their lives to hold the city. today ramadi is held by the world's biggest terror group, and it will be tough to retake. >> it is possible to have the kind of attack we've seen in ramadi, but i am absolutely confident in the days ahead that will be reversed. >> reporter: but u.s. air strikes have pounded isis positions around ramadi for weeks. it didn't work. air power has its limits. >> the fall of ramadi, it's huge. >> reporter: critics like senator john mccain are callin
the white house is vowing to help reclaim the city. nbc's bill neely has our report. >> reporter: the retreat from ramadi was fast and humiliating. iraqi troops in dozens of armored vehicles in a race for their lives. forcing them out, isis fighters who shot this propaganda video showing a city abandoned by the army. isis gunmen controlling the hospital in the city center. iraqi troops fought for just two days, leaving behind american supplied weapons and tanks. but it's a setback for the...
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new census figures show the city is seeing an influx of white families moving in. the city had 88,000 white residents in 2013 compared to just 76,000 three years earlier. some say the cheaper housing and company incentives are contributing to that shift and the same trend seems to be happening in cities across the country. >>> working to reduce poverty in rural communities, that's the goal of a conference this week in memphis. leaders from around the world are attending, including secretary of agriculture thomas milsap. he says the south is important because of a vibrant rural economy there. >> the sadz reality is we've made progress in reducing poverty almost children and senior citizens but the sad reality is poverty still exists. >> he says his department has invested $24 billion in rural communities and the money had gone toward food, loans and grants. >>> west coast dock workers are one step closer to finalizing their contracts. the companies which employ them are giving the okay to that contract which restored labor peace earlier this year. the dispute betwee
new census figures show the city is seeing an influx of white families moving in. the city had 88,000 white residents in 2013 compared to just 76,000 three years earlier. some say the cheaper housing and company incentives are contributing to that shift and the same trend seems to be happening in cities across the country. >>> working to reduce poverty in rural communities, that's the goal of a conference this week in memphis. leaders from around the world are attending, including...
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white house correspondent brent coulombe explains. >> >> reporter: the u.s. coalition dropped almost 2500 bombs on iraq, trained thousands of soldiers, but it didn't stop the city of ramadi fulling to i.s.i.l. >> there's no denying this is a setback. >> reporter: an official talking point, ramadi was surrounded for so long, it's a surprise it didn't end sooner. u.s. backing a plan to send in sunni militias. that's a step the u.s. has been hesitant to take until now, says an analyst. >> there was a sense that the shia militia was a group we wanted to minimise, not legitimate or work with. we have seen a contending strand of thought which basically is we can't be so picky. and we'll have to recognise that iraq is coming together slowly in terms of the strength of government and the reconstitution of the iraqi army. >> reporter: the state department was asked about reports in the past that shi'a militias performed atrocities and can it happen again? >> i am not sure what guarantees we are hoping for. we are of the view that militia should be under the command an
white house correspondent brent coulombe explains. >> >> reporter: the u.s. coalition dropped almost 2500 bombs on iraq, trained thousands of soldiers, but it didn't stop the city of ramadi fulling to i.s.i.l. >> there's no denying this is a setback. >> reporter: an official talking point, ramadi was surrounded for so long, it's a surprise it didn't end sooner. u.s. backing a plan to send in sunni militias. that's a step the u.s. has been hesitant to take until now, says...
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the white house is vowing to help reclaim the city. bill neely has our report. >> reporter: the retreat from ramadi was fast and humiliating. iraqi troops in a race for their lives. forcing them out, isis fighters who shot this propaganda video showing a city abandoned by the army. isis gunmen controlling the hospital in the city center. iraqi troops fought for just two days leaving behind american supplied weapons and tanks. but it's a setback for the u.s. a decade ago nbc news was in ramadi where hundreds of american troops gave their lives to hold the city. today it is held by the world's biggest terror group and it will be tough to retake. >> it is possible to have the kind of attack we've seen in ramadi but i am confident in the days ahead that will be reversed. >> reporter: u.s. air strikes pounded them for weeks. air power has its limits. >> the fall of ramadi is huge. >> reporter: critics like john mccain are calling for u.s. boots on the ground which the obama administration has ruled out. nbc news london. >> in florida a priv
the white house is vowing to help reclaim the city. bill neely has our report. >> reporter: the retreat from ramadi was fast and humiliating. iraqi troops in a race for their lives. forcing them out, isis fighters who shot this propaganda video showing a city abandoned by the army. isis gunmen controlling the hospital in the city center. iraqi troops fought for just two days leaving behind american supplied weapons and tanks. but it's a setback for the u.s. a decade ago nbc news was in...
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our city is a city that is -- has a rich diversity, that is -- that goes beyond black and white. our city population roughly about 15% of our city population consists of asian-american specific islanders. roughly historically we've had 8% to 9% african-american. latino population a bit smaller at 5% and native americans historically have been the urban indian population has been about 2%. that diversity belies a lot of tensions that our city is experiencing, like so many other cities across the nation, as we deal with development and growth. we have parts of our city that arediverse. a few years ago after the 2010 census one of our zip codes, 99118 zip code, was declared as one of the most diverse zip codes in the country. other zip codes have since sort of fought for that distinction and yet seattle is known as a city because roughly 70% of the city is white, as also very segregated in how our city lives, and when mayor murray took office last year there was a lot that was very wonderful about the opportunities that were present in our city, but there were also significant chall
our city is a city that is -- has a rich diversity, that is -- that goes beyond black and white. our city population roughly about 15% of our city population consists of asian-american specific islanders. roughly historically we've had 8% to 9% african-american. latino population a bit smaller at 5% and native americans historically have been the urban indian population has been about 2%. that diversity belies a lot of tensions that our city is experiencing, like so many other cities across the...
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national league of cities and even the white house which we're very proud of and hopefully to inspire others to take a similar approach to government services, we created a retrospective and wanted to make sure we shared our lessons learned and this can be downloaded on the portal through that url and what what were the lessons learned? one of the most important is to get your leadership on board not only do we have the support of mayor lee i know the commission over the years has advocated tirelessly on behalf of building this portal and now we're seeing the the fruition of all of your work. we talked quite often and we were honest and respectful of each other we didn't always agree but the head the head butting resulted in better results and you want to be sure you get buy-in from experts and you want to make sure that you do this early on and what we did with all of the business permitting departments we brought them into the room did a 3-hour workshop and had everyone contribute to the initial research and made them feel like they were part of the process from the get go and make
national league of cities and even the white house which we're very proud of and hopefully to inspire others to take a similar approach to government services, we created a retrospective and wanted to make sure we shared our lessons learned and this can be downloaded on the portal through that url and what what were the lessons learned? one of the most important is to get your leadership on board not only do we have the support of mayor lee i know the commission over the years has advocated...
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the hospital, as i understand it, accuses her of walking across town to the all-white city hospital. remember, this was in the '60s and she did that to deliver the baby there and then they say she walked all the way back to homer g. philips hospital to give the baby up for adoption. let's listen to what zella says about that, first of all. >> this is robbing me of my joy. it's robbing me of my joy. you have robbed me. you are trying to kill my character. you're trying to lie and say i was at one hospital. i've never been to city hospital in my life. i can't even tell you right now where it was. i think it's lies on top of lies. >> okay. let me ask you, al, how clausable is tclause ab clausable is the hospital story eand not some clauberation in their records if she had gone there to have the baby? >> one is there is absolutely no clausable or credible that substantiate what these records show. this is a sealed adoption file that is open after decades. she had two babies at homer g. philips hospital before baby tidiane was born. she lost a third baby before baby diane was born. she li
the hospital, as i understand it, accuses her of walking across town to the all-white city hospital. remember, this was in the '60s and she did that to deliver the baby there and then they say she walked all the way back to homer g. philips hospital to give the baby up for adoption. let's listen to what zella says about that, first of all. >> this is robbing me of my joy. it's robbing me of my joy. you have robbed me. you are trying to kill my character. you're trying to lie and say i was...
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on their own got up and left the city partly because the cities were increasingly black and white people did not want to be with lack people and they left. i grew up in the detroit area, which lost almost all of its white population and was losing it long before the riots in detroit. it was a huge decline in the white population because they were able to move to the suburbs where jobs are being created. factories were being built not in the inner cities but out in the suburbs where land was cheap. and the federal government was financing their mortgages. was ensuring their mortgages and making it possible for them -- impossible for them to buy out -- possible for them to buy out there but not possible for black people. the federal government encourage the segregation and it has never done anything to track it. all of the programs you can think of, if they don't address that core problem of poor people without any wealth being segregated into a tight area of the city, if you don't deal with that problem, you will never solve the problem. guest: the one thing this government do -- date is
on their own got up and left the city partly because the cities were increasingly black and white people did not want to be with lack people and they left. i grew up in the detroit area, which lost almost all of its white population and was losing it long before the riots in detroit. it was a huge decline in the white population because they were able to move to the suburbs where jobs are being created. factories were being built not in the inner cities but out in the suburbs where land was...
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newspaper editor william allen white advocated for the eradication of the ku klux klan and early 1900s. hosted by our cox communications cable partner, c-span's city tours recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about the call weekend here on american is -- about topeka a weekend here on american history tv. >> i came to know charles curtis after i moved to topeka. i am resident historian of the cemetery where he is buried. i came to him no -- i came to know more of history. the more i found out, the more fascinating or realized he was. he is reduced to a trivia question. the only vice president of native american lineage or interest rate -- or ancestry. he deserves more than that. i have done some curtis research in the last 20 years. it has got more serious. his journey has become more remarkable to me in the last couple of years. i realize exactly what he did. he is born on north topeka, 1860. he's born during the territorial period. he is caw french, and white dissent. his father is a white man oren curtis. his ancestors are passengers on the mayflower
newspaper editor william allen white advocated for the eradication of the ku klux klan and early 1900s. hosted by our cox communications cable partner, c-span's city tours recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about the call weekend here on american is -- about topeka a weekend here on american history tv. >> i came to know charles curtis after i moved to topeka. i am resident historian of the cemetery where he is buried. i came to him no -- i came to know...
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he went into the white castle in new york city and said i'll take that that that that that and start eating. >> like you're a big person eating a little burger. >> he does the tally of what it costs for each item and the calories. what hospital do you want me to take you to? >> already at the one day of calorie count for 15 bucks. that's pretty good. >> bacon cheeseburger regular cheeseburger fries, triple cheeseburger. he also ordered all the drinks they have as well. one of the employees steps up and says hey, want to join me? she's like um no thanks. >> how is he able to eat all of it? >> he's struggling. starts to get some encourage here. >> don't stop. eat it eat it. >> i feel like i'm gaining weight just watching this video. >> makes you feel bloated. >> he eats all of it including the dessert. in the end, grand total $60.22. a total of $99,465 calories. >> and hours in the bathroom. >> seriously. >> everything on the menu. >>> for our family members at my wedding last year -- >> samantha is the bride you see sitting there at that table and it is time for her big sister to do t
he went into the white castle in new york city and said i'll take that that that that that and start eating. >> like you're a big person eating a little burger. >> he does the tally of what it costs for each item and the calories. what hospital do you want me to take you to? >> already at the one day of calorie count for 15 bucks. that's pretty good. >> bacon cheeseburger regular cheeseburger fries, triple cheeseburger. he also ordered all the drinks they have as well....
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. >> fluid and white machines covering a lot of city malls miles. dozens of bike stations popping up one neighborhood after sgloot we make. >> the title sons sore independence blue cross. city prom ekts launch aid week ago with 2200 people signed up. >> i look like two. for days i don't want to leave it in city and have the risk of it going stale stolen it's quick and effective. >> these bikes are more anyone. tourists, groups of friends even people dressed for work. is there a mark for indgo in philadelphia. >> philadelphia was ready for bike shaivrment philadelphians embraced it. >> as a $3 million investment from owns and operates ingigo. he says riders get a member tment and members can take as many one our trips as they want. no will he be -- walk up to a station slide in a credit card and get a three speed bike. basket and bell included four different for half hour. pick up at one lobe and drop off at another. 8,000 in just the first week. >> to far or inconvenine to ride transit but it it will thb afternoon. there's trips in philadelphia. >>
. >> fluid and white machines covering a lot of city malls miles. dozens of bike stations popping up one neighborhood after sgloot we make. >> the title sons sore independence blue cross. city prom ekts launch aid week ago with 2200 people signed up. >> i look like two. for days i don't want to leave it in city and have the risk of it going stale stolen it's quick and effective. >> these bikes are more anyone. tourists, groups of friends even people dressed for work. is...
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you've got a predominantly black city and a majority white police force. does that need to change? >> if you come from the premise that, you know, only an african american can police other african americans, then we're all doomed to failure. >> stahl: it's getting harder and harder for the world to meet the demand for fresh water. so as you'll see tonight, more and more is being pumped from deep underground. are you and are the farmers worried that, by going that deep, you are depleting the groundwater? >> well, yes, we are depleting it. but on the other hand, what choice do you have? >> stahl: what's the result of all of this drilling? that's our story tonight. that's alarming. >> it should be. >> rose: this is what everybody that is watching this wants to know. >> yeah. >> rose: who is larry david? >> oh, this guy. he's too much. >> rose: who is larry david? >> you are too much, mr. rose. >> rose: why? >> huh? >> rose: why? >> you're probing. what is the probe? >> rose: because we want to know who you are, i mean... >> i'm a jerk, that's who i am. let's stop talking about me. i..
you've got a predominantly black city and a majority white police force. does that need to change? >> if you come from the premise that, you know, only an african american can police other african americans, then we're all doomed to failure. >> stahl: it's getting harder and harder for the world to meet the demand for fresh water. so as you'll see tonight, more and more is being pumped from deep underground. are you and are the farmers worried that, by going that deep, you are...
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now. >> hundreds of people black and white gathered outside city hall for nearly two hour passionate but peaceful rally. demanding change within the culture of police departments everywhere. this woman says she lost her son in police gunfire last year. >> he was shot so severely they wanted to do a closed casket. and i'm fighting for him. i'm fighting for trayvon martin. brandon tate brown and i'm going to continue fighting. >> report roar dozens of people took to the microphone sharing their stories of what they say is police brutality and racial injustice much this woman from baltimore brought her five-year-old son. >> i've been pulled over here in philadelphia. naturally, a black man a black young man the first instinct that comes to their heart is fear. i don't teach my son it's judge a natural thing he was born with w we're born in this country it's a fear that we have toward them and it has to stop. it has to change. >> one hour into this rally and demonstrators seemed glued to have speaker. the crowd isn't getting smaller it's growing. police with a strong presence in the back
now. >> hundreds of people black and white gathered outside city hall for nearly two hour passionate but peaceful rally. demanding change within the culture of police departments everywhere. this woman says she lost her son in police gunfire last year. >> he was shot so severely they wanted to do a closed casket. and i'm fighting for him. i'm fighting for trayvon martin. brandon tate brown and i'm going to continue fighting. >> report roar dozens of people took to the...
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and a lawsuit which was filed against the city. godfrey hodgeson a former white house correspondent during the kennedy and johnson administrations, comments on the legacies of the two presidents in jfk and lbj: the last two great presidents. also being released this week yale university professor of philosophy jason stanley discusses the ability of propaganda to undermine democratic governments in "how propaganda works." and neurobiologist richard francis explores the history of animal and plant domestication and how human civilization affects the evolutionary process in "domesticated: evolution in a manmade world." look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> this was in 1979. craig was graduating from high school. he was a very talented basketball player. he had an offer from the university of washington that was going to pay his way, and he had been invited -- he had been accepted as princeton where he, the family would have to pay some of the bills. he would hav
and a lawsuit which was filed against the city. godfrey hodgeson a former white house correspondent during the kennedy and johnson administrations, comments on the legacies of the two presidents in jfk and lbj: the last two great presidents. also being released this week yale university professor of philosophy jason stanley discusses the ability of propaganda to undermine democratic governments in "how propaganda works." and neurobiologist richard francis explores the history of...
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blasts so powerful some were described as being on par with the oklahoma city bombing. white house officials say the rocket shipment is not a new strategy but consistent with its 36-month goal to degrade the enemy. defeat will take longer. in an interview with the atlantic the president said despite recent headlines things are not dire in iraq. saying "no, i don't think we're losing. and i just talked to our centcome commanders and the folks on the ground." there's no doubt there was a tactical setback though ramadi had been vulnerable for a long time pry mayly because these are not iraqi forces we have trained or forced. additional equipment, operational advice and when possible close air support, but the effectiveness of that strategy is debatable. isis-controlled areas have continued to spread throughout syria and iraq on the president's watch. this as isis overtook the ancient syrian city of palmyra, threatening to destroy anticties there as they did in mosul. critics argue the mission to degrade and not defeat is tan tamt to leading from behind. >> the president is
blasts so powerful some were described as being on par with the oklahoma city bombing. white house officials say the rocket shipment is not a new strategy but consistent with its 36-month goal to degrade the enemy. defeat will take longer. in an interview with the atlantic the president said despite recent headlines things are not dire in iraq. saying "no, i don't think we're losing. and i just talked to our centcome commanders and the folks on the ground." there's no doubt there was...
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and the city was no rogue actor. in the 1930s, the federal government reinforced the boundaries of segregation in baltimore and elsewhere. new federal agencies were formed to ensure more stable mortgages to help homeowners struggling through the great depression. they wouldn't insure just any mortgage. they were discouraged from making mortgages in run-down areas or undesirable population. the agencies drew maps rated by risk to the banks. those riskiest areas, often with a high african-american population were marked in red. here's one such map of baltimore from 1937 created by the federal home owner loan corporation. this red and yellow area that's present day winchester. in other words, freddie gray's neighborhood. yellow means the area will likely be infiltrated from an unpopular area. marking the black areas in red, known as red lining. the federal loan guarantees made it more affordable for certain families usually white families to own homes. the neighborhoods where our banks wouldn't lend and where black fami
and the city was no rogue actor. in the 1930s, the federal government reinforced the boundaries of segregation in baltimore and elsewhere. new federal agencies were formed to ensure more stable mortgages to help homeowners struggling through the great depression. they wouldn't insure just any mortgage. they were discouraged from making mortgages in run-down areas or undesirable population. the agencies drew maps rated by risk to the banks. those riskiest areas, often with a high...
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what are we going to do to solve the problems facing the inner-city poor people white or black or brown. we don't have a national agenda or a jack kemp who i know you were a big fan of. we don't have anyone speaking with a voice. >> unfortunately you have liberal policies that have promoted this. lou: is talk about the problem than the cause not the solution. >> but when conservative candidates talk about jobs and education reform stop throwing money at the problem and the school choice there are solutions to make them appeal to the community to say this is how we get you out of poverty with a better ambiance. lou: i don't ask this to a new you but is there an example of an american city in which you have just said it has worked in the last half century? i cannot think of one. >> but school choice? isn't that a pretty good example? lou: but i thought she was talking better programmatic solutions. >> is -- it is. >> everyone who comes out to advocate for school choice could board. lou: how caird anyone in this country resist discipline in schools when the children are shot down in the st
what are we going to do to solve the problems facing the inner-city poor people white or black or brown. we don't have a national agenda or a jack kemp who i know you were a big fan of. we don't have anyone speaking with a voice. >> unfortunately you have liberal policies that have promoted this. lou: is talk about the problem than the cause not the solution. >> but when conservative candidates talk about jobs and education reform stop throwing money at the problem and the school...
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some were described as being on par with the oklahoma city bombing. white house officials say the shipment is not a new strategy but consistent with the 36 month goal to degrade the enemy. in an interview, the president said that despite recent headlines things are not dire saying that though, i don't think we are losing, and i just talked to the folks on the ground. it's no doubt that there were tactical setbacks although they had been vulnerable for a long time. primarily because these are not iraqi security forces that we have traynor reinforced. the obama doctrine is predicated on building up the capacity of local fighters with broad training and additional equipment and operational advice and close air support. but the effectiveness of that strategy is debatable isis controlled areas have continued to spread and this says they overtook the ancient city threatening to destroy antiquity there as they did before. but critics argue that the mission to degrade and not defeat is tantamount to leaving from not behind. >> he's going to have to scrap this
some were described as being on par with the oklahoma city bombing. white house officials say the shipment is not a new strategy but consistent with the 36 month goal to degrade the enemy. in an interview, the president said that despite recent headlines things are not dire saying that though, i don't think we are losing, and i just talked to the folks on the ground. it's no doubt that there were tactical setbacks although they had been vulnerable for a long time. primarily because these are...
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may we work together black and white, to rebuild our neighborhoods, and to make our city quiet attractive, and efficient. and fundamentally where we live in the confidence that every man and every woman in america has that long lasting opportunity to become all that he was created of being, such as is his ability. in conclusion, all of you who share this vision from new york to california, from the county to florida from our brothers and sisters on the road, a national unity and a new america. [ applause ] those of you -- those of you who were lock outside of the convention hall in 1968, those of you who can now vote for the first time, those of you who agree with me that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it, those of you who have been neglected left out ignored, forgotten, or shunned aside for whatever reason give me your help at this hour, join me in an effort toreshape our society and regain control of our destiny as we go down the trail for 1972. [ applause ] >> do you represent a trend for more women specifically black women and go after elected
may we work together black and white, to rebuild our neighborhoods, and to make our city quiet attractive, and efficient. and fundamentally where we live in the confidence that every man and every woman in america has that long lasting opportunity to become all that he was created of being, such as is his ability. in conclusion, all of you who share this vision from new york to california, from the county to florida from our brothers and sisters on the road, a national unity and a new america....
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great beaning shakes the city. it is the sound of the bombs falling, and another onlooker reported seeing a streak of fire shooting down straight at me. he said i stared at it hardly comprehending. the bomb struck the restaurant just a few yards away then was burning in the road. 22 people were killed and the next day they demonstrated out in the streets for better protection. but what about gas? on the 25th of september, the british who had at first command germany's use just five months previously made their own military use during the battle. the attack failed. the wind changed and blew a lot of the gas back over the british troops. the wrong turning piece had been sent with 5,000 cylinders of corine so that the contents could not be released. even worse, they excluded some of the cylinders causing yet more damaging gas cheesecake to the british lines. in fact as 1915 through to a close, none of the technologies have a decisive effect. then in spring of 1916 it was getting into the u.s. demand that the germany s
great beaning shakes the city. it is the sound of the bombs falling, and another onlooker reported seeing a streak of fire shooting down straight at me. he said i stared at it hardly comprehending. the bomb struck the restaurant just a few yards away then was burning in the road. 22 people were killed and the next day they demonstrated out in the streets for better protection. but what about gas? on the 25th of september, the british who had at first command germany's use just five months...
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into the city from a howard john sow motel in college park. tuesday wint was identified as a suspect in the torture and murders of savvas and amy savopoulos, their young song 10- year-old philip and their house keep. police say he extorted $40,000 from his former boss before torching the house, stealing his porsche and setting that car on fire just miles from his father's home in lanham. yesterday we were in lanham and saw overnight thursday that police searched and raided that home taking evidence from the home and then later thursday morning the suspect's father went with police leaving the house in an unmarked police car and then of course late last night that man, the 34-year-old daron wint arrested here in northeast washington. police say at the time before the quadruple murder, wint ordered a domino's pizza delivered to the house. they found his d.n.a. on a leftover piece of crust. we're live in northeast, delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> jurors in the colorado theater shooting case are seeing autopsy photos of some of the 12 people killed in
into the city from a howard john sow motel in college park. tuesday wint was identified as a suspect in the torture and murders of savvas and amy savopoulos, their young song 10- year-old philip and their house keep. police say he extorted $40,000 from his former boss before torching the house, stealing his porsche and setting that car on fire just miles from his father's home in lanham. yesterday we were in lanham and saw overnight thursday that police searched and raided that home taking...
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want to go find the 16-foot long great white we headed toward atlantic city. but hit friday shore traffic. so we made pit stop at clearly just the right place. surrounded now by shark we asked customers at shark east about mary lee. >> it sounds too nice for a shark, a big scary shark. >> what should we call it? >> bruno. >> bring it here so we can cook it up. >> you are ready to eat it? >> make some shark steaks? >> not exactly what o search, put tracking device on mary lee years ago in mind. take a look. she gets around. logging nearly 20,000 miles in the atlantic. we talked to o search board member via face time, says they are tracking about 20 sharks world-wide right now. >> now we understand all of the different areas that they're going and now we're starting to study all of the different at butte. what are they doing in those different areas? why are they migrating this way? >> beach-goers we found would like mary lee to migrate away from the shore, please. >> i love the shore. i am a little bit scared of search. >> but they say they have much bigger rea
want to go find the 16-foot long great white we headed toward atlantic city. but hit friday shore traffic. so we made pit stop at clearly just the right place. surrounded now by shark we asked customers at shark east about mary lee. >> it sounds too nice for a shark, a big scary shark. >> what should we call it? >> bruno. >> bring it here so we can cook it up. >> you are ready to eat it? >> make some shark steaks? >> not exactly what o search, put...
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in the city of chicago are white. is it that we're telling everybody that only white people want to be police officers? we go to ferguson where there might be two black police officers in a population that is almost 70% african-american? that kind of disconnect is going to cause -- i would think we would want to talk about some fundamental changes about how is it that we recruit people? i don't know, sheriff. maybe you can help me. in chicago, when i go talk to the cops in my district and i go into some of the areas where there is more gang violence, i find it to be younger cops and i find that the older comes like my dad, if he worked somewhere by the time he had any seniority, he took the good shift. as a police officer getting the brunt of the work what do you think? if the police officers like when you joined the police force, the older veteran police officers who might have the training and the experience, are they the ones in the neighborhood where there is a lot of trouble where you might need more veteran poli
in the city of chicago are white. is it that we're telling everybody that only white people want to be police officers? we go to ferguson where there might be two black police officers in a population that is almost 70% african-american? that kind of disconnect is going to cause -- i would think we would want to talk about some fundamental changes about how is it that we recruit people? i don't know, sheriff. maybe you can help me. in chicago, when i go talk to the cops in my district and i go...