. >> plus, when she was outed for being white, she lost her position at the naacp. now rachel dolezal has written a memoir to tell a story she thinks you never heard. she's here to make the case she is transblack. but first, the president tweeted about many things this week, the quote/unquote failing "new york times" calling michael flynn's situation a witch hunt. hedging his trade policy with china, and his animosity toward the conservative congressional bloc known as the freedom caucus. quote, the freedom caucus will hurt the entire republican agenda if they don't get on the team and fast. we must fight them and democrats in 2018. when he asked where they were in the health care battle, the freedom caucus responded saying, @realdonaldtrump, we're where we've always been, keeping our promise. repeal includes eliminating the costly obamacare regs that are driving up americans' premiums. we can do better than a plan that only 17% of americans support. #keepourpromise. does the president have the power to fight them in 2018? in november's election the freedom caucus m

thanks so much for being with us president and senior of the and president north carolina naacp. speaking to us from the national ress club in washington before he goes to memphis where he and others will hold a news 9:00 a.m. today at tomorrow mocracy now! norm chomsky and we will talk to him about the speech. when we come back we go to cairo cairo, egypt to speak. egyptian president is in washington to speak with president trump today. stay with us. >> president trump is scheduled to welcome egyptian president the white al-sisi to house today. he is a former military general president to tian visit the white house since egypt's s 2011 revolution. rose to power in 2013 through overthrowing p egypt's first freely elected ed morsi. mohammed the trump administration says it ly address the human rights record. was said invite being a did as tens of thousands rot in jail and torture is the orders strange way to build a strategic relationship. sisi resident trump calls him.tasticic guy meeting he was reportedly the first world leader to congratulate presidency ning the in november in

the naacp is upset because only one choice was presented at a public meeting last week. some, do yous appointment came nine days after the naacp requested the trenton board of education reopen the superintendent search. >> all right. time now to search for answers as far as the commute home tonight on a monday night. >> over to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi, matt. >> always searching for delays. >> sure. >> usually don't have to look very hard especially on the schuylkill expressway rick and monica on this first week day afternoon commute of april. things could have gone better. we had a crash here in the eastbound lanes approaching spring garden involving two dump trucks. the final police police officer that was on the scene just pulled away about two minutes ago. so, everything is opened here eastbound approaching spring garden but as you can see, it is still clogged. you might still want to us 82 the river drives like the mlk right there where traffic is moving better. eastbound schuylkill you're still looking at speeds like 15 miles per hour. ev

the naacp. >> this was firsthand experience. >> she wasn't a history teacher. the siddons come along, one of the original students at north carolina had a high school teacher on the 1947 journey of reconciliation. so this information is just transmitted. i'm guess happening all over the country. >> i am sure it was. could nottion was we do anything. hope in the congress. gothe only place we could was the court. once in a while you could get -- you had a profound impact on her. >> it had a profound impact on you. thurgood marshall was a well-known name. you know who he was. everybody knew who he was. you talked about your parents being refused hotel rooms. elaine: in my household that was a matter. union,st black trade randolph would come home off the railroad and he will come up to the kitchen. and the brotherhood. daddy was very active and vocal. people gathered around. girl, i met randolph. my father being on the railroad decided i want my kids to see some of the country. my mother said good i

tim also serves on the executive board of the north carolina naacp. tim can tell you more about this book than i can. i just want to say that he does a marvelous job of put it and it kills murder and lynching into a context of american history. tim's earlier book, blood done sign my name is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later in oxford, north carolina about 25 miles from here. i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here, at the intersection by ninth street where black during the war 1944 a black such in soldier in uniform would not move to the back of the bus. when he got off the bus the bus driver got off and shot and killed him. as is usual in these cases, an all-white jury found the people that clearly committed these crimes not guilty. there is quite a very sad tradition here. one last thing i want to say, and working on publicity for this book, i went on google images looking for a picture of emmett till. there are two important pictures of emmett till there. one of him as a

he worked with the naacp in the 40s and wrote a couple of anti-lynching bills area and wrote a bill that would have outlawed the poll tax. none of that's stuff passed at that time but it would eventually. voorhees died august 25, 1968 . he was 72 years old, he had been retired for some 10 years and he suffered from emphysema, was somewhat overweight and i think the accumulation of those things finally caught up with him. i think the way we see the work of 40s when we think of conservatives today, we tend to think of them as very nationalistic. every flag waving. they tend to be pretty aggressive and in terms of american foreign policy. >> they tend to believe in american exceptionalism. and that wasn't always the case but with conservatives. >> you know, there was a time before world war ii when conservatives tended to be reluctant to become involved in foreign affairs. isolationism. and i think voorhees contributed to that shift. it's a paradox. it's a very different from what it was a couple of generations ago. i would paired for something like the south used to be solidly democratic a

as -- heon't know him was the number one requested speaker of the naacp in the united states at that time. countryed around the speaking at meetings. the number two speaker was martin luther king. the way that robinson would wrap up his speeches -- he would use this one line. he would say if i have to choose between the hall of fame and full citizenship for my people, i would choose full citizenship time and time again. debs would say that i will arrive, it will be with the ranks not for the ranks. i think it is incredible. we may know about the famed black power salute of tommie smith and john carlos of the 1968 olympics. it is being commemorated. it was commemorated in a statute in california. there is a lot about that picture we don't know. it is one of the most marketed pictures in the last hundred years. we don't know that tommie smith and john carlos -- they wanted to protest poverty. they didn't wear shoes. ofwas a massive breed etiquette at the time. -- breach of etiquette at the time. , he i got to john carlos said i wanted it open to represent shift workers, blue-collar peo

jonathan butler a medical professional at ucsf as well as a representative from the naacp. [applause] >> good morning. today the naacp's mission is to make sure the political education social and economic equality of all persons in aluminate hatred and dissemination and the foundation and enjoyment of all such rights begins with healthy individuals and healthy communities. [applause]. so the naacp is committed to the health and well-being of african-americans in particular, concernedabout preventing tobacco use among youth. as a social epidemiologist, i know that tobacco related deaths continue to be the number one preventable cause of death claiming 47,000 african-american lives a year. tobacco related deaths continue to claim more lives than violence, car accidents, and nontobacco related cancers combined. the tobacco industry has a well-documented history of developing and marketing brands targeted to african-americans and their use and the tobacco industry manipulated the manufacturing of cigarettes to ensure the uptake and continued use of tobacco. especially, by afric

he served for many years as president and then chairman of the naacp legal chair and fund. president clinton awarded him the presidential medal of freedom in 1995. he was 96 years old. >>> a trailblazer of gay rights has died. gilbert baker was an artist best known for designing the rainbow flag that became a symbol of the lgbtq rights. he became an activist in the community in san francisco where he taught himself to sew making his first flag in 1978. he made a flag that stretched all across key west in florida from the gulf of mexico to the atlantic ocean. he never trademarked his design. he was 65 years old. >>> watching all those pounds at the airport, these days it's not only about excess baggage. >>> finally tonight for those of us passing through airplanes on a regular basis there may be a welcome alternative to sitting around the waiting area or having one or maybe two at the bar. a new trend in fitness and flying. >> reporter: when you break a sweat at the airport, it's typically because you're running to catch a flight or lugging bags. until now. welcome to rome,

jonathan butler a medical professional at ucsf as well as a representative from the naacp. [applause] >> good morning. today the naacp's mission is to make sure the political education social and economic equality of all persons in aluminate hatred and dissemination and the foundation and enjoyment of all such rights begins with healthy individuals and healthy communities. [applause]. so the naacp is committed to the health and well-being of african-americans in particular, concernedabout preventing tobacco use among youth. as a social epidemiologist, i know that tobacco related deaths continue to be the number one preventable cause of death claiming 47,000 african-american lives a year. tobacco related deaths continue to claim more lives than violence, car accidents, and nontobacco related cancers combined. the tobacco industry has a well-documented history of developing and marketing brands targeted to african-americans and their use and the tobacco industry manipulated the manufacturing of cigarettes to ensure the uptake and continued use of tobacco. especially, by afric

she received the first one at an naacp banquet. she will get $100 a week while she is in college so she can focus on her studies. >>> honored for bringing opportunity to philadelphia tonight, he founded an engineering firm that bears his name. the honor is given to someone who brings business to the area while generating jobs. >>> tonight we are learn about the big names expected at the wild, wild wild american celebration on july 4th. you know these guys, boys 2 men will be honored during the festivities and perform during the celebration of freedom ceremony earlier in the day at independence hall. and the philly pops will be playing the top hits of the last 25 years. and they'll have some help from mandy gonzalez of "hamilton." and we will broadcast the concert and fireworks from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. and we are not stopping there. we will live stream it all online so you can watch it from any device on the fourth. >>> we were also tracking storms moving across the area from west to east. right now things are quiet in philadelphia.

. >>> protests today targeting united airlines and why the naacp say a passenger shows the lack of diversity. >>> raiders quarterback has mixed feelings and the plan to move to las vegas.>>> the new option to watch ktvu fox 2. 11:00 debuts after the 10:00 news. >>> a pilot was arrested for carrying a loaded handgun. the 55-year-old had their weapon in his carry-on found by a screening. he told them he forgot he was carrying a gun. sheriff said he was charged with misdemeanor weapons possession and released on $200 bill. southwest has not commented.>>> jesse jackson and his rainbow pushed a protest against united airlines at the safford esko -- san francisco area airport. call attention to the mistreatment of a 69-year-old passenger who was dragged off a flight last week after refusing to give up his seat to the crewmember.>> he will sue the company. the policy must change. >> the passenger suffered broken nose teeth and other injuries and they have issued an apology for how he was treated and changed the policy so that paying customers will not be pumped for employees.>>> one-man was taken t

not only through high school, and segregation rallies, but the naacp put kids on trial as well as the science showing the harm that separate but equal was causing to the kids in the south. an excellent book on this is richard kluger's book, "simple justice." it's on the history of brown versus board of education and how they got to the decision. essentially what the naacp was doing was putting civil rights , asrial by having the youth well as scientists from around the nation testify against the harms that were occurring. decision,d the brown it really talks about the science that was put before the courts. -- book that i want to commit to you is called "unlikely heroes." it's by a guy named jack bass. it's about the judges in the fifth circuit in the south who had to implement these decisions. judges who courageously took on the entire ingrained segregated world. there werethat judges in the south that could do that, but are there judges nowadays that are prepared to take on the fossil feel industry? the other cases we looked at were tobacco cases. -- we all know that the tobacco ind

core is involved and the naacp is, but it is primarily a sncc operation. why does bob moses bring it back? he becomes the main director but is technically the codirector. what is moses trying to accomplish? go ahead, caleb. >> proving that blacks do want to vote. prof. shrock: that is right. how does he accomplish this? nathan, go ahead. >> by a -- i'm pretty sure it was a false voting campaign to find out how many people wanted to vote but couldn't anyway. prof. shrock: how many people voted in the freedom election of 1963? just shout out the number. how many? 80,000 people voted. that is a clear demonstration that there are people in mississippi that want to vote. bob moses learned a really important lesson when he was working during the freedom election. at first, bob moses was opposed to bringing in white volunteers, but civil rights attorney suggested the white volunteers be brought in. some 60 students from yale and harvard who were white were brought in. what does this do for freedom election? what does moses realize happen when those students from

and then spent the rest of his career working as a fund-raiser naacp. these are the ripples that jackie robinson is concerned enabling. and now back to the final series against the cardinals. i want you to see how it felt in 1947 at the end of that season. robinson is spiked yet again. this is the last game on the road. they are dreaded rivals. after he has been named rookie of the year. they used to give the award before the end of the season, robinson is still facing these threats. he still feels that he is doing an all-purpose. -- is doing it on purpose. but next time up a robinson comes up to bat he says something over his shoulder, he feels like he has been around long enough he can give let. he can let a little anger out. and grass yellow was a high ahead. he gets up and they are just too testing getting ready to get at it until they are pulled apart by the umpires and coaches who rushed out. the next time he comes up he hits a home run. he gives the dodgers by 2-1 lead. robinson was playing first base. there is a foul ball with two outs and robin

sherrilyn ifill is president and director-counsel of the naacp legal defense fund. and norm stamper is the former chief of the seattle police department and the author of the book, "to protect and to serve: how to fix america's police." we welcome you both to democracy now! is this a new war on drugs? and cacan you talk about the judge's decision? >> what we see with attorney general jeff sessions is an effort to take us back in time. you heard in the clip that you just posted, i mean, he talks about nancy reagan. this is a person who stuck in the 1980's and in some cases, stuck in the 1950's. it is not just about the war on drugs. it is a richer view of law enforcement and policing in which you are attempting to wipe out the last 30 years of progress in this country to the extent it has been made. the last four years in particular will be -- focusing on police reform and you talk about ferguson in the uprising, this intent look at unconstitutional policing. this is what jeff sessions does not want to deal with. he talks about a few bad apples, not looking at system

the naacp along with residents and officials gathered in atlantic city today. they say the state takeover will have a negative impact on many people. one of the big issues they say is the possible privatization of >> that water is life sustaining, and we are here in atlantic city because we understand most pro foundly that what is understood to be merely a money problem is in fact a democracy challenge. this is not meal merely about dollars and cents. it's about human beings. >> governor christie today said the takeover is in fact working. >>> the fbi says a guy who frills down hit banks over and over again bought he won't be doing that any longer. the bureau says richard boyle was difficult to department if i because all of that lots of different costumes or whatever. hats and stuff. investigators say dub him a straw hat bandit but he's in jail now. prosecutors charged boyle with robbing 11 banks in bucks and montgomery county. this goes back to 2012. he stole almost a half million dollars in cash. >> the majority of these jobs were with the handgun where the

read the book, i say had the opportunity to meet the author, where both nominated finalists for the naacp image award. she won and i was glad to be there with her and celebrate her winning that a word for that wonderful book. see your question more specifically, i chronicle and chronicling the history of racist ideas, i also chronicle the history of racist ideas about each and every black gro group. one of those black groups are black women. a specific set of racist ideas have been created that have denigrated black women. typically these ideas are at the intersection of race and gender. i classify and others have classified it as gender racism. so i chronicle the ways in which black women have not only been facing obstacles as a result of the race but also their genderpn and class and try to show the ways in which all of these ideas had created notions that had denigrated black women. >> host: book tv has covered margo, talking about her book "hidden figures". racis you can go to booktv.org, type in their name and you'll be able to watch it online at your leisure. the next call for the g

he served as president and chairman of the naacp. bill clinton awarded him the presidential medal of freedom in 1995. he was 96 years old. >>> a trailblazer for gay rights has died. after serving in the army baker became an activist in the gay community in san francisco where he taught himself to sew making his first flag in 1978. on the 25th anniversary of the symbol he made a flag that stretched from the gulf of mexico to the atlantic ocean. he never trade marked his design calling it his gift to the world. he was 65 years old. >>> when we come back, watching all those pounds at the airport, these days it's not pounds at the airport, these days it's not when you're close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you can embrace the chance of completely clear skin with taltz. taltz is proven to give you a chance at completely clear skin. with taltz, up to 90% of patients had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. in fact, 4 out of 10 even

she received the first scholarship at an naacp banquet last night. it was started by enrique la toy sed toyzan. a legal analyst here for us at nbc 10. hodges will get $100 a week while she wis in college. >>> now to another award ceremony. chuck was given the william penn award last night. nbc 10 general manager rick harris was on hand as the chamber of commerce honored penoni for bringing business to the area and generating jobs. >>> 5:58 now on this saturday. from rhetoric to reality, the trump administration targets philadelphia as a sanctuary city. we'll tell you what city leaders is to say about what a -- about a threat to take away more than $1 million. >>> and i'm tracking the rain chances in your neighborhood. take a look at these charts. it's a bunch of gobbledygook, but you'll notice, it's low in dover today, but high in philly. tomorrow, nothing in philly, but a lot in dover. we have some trends going on and i will explain why it looks that way, an ominous look out at penn's landing and the ben franklin bridge. almost want to hear a fog ho

held by montgomery county chiefs of police association, in partnership with county chapters of the naacp focusing on science, base add approach to fair, and impartial polic ing. >>> and that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >>> up next, pat's here with your morning sports, hi there, pat. >> terrible night for phillies though as they took on the mets, many, many feet of home runs were hit by one player, we will show thaw. >>> former nfl superstar gets a final good bye on the basketball court all next nosy neighbor with a glad bag, full of trash. what happens next? nothing. only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. guaranteed. even the most perceptive noses won't notice the trash. be happy. it's glad. easter is coming.... and kmart's got the sweet deals you need. so hip hop in -- and get your groove on. ♪ >>> welcome back, and thanks for waking up here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> patrick's here with sports, a painful, night for phillies. >> painful. >> i know you guys didn't stay up. the mets, well, they own the bank, so much so they have w

brown versus board of education litigation in which the distinguished cptorians helped the in aa casee naacp make the against school segregation. more recently, 400 historians signed an amicus brief in the case of webster versus reproductive services, the abortion rights case from 1989, tell youanelists will about things that are both older and more recent. in addition, historians testifying at trial has a quite long pedigree. as jay morganh cows are began testifying in voting rights cases. it has a more recent history that goes through a bunch of different kinds of cases, which you will find out a little bit about today, including things like tobacco litigation, in which the role of historians has proven quite contentious. finally, we should understand that this is a practice and a beyond thet extends nationstate of the united states. in fact, there is a long history of this outside the bounds of the united states, stretching back at least to the testimony of historians in the adolf eichmann trial in 1961. in france, the famous frankfurt which az trials in distinguished french historian dec

and i think at the time the naacp was in favor of this bill because of that reason but i think they switched their decision but that had an influence on me too. and those local governments that weren't doing as good a job as they were were able to do so because such communities were politically marginalized and they weren't in the position to take the property for economic purposes. as was mentioned sometimes it's small houses they couldn't compete with the powerful developers. and that's unfortunate, normally i'm on the side of the weak and the poor and what you do relates to these. however, i concluded that economic development can help everyone and that those people who are in the worst economic shape and had difficulty sometimes getting together their strength to fight at the city council sill level may be the ones that benefit the most from economic development. because not to agree with our 45 am president who said, you know, how much worse can it get, we've seen how much worse it could get. it's gotten a lot worse with the proposals that are made were are the budget he's proposed. but

he was associate counselor for the national association for the advancement of colored people, naacp legal defense and education fund, and he filed the first civil rights suit in mississippi in the 1950's in jefferson davis county, seeking the enforcement of the right of black citizens to become registered voters. in 1961, r. jess brown represented james h. meredith in his suit to be allowed to enter the university of mississippi. his victory in this case opened the doors of that university to all mississippi citizens. while with the naacp legal defense and educational fund, he played a major role in fighting racial discrimination in the areas of transportation and other public accommodations. during his lifetime, r. jess brown received numerous awards and honors, including the naacp's lawyer of the year award, the national bar association's c. francis stratford award, and the mississippi teachers association award for extraordinary service to education in mississippi. other accomplishments are too numerous to mention, but unfortunately are not as well-known as they should be, and th

she is the litigation director of the naacp legal defense and educational funding. christina oversees all aspects of lbs litigation in four key practice areas including economic justice, education, political participation and criminal justice. as a nationally recognized expert on issues of race and colonel justice, should participate in committees,, advisory panels, strategically convening, conferences and national media interviews including those with pbs "newshour," msnbc, and democracy now!. last but certainly not least we have dr. greg carr, associate professor of africana studies and chair of the department of african studies at howard university, an adjunct faculty at howard school of law. he holds a phd in african american studies from temple university and a jd from the ohio state university college of law. he was a school, he wasn't the schools district of philadelphia first resident scholar on race and culture and his girlfriend of the philadelphia freedom school movement, a community based academic initiative that has evolved over 13,000 elementary high s

civilian honor and also a recipient of the medal, the highest for the advancement of colored people or naacp. he has written nine books and he and his wife cofounded the carson scholars fund which recognizes young people of all backgroun backgrounds. the fund is currently operating in 50 states in d.c. and reck cogged more than 7,300 scholars. it's installed more than 150 ben car on reading rooms around the country. we are really pleased to have dr. carson here to talk with us a bit about his vision for affordable housing programs. join me in welcoming dr. carson. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i am absolutely delighted to be here with you. i want to thank diane, who i have known about and thank all of you who have been supportive. i know some times when you support a republican it can cost you. you know, the way i look at it, i have got to be something but i don't worry too much about labels. it's so important the mission we have to deal with here. you know, as a physician, you know, i operated an 15,000 patients. when i was campaigning one of the real joys was seeing so many of my pa

he would get to the naacp and get his job back, which was -- i did not think was right. do you think there is misuse maybe that these people think they deserve something they don't? and that aside i'm going to go i my representative because don't know the politically correct thing to say, gay or you -- i'mo you think maybe going to use the system to my advantage. host: we will let sharon answer. guest: that the great question because i think it's important to recognize in any of these cases the individual actually has to prove what it is they are alleging. case, we were not at the stage of actually having to put forth the proof along the lines of what you said, that she in fact was qualified for the promotion. not that somebody else who was more qualified got the job. the judge said i'm not going to let you get in and try to marshall that evidence. this is the standing we hear about? guest: exactly. does she have standing? does the law cover her situation? even assuming everything you alleged is true, would it be illegal if you actually were able to prove those things? r

he desegregated the schools and he defended three black voter who were -- by naacp officials and yet democrat of democrat called him a racist. it's just unconscionable. >> host: how do you come from campus radical to supporter of donald trump? >> guest: that's a long one. i left the left when the black panther party murdered a mother of three whom i had recruited to do the book for a school that i had raises the money to buy. and when the left what victorious in its fight against america's involvement in vietnam, and when the left was victorious, the united states withdrew and left the vietnamese without protection. the communist proceeded to slaughter 2.3 million peasants in china and there was not a single protest from the left, and i realized the left was never an antiwar moment. it was an anti-american movement and reminds that to this to. >> host: brought up race a couple of times. racial issues in your new book, big agenda. you write republicans need to direct their errors they akellth lease heel of the democratic party. the monopoly control hoff the inner cities of america and

is the highest honor bestowed by the national association for the advancement of colored people or naacp. he has written nine books. he and his wife cofounded the carson scholars fund which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for their exceptional academic accomplishments. the fund is currently operating in 50 states and d.c. and has recognized scholars and awarded scholarships and it has installed more than 150 ben carson reading rooms around the country. we are really pleased to have dr. carson here to talk with us a bit about his vision for affordable housing programs in this country. please join me in welcoming dr. -- dr. carson. [applause] dr. carson: i am delighted to be here. i would like to thank diane, who i have known about. i know sometimes when you support a republican, it costs you. the way i look at it, i have to be something. i don't think too much about labels but it is so important, the mission we have to deal with here. you know, as a physician, you know, i operated on 15,000 patients and when i was campaigning one of the real joys was seeing so many of my patien

the naacp is a subsidiary of the company. it's the weaponize philanthropy that doles out millions every year in the community to nonprofit groups, churches, parks and recreation programs and schools. doesn't want to pay its fair share of taxes that does that to win the hearts and minds and people who otherwise it is in the downwind to be standing up for and fighting for and demanding the workplace conditions and higher standards of community health and more environmental protection. it's been effective in putting measures designed to address climate change by targeting the corporate democrats, black and latino, lavishing campaignlavisc contributions and the key legislation that we need. i appreciate that you are trying to create a dialogue between the environmentalistenvironmentalist you agree that the overarching context of this conversation for the convenient mythology about the renewable fuel standard being founded on the premise that there is a sustainable pat. of ethanol. we ended up with the depletion collapsing because

is the highest honor bestowed by the national association for the advancement of colored people or naacp. he's a plo livic writer, he's written nine books and ha and his wife cofounlded the carsons scholar fund chn recognizes people of all backgrounds for their exceptional, academic accomplishments. it is currently operating in 50 states and d.c. and it's recognized more than 7,3003 scholar it's installed for than 150,000 reading rooms around the country. we're pleased to have dr. carson here to talk with us a bit about his vision for affordable how's prog grams in this country. so please join me in welcoming dr. carson. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. i'm absolutely delighted to be here with you and i want to thank die yan yentel who i've known about and think all of you who have been supportive. i know sometimes when you support a republican it could cost you, but the way i look at it, i got to be something but i don't really worry too much about labels. because it's so important the mission that we have to deal with here. you know, as a physician, you know, i operated

is the highest honor bestowed by the national association for the advancement of colored people or naacp. he is a prolific writer. he has written nine books. and he and his wife cofounded the carson scholars fund, which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for their exceptional academic and you miniature and accomplishments. the fund is currently operating d.c. -- and in d.c., and is recognized scholars and awarded scholarships and it has installed more than 150 ben carson reading rooms around the country. so, we are really pleased that dr. carson here to talk with us a bit about his vision for affordable housing programs in this country. so please join me in welcoming dr. carson. [applause] dr. carson: thank you very much. i am absolutely delighted to be here with you. who i to thank diane, have known about. and thank all of you who have been supportive. i know sometimes when you support a republican, it can cost you. to way i look at it, i got be something, but i don't really worry too much about labels because it is so important, the mission that we have to deal with here. udell

take taxes, just like you -- from north carolina coming as they head of a church, he is head of the naacp national convention, he is an advocate -- that is a conflict of interest. you think the new democratic party leader, the last two months, he has been under all these latino churches all across florida, preaching to the church. no way should no politician be given a church at no time come as no place here you will contaminate the membership of your church. that is just terrible. down south -- all you politicians, you need to stay out of the church, and you church ministers, do your church. host: ok, robert, we will let our guest answer. guest: robert has a point about the bush administration. they did make a concerted effort to sort of free up the money for faith-based institutions. in this case, the first mms has two things about religion. cannotthe government make any law respecting the establishment of a religion. they can also not make a law prohibiting the exercise of religion. you cannot get in the way of religion, but you cannot back it up officially as the state's religion. lot

is the highest honor bestowed by the national association for the advancement of colored people, or naacp. he's a prolific writer writer. he's written nine books and he and his wife cofounded the carson scholars fund which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for the exceptional academic and humanitarian accomplishment. the fund is truly operating in 50 states and d.c. and is recognized more than 7300 scholars. it's awarded more than $7.3 million in scholarships and has installed more than 150 ben carson reading rooms around the country. so we're really pleased of dr. carson here to talk with us a bit about his vision for affordable housing programs in this country. so please join me in welcoming dr. carson. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm actually delighted to be here with you, and i want to thank diane, who i've known about, and thank all of you who have been support us. i know sometimes when you support a republican and can cost you, but the way i look at it, i've got to be something i don't really worry too much about labels. because it's so important the nation that we h

jenae nelson is with the naacp legal defense fund. >> this new strict requirement is based on an idea that there is voter fraud in texas, and we've debunked that many times over. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott responded on twitter saying, "yes, texas will appeal the erroneous voter i.d. ruling by a liberal obama judge and we should win. supreme court has already approved voter i.d." floyd carrier now has a valid picture i.d. and hopes no one else is denied the right he fought to protect. >> to me you have your right to go vote. >> reporter: if this latest ruling stands, scott, there are consequences. texas elections could dpoe back under federal oversight. >> omar villafranca, thanks. >>> a 9-year-old boy shot in his classroom is recovering well, according to his family. on monday a gunman in san bernardino, california shot his estranged wife, who was a teacher, but he hit two children as well. the teacher and one student died. the gunman committed suicide. the violence recalled the horror at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. it's been four years since 20

of the and i'll delay cp -- as the reverend of the naacp reminded, there is strength in seeing the fault lines and convictions of the heart of white supremacy. the power of user nests to disrupt both race and power. thanks very -- thanks. [applause] >> are we doing questions? >> questions. >> excuse me? >> questions. [laughter] [inaudible] it -- it a braille's was a brilliant presentation so let me start with gratitude. the question i have is, did you need the role of christianity, and you can you elaborate on the economic incentives in driving this. >> that is a great question. wow. no. you don't make or scantily. because, morgan wright have the right, you theft of labor against endangered servants who are all christians throughout the 17th century. when they rebel, we bring in african-americans. there is little pretense that any of this is moral or ethical. the question of how this system could become legitimate, how it would be legitimate in the eyes of holders is that they hinges initially. the society for the gospel is insisting that they christianized their slaves. barbadian and ot

. >> reporter: the local chapter of the naacp said it's exploring whether to explore for allegations of unequal treatment of black students, the school district said it does not use race as a factor in class assignments and as a result hoffman will face discipline for the incident. her poor choice of words, she said she understands to have to quote seek additional opportunities to apply racial sensitivity and cultural competence in her work. it's a heck of a statement >>> just terrifying. a little girl fell out of a moving bus. she's ok thanks to the driver who happen to be right behind her. >> and some favorite childhood character comes to life in west philly. the less soon behind the fairytale law. sdwlfrjts >>> tough video to see, dash cam out of arkansas caught the moment a four-year-old felt out of a bus. she managed to unlatch the back door and tumble to the road wednesday thank goodness a volunteer firefighter was right behind her. and his dash cam caught what happened. he came to the rescue immediately. you can see he picked her up. she needs surgery for a broken jaw, but sho

only sits on the school board and works part-time, he's also the youth chapter president of the local naacp and an ambassador for oakland promise. >> i can't give up. if i do, who do my students look up to. i have to show them a better way of life. >> that goes for everybody in his community. >> i just really hope i can continue to be a voice for the voiceless and for the vulnerable. i just want to do all the good i can for as many people as i can. >> reporter: be inspired by him and other students who rise above. to learn more about it, go to our website. for students rising above. >>> anybody heading outside today, it's a lovely april 1. >> it sure is. plenty of sunshine there. basketball tonight, the final four in action. enjoy it right here on cbs. see you tomorrow, guys. ♪ [ music ] ,,,, ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, narrator: today on lucky dog... brandon: little bit shy aren't you? narrator: going from a family home to a shelter has made this puppy a little less golden. brandon: separation anxiety is very common with a lot of dogs. it's a psychological issue. narrator: when a chance for a fresh

national book award, it was a finalist for tha national book critics circle award and nominated for an naacp image award. andre is another presenter at the panel. his book is the other slavery. it was a finalist for the national book award. he's a professor at the university of california davis and he specializes in colonial history and the history of theof border. jonathan bryant is a full professor at georgia southern sr university, his specialty is united states constitutional and legal history and also slavery. his book is, dark places of the earth.al histo it was a finalist for the los angeles book price in history and has one several other academic words.an let's begin.on and t >> it is truly an honor for me to be here, thank you to the people of tucson, and the tucson festival, thank you to my co- panelist and thank you for you for coming to listen to this panel of slavery in america. i'll be talking about my book stamped from the beginning. i don't often have the opportunity to talk about the book specifically as it relates to its chapters and sections of slavery. i'm excited to be o