More on here and now. One righteous man samuel battle and the shattering of the color line in new york is a new book that tells the courageous story of the first black new York City Police officer. Now, samuel battle broke the color barrier on the police force, enduring hostility on the job and on city streets. Joining us today pulitzer prizewinning journalist and the author of one righteous man, arthur browne. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. Thank you for having me, sandra. I appreciate it. This book really is a walkthrough history, through new york city history, in a lot of ways and even the countrys to a smaller extent. What drew you to sam battles story . Okay. In 2009, an amateur historian had known about sam battle and known that hed been the first cop on the new York City Police force, that hed broken in in 1911. He persuaded new york city to place a sign up on the intersection of lenox avenue and 135th street. The daily news did a little story. They called h
Telecommuting. Do you have your confirmation number . It may not surprise you that when you call jetblue to book a flight, the person doing it is at home, not in a call center. Abdominal ultrasound. But it might be a big surprise that the raidologist reading your xray, cat scan or m. R. I. Could very well be doing it from an office in his basement, not a hospital. Is this the future of the American Workplace . To commute or telecommute later this sunday morning. In a new role, actor tim robins plays to a captive audience. Hes encouraging men behind bars to act rather than act up. Serena altschul will have the inside story. Actor tim robbins has played many memorable roles, none more memorable than Andy Dufresne in the shawshank redemption. I spent some time in solitary to prepare for shawshank. I asked to be locked up. All emotion, go, go tim robbins is behind bars again, this time teaching acting to inmates. Ahead on sunday morning, well go back to prison with tim robbins. A new bay b
Two people rescued a young 6yearold boy from a raging river in south dakota and then disappeared in a massive sea of whipped foam whipped by unrelenting currents. Abcs rob nelson has been following developments all night long. Good morning to you. It really was the ultimate bravery on display. Two Good Samaritans jumping in to save a young boys life but the real drama was only just beginning. As the ice melts on the big sioux river, the water is filled with chemicals, churning with ice particles creating a thick foam making for dangerous circumstances. A 6yearold boy who was peering into the river slipped and fell into the frothy water thursday evening. Two onlookers jumped in to save the boy from the foam engulfing him. The two men were able to grab the boy but his two heroes are nowhere to be seen. Three of us had him and he had the kid with him, but just slipped. Just slipped. Crews are now desperately searching for those two Good Samaritans who saved the little boys life. We are ha
Investigation by the countrys minister of education and that prompted a backlash, video after video of tunisian probably doing the harlem shake in defiance. Andless egypt where the authorities went further and the backlash was worse. Four pharmaceutical students were arrested for doing this harlem shake in front of the pyramids and that set occupy a big reaction there was a mass shake in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters to protest. No now who says americas Popular Culture exports have no value . The answer to the question of the week was a, it has about 450 official citizens. Many of whom actually live elsewhere. According to the c. I. A. Fact book, the total population, including citizens of other nation who is live there is around 800. Thanks for being part of my program this week, i will see you next week. Hello, these are the stories topping our news this hour. Queen elizabeth ii has been admitted to a London Hospital where she is being treated for gastroenteritis. Buck
morning sunshine. 6:00, bright and early. gosh, look how early you are up. i m very impressed. i m robin meade. big news, tiger woods is going to talk. what he s going to say. some americans accused of kidnapping kids in haiti are free. we have the emotional homecoming. check out this 75-year-old lady who lets a robbery have it. or a suspect. there s more to this great video. first, what a big story. tiger woods is stepping out public publicly for the first time in three months. we have the first confirmed photo of him. cameras caught him going for a run yesterday. we have not identified the friend with him. you can see woods is not wearing a wedding ring. he often went without his wedding ring before the scandal. he plans to break his silence tomorrow morning in front of hand picked media. this is not exactly a press conference here. not at all. it s like he controls the golf ball, he s going to control the media. tiger is expected to say something about his indisgregs