that changed america. i m joined with the photographer that took those pictures, bob adelman. great to meet you. i feel like we should gather the kids around and listen to what you have to say about history today. you followed dr. martin luther king jr. you took many of the photos we now see as these images. why is it so important to capture history in a photograph and what does it tell us? well, in our case, we had a system of organized terror. it was called segregation. it separated the races. the photographing of the process of protests unmasked and revealed the cruelty, insensitivity and the horror and awful pain
and imagine now here we are 50 years past these photos. when you look at present-daytime, do you think we ve come far? well, first of all, we should never forget the civil rights movement was the template for women, for gays, and for hispanics really to try to break down the barriers that they have. time recently called that the founding father of the 21st century. many gains have been made in the african-american community. however, there is still widespread poverty and unemployment which we re not doing much about at the moment. gretchen: bob adelman put together i have a dream: a 50-year testament to the march that changed america. great to meet you, sir.
thanks for that historical perspective. i think we re going to have a live picture right now of where yes, this is where the walk will take place and the speeches today to commemorate 50 years. beautiful shot there coming out of washington this morning. you know, his arms crossed like that showed how determined he was. he died at 39. he had a 13-year mission which he, you know, almost completely covered. gretchen: hard to believe he was only 39. thanks so much, bob. coming up on our show, creeps caught on camera stealing school supplies from a church. we need your help to make this wrong a right. think you ve got to spend big bucks for luxury, safety and reliability? think again. how you can cruise in a new car without busting your budget. [ woman ] dear chex cereal, you ve done the impossible.
0 no plan for regime change and it is likely to last hours, not days. the big question is if it s not regime change and it s just punishment, should we be doing this at all? lieutenant colonel ralph peters was on with bill o reilly last night. listen. as we speak, the two sides one side you have assad has bought iran, horrible people. on the other side it is increasingly documented by al qaeda and other extremists, the team that brought you 9/11. right now in syria, our enemies are killing each other. why on earth where in our constitution does it say we should stop our enemies from killing each other? brian: i do believe, though, and this is where we differed yesterday, i believe we have to make a stand when it comes to weapons of mass destruction. we warned them to get it. they have done it twice. what does that say to iran? what does that say to north korea? americans make these kinds of a stand, it means nothing. even the next president. general keenan has done wonderful wor
guess inaugurated, famously john lewis asked him to sign his photograph as the new president. and obama wrote, because of you, john. and that was for all the people who came out and registered to vote. uh-huh, yeah. and john lewis tells me and both men teared up at that moment. bob adelman, thank you so much. great work. we appreciate you coming on cnn. thank you. good to see you. you as well. next, you could be a millionaire. but your time to claim your winnings is running out.