Jones. The march was nmy view, the culmination of 100 years of frustration and despair. 1963 began with the centennial, the 100th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. And that means that when these people came together, those quarter of a Million People came together, they were in some ways representing all the hopes and dreams that had idea yt to be fulfull fulfilled. Rose the 50th anniversary of the march on washington next. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose we begin with john lewis. He is a congressman from georgia, a democrat. He was one of the big six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and chairman of the student nonviolent committee. This year, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the historic march on washington. On that day in august, lewis was one of only 10 speakers who took to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He was just 23 years old. John lewis remains the last speaker still living. He has n
Good morning, it is sunday, september 1, im mike mibach. Im claudine wong. Lets check in with your weather. Youve gotten rid of the whole chance for rain thing we keep talking about. They reported a few sprinkles in the overnight hour. A time lapse of the last two hours. This is the pattern that we will see for today as well as tomorrow. A mix of sun and clouds with a few passing sprinkles. Well show you in just a moment and the cooling trend will continue. Well show you how much cooler you can expect to be for today coming up. And it is day four of the bay bridge closure as work will continue today for them to open it on schedule. We want to show you a live picture of the new bridge and the old bridge right there next to each other. Yeah, we should get an update right here on the new span. We are told that some of the paving and the demolition work is taking a little longer than expected, but they still remain on schedule. They have given themselves some breathing room to make sure th
Life. Thats why you treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person. I guarantee you, you win. Those are the things i miss the most. Little idio sing crassies that i know about. That is what made my wife and she had the goods on me too. She knew all of my little peckadillos. People call these perfections. But they are not. Thats the good stuff. You are here and life exists and an identity. The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. Some of the powerful lines spoken by Robin Williams, an entertainment genius who commanded the spotlight from standup comedy clubs to oscar winning films. Its hard to think of anybody
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Agrees with the mayor. They think racial profiling and discrimination is the best way to fight crime. Everybody remarks about the amazing change in new york city over the past 15 years. Well, couldnt this possibly be one of the reasons . I mean, if you are just looking at cause and effect. Its working. Thats why crime is down. In cities that use stop and frisk like new york, the murder rate is much lower. Chicago and philly dont have stop and frisk. Chicago has a murder rate of four times new yorks murder rate. And philly has it at about triple. You wish tie department phillys tactics over new york city, youre accomplice to mass murder. The murder rate in new york city will skyrocket. Stop and frisk, lowered murder rates in new york city . Its a great theory for the right. Too bad the facts dont back it up. New yorks murder rate began dropping well before stop and frisk was kicked into high gear. Murders were down 74 from 1990 to 2002. But after the surge in stop and frisk, the trend s
Ted cruz, rick perry and michele bachmann, and the great emancipator, who would be the odd man out . The reason the Republican Party wasnt represented yesterday at the king reunion at the Lincoln Memorial is that the Republican Party no more longer represents Abraham Lincoln. Its real leader today would be Jefferson Davis or George Wallace or strom thurmond, or some other character in the long list of null fires and obstructionists and states righters. Can you imagine the reaction of tom paul had he been alive at the time of the emancipation proclamation . Please dont ask. Can you imagine to rick perrys claim that texas has the right to succeed from the unionany time it phil feels like it. The values of Abraham Lincoln, the belief in a strong federal government, the paramount right of human right others states rights, suggest he, Abraham Lincoln would be far more welcome in the other political party, while jeff davis and his boys would be far more welcome in the party of paul, perry, b