For three years in a row. Something else he said was good news. In a row. S trust me on this. He said the organization is hale and hearty and alive and well, and i am proud to be associated with it. What has it meant for the Civil Rights Movement that you have been involved in for your entire life and still are as the chairman of the naacp, to have a black man in elected as president of the United States. It means the work we have doing since 1909 is worth it. We were talking together and joked upstairs about how the headline in the onion the day after obama got it, black man gets worst job in the United States [laughter] it means that the work we have been doing all these years has paid off. It does not mean our work is over. There is more work to be done. No one can believe that barack obama would be president of the United States if it had not been for the work of the and aa cp. Of the naacp. The work done by these people and these groups. It was like vindication that all of this la
What do you feel about the Current Supreme Court . Julian bond they are awful. They are not all awful but the majority is awful. I cant quote this exactly so i hope youll understand. You read the decision in the almart case. Justice scalia writes that business is always hire the very best people. [laughter] there is no reason they would not hire the very best people. Therefore the argument the other people are making is nonsense. If you have that kind of reasoning, how can you expect anything but garbage to come out . And garbage came out of him this time and in other decisions they made. It is a bad court. Warren olney they are going to be there for a long time. Julian bond yes they are, they are, unless someone intervenes. [laughter] warren olney you are not talking about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . Julian bond no, we are gone. Warren olney what happened to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . It became a Different Organization after you found it and no
Life, because you have an extraordinary life. Its as if Marian Wright edelman has this forrest gump life. She was in these places, in extraordinary places, and every page you turn of your life story is like, she was there, too . I guess im not even sure where to start. South carolina, your parents are very hardworking, your mom is an organizer, but even when you were a kid in school in south carolina, you end up crossing paths with langston hughes. Well, ive always felt so lucky to have been born who i was, where i was, with the parents i had. And at the time, i was born in the convergence of great people and great historical events. And so i wouldnt have been anybody else, even though it has not always been an easy life. And in south carolina, in my little, rural, segregated town, the outside world was not very friendly and not very supportive of black children. They told me basically in a segregated small town in the 40s and the 50s that, as a black girl, i wasnt worth very much. Hin
Returning to the force. And playground scare. Without warning, a huge tree falls down on top of a group of children. Two of them injured. That park shut down today, wednesday, may 6th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 on a wednesday morning out on the west coast. And as we welcome savannah back from australia, we welcome you back with some really disturbing overnight news. Yeah, and its just come out this morning. Its our top story, chilling new information about that deadly plane crash in the alps. According to a report just released this morning, the copilot, Andreas Lubitz, practiced descending to 100 feet, on another flight just before the crash. We have more with tom costello and katy tur. Katy, what are we learning . New disturbing evidence that Andreas Lubitz planned the crash, practicing what you could call a dress rehearsal on the inboun
Speaks out about his recovery. Why he says hes committed to returning to the force. And playground scare. Without a warning a huge tree falls down on top of a group of children. Two of them injured. That park shut down today. Wednesday, may 6th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rock fellefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good day to you. Good day. I dont know if its yesterday or tomorrow but its nice to be back. Weve got some breaking news this morning. Our top story, this chilling report just released by french investigators. They say the copilot of that Germanwings Flight 4525 repeatedly set the cockpit controls to do a slow descent on the flight just before the one that slammed into the french alps. Its incredibly disturbing. Weve got this covered with tom costello and katy tur in london. Katy what have we learned . Reporter good morning. Breaking just now, Andrea