Had a voice like hers i was just calling to see, how is your heart . Talk about being a word smith, everyone else would ask how youre doing, you would say, im fine, great. How is your heart. I said, no one ever asked me that. She said, im sure not. Charlie we concludes this evening with one of the legends of hiphop, nasir jones, known as nas. People hear the music and think i glorify something negative, and they might be so inspired. They may hear a song thats so raw to them that thats all they hear is the negative side, so i had to show them the difference. Im a musician, you know. So never get caught up in the street tales we tell and never let it become you and never let that be what defines you. Just because im from the projects doesnt mean im negative, you know. Charlie an appreciation of maya angelou, and nas, when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie this week, we note the death of maya angelou,
We want to start the conversation by talking about rosa parks. What do we know about rosa parks, jane . I wanted to start today with an evening meeting. That evening is november 27, 1955. On that november 27 rosa parks came to a meeting at dexter Avenue Baptist Church to hear tm howard, dr. Tm howard talked about the recent acquittal of the two killers of emmett till. Dr. King introduce fascinating and howard was there to spread the word. Howard had been one of the key organizers in trying to get even a trial of those two men and after those men he had been acquitted was on a tour through the country to spread the word and to continue the organizing after that travesty had happened as the two men who had lynched emmett till have been found not guilty. So this is november 27, 1955. Rosa parks sits there and she is talking about the lynching of emmett till and he is talking about the deaths of two other organizers in mississippi who would try to register to vote and have been killed and
With broad Economic Trends but also has to do with culture and the social breakdown we are seeing in this country where you have seen the breakdown of family and you are seeing the breakdown of the work ethic. You are saying the breakdown of individual responsibility. So i think it behooves conservatives to consider what is the program that will increase mobility in the society and i believe it goes back to what is a trinity that lincoln supported, a dynamic economy, education and a return to those very basic laws of virtues. This is an bible thumping stuff. It doesnt have to be moralistic at the things that make it easier to get ahead. Marriage, work and discipline. So, i will just leave you with one last passage from lincoln. Long before anyone had heard him he gave what was called the lyceum speech as a young man in springfield and it talked about how even then this week, amateur country that we are invulnerable to military assault. He said he can take all the armies of the world an
Afternoon. The hearing was pushed to monday because palmers attorney unexpected ely stepped down this afternoon Andrew Brockway said he is just a small town lawyer with minimal staff and he has been overwhelmed by the case and all the attention its generated. Palmer will have a new attorney out of albany for his next Court Appearance on monday. In his statement to investigators, palmer admitted giving the convicted killers richard matt and david sweat a pair of needle nose pliers and flat head screwdriver and access to the catwalk behind their cells so they could alter the electrical boxes apparently to cook food inside their cells. Of course, they later used that catwalk as part of their escape route. Palmer also admitted to giving them paint and accepting paintings from the men. Authorities say palmer tried to burn some of the paintings and bury the rest in the woods to try to hide the evidence. He also admitted to hacking a bag to matt given to him by Joyce Mitchell that had a styro
High profile bidders are lining up to bid for the l. A. Clippers. Thanks for joining us. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Acting president admits theres not much kiev can do about separatists seizing control of the east. Masked men with automatic weapons stand guard. Its become one of more than a dozen cities falling under pro russian control. Despite the control, the economy is getting help from the imf fund. Alexander pachinof says combat troops are on full readiness to stop the terrorist threat. Judging from whats going on around the city, that may not be enough. Nick payton walsh has the story. Reporter when they say theyre losing control you can see why. They saw about ten Ukrainian Armored personnel carriers. They pulled back. A week ago a similar assault killed three of them, they say. But the smoke obscured the scene and quickly to their surprise, pretty well armed men say only the soldiers saw the armor turn back. Locals bring them food as they protect them from the poor and joble