Sight from Mother Nature . Good saturday to you. Thanks for being with us. Im leland vittert. Im elizabeth pranin. Welcome to the election headquarters from washington. President obama says muhammad ali, quote, shook up the world and the world is better for it. One of the many words of praise for the boxer once known as cassius clay who became a sports icon, civil rights activist and finally a beloved humanitarian and american hero. The greatest passed away overnight. Were live in alis hometown of louisville, kentucky with more. Hi, mike. Reporter hi, elizabeth. As i Start Talking about whats going on, let me show you some of the flowers piling up here. We lost reporter we remember Young Cassius clay buying a cadillac for his mother, winning a gold medal and as the story goes, squeptly throwing that gold medal into the ohio river here. It demonstrated that a young black man can take a stand. Calvin moody showed up here and he served in vietnam and hes glad he stood up. The flags were l
Against him because of his mexican heritage. Martha it feels like we are in tuesday already. The Presumptive Republican nominee pushing back against allegations of racism. Hes insisting the judge in the Trump University case who was born in indiana may not be able to fairly rule on the Trump University case because the judges parents hails from mexico. I have had horrible rulings. I have been treated unfairly by this judge. This judge is of mexican heritage. Im building a wall. No mek cans can be involved in a case that involves you . Hes involved in a society thats pro mexico. Bill speaker Newt Gingrich says he has gone too far. He has every right to criticize a june and say the decisions arent right and the attorneys can file to move the venue to another judge. But this judge was born in indiana, period. This is an uphill climb for donald trump. Hes been endorsed by paul ryan and all democrats. On the other hand you have to remember that he doesnt back down havent. He was on fox and
In a stunning reversal of fortunes, he was free to return to the ring. When he travelled to Central Africa to reclaim his title from George Foreman, none of the Sports Writers thought he could win. In fact most of them feared for his life. But in what the africans call at miracle at 4 00 a. M. , he became a champion once more. And as the years pass and those slowed by parkinsons, muhammed was compelled by his faith to use his name and his notoriety to sup victims of poverty and strife. He served as a u. N. Messenger of peace and travelled to places like wartorn afghanistan. He campaigned as an advocate for reducing the yoke of thirdworld debt. Et stunned the world when he secured the release of 15 hostages from iraq. As his voice grew softer, his message took on greater meaning. He came full circle with the people of his country. When he lit a torch that seemed to create new light in the 1996 olympics. Muhammed always knew instinctively the road he needed to travel. His friends know wh