Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Crews in five states hope calmer weather conditions will help their efforts. The fires have forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed dozens of homes. Relentless flames in california put this year on track to be more devastating than previous fires. Reporter Central Washington has been ravaged by wildfires all summer and now a sudden wind shift has made things worst as flames that had burst for several days suddenly pushed into this town. Matthew anderson survived but his home burned. This whole hillside was on fire last night. It was nuts. Reporter this is how the fire looked from lake she lan, a popular recreational spot. So far at least 100 structures have burned. Hundreds more are threatened. So far this year wildfires have burned more than 6. 5 million acres. Thats more than 2. 5 times what bushed in the same period the same time last year and theres little relief with the relentless drought and exceptional heat, especially in Southern California where a fire continues to rage ou
First, bullets fly outside of a rec center as families gathered nearby and are enjoying the outdoors. One person is dead as the police try to figure out what led to the violence. The shooting happened near the bradberry rec center ensued led, which is where roz later is standing roz plater is standing by with the details. Roz investigators have not released information about the victim more suspect, but people in the neighborhood say they knew each other and live not far from each other. The shooting happened at the rec center 5 30 sunday evening as the neighborhood was packed with families and kids. It was packed, football, basketball, people cooking up. They came out of the woods arguing and one shot the other. Investigators with the Maryland National Capital Park Police spent hours collecting evidence and trying to down suspect information. They also took several people into custody for questioning. We have a lot of witnesses. We have a few people of Significant Interest being inter
Were chugging along once again. And were told that passenger in the crash who had to be pulled from the wreckage suffered a broken jaw is suspected to be okay. The ntsb and faa are both investigating. Checkey ckford, news 4 new york. Get ready for a hot day tomorrow. Temperatures in the mid 90s for the start of your workweek. A lot of people beat t e heat and the beaches and pools. How long ig this going to last . Steve, do we want to know . Tomorrow is going to be a very warm daynnce again. Tomorrow well be back into the 90s, making it the First Official heat wave of the season in central park. Today, 93 in the park. Yesterday in the 90s, as well. Newark hit 96, laguarria, 90. For tonight, we still have an air quality alert in effect for a good part of new jersey. Right now temperatures in the 70s except in the city where its still very warm, a temperature of 82 degrees. Tomorrow morning, upper 70s. By lunchtime, already feeling like 91 in the city. As we head into the Late Afternoon