Antiwar activist and a vocal critic of racism in america. He was sentenced to five years in jail for refusing to fight in vietnam and was stripped of his heavyweight title. Oppose what i want justice you who i oppose what i want equality. You will not even stand up for my religious beliefs and you will not even stand up for me. Today, we will look at a side of mohammed ali that the history books often overlook. We will see the author of the complete mohammed ali and the polity Elizabeth Alexander who will read her poem. In 2009, reciting the inaugural poem when president obama first took office. All of that and more coming up. Democracy to democracy now thousands are expected to gather at the funeral for mohammed ali, one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century. He was considered the greatest boxer of all time and will also be remembered for his activism, after he his role refused military induction in 1967. This title was taken away from him and he was sentenced to a fiveyear p
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Threeday average is the highest its been since early last month. And last night dr. Anthony fauci issued a warning to states about taking the proper response to this new surge. The resurgence, which then came back up to 30, 40, 50, and 60, so because of that, what i think we need to do and my colleagues agree is that we really got to almost regroup, call a timeout, not necessarily lockdown again, but say weve got to do this in a more measured way. Joining me now is my coanchor for the next two hours, katy turren. What dr. Fauci just said to Mark Zuckerberg is what dr. Oster home said to us last week and what other epidemiologists have been saying, weve got to do this again. Exactly. They warned of this if we didnt do it properly the first time, so we saw this coming. Chuck theres also news out of the supreme court. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg confirmed in a Statement Today shes being treated for a recurrence of cancer with lesions on her liver. Shes been receiving chemoth
And concern over President Trumps use of federal officers to detain protesters in oregon in a fit of rage, protesters set fire to the Portland Police Association Building overnight and Police Declared the gathering to be a riot in a pretaped interview on fox this morning, the president described the protesters as anarchists if you look at whats gone on in portland, those are anarchists and we have taken a tough stand. If we didnt take a stand in portland, we arrested many of these leaders. If we didnt take that stand, right now, you would have a problem. They were going to lose portland nbcs Erin Mclaughlin is in portland whats the situation on the ground right now let me just show you whats happening here outside of the federal courthouse in portland, richard. Let me let the camera pan over you can see theyre out here setting up this barrier. They had set it up yesterday and protesters arrived overnight, in the overnight hours, clashing with unmarked federal agents, tearing the barrie