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[ applause ] American History tvs reel america journeys through the 20th century with archive films, tonight focus on the police and communities. 8 00 p. M. Cbs news special report watts, riot or revolt . This 1965 report looks back to the watts riots tracing the events of august 11 through 17, 1965. And searching for reasons behind the violence and destruction. At 9 00 p. M. Pilot district project washington, d. C. A series of three 1971 office of Economic Opportunity films documenting a program to improve Community Police relations in the nations capital. Just before 10 00 the people and the police, oakland. This 1974 kron tv Program Investigates the history of Police Brutality in oakland, california, and documents a variety of efforts to reform the department. And at 10 25 p. M. A 1960 Police Training film explains how to recognize and deal with the mentally ill. All of this coming up tonight on American History tv. Next, reverend al sharpton and Trayvon Martins Attorney Benjamin Cr
The death of Trayvon Martin spurred a movement that is building around the country. Ut didnt happen on its own. We were not for the love and courage of his parents Sabrina Fulton and tracy martin, trayvons story would not be the catalyst for change that it is today. They join us now discuss their new memoirs called rest in power the enduring life of Trayvon Martin. Good to see you. Glad to you have here. Wish it was under different circumstances which leads me to ask whether or not you ever get tired of doing this . Do you ever just it drains you. It drains you. But we know that theres a long road ahead of us. And we know that our fight just ended in one day. We have a life long fight. Uphill battle. We vow to continue this fight until the day we take our land. So our work isnt done. How much more difficult is it . No one ever closed on the death of a loved one like you close on a house or some other deal. You dont close on it. I suspect it is made more difficult to come to terms with
The death of Trayvon Martin spurred a movement that is building around the country. Ut didnt happen on its own. We were not for the love and courage of his parents Sabrina Fulton and tracy martin, trayvons story would not be the catalyst for change that it is today. They join us now discuss their new memoirs called rest in power the enduring life of Trayvon Martin. Good to see you. Glad to you have here. Wish it was under different circumstances which leads me to ask whether or not you ever get tired of doing this . Do you ever just it drains you. It drains you. But we know that theres a long road ahead of us. And we know that our fight just ended in one day. We have a life long fight. Uphill battle. We vow to continue this fight until the day we take our land. So our work isnt done. How much more difficult is it . No one ever closed on the death of a loved one like you close on a house or some other deal. You dont close on it. I suspect it is made more difficult to come to terms with
Promise you, im brooke thomas. Meisha is here with your traffic, katie is here with your weather. So far no accidents to report. We have a fire out ill have all of the details coming up. Thankfully all things dry. Wasnt it a nice afternoon yesterday . O beautiful. So pleasant. Thank you, katie. Sorry, cant get used to it, take a look, storm scan3, things still very quiet. I zoom out one time you will see the next cold front starting to cross through. We have been talking about this, we knew it was on the way, at at this point expecting some showers, few rumbled of shower, window of dry opportunity, starting to dwindle. The general gist today, mainly showers, few embedded thunderstorms, not expecting Severe Weather but could be some gusty winds, the best chance for the maniac tiff at this would be about lunchtime. Up until, say, midway through the typical afternoon, early evening drive. Now, later this evening it, will start to dry out completely, but that is what is on the docket for n