Folks, this is an incredible story. Its a story that attracts 400,000 people a year from all over the world. Come through that gate. The vast majority of them, 90 of the time never been here in their lives. I like to see who you are this morning. If youve never been here in your life, please put your hand up. Now hold it way up. Now, just look around. Its always the same. 90 of the folks come here never been here in their life, and yet, except for these little tykes over here, theres nobody in this audience who has never heard of George Armstrong custer. Theres nobody in this audience who has never heard of sitting bull or crazy horse. And i promise you this, theres nobody here who has never heard of elvis presley. Well, folks, its a simple story. And yet its a complex story. You are on the battlefield right now. And it stretches five miles to the south of us, well beyond the in the hill, way out there, five miles. On june 25, 1876, George Armstrong custer with 647 troops will attack a
Been gathering, dancing, swimming, praising his life. They are there to celebrate his achievements and mourn his passing. Nelson mandela, south africas first black president was 95, dying in the company of his family after a long battle against lung infections. Lets listen to what some of these people had to say gathered outside his home. Im very sad. I met him when i was young. I grew up with him. I was very sad. Im not happy that he gets to rest in piece. What he did for the country. I was telling my friend now, that if i was him i wouldnt be friends with him. I wouldnt be together. Obviously im shocked and sadden. Its hurtful. I was born in 1994. He fought for everything. I wouldnt be able to be here around my family. I hope he rests in piece and everything goes well. South africa lost his greatest son, they are the words that president zoouma used to break his news to the world that Nelson Mandela decide. Fellow South Africans, our e beloved Nelson Mandela, the founding president o
[applause] thank you. Thank you all for coming out on a Beautiful Day here we are. We dont gate lot of those here. Im phil rosin that with the chicago tribune. Im with ken cull less than, cull less than and Shelley Murphy who are here not to do scouting on the Chicago Black hawks. [laughter] but talk about their new book on Whitey Bulger. The boston mobster caught on the lam after sixteen years. And first of all,let get the you have boston journalists for a long time. Between us its probably like what . Sixty years . [laughter] weve been chasing him combined total fifty years each. Wow. At this point in journalism, having a job is its own reward. You have an armful of to if i. A pulitzer prize, its an impressive list. You know, its a wonderful book. The thing that i was reminded of at the beginning, something when i was a kid my father was taking friend of mine to see butch cass did i did. He said whatever the movie makes of them, they are the bad guys. And the ore thing that reminded
So from the protest based politics to the electoral institutional government organized politics in which we sought to gain office and get on the school board, the city council, to be in the office, to become governors, and yes evin president s. I think, however, that what the current moment ought to be telling us is of those of us who understand that the black Freedom Movement was a Freedom Movement and not just the movement for civil rights can no longer rely exclusively on the strategy of the electoral the government politics. For the me the question becomes what form leadership do we need, and where ought that leadership to come from . Well, im persuaded that leadership is almost certainly not going to come from the main stream of the democratic party. And theres no way its going to come from the republican party. So i think we need to look, my brothers, sisters, friends, fellow citizens, to the left. And to the left which understands the fundamental and intransigent resistance of a
Good morning. September of 12. Im frank mallicoat. Im michelle griego. Time now is 6 00. We are following several developing stories as we wake up. Secretary of state john kerry meets with his russian counterpart today in switzerland. Their discussion will focus on the potential diplomatic solution to the crisis in syria. The city of richmond is battling the banks. The mayors plan to battle the city to buy underwater mortgages from the banks at fair market value to refinance the mortgages so homeowners can afford the payments. And two people have now died in major flooding in boulder, colorado. Days of rainfall have swept away cars, flooded houses and forced schools to close. This is a live look in boulder right now where you can see the cars are in the water. Apparently there is a rescue happening right now this looks like. This may be Boulder Creek in boulder but you can see the flooding, three vehicles right there. Yeah. So they may be trying to get somebody out of that truck. It lo