attacked by dogs in the streets. it clearly galvanized public opinion and the demonstrations in birmingham in 63 with police dogs and fire hoses that outraged president kennedy, it was giving the country a huge black eye around the world. how could we preach democracy and not live up to our own ideals at home. we saw a picture of martin luther king jr. and whitney young, and james farmer. it was a different era. they were what was known as big six, the civil rights leaders, including a young john lewis. we were so lucky in the era of founders to have remarkable people, we were lucky to have a collection of people in and outside of government who was so extraordinary and willing to do the right thing. we re also lucky to have historians. todd, thank you, congratulations on the book. and it is a grim day for secretary of state kerry s eight
to be severe. welcome to your money. i m ali velshi. august 2nd is the day the treasury department says it will no longer be able to pay all of our nation s bills. and the united states will default on its debt. republicans are going to vote on their own plan this week, complete with spending cuts. but president obama says he won t support deep cuts without increases in taxes. if you re trying to get to $2.4 trillion without any revenue, then you are effectively gutting a whole bunch of domestic spending that is going to be too burdensome and is not going to be something that i would support. david gergen is cnn s senior political analyst. david, there was a time when republican house speaker john boehner and president obama both talked of doing something big to change america s unsustainable economic path. what do you think? do you think that opportunity s lost? well, a week is a long time in politics. it can be a lifetime. i think what s now clear is that the big de