State of emergency. After protest over his plan to extend 27 years in office turned violent. Demonstrators set the Parliament Building on fire. And they took state tv off the air. At least three people were shot dead by Security Forces. The countries Opposition Leader has called on him to resign. Thomas has been covering the political unrest these past few months. We are joined in neighboring ivory coast. Tell us more about the protest. What going on right now . People have been protesting for the last weekend it is essentially the president who has been in power for 27 years, he describes himself as a peacemaker of the region. And what he was seeking to do today was to change the constitution to allow himself to run for another term in the election next year. And this is what road testers have been spilling out into the spree in defiance for. It escalated further today because of the vote that has since been dropped because of the opposition to it. The opposition is obvious by the pic
That toxic combination of legal segregation and secondclass status for africanamerican citizens. The brilliance offing kings nonviolent protest movement was his combination of lofty, almost utopia ideals matched to concrete political goals. King supporters marched for the right to sit at a lunch counter, to swim in a de segregated municipal pool, to pick any seat on a bus, or to attend an integrated school. That was then. This is now. Reverend king would be amazed by the transformation over the past 50 years. Today america has its first black president. I Barack Hussein obama do solemnly swear and African Americans do routinely hold top posts like secretary of state, attorney general, National Security advisor. Top corporations like merck, american express, mcdonalds and xerox have had or have now black ceos. Oprah winfrey is americas second black billionaire, following in the footsteps of publishing mogul robert l johnson. African americans are among the countrys top sports stars and
Everyone, but we heard him in a way no one else could as our brother, our uncle and our inspiration. Reporter muhammad alis family is holding a News Conference in the phoenix area in just a bit we will go there in just a moment when it starts. President Obama Joining millions of americans who are offering their condolences remembering the greatest of all time who still as you can see there holds a presence in the commander in chiefs personal study to this day. He was standing feet away to witness the first black president. Mr. Obama tweeting saying he shook up the world and the world is better for it rest in peace, charge. This is the first time we have heard from alis family since his death. Lets listen in. 24 to 48 hours with family members accompanying him. He will the celebration of a m ma his life will begin for just the immediate family, grandchildren, children, cousins, brother, then the next morning the family will gather at the funeral home location where they will be joined b