greetings, everyone. you are watching simone. we re following breaking news out of michigan. we re learning new details shot down by u.s. forces in just over a week. this happened just a fort short while ago. we ll have a very live update for you this hour. also, the death toll from that devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, it is hard to even imagine rescue efforts are still underway in the ruins as thousands forced from their homes are in desperate need of aid. we are live on the ground with the latest. and are living black history series. we are talking to civil rights history author and president i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. greetings, everyone. we begin with breaking news on a developing story out of lake here on michigan. nbc news has learned that the united states military has shot down a fourth aerial object today. the sheer spoke we will have more news on that in a moment. this is something we are following and watching qu
everyone you are watching symone, we are following breaking news out of michigan. new details about a fourth object shot down by u.s. forces in just over a week. this happened a short while ago. we want to have a very live update for you this hour. also the death toll from that devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. now more than 30,000 people. it s hard to even imagine rescue efforts are still underway in the ruins, as thousands forced from their home are in desperate need of aid. we are live on the ground with the latest. and are living black history series. we are talking to civil rights leader, author, and president of the national newspaper publisher association. i am symone sanders-townsend, it s a busy sunday and i have something to say. greetings, everyone. we begin with breaking news a native elephant story out of lake heron, michigan. a nbc news has learned the united states military has shut down a fourth aerial object today. the sheer scope. we will hav
Know is you played the pastor in in the movie hip-hop classic. tell us about your activism work as it relates to the hip-hop community. my whole life is the civil rights movement. hip-hop started in the south bronx in the early 80s. i wanted to build a bridge between civil rights and hip hop. i got involved in russell simmons, run-dmc, queen latifah all the early players. and i wanted to be an advocate for hip-hop. because as a young person, i saw the world in music and culture. supporting the civil rights movement and i saw hip-hop as being that extension of the cultural manifestation of what it means to fight for freedom, justice, and equality. i m still a strong advocate of hip-hop today. it s global and is part of the culture. you corresponded with the great
Doctor benjamin chavis is here with us. now doctor chavis, thank you so much for joining us. i could go down the list of the fast facts about you. something folks might not know as you played the pastor in belly, the movie belly. a hip-hop classic. talk to me about your activism work as it relates to the hip-hop community? my whole life has been in the civil rights movement. hip-hop in south bronx in the early 80s, i wanted to build a bridge between civil rights and hip-hop. i got involved with russell simmons, run-dmc, and i be fresh, queen latifah, mc light, bus that rhymes, all the early players. check the, you know. i wanted to be an advocate for hip-hop because as a young person i saw the role of music and culture supporting the civil rights movement. when motown sound i saw hip-hop as being an extension of the cultural manifestation of what it means