Enough is enough. Reporter what do you want to show me first . The impact of her family history. Reporter hayden says the exhibit, rosa parks in her own words reveals a granddaughter of slaves, from teen rebel defying injustice to naacp leader to civil rights icon. You see in her own handwriting her thoughts, her inner feelings. And she had such poetry. There is just so much hurt. Reporter adrian cannon curated the collection, which contain morse than 7,000 of parks writings. I have been pushed around all my life, and i felt at this moment i couldnt take it anymore. Reporter but cannon says while writing, often on recycled paper, parks found her voice, strategizing against segregation. It was mrs. Parks plan all along to do everything she could in order to get equality for african americans. Reporter fred gray was fresh out of law school in 1954 when he worked with parks and the naacp to counsel blacks jailed under segregation laws. My first civil rights case was claudette cardin, the
When will the forecast change . Ho, ho oh, my gosh profiles in service, we soar with the air force thunderbirds and meet its only female Fighter Pilot. What we do is life and death sometimes. Odonnell and latebreaking news about another potential democratic candidate for president. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Reporting tonight from washington. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us on this historic night in the nations capital. For the first time in more than two decades, the country watched televised impeachment hearings and today was the first of many. We learned something new. Ambassador bill taylor, the top diplomat to ukraine, testified about a phone call between President Trump and Gordon Sondland. Thats the president s ambassador to the european ayion. The takeaway from that phone call, according to taylor, the president cared more about investigating his political rival than he did about ukraine. Taylor, a west point grad and vietnam veteran,
Correspondents who have been covering it with us all day and nancy cordes leads off our coverage at the capitol. And, nancy, day one is now in the history books. Reporter it is, norah, and this hearing lasted the bulk of the day, two key witnesses laying out in painstaking detail all the times they were told what the president wanted ukraine to do in exchange for the release of military aid. Do you swear or affirm that reporter ambassador bill taylor came to capitol hill with a startling new detail about President Trump last friday, a member of my staff told me of events that occurred on july 26. Reporter that staffer, david holmes, told taylor what he overheard while sitting at a ukrainian cafe with Gordon Sondland, the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Ambassador sondland called President Trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. The member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. Ambassador sondland told President Trump t