The lead with jake tapper starts right now. A former president ial candidate and current u. S. Senator is about to join auto workers on that picket line. The lead starts right now. Day one on strike. As auto workers push for higher pay and better benefits. Soon a rally to support their demands with senator Bernie Sanders joining the fight. 32 of Donald Trumps old twitter dms turned over to the Special Counsel and now in the hands of jack smith. As his federal investigation digs into efforts to over turn the 2020 election. What was so damning in those messages . Plus, deliberating the fate of Texas Attorney general ken paxton, already suspended facing impeachment by his fellow republicans. Accused of abuse of power and brib bribery, so will State Senators vote to remove him from office . That decision could come down at any moment. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper and we start with the national lead. For the first time in u. S. History, Union Workers are on strike against all three o
Were directed towards children. that was a children s march. when we think about the courage of who shot down under 11th, right, when we think about that moment and we think about george wallace under 11th standing in front of the university of alabama and declaring his commitment, what we think about the violence that framed the proceeding of the march? when we think about the violence that answered the march? the bombing of september 15th, 1963 that killed four little girls? but also the two boys who were killed? johnny robinson virgil where? johnny robinson was actually shot in the back by police officers. virgil weir was shot on his bicycle by his friend by to quote unquote eagle scouts. the violence of the moment. and if we tell ourselves a better story, a thicker story about how we ve never really come to terms with it, then we can understand more fully what we just experienced today.
Bombing. september 15th, 1963, was a sunday just like today. the girls were in the basement preparing for youth service. 11-year-old denise mcnear had just asked 14-year-old addy may collins to help her tie her belt when a box of dynamite went off under the church steps, blowing a hole in the church s rear wall and destroying all but one of the stained glass windows. it was the fourth bombing in birmingham in four weeks. it was meant to send a message. birmingham city schools had been integrated by national guards men just a few days earlier. only a week before the church bombing, governor george wallace said new york times in the alabama could stop integration with a few, quote, first class funerals, unquote. the governor tried to walk that back after the bombing by adding to the reward for the killers. martin luther king told him in a telegram that, quote, the blood of four little children is on your hands. your irresponsible and misguided actions have created in birmingham and ala
Bombing by a white supremacist. dr. martin luther king jr. spoke of the girls in a eulogy, calling them victims of one of the most vicious crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. it was 2 1/2 weeks after the march on washington issued a call for political and economic equality. the first policy response to that call, the civil rights act of 1964 followed almost a year later. but it was a response that was galvanized on september 15th, 1963, by the death of four children, who would become martyrs for the cause. the time in birmingham that day was approximately 10:22 a.m. central when the explosion took the city. the girls, adee may collins, cynthia, had just finished a sunday school lesson, whose subject was the love that forgives. after class, the girls were in the church basement, waiting for the start of the youth sunday services. below them was a bundle of
Car with them nearby. so they believe now he may have just been looking for help. one officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter. and, five, now from birmingham, alabama. citizens show off a sculpture honoring four little girls. those were the girls killed 50 years ago this morning, september 15th, 1963, when the ku klux klan bombed the 16th street baptist church. eric holder and former secretary of state condoleeza rice are set to speak at ceremonies today. the situation in colorado is bad enough. it could get even worse today, sefkly because four more inches of rain could fall by this afternoon. and that could make the already swollen waterways even more deadly. it could also hamper the rescue efforts that are still under