and i'll be joined by angela davis. we'll talk about the way racial tensions are simmering around this case and country. angela davis, one of the original black panthers, will talk about what the new black panthers are doing, coming up on cnn. >>> to the presidential race where the republican hopefuls are blanketing the state of wisconsin. the big prize in tuesday's trio of primaries that including d.c. and maryland. mitt romney told volunteers today that "we're looking like we're going to win this thing on tuesday." and he said a win in wisconsin could be just what his campaign needs. >> i've got a ways to go before i let 1144 delegates, so i'm not counting the delegates before they hatch. but i'm going to keep working very hard and hope i get a good, strong sendoff from wisconsin. i've got a good boost from the folks in illinois, and if i can get that boost also from wisconsin, i think we'll be on a path that will get me the nomination before the convention. sure hope so. >> rick santorum and newt gingrich also spent

and i'll be joined by angela davis. we'll talk about the way racial tensions are simmering around this case and country. angela davis, one of the original black panthers, will talk about what the new black panthers are doing, coming up on cnn. >>> to the presidential race where the republican hopefuls are blanketing the state of wisconsin. the big prize in tuesday's trio of primaries that including d.c. and maryland. mitt romney told volunteers at a campaign phone bank today we're looking like we're going to win this thing on tuesday and he said a win in wisconsin could be just what his campaign needs. >> i've got a ways to go before i let 1144 delegates, so i'm not counting the delegates before they hatch. but i'm going to keep working very hard and hope i get a good, strong send off from wisconsin. i've got a good boost from the folks in illinois, and if i can get that boost also from wisconsin, i think we'll be on a path that will get me the nomination before the convention. sure hope so. >> rick santorum and newt gi

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political imprisonment and incarceration and the threats facing angela davis. and i remember you know of course like any other characters reading her works and. and. finding when she attacks the prison system she talked about the perhaps two hundred fifty thousand or three hundred thousand people in prison all throughout the united states that is not just a problem that need to be dealt with but. a crisis situation better bordered on fascism well fast forward thirty forty years to the present there are more than three hundred thousand prisoners in california alone one state out of fifty the imprisonment in california notice i'm not talking about united states but in california alone exceeds that of france of belgium of england and perhaps you could i could name four five of the countries combined so we could not proceed back then what it would become and. you know so it's it's monstrous when you really look at what's happening today you can literally talk about millions of people being part of that is incarcerated by the prison industrial complex today men wome

political imprisonment and incarceration and the threats facing angela davis. and i remember you know of course like many of the characters reading her works. and. finding when she attacked the prison system she talked about the perhaps two hundred fifty thousand or three hundred thousand people in prison all throughout the united states that is not just a problem that need to be dealt with but. a crisis situation that bordered on fascism well fast forward thirty four years to the present there are more than three hundred thousand prisoners in california alone one state out of fifty the imprisonment in california notice i'm not talking about united states but in california alone exceeds that of france of belgium of england and perhaps you guys could name four five of the countries combined so we could not perceive back then of what it would be calm and. you know so it's it's monstrous when you really look at what's happening there you can literally talk about millions of people being part of that is incarcerated by the prison industrial complex today men women

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political imprisonment and incarceration and the threats facing angela why davis. and i remember you know of course like many other pastors reading her works. and. finding when she attacked the prison system she talked about the perhaps two hundred fifty thousand or three hundred thousand people imprisoned all throughout the united states that is not just a problem that need to be dealt with but. a crisis situation that bordered on fascism well fast forward thirty forty years into the present there are more than three hundred thousand prisoners in california alone one state out of fifty the imprisonment in california notice i'm not talking about the united states but in california alone exceeds that of france belgium of england and perhaps you could name four five other countries combined so we could not proceed back then of what it would become and. you know so it's it's monstrous when you really look at what's happening today you can literally talk about millions of people being part that is an incarcerated by the prison industrial complex today men women and chi

political imprisonment and incarceration and the threats facing angela y. davis. and i remember you know of course like many other pastors reaching for works and. and. finding when she attacked the prism system she talked about the perhaps two hundred fifty thousand or three hundred thousand people in prisons all throughout the united states. not just the problems that need to be dealt with but. a crisis situation better bordered on fascism well fast forward thirty forty years into the present there are more than three hundred thousand prisoners in california alone one state out of fifty the imprisonment in california notice i'm not talking about united states but in california alone exceeds that of france of belgium of england and perhaps you could name four five of the countries combined so we could not perceive back then what it would become and. you know so it's it's monstrous when you really look at what's happening there you can literally talk about millions of people being part of that is incarcerated by the prison industrial complex today men women and chi

there is angela wilson who teaches children of military families at vinchenza middle school in italy. not a bad place to hang out. there is alvin oreliano davis who teaches music in florida, and there is our 2012 national teacher of the year, rebecca milwaukee from burbank, california. give rebecca a round of applause. this is rebecca's crew right here who are very proud. aunt and cousins. >> my boss. >> oh, boss. even more important. now, you might say that teaching is in rebecca's dna because both her parents taught in public schools. she saw how hard they worked, how much time and energy they devoted to their jobs, how much they gave to their students, but when she was 18, of course, the last thing she wanted to be was a teacher. what teenager wants to do what their parents do? in college she really rebelled and went to law school. now, she then tried a few different careers after that, after studying to become a lawyer she went into publishing and floral design and event planning, but ultimately she found herself drawn back to the classroom and her students are so lucky she did. s

there's alvin davis who teaches music in florida. and there is our 2012 national teacher of the year, rebekah mieliwokri from burbank, california. [ applause ] this is her crew right here, who are very proud. an aunt, cousins and -- >> my boss. >> oh, boss. even more important. now, you might say that teaching is in her dna because both her parents taught in public schools. she saw how hard they worked, how much time and energy they devoted to their jobs, how much they gave to their students. but, when she was 18, of course, the last thing she wanted to be was a teacher. what teenager wants to do what their parents are doing. in college, she really rebelled and went to law school. she then tried a few different careers after that, after studying to become a lawyer, she went into publishing and floral design, event planning. but, ultimately, she found herself drawn back to the classroom. her students are so lucky she did. she's got high expectations for her seventh graders and for herself. she also knows school can be fun. that fits a