what was george wallace? you make the good point, we won't ever know exactly what george wallace was. i wanted, the three of you, why do you think this quest for redemption resonates with so many americans? >> well, a part of the evangelical belief system is in forgiveness. and there is a large segment of the american population who are evangelicals. and so to have someone who seemed genuine in asking for forgiveness, as an evangelical, you have no other option but to forgive. if you are -- if you believe in jesus christ and you believe in the power of forgiveness when someone asks for forgiveness, you have to forgive. and so i don't know any other option there is for an evangelical christian if someone asks for forgiveness. >> dr. carter, like to ask you, what about others? people other than evangelicals? >> -- with the notion of george wallace -- around the dinner table. i called them my supporters there. i did research in the archives. he had described that fate fall meeting in which george wallace had wen

and then when he came back to the white house, governor george wallace was standing in the doorway at the university of alabama at which he had appointed himself provost because he wanted to block the entrance of the first two black students to attend. and it was an extraordinary american moment because our national guard unit, our state unit -- george wallace was the commander of the alabama national guard, and they were on the scene. however, the president has the power to federalize the national guard and then he becomes its commander. and kennedy decided he would do that. so the same people protecting wallace in a way then turned their guns as much as they head toward him, and he is left with

and we talked to george wallace who wrote a book called "laugh it off." coming up, right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. oscar-winning actress mary toenburgen goes from drama comedy and costars with an impressive array of actors in a new comedy called last vegas. the screen with deniro, freeman, douglas, kline. it opens this friday. >> you're getting married tomorrow. what are you doing here with me? >> what are you doing here with me? >> i do have an answer. i like you. >> no, no. no! [yelling] quacks i knew you would like it. -- >> i knew you would like it. tavis: where else do you start this conversation? five academy award winners. all the leads are oscar winners. >> it was amazing and a privilege to hang out with those guys. it was a total joy. i really felt like the luckiest person on the planet. tavis: and the only girl? >> i was the angie dickens in the rat pack. you manage that? >> very well, thank you. i love them all. they are all different. and yet, there was so much chemistry i think, among a

coming up, speaking of comedians, george wallace. stay with us. tavis: here is a fascinating statistic. children laugh on average 400 times a day. adults only laugh 13 times a day. comedian george wallace has done his best to ratchet up the adult laughter portion. he has so many credits in his career. if we listed them all, we would be here all night. he is putting down what he has learned about comedy and laughter getting through difficult times in a new book called "laugh it off." >> that is the proper way to spell laugh. did you pronounce it right? i think you did. to spell when you get the word out. the most important thing is laugh. it is a different way of looking at life. laughter is healing. laughter is comforting and you need to laugh no matter the situation. angelesned to me in los . if people cut you off on the freeway. you are on a big hurry to get up there and give them the finger. confront them. let them go and laugh it off. tavis: some things aren't funny, george. >> you should make everything funny. even jokes about death. losing a

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. >>> when george wallace was governor of alabama during the 1960s, he fiercely supported segregation in his state, famously standing in the schoolhouse door to prevent the enrollment of black students at the university of alabama. wallace later retracted these views and apologized for his segregationist policies. in this program, historians dan

president lyndon johnson brought alabama governor george wallace to washington to meet with him about it. they met for three hours talking about how this situation could be resolved. we now have the white house tapes from that era. so we have the recording of president johnson even after that three-hour meeting, getting on the phone with george wallace and telling him that if local police were going to be beating people and the state police were going to be beating people, then governor wallace ought to call up the national guard in his state to let the guardsmen protect the marchers. >> you call up your own guard into the service of the state and i would ask our best people to cooperate. >> but, of course, governor "segregation forever" would not do that. he would not call up the national guard to protect the marchers in his state. and so president johnson did. and when they did finally complete that march, not hundreds strong, but now thousands strong, and martin luther king jr. gave his "how long, not long" speech on the steps of the state capitol in montgomery, those marchers were

. >> that was alabama governor george wallace being inaugurated in 1963, the height of the civil rights movement, right? by 1965, governor wallace was facing the crisis in his state of the selma-to-montgomery march. that was the march where john lewis was beaten nearly to death, beaten along with hundreds of other protesters. dozens of people were hospitalized in that march for vote rights. the beatings were televised nationally. alabama had been through a lot, but the wait that local police and state troopers beat those men and women and children on that bridge in march 1965 galvanized the nation. and the marchers themselves were adamant that they would complete their march, no matter what the alabama police did to them. so there was this question of how their safety could be guaranteed. the alabama governor, obviously, could not be counted on to keep those marchers safe. after all, it wasn't just the local police doing those beatings, it was state troopers who were out there cracking skulls in the first place. john lewis talks about looking up at the man who was beating him and the la

and then when he came back to the white house, governor george wallace was standing in the doorway at the university of alabama at which he had appointed himself provost because he wanted to block the entrance of the first two black students to attend. and it was an extraordinary american moment because our national guard unit, our state unit -- george wallace was the commander of the alabama national guard, and they were on the scene. however, the president has the power to federalize the national guard and then he becomes its commander. and kennedy decided he would do that. so the same people protecting wallace in a way then turned their guns as much as they head toward him, and he is left with his state police. kennedy, against the advice of most of his people, all of his people, wanted to go on television that night to talk about what had happened. like most politicians, he had hoped he would not have to deal with civil rights. it was an issue -- everyone in a way knew something was going to happen. kennedy was kind of caught in the middle as a politician because the congress was

casts outrfect love fear and you see these things like george wallace, probably the most famous example of going from the ultimate ignorance and bigotry to egging -- begging forgiveness. i was wrong. take me back. and so it is fear, and it is this culture. as a woman we have had a different set of challenges. as a woman i was told to stay very small and to be a person helpinglue came from men feel a lot better about themselves and helping my father. i am older than you but our fathers in the 1950s and early 1960s were veterans. they had been in world war ii and korea. they had this terror. they had seen the end of the world. like newtown. my dad -- for my daddy was open out. they did not grow up in a culture where people said you have a ton of healing to do and we will be there for you. it is not matter if you have money because the society is based on taking care of the poor and those in need. they said stifle it. you want to be a man, be a man. be a man about it. so we were raised by people who had this tremendous amount of rage and terror internalized and that is what people like the

and we talked to george wallace who wrote a book called "laugh it off." coming up, right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. oscar-winning actress mary toenburgen goes from drama comedy and costars with an impressive array of actors in a new comedy called last vegas. the screen with deniro, freeman, douglas, kline. it opens this friday. >> you're getting married tomorrow. what are you doing here with me? >> what are you doing here with me? >> i do have an answer. i like you. >> no, no. no! [yelling] quacks i knew you would like it. -- >> i knew you would like it. tavis: where else do you start this conversation? five academy award winners. all the leads are oscar winners. >> it was amazing and a privilege to hang out with those guys. it was a total joy. i really felt like the luckiest person on the planet. tavis: and the only girl? >> i was the angie dickens in the rat pack. you manage that? >> very well, thank you. i love them all. they are all different. and yet, there was so much chemistry i think, among a

we had bo conner george wallace manning alabama and there was no way he was going to be allowed to bring black players in. you look back today you look back at '63, that's 50 years ago, that's when the bomb went off in the church and that's when everything imploded in alabama. the civil rights movement started there. unfortunately for bear bryant he was swept up in it. and he was unable to get black players on his team. >> did he want black players because he wanted to win in football or as part of his own dna a sense of racial progress? >> i think he wanted to win football games. the only person that can really answer that, unfortunately, is bear bryant and he can't. my instincts tell me that he was a kind hearted man, but he loved football. he had gone 6-5 in '69. so he knew that he was losing that battle. and he had an all-white team in those days. so he knew he needed the injection of these great athletes. he saw what was going on around the country, he saw the northern teams and the michigans and notre dames fielding such great teams and, of course usc out west. >> whose idea was th

wallace saying segregation now, later. set the stage. >> basically we want god back to the '60s and set the groundwork, to understand where this story came from. you know, bear bryant wanted to inte integrate. it took time. there was no way that he was going to be allowed to brink ballplayers in. you know, '63, a lot of the show today forecast you look back at '63, that's 50 years ago, that's when the bomb went off in the church and that's when everything imploded the blame. the civil rights movement started there. unfortunately for bear bryant he was swept up in it and he was unable to get black players on his team. >> did he want black players so he could win football or it was part of his dna? >> i think he wanted to win football games. the only person who could answer that is bear bryant, and he can't. my instincts tell me he was a kind-hearted man but he loved football. he had gone 65 in '69, so he knew he was losing that battle. he had an all white team. he saw what was going on around the country. he saw the norther

and my friend george wallace, a very,vegas stand up. ...stay there y' losing their sacred home. bulls are saying with their injuries, they're a work in progress-- but they didn't make much progress at indiana tonight-- pretty good first half, a pretty complete meltdown in the second against their biggest divisional rival. thibs had a couple of practice days to get things ironed out, and in the first half they looked more like their old selves, including d-rose-- bulls were up by six at halftime... but caved in late in the third, luol deng turned it over and luis scola made him pay, 74-69 indiana with the lead... and then it the fourth quarter, it really got ugly-- lance stephenson did some work from downtown, that's an eight point lead... the bulls are getting out-worked, and that's unusual-- david west gets the board and then to the former bull c-j watson... bulls lose big at indy, 97 to 80... now 1- 3, their worst start in five years. at the uc tonight, michael frolik with a nice welcome-back as the hawks host the winnipeg jets, whom they beat in winnipeg saturday and whom the

. >> george wallace. >> laugh it off. tau thank you, martin. there's absolutely nothing you can talk about. >> see you soon. taung, bye, bye. >> moving on now, two of the nfl's top teams and quarterbacks are going to square off tonight. rachel nicholas is live in foxboro, massachusetts as the denver broncos and the new england pay trots get set to battle it out. rachel? >> yeah, it is well, well below freezing here. that is not going to stop what has become one ocf the nfl's to quarterbacks. we'll have everything you need to know after the break. you shoulda taken it to midas. they tell you what stuff needs fixing, and what stuff can wait. high-five! arg! brakes, tires, oil, everything. (whistling) is caused by people looking fore traffic parking.y that's remarkable that so much energy is, is wasted. streetline has looked at the problem of parking, which has not been looked at for the last 30, 40 years, we wanted to rethink that whole industry, so we go and put out these sensors in each parking spot and then there's a mesh network that takes th

the letters show it when george wallace standing in that doorway and is with a lot of the land -- though law of the land to stand in the doorway to say you will not come in because you are'relk black and the something and hewith kennedy. he writes a hastily proposal in those on television in front of the entire american people he will send the mosteena wide sweeping civil rights legislation otherwise and okay was attacking him to say that was the mostd that important address the nationadn had kennedy finishes andd he turns in says please tell meomeh why we do something so important that take sodium long way reid know it is right? so in direct user jackie robinson became a very goodrtant movement.a one letter he criticizes kennedy for what he thinks is kowtow to the southern governors. he was because he wanted their vote but fell last letter i think from the civil-rights section thater in e jackie robinson writes for the day after robert is shotin down in front of his life here and kids in the a driveway it is just so to pair nd he ends by it saying are you going to doand hn not start pro

wallace and started putting the idea of civil rights into the parlance of the country in a very real way. so for it has to be an important moving day for barack obama. and bill clinton and barack obama have had their ups and downs. there's i think at one point, the president said he can take bill clinton in doses but not too much of him because he's such an overwhelming figure but today they're very bonded i'm sure in reflecting with the kennedy family on what this anniversary means for our country. >> certainly is. and as we watch the president, it can loos like they're getting ready to leave the gravesite at arlington national cemetery and head back to the white house. there you see the former president bill clinton, former secretary of state mrs. clinton, as well. let's bringing in dr. ronald jones, the chief surgical resident at parkland memorial hospital in dallas when the call came in that the president of the united states had been shot. he was part of the team that will worked on the president in a desperate attempt to save his life. dr. jones is joining us now from dallas. s

and we talked to george wallace who wrote a book called "laugh it off." coming up, right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. oscar-winning actress mary toenburgen goes from drama comedy and costars with an impressive array of actors in a new comedy called last vegas. the screen with deniro, freeman, douglas, kline. it opens this friday. >> you're getting married tomorrow. what are you doing here with me? >> what are you doing here with me? >> i do have an answer. i like you. >> no, no. no! [yelling] quacks i knew you would like it. -- >> i knew you would like it. tavis: where else do you start this conversation? five academy award winners. all the leads are oscar winners. >> it was amazing and a privilege to hang out with those guys. it was a total joy. i really felt like the luckiest person on the planet. tavis: and the only girl? >> i was the angie dickens in the rat pack. you manage that? >> very well, thank you. i love them all. they are all different. and yet, there was so much chemistry i think, among a

what started as a response to governor george wallace, barring african-american students access to the university of alabama, turned into something much more powerful. once that standoff ended, shortly before the speech's 8:00 p.m. delivery. president kennedy used the speech to draw a line in the sand, calling the civil rights movement not merely a political issue, but a moral one. using language that democrats and republicans would be wise to remember 50 years later. >> this is not a sectional issue. difficulties over segregation and discrimination exist. in every city, in every state of the union. producing in many cities a rising tide of discon tempt but threatens the public safety. nor is this a partisan issue. in a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite, regardless of party or politics. >> and joining us now is goldie taylor, who writes the breaking black column for thegrio.com, and sally cohen, activist and columnist for "the daily beast." goldie, civil rights leader, medgar evers would be shot in the driveway of his jackson, mississippi h

ran as an independent and his message was conservative, but if you looked at george wallace in economic issues, he was actually very liberal. what he -- he was a pro segregation liberal, which meant he wanted big money spent on his people and not anybody else. >> and using the power of government, right, to keep children from going to the university or student to the university of alabama. republicans, they aren't against government, but sometimes they aren't honest with their base about what the government is or does. in the case of the national parks, you had conservative commentators arguing that the closure of the government should not have closed the national parks, that somehow barack obama, the president obama had just decided on pheaa to close the parks and the government doesn't run the national parks. and it doesn't make sense that on the abortion issue thaey're arguing for big government, government intervening in the decisions of women, whether or not to have a child. no bigger government than that. i don't think republicans are against government. they're against government

wallace to stick it. this country is for civil rights. you know? and i was struck this week that dallas now, i think, has dealt with the kennedy legacy very well. that museum used to be odd and cities in the south like birmingham's built a great civil rights museum and montgomery dealt with rosa parks and memphis with the king and i think dallas now shouldn't be stigmatized but dealt with the 50th anniversary very well. >> you know, john, just thinking about alabama and the the challenges -- i know, you know, you were sent down at one point to help with the freedom rides. i wonder if you could talk a little bit about that because your story is incredible and paints a picture of what president kennedy was facing at the time. >> yes. you know, that day at the bus terminal in montgomery, it was a riot. and i don't believe i've ever or will ever again see human beings when they were more animalistic. i mean, imagine a parking lot packed with screaming, angry, passionate people who are yelling kill him and wom

and then george wallace is standing there and he is defying the law of the land and ross barnett in that letter is even more revealing with james meredith, he's standing in the doorway and said you cannot come in because you're black and something snaps and james. and he writes and he hasty proposal and he goes on television and he says he's has been ascended the congress and the wide sweeping civil rights legislation and this includes martin luther king who have been attacking him and he said that is the most important address this country has had in kennedy finishes at and he was using something that was so important and jackie robinson became a good important move is a part of this. and there's a letter in the civil rights section in which jackie robinson writes the day after evans is shot down in the driveway. and i won't even try to pair appears that. and he ends it by saying that you have to start protecting doctor king and he don't think you're going to get it and talk about prophecy. and as brilliantly as i write. and he writes a lot with courage and vigor. those are two qualitie

and then when he came back to the white house, governor george wallace was standing in the doorway at the university of alabama at which he had appointed himself provost because he wanted to block the entrance of the first two black students to attend. and it was an extraordinary american moment because our national guard unit, our state unit -- george wallace was the commander of the alabama national guard, and they were on the scene. however, the president has the power to federalize the national guard and then he becomes its commander. and kennedy decided he would do that. so the same people protecting wallace in a way then turned their guns as much as they head toward him, and he is left with his state police. kennedy, against the advice of most of his people, all of his people, wanted to go on television that night to talk about what had happened. like most politicians, he had hoped he would not have to deal with civil rights. it was an issue -- everyone in a way knew something was going to happen. kennedy was kind of caught in the middle as a politician because the congress was

to have governor george wallace and the sister of one of the young people that governor wallace stood in the door and try to block was the attorney ay general of the united states. they had these two young women engage in a dialogue on the campus of the university of alabama and the president of the university of iowa democrat and a woman, i believe the only woman president as the moderator, it was amazing. and when they were finished there probably wasn't a dry eye in the building. to go back to a place like montgomery where i was speaking and the almost died on the day of the freedom ride when they arrived on may 20, 1961, and the local police chief methodist delegation, several members of congress and the kennedy family and the johnson family and the reverend ralph abernathy and the chief came in to speak to us he wasn't even born during the days of the freedom ride. he maybe 40 or 45-years-old maybe, but he came in and he spoke and he said mr. lewis caught you were here during the freedom ride, they allowed a mob to beat you and leave you. i want to apologize for that. i want to s

it is in june of that year that george wallace makes his stand for segregation at the university of alabama. and kennedy responds with one of his finest hours as president. >> we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it is as old as scriptures and clear as the american constitution. >> still, even with the president now really truly totally on board with the push for civil rights, nothing happens. the bill hits a dead end on capitol hill, the same dead end that has been maintained by white segregationists southern democrats since reconstruction. that, in fact, is the story of a lot of kennedys' domestic agendas. it was kennedy's death that brought his most ambitious agenda items to life. the outpouring of national grief created momentum. the man who became president, lyndon johnson, is a masterful legislative tactician, in the two years after kennedy's death, the civil rights act, the voting rights act, the tax cut, medicare, all barreled through congress and into law. the same time, american involvement in vietnam only escalated. this is not so say kennedy's presidency was without a

well, nicole wallace, who was president george w. bush's communications director, joined in on "morning joe." >> there are moments in a presidency where everything is different afterward. and i believe this is that moment. for us it was hurricane katrina. because, while public support had been dropping for the war in iraq, after katrina, after the many members of the public, and every member of the democratic party, viewed us as incompetent. and it transcended to everything else we did. i'm not -- you know, you can't look in a crystal ball. but i believe this is a moment after which everything will be different for the president. >> well that may be the wish hoping to be fulfilled. anyway republicans hope so anyway. yes the rollout of the website has been disastrous. but the comparisons to katrina. think about it, don't really hold up. during hurricane katrina, the real knock on the president, his crime if you will, was his alleged indifference to the suffering. there he was looking out the window of the plane, not interested in gett

well, nicole wallace, who was president george w. bush's communications director, joined in on "morning joe." >> there are moments in a presidency where everything is different afterward. and i believe this is that moment. for us it was hurricane katrina. because, while public support had been dropping for the war in iraq, after katrina, after the many members of the public, and every member of the democratic party, viewed us as incompetent. and it transcended to everything else we did. i'm not -- you know, you can't look in a crystal ball. but i believe this is a moment after which everything will be different for the president. >> well that may be the wish hoping to be fulfilled. anyway republicans hope so anyway. yes the rollout of the website has been disastrous. but the comparisons to katrina. think about it, don't really hold up. during hurricane katrina, the real knock on the president, his crime if you will, was his alleged indifference to the suffering. there he was looking out the window of the plane, not interested in gett

the spokesperson for president , the former spokesperson for president george w. bush, president obama is a continuation of what president bush was doing. aboutt i said earlier vision with roosevelt and kennedy and wallace, he is a bigger man -- i don't think obama was given a mandate in 2008. he could have been a roosevelt. people were comparing him to roosevelt at that time. he didn't run with it. as peter said, he put clinton in and gates in current the ake his moment?rom rubin. so many people campaigned for him and he disbanded the organization. was a grassroots organization that he disbanded. each of the hope away from those who believed that democracy was still possible. you call the show democracy now! pointve an exclamation and i think it should be a question mark. >> would you do a film about snowden? >> he is done the best under most difficult circumstances. >> oliver stone, thank you for being with us. we will continue this after the broadcast and post it on democracynow.org. this month is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. king. oliver st

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. >> senator hutchinson, at this point in his presidency, only 37% approved of the job that george w. bush was doing. 42% now at the same time for president obama. former bush communications director nicole wallace was on "morning joe" today and she talked a little bit about the troubles her administration faced in the second term. >> while public support had been dropping for the war in iraq, after katrina, after the many minneapolis/st. pau members of the public viewed us as incompetent and it transended to everything else we did. can that be overcome, senator? >> well, it can only be overcome with real results. the president should not be going out and having big town hall meetings and talking about how great the health care plan is. he should be working with the insurance companies. he's now put them in a very bad position because he just doesn't understand, i think, the business need for planning ahead. and the insurance companies have to be able to assess the risk based on the facts as they know it and go forward. and to just say, well, now the insurance companies can go back an

. >> i heard nicole wallace today, who used to be with mccain and was in the bush white house before, talk about this, she felt like, was george bush's katrina moment, this would be president obama's katrina moment, and i wonder if you think that's overstating matters. >> i think it depends. it could be much worse than katrina. nobody is going to die in obamacare -- >> i meant the politics. >> right. in terms of the politics it could be worse. katrina was a terrible event, lord knows you were there, you saw how badly our government responded, but it began and it ended within a week. this could affect people's lives for years to come. and the healthcare choices, their ability to see doctors, the price they pay potentially politically this could be much worse. >> politically, wonder if you're not right. chris ill be anchoring "fox news sunday" airing at 2:00 and 6:00 eastern time and also on the dial on your regular local fox station. he will have an exclusive interview with liz cheney, the daughter of the former vice-president dick cheney, she is running for senator in wyoming, and 50

. >> no george washington. >> george washington had wooden teeth. "special report" is up next. >>> crashed planes, unraveling sweaters, the president faces some tough metaphors over obama care. this is "special report." >>> good evening. i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. a day after president obama presented his fix for the millions of canceled health insurance policies the house passed a fix of its own with bipartisan support. it's not clear what the eventual solution will be, but like a growing number of people insurance companies aren't happy. we have fox team coverage. james rosen investigates whether the president's fix is even constitutional. the impact on insurance companies, wendell golar on the white house strategy. we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill where there was lots of action today. good evening, mike. >> reporter: chris, good evening. despite a veto threat, republicans and a few dozen democrats passed a bill to honor a promise they say president obama did not keep. >> the bill is passed. >>

. >> no george washington. >> george washington had wooden teeth. "special report" is up next. >>> crashed planes, unraveling sweaters, the president faces some tough metaphors over obama care. this is "special report." >>> good evening. i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. a day after president obama presented his fix for the millions of canceled health insurance policies the house passed a fix of its own with bipartisan support. it's not clear what the eventual solution will be, but like a growing number of people insurance companies aren't happy. we have fox team coverage. james rosen investigates whether the president's fix is even

. >> he's george h.w. bush, mayor ford is. >> he's bush. >> he's warning the city council, who is saddam, don't invade kuwait. i'm giving you fair warning if you invade kuwait, i'm going to get you. >> i'm going to get you. quite obviously. right? rudy giuliani was america's mayor. this is the world's mayor. >> there is no doubt about it. in addition to being an adjunct history -- professor of history some places clearly because the metaphors he employs. >> wow. you're our resident stuff about -- guy who's gone through the ages and knows everything because you've been around a long time. >> wow. >> donny deutsch going dirty. >> are you related to rob ford? >> at least he leaves his clothes on. >> we don't have doris kearns goodwin here. in the history of politicians, goofy politicians behaving absurdly, number one? >> oh -- >> really think it through though. i'm going to put this guy as a michael jordan. >> it's a short list. >> name one that beats him. >> blago is up there. >> blago was on my mind yesterd