lewis and getting to sit down with them for long periods of time and not just what john lewis the civil rights activists from the 60s, lawyers, politicians and people have been there offer up a struggle. i see bob zoellner who worked for sncc talking to be polite while the surreal highlight and congressman lewis so many people would object to the sub rights movement to do other things. stokely carmichael moved to africa and bob moses topp but john lewis remained involved in the fight for five decades. he remained involved after selma alabama. he led a group called the voter education program at a time when no one was doing this work into it when it was forgotten to keep the movement alive. he was involved in the 1980s when he won election to martin luther king's hometown in atlanta and andrew young was the first african-american elected in the south since reconstruction and john lewis replaced andrew young ultimately in the congress. when lewis was elected to congress i was shocked to learn there were only two african-american members of the congress from the south before lewis was elec

but john lewis remained involved in this fight for five decades. .. and harold ford senior from tennessee. it was an unbelievable representation of people and john lewis then became the conscience of the conference. what interested me so much of his theory was decades after the passage finding this all over again in the supreme court and watching the chief justice and five judges got it his life's work so i wanted to ask how that felt, why he remained involved in what he's doing today. i wanted to try in the book to talk about the counterrevolution which i understand it's very into a lot of people and it's very distressing today. i also want to talk about not just john lewis but so many people who are the heroes and he really did democratize the country. i don't think people realize we are not a democracy before the voting rights act and there are many flaws where a far more perfect union because of that law. >> what is left now? section five was struck down. could you repeat what she said about section five b. in the b. in a zombie and was not direct

the nature of the underlying bond between him and john lewis, that john lewis kept going to jail and julian's role was to be the spokesperson of the great voice would justify what he was@ doing. to and with julian bond in his own words in 2009 on democracy now!, 100th anniversary of the naacp, which he chaired at the time. your thoughts on one of the many controversies going on today, swimming pool in philadelphia, that did not want black children swimming there. this controversy brewing as the >> not only celebrating its 100 years, but people saying, why do we need this organization? why do we need some of the fighting racial discrimination? barack obama is president, so all discrimination is just vanished. at our new ceo, 36-year-old ben jealous, said, we have come to a point where the president is black and can walk through the front door of his airplane, but his children can't swim in a pool in philadelphia. so if that doesn't show you why we need the naacp, i don't know what would. amy: talk about with the naacp >> well, when i heard obama talking and the bit you play just a mom

you know, the funny thing was, you know, john lewis, the civil rights icon, john lewis had come down to south florida to campaign against me. had no idea, no clue about my background. john lewis was my congressional representative growing up in atlanta. and when i met him at the swearing-in ceremony, i told him about graduating from grady high school, about my parents out campaigning for him, he was absolutely shocked. so i think we need to have those varying voices so we don't become polarized, so we do get to hear other perspectivings. i want to restore the greatness of the black community and the inner city, that vision that booker t. washington had when he discovered tuskegee institute. .. >> and i think that is what makes this country so great and exceptional. >> what is ronan? you see this often in your book. >> is the samari without a master. and most people believe as a young black man you are supposed to follow a certain path. my path is not about setting a core mass group but about principles and ideas. that is what my sword is drop for. it was honoring when a master from c

it was quite interesting but the funny thing was john lewis, the civil rights icon, john lewis had come down to south florida to campaign against me, had no idea, no clue about my background. john lewis was my profession represented going up in atlanta. when i met him and i said it's a honor to meet you, i told him about gradually, great high school, told him about my parents, out campaigning, he was shocked. so i think that we need to those voices so that we don't become polarized, so we do get to hear other perspectives. i want to restore the greatness of the black community in the inner-city that vision that booker t. washington had when he discovered tuskegee institute. >> used them quite a bit of time on philosophy and your puppet who is your favorite and which ones you admire? >> i would say without a doubt john locke was the classical liberal philosopher who came up with the understanding of natural rights theories as opposed to the divine right theories which is each and every person has a connection to the creative god and that they have these individual rights of life, liberty

and john lewis became the voice of the congress. what interested me about lewis is here he is five decades after the passage of the voting rights act fighting this fight all over watching the supreme court justice butt his life work and what he died foresee -- for so i wanted to ask lewis how that felt. i wanted to try in the book to obviously talk about the counter revolution to voting rights which i understand is distressing but i wanted to talk about people like john lewis and not just john lewis but so many of the unsung heroes of the voting rights act. we were not a democracy for the voting rights act. for all of the flews as the democracy today and there are many why far more perfect union because of the law. >> host: what is left of the act now? section five was struck down. can you repeat what you said about section five being shutdown. >> guest: the formula that determined which states were covered was struck down. right now, no states have to approve their voting changes. >> host: is it a rule every state has to approve th

i was there with john lewis and 100 members of congress. it was a very powerful trip. and so many of these members of congress talked about the importance of the history and what happened in selma. but so many of them went back to washington and did nothing. you can't honor selma unless you honor the fight for voting rights today. that has to be a message that every member of congress understands. we were e-mailing about it. the 50th anniversary of the vra, the day of the first gop debate. in ohio one of the epicenters of voting rights, there's no way those candidates should be on stage on the 50th anniversary without being asked do you support restoring the voting rights act and if not, why not,

i think lastly, john lewis told me, and i had forgotten this -- two things. on the way up to make that signing statement and sign the bill, in the limousine, i was in the limousine. he said, this will really change america if the negroes vote. if they vote. and then after that, john lewis said, you know, the president grabbed him and grabbed a couple of the others -- or member, john lewis in those days was one of the "radical" young guys in the protest area. and he got him and a couple of the others and said, you are the young guys. you guys have the energy now. you -- go from protest to politics. get those negroes of to the voting booth. get them to vote. get them to sign up. try them, what have you. john lewis said years later to congress, i remember all of the things lyndon johnson told me to do. get the grandmas in the car get the young people to drive them to be polling booths all of the things you do to get people to vote. this was lyndon johnson's world. i say in my book, we are living in lyndon johnson's world today with all of the laws but this certa

i think lastly, john lewis told me, and i had forgotten this -- two things. on the way up to make that signing statement and sign the bill, in the limousine, i was in the limousine. i think that goodwin may have been in it and a couple overs. he said, this will really change america if the negroes vote. if they vote. and then after that, john lewis said, you know, the president grabbed him and grabbed a couple of the others -- remember, john lewis in those days was one of the "radical" young guys in the protest area. and he got him and a couple of the others and said, you are the young guys. you guys have the energy now. you go from protest to politics. get those negroes off to the voting booth. get them to vote. get them to sign up. drive them, what have you. john lewis said years later to me, you know, when i ran for congress, i remember all of the things lyndon johnson told me to do. get the grandmas in the car, get the young people to drive them to be polling booths, all of the things you do to get people to vote. this was lyndon johnson's world. i say in

i think lastly, john lewis told me, and i had forgotten this -- two things. on the way up to make that signing statement and sign the bill, in the limousine, i was in the limousine. he said, this will really change america if the negroes vote. if they vote. and then after that, john lewis said, you know, the president grabbed him and grabbed a couple of the others -- or member, john lewis in those days was one of the "radical" young guys in the protest area. and he got him and a couple of the others and said, you are the young guys. you guys have the energy now. you go from protest to politics. get those negroes off to the voting booth. get them to vote. get them to sign up. drive them, what have you. john lewis said years later to me, you know, when i ran for congress, i remember all of the things lyndon johnson told me to do. get the grandmas in the car, get the young people to drive them to be polling booths, all of the things you do to get people to vote. this was lyndon johnson's world. i say in my book, we are living in lyndon johnson's world today with

and then after that john lewis said the president grabbed him and grabbed -- remember, john lewis was one of the "radical," young guys in the protest area. he got him and a couple others and said, you're the young guy. you guys have the energy now. you. go from protest to politics. get those negroes to vote, get them to sign up, drive them, what have you. john said to me years later when i ran for congress i remember all the things lyndon johnson told me to do. get the grandmas in the cars and get people to drive them up to the polling booths. all the things you do to get people to vote. this was lyndon johnson's world. i said in my book, we're living in lyndon johnson's world today with all the laws. but this certainly was. look what it has done before as far as the congressman, senators who are black in the federal government. and the thousands of state and local people who are black, who were elected all over this country. >> mr. germany, in the speech he uses terms like it will be a different battle field. many actions, many difficulties. he even knew at the time even with the pas

ouch, who makes john lewis mad. but congressman lewis won that race and currently holds the seat and lewis and bond eventually healed the wounds of that campaign, but their rivalry reminds us, that the battle is always contested. the stakes are high. bond went on to teach at top universities. he co-founded the southern poverty law center, he became and held the role of chairman of the naacp. and he continued to broaden and extend the reach of what it even meant to talk about civil rights. >> my name is julian bond. as chairman emeritus of the naacp, i know a little something about fighting for what's right and just. gay and lesbian couples have the same rights as everyone else. they should have the same right to marry as the rest of us. >> when people pass away, we have a tendency to put them on a pedestal, to make them perfect instead of human, but julian bond does not belong on a pedestal. he belongs where he always loved to be best, among the people. my father-in-law is known for quoting, why can't more black peo

that's not what john lewis fought for. the united states of america should have no patience and no tolerance for laws that aim at disenfranchising our fellow citizens. we have to keep pushing. at the federal level, we need a new voting rights act passed. at the state and local levels, we have to fight back against efforts to make it harder to vote, and we have to embrace those legislators that are prepared to make it easy to vote. but there is one last aspect to this and that is the job of citizens in actually exercising the franchise. this isn't always a popular thing to say in front of aggressive groups. everyone is fired up and rightly so. -- progressive groups. the reason the voting rights in the last midterm election was thirtysomething percent is not attributable to a photo id law. the fact of the matter is that far more people disenfranchise themselves than any law does by not participating. by not getting involved. so yes, we have to be vigilant in pushing back against laws that seek to disenfranchise people, yes,

he went into the legislature, i campaigned for him, i had to negotiate between him and john lewis when they had a little tough time. >> very intense hard-fought race, very ugly at certain points. >> very. very ugly. but both john and julian eventually came to the realization that the stress and strain on them was also translating a stress and strain on the organization and they came together, we talked at great length about the advantages of cooling out the animosity and in the midst of this animus, don't forget more engaged in this movement. one of the things that brought them together was that i took a large contingency of snickers to africa, their very first trip. i took them to guinea. i did work with them, they were getting beat up. they were on such a strain in voter registration, things they were doing. they were making mistakes and a lot of these mistakes appeared to me to be rooted in fatigue and that they really needed to get another venue and i put the money up, took them to west africa and they spent several weeks talking, looking at africa, meeting with a lot of african le

i had the honor of joining president owe pa ma, congressman john lewis and attorney general lynch in commemorating the anniversary. before the president spoke about the vra he shared some words about congressman lewis who was brutal ooised on the edmund pettis bridge in 1955, at the civil rights event we now know as bloody sunday. >> i love john lewis. and i don't know where he gets the energy, where he gets the drive what stores of passion, he's still labeled to muster. after fighting the good fight for so long. >> lewis' leadership was pivotal on that brimming. his contributions did not cease in 1965. jon lewis is not some icon. he's an active, accountability and engaged today as he was five decades ago. during the '70s lewis registered millions of voters and in 1981 he was elected to the city council and since 1986, lewis represented georgia's fifth congressional district in congress. he's a "new york times" best selling author and subjected to brutal physical violence in an effort to access the most basic rights of citizenship. it's no wonder a man as accomplished as president ob

ouch, who makes john lewis mad. but congressman lewis won that race and currently holds the seat and lewis and bond eventually healed the wounds of that campaign, but their rivalry reminds us, that the battle is -- for racial justice has always been contested even by those on the same side. the stakes are high. bond went on to teach at top universities. he co-founded the southern poverty law center, he became and held the role of chairman of the naacp. and throughout his life, bond continued to broaden and extend the reach of what it even meant to talk about civil rights. >> my name is julian bond. as chairman emeritus of the naacp, i know a little something about fighting for what's right and just. gay and lesbian couples have the same values as everyone else. love, commitment and stable families. they should have the same right to marry as the rest of us. >> when people pass away, we have a tendency to put them on a pedestal, to make them perfect instead of human, but julian bond does not belong on a pedestal. he

shock. >> it was an amazing moment to see john lewis who nearly died 50 years earlier in selma introducing barack obama hugging him on stage and basically lewis saying, never thought i would see this day. the president saying, i never thought i would see this day, either. it was very emotional. i was glad i was there because i really wanted to get that moment into my book. i snuck in, basically the last thing i was able to add. and then history comes full circle because they were in selma, celebrating the voting rights act but the act has also been gutted. the same thing they fought for 50 years later was now under siege. that gives some real tension to the anniversary of bloody sunday. it wasn't just a commemoration it was really a call to recognize the importance of the voting rights act and to restore going forward. juan: for a lot of people, nowadays, take voting for granted. they have no knowledge of this history. you and your early chapters, you talk about it as being the second emancipation and the second reconstruction. those analogies, why you used those analogies and could you go

john lewis is the ultimate culmination, and we're having a new attack on voting rights precisely because of the progress that has been made. all of these legislatures saw how obama was elected and they tried to target the very methods that led to this dramatic turnout, the most diverse electorate in american history in 2008 and then again in 2012. so it's precisely because of the progress that we're seeing the backlash as well that's happened throughout american history and is happening today. >> ari, thank you so much and thank you for the book. everybody should be reading this text and then also following your reporting because this is a struggle on going. you're covering the north carolina case and other cases around the country. up next, school discipline. should handcuffs be used to discipline an -year-old? and on a much lighter note, the beats that broke the internet. there's more nerdland at the top of the hour. now? can i at least put my shoes on? if your bladder is calling the shots ... you may have a medical condition called overactive bladder ... ...or oab you've got to be kid

ouch, who makes john lewis mad. but congressman lewis won that race and currently holds the seat and lewis and bond eventually healed the wounds of that campaign, but their rivally reminds us, that the battle is always contested. the stakes are high. bond went on to teach at top universities. he co-founded the southern poverty law seven tssw center, and held the role of chairman of the naacp. and he continued to broaden and extend the reach of what it even meant to talk about civil rights. >> my name is julian bond. as jair man emeritus of the naacp, i know a little something about fighting for what's right and just. gay and lesbian couples have the same rights as everyone else. they should have the same right to marry as the rest of us. >> when people pass away, we have a tendency to put them on a pedestal, to make them perfect instead of human, but julian bond does not belong on a pedestal. he belongs where he always loved to be best, among the people. my father-in-law is known for quoting, why can't more black pe

bond is one of the iconic figures in the 1960s marching next to martin luther king and john lewis. he moved to politics and elected to the georgia house of representatives. he served 4 terms in the house and 6 in the state senate. in 1998 bond became the chairman of the naacp and held that position for 10 years. >> i want to make sure that the naacp's voice is heard wherever race is discussed in the country. >> bond was an out-spoken person and has left his wife and two children. >>> wine makers struggling to keep up the pace of ripening fruit. what ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> donald trump unveiled his illegal immigration policy and out lined how he will take down isis as president. brian webb with who is rising and who is falling. >> reporter: republican candidates are continuing to cam pain. a new pole shows a shake up in the ranks. -- campaign. a new poll shows a shake up in the ranks. donald trump stays at the top and jeb bush falls to 4th. tackling immigration on sunday, trump wants to build a border wall and make mexico pay for it and he laid out how to take out isis. >> i say you tak

fellow activist john lewis called him one of a kind. and former vice president al gore called him a life-long champion for civil rights. bond helped create the student non-violent coordinating committee in the '60s. he was a close associate of dr. martin luther king, jr. he served as the chairman of the naacp for ten years. he was 75. >>> new information about the e-mail scandal surrounding hillary clinton. "the washington times" is reporting that the state department has identified 60 e-mails containing classified data. according to the report, one e-mail contained an intermediate level of classified information, while the rest were at the lowest level. clinton insists she did not knowingly send or receive classified information through her personal e-mail. >>> he began his campaign with controversial comments about immigrants from mexico. and now donald trump is explaining his plan to end illegal immigration to the u.s nbc's brian mooar reports more on donald trump's idea for immigration reform. >> reporter: for the first time in dona

lewis, at the white house. half a century later, he said, voting rights are still at risk. he singled out a 2013 supreme court decision that allows 15 previously-monitored states to change their election laws without federal approval. >> in practice, we've still got problems. on the ground, there are still too many ways in which people are discouraged from voting. some of the protections that had been enshrined in the voting rights act itself have been weakened as a consequence of court decisions and >> ifill: for more on the significance of today's anniversary, we are joined by kareem crayton, a voting rights scholar and consultant, zoltan hajnal, professor of political science at the university of california, san diego. he's co-author of a recent report on voter participation. and, imani clark. she is a student at prairie view a&m university, a historically black college in waller county, texas. she is a plaintiff in a challenge to a texas voter i.d. law overturned by a federal appeals court only yesterday. z

that is no what john lewis ought for. in the united states of america we should have no patience and no tolerance for laws that aim at disenfranchising our fellow citizens. so we've got to keep pushing. at the federal level, we need a new voting rights act passed. t the state and local level, we've got to fight back against efforts to make it harder to vote and we've got to embrace those legislature that is are prepared to make it easier to vote. but there's one last aspect of job as that is the citizens in actually exercising the franchise. this isn't always a popular thing to say in front of progressive groups. everybody's fired up. nd rightly so. but the reason that the voting rights in the last midterm election was 30-something percent is not attributable to photo i.d. law. the fact of the matter is that far more people disenfranchise themselves than any law does by not participating. by not getting involved. so, yes, we have to be vigilant in pushing back against laws that seek to disenfranchise people. yes, we shoul

he made a run for congress but lost an epic race to fellow civil rights activist john lewis, in 1986. bond was the first president of the southern poverty law center, which advocates for justice and equality, and later, chairman of the n.a.a.c.p., and served more than a decade in that post. two years ago, bond spoke at the 50th anniversary of the 1963 march on washington for jobs and freedom. >> we are still being tested by hardships and adversity. from the elevation of stand your ground laws to the evisceration of the voting rights act. but today we commit ourselves as we did 50 years ago to greater efforts and grander victories. >> sreenivasan: julian bond was 75. to discuss his legacy, i am joined via skype from martha's vineyard by congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, a civil rights pioneer in her own right, whose relationship with bond went back to their days at snick. when you heard the news what went through your mind? >> well i wasn't even a little bit ready to lose my good friend and constituent. because -- because julian has lived in washington now, for more than 25 years an

he had a hard-fought battle for the same seat john lewis has. you can always ask the what-if, but if you look at his legacy outside of politics, it's so powerful, leadership in naacp and really addressing every political issue of import over the course of his lifetime through his activism and presence, we would be hard pressed to find a political career that matches up in terms of equality, in terms of power, in terms of impact as the activist career of julian bond. >> it was a tough race he ran against his friend, john lewis, when he lost. it was a pretty rough race there. i do want to quote here morris december w dees. he said the nation has lost a champion and a hero. what do you think julian bond's legacy is going to be? >> for all my english majors out there, he majored in literary studi studies. opened up the world for him in a lot of different ways. his legacy will be that he kept his eyes on the prize over the course of his whole life. his work was sustained, and he worked on multiple issues across multiple platforms in multiple ways. he

robbers whend by john lewis, ranking member of the judiciary committee, and longtime advocate john conyers, and members of the congressional black caucus, three pieces of legislation have been introduced to resolve this urgent problem. hr 28 67, the voting rights amendment act, hr 12, the voting rights and empowerment act -- however, as we look at these bills, we again see history repeating itself. the first bill, the voting rights amendment act was a so-called bipartisan piece of legislation introduced in 2014. similar to the civil rights act, which had weak voting protections in an effort to obtain this bipartisan support. the voting rights amended act faces the same problem. at the time of its drafting, members of the congressional black caucus were not at all happy with this bill. since 2010, we have been struggling against the republican majority, strongly influenced by their most conservative arm, the tea party. it has been difficult to get support for progressive legislation of any kind, in particular for voting rights legislation strong enough to overcome the damage done by the she

lewis. a man who literally risked his life -- >> yeah. >> -- for this principle. john said, he says in his own book, i have talked to him about it. he was asked to speak at the march on washington, this representative of young people. he had to submit something like five drafts of his speech to a. phillip randolph's agent, bayard rustin. and each time he was told, john, that's too radical. at one point he said in his speech, he remembered him telling this, the people demand. they said no, no. that's going to make people nervous, so make your pick. so the contrast between the two is what i was hoping to get. >> well, there's no question that one of the instant takeaways of this book is that you are as critical of your own side, in some respects, as you are of the other side. >> procedurally. >> procedurally. >> and the other point i want to make is this. one of the things i get really bothered by are my colleagues who beat their chest about how brave they are by standing up to their opponents

and john lewis getting really quite beat up. and at that point president johnson calls the governor of alabama, george wallace, to the white house, setting the stage so to speak. and wall a lass says to him, i can't protect the voters and lbj says don't tell me that, george. i can't do anything about the voting booth. don't tell me that, george. they were able to make sure the votes were there to beat me in alabama. and he said he can't protect the marchers. and johnson indicates to him that if he can't protect the marchers, he will have to protect them. he, lbj, will have to protect the marchers. and one of johnson's great lines, which is, you know, don't talk to me like that, george. that's b.s. and it's a lot easier to slip on bull chip than it is is on gravel. johnson has wallace go out to the white house and "meet the press". the press corp is out there. knowing that wallace will, as he did, recite all the segregationist stuff. this is the guy who said segregation forever. which is all part of setting the stage for a court

john lewis: -- i am with earl. we have thrown a lot of statistics at you. we knew folks were traumatized. not just the folks who had to evacuate, but those there to help as part of the recovery. we insisted as part of the dehab process that there was strong case management. we knew families, especially families most vulnerable who had to get on the bus and go to houston, arrived with a close -- the clothes on their back. it was not just about paying rental assistance. it was about furniture, pots and pans, reading glasses left in the home that needed to be replaced. medications, doctors, help with wraparound things that affect so many of the families that had to leave new orleans and surrounding areas. to me, that is one of the biggest takeaways from our work in terms of that recovery part. making sure we are treating evacuees as real human beings going through trauma and giving them that level of comfort and service necessary. for me, that was the big takeaway. >> thank you for the question. for me civil rights and equal opportunity perspective, i think on

but as one of those heroes congressman john lewis, reminded us in selma this past march, “there's still work to be done.” fifty years after the voting rights act, there are still too many barriers to vote, and too many people trying to erect new ones. we've seen laws that roll back early voting, force people to jump through hoops to cast a ballot, or lead to legitimate voters being improperly purged from the rolls. over the years, we have seen provisions specifically designed to make it harder for some of our fellow citizens to vote. in a democracy like ours, with a history like ours, that's a disgrace. that's why, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act, i'm calling on congress to pass new legislation to make sure every american has equal access to the polls. it's why i support the organizers getting folks registered in their communities. and it's why, no matter what party you support, my message to every american is simple: get out there and vote -- not just every four years, but every chance you get. because your elected officials will only heed your voice if

lewis. he gave that first pen to dirkson ensuring that he received proper credit for that bill. >> you know, i -- your sister told me that she once asked him, why did you give that pen to everett dirkson? and she told me, he replied, without him, we would have had a piece of legislation. with him, we had a law. >> absolutely. and he also said, you know, dr. king was already for this bill. he said everett dirkson had to -- he had to really talk him into it. and, you know, it's not just the south where you had strong civil rights objections. believe me, it was in cato, illinois. it was in lots of different places in the north and in the west. and they knew that that made the difference. and he knew that you wanted to have those republicans just as you needed to have those republicans sign on for the medicare and medicaid because they're going to go back to their districts. and you want to make sure that those states sign up for that medicaid. and that those governors do what they're supposed t

a little older than the whipper snappers like john lewis. she helped to lead the march that ended up being called bloody sunday. the footage from that day, that is her in the white raincoat being trampled. she was seriously injured that day when police attacked the bridge, beaten senseless and left unconscious on the ground but lived to tell the tale. this spring on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday she was back at the bridge with president obama, side by side, hand in hand. her in the wheelchair there making her way across the bridge. she died today and the white house released a statement praising her quiet heroism. she died at the age of 104. she was at the white house when president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act in 1965. something that may have never happened without her. she was already 54 years old when she helped to organize the selma march. in which she almost lost her life. she was 104 years old today when she passed. a hard life well lived. . >>> first look is up next. >>> it's thursday august 27. the murder of tw

those heroes, congressman john lewis reminded us in selma this past march, there is still work to be done. 50 years after the voting rights act, there are still too many barriers to vote and too many people trying to elect new ones. we have seen laws that roll back early voting, force people to jump through hoops to cast a legitimatelead to voters being improperly purged from the polls. we have seen provisions specifically designed to make it harder for some of our fellow citizens to vote. in a democracy like ours, with a history like ours, that is a disgrace. celebrate the we 50th anniversary of the voting rights act, i am calling on congress to pass new legislation to make sure every american has equal access to the polls. that is why it is important the organizers getting folks registered in their communities. it is wine a matter what party you support, my message to every american is simple. get out there and vote. not just every four years, but every chance you get to read elected officials will only heed your voice if you make your voice heard. ms. mui: that was president obama

we were frchinate earlier this year to have john lewis in san francisco and be able to get copies of his book and get those to young people. i think that it is easy to sometimes forget the struggle because we are so far removed from it sometimes in our moinds and especially in san francisco where we don't always realize what the realty is outsides och what i sometimes call the bubble. i think we are excited to have these young people here and hope there is connection between white coats for black lives and league of women voters that will be recognized here tonight. this is truly a partnership between the agencies that do the work and silty departments and did want to take time to acknowledge and recognize paul henderson from the mayors office who is the deputy chief of staff with focus on public safety. we talk about the struggle and fight that is going on for voting rights today and we are grateful the mayor and his staff committed to making sure everyone has the right to vote and recognized in san francisco. i would like to invite paul henderson up before we introduce our youth an

lewis. >> we got others to join us by demonstrating that we were willing to risk our lives to help them. but they would have to take a step, too. they would have to join us. and time, moment by moment, minute by minute, time by time, more and more people did until we had an effective organization. >> described as passionate about fighting discrimination, and any vestiges of white supremacy, he was also known for his wit, intellect, cool demeanor and good looks. he would be elected to the georgia house of representatives in 1965. but would still encounter indignities to what would become his 20-year service. his white colleagues in the house refused to let him take his seat because of his opposition to the vietnam war. a year later, in 1966, the supreme court accused the legislature of violating his freedom of speech, and ordered it to seat him. he would also serve in the georgia senate for years. a constant advocate of learning, the former lawmaker would teach at various universities, including harvard, the university of pennsylvania, and most recently american university. he was foundi

a little older than the whipper snappers like john lewis. she helped to lead the march that ended up being called bloody sunday. the footage from that day, that is her in the white raincoat being trampled. she was seriously injured that day when police attacked the bridge, beaten senseless and left unconscious on the ground but lived to tell the tale. this spring on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday she was back at the bridge with president obama, side by side, hand in hand. her in the wheelchair there making her way across the bridge. she died today and the white house released a statement praising her quiet heroism. she died at the age of 104. >> the father of a reporter murdered on television issued a powerful statement about the need for gun control legislation. one of the key negotiators of this iran nuclear deal will join us.

se serving alongside co-founder john lewis. >> we got others to join us by demonstrating that we were willing to risk our lives to help them. but they'd have to take a step too. they'd have to join us. and time, moment by moment, minute by minute, time by time, more and more people did until we had an effective organization. >> described as passionate about fighting discrimination and any vestiges of white supremacy, he was also known for his wit, intellect, cool demeanor and good looks. he'd be elected to the georgia house of representatives in 1965, but would still encounter indignities at the start of what would become his 20-year service. his white colleagues in the house refused to let him take his seat because of his opposition to the vietnam war. his critics accused him of being disloyal. a year later in 1966, the supreme court accused the legislature of violating his freedom of speech and ordered it to seat him. he'd also serve in the georgia senate for years. a constant advocate of learning, the former lawmaker would teach at various universities, including harvard, the unive

a little older than the whipper snappers like john lewis. she helped to lead the march that ended up being called bloody sunday. the footage from that day, that is her in the white raincoat being trampled. she was seriously injured that day when police attacked the bridge, beaten senseless and left unconscious on the ground but lived to tell the tale. this spring on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday she was back at the bridge with president obama, side by side, hand in hand. her in the wheelchair there making her way across the bridge. she died today and the white house released a statement praising her quiet heroism. she died at the age of 104. she was at the white house when president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act in 1965. something that may have never happened without her. she was already 54 years old when she helped to organize the selma march. in which she almost lost her life. she was 104 years old today when she passed. a hard life well lived. that does it for us tonight. see you tomorrow. now it is time for "the las

lewis for a congressional seat, his commitment to the speaking to the power did not wane. the credit of both men, they mended the tear in the fabric that had bound them in the early days of the struggle. i have always found it interesting that julian took a philosophy course at morehouse college taught taut by martin luther king, jr. and while that was the only course martin ever fault, julian has been sharing his wisdom for years at both uva and american u. his loss is significant. it is yet one more in the pantheon of strong, brave, gifted and committed men and women who literally changed this country for the better. for him and all the others, the gospel song comes to mind, "well done, faithful servant. done, faithful servant. now come on home a leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. visit your volvo showroom for this attractive offer on the 2015.5 volvo s60 sedan. >>> win or lose the next one, nice if we don't lose another starter that much. >> losing everybody these days, the redskin

serving alongside then fellow co-founder john lewis. >> we got others to join us by demonstrating that we were willing to risk our lives to help them. but they'd have to take a step too. they'd have to join us. and time, moment by moment, minute by minute, time by time more and more people did until we had an effective organization. >> described as passionate about fighting discrimination, he was also known for his wit, intellect, cool demeanor and good looks. he would still encounter indignities at the start of his 20-year service. his white colleagues in the house refused to let him take his seat because of his opposition to the vietnam war. his critics accused him of being disloyal. the supreme court accused the legislature of violating his freedom of speech and ordered it to seat him. he had also served in the georgia senate for years. the former lawmaker would teach at various universities including harvard and most recently american university. he was founding president of the southern poverty law center in the '70s. the splc said with julian's passing, the country has lost one o

in the book, lbj meets with john lewis who is chairman of the nonviolent coordinating committee. lewis in colorful language, you need to grab the bull by the balls, and it all of these guys registered. once lbj realizes that the voting rights act all caps, he became passionate about registering voters and making the rights act real. he realizes this is a transformative thing. registering african-american voters and others. that conversation, another lbj recording is on our and some of these are blunt conversations. our phone lines are open. we have a line for republicans, democrats, independents. you can also find us on facebook. tony is in fort worth, texas. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? thesehinking about changes and i think that black people came out because of president obama. this is a lot to do about nothing. when in the black came out and voted for obama, they went things and of these unless someone does something to address the black people in the u.s., we will come out again. there is a new candidate out there right now addressing what you are talking about

king, he and john lewis and carmichael and jesse jackson, that generation tried to push and get things done to make the older guys move faster and then they became the older guys and people like me and mark and others behind them started pushing and now they are younger than us. the key is that julian never stopped. from youth to middle age to elderly, he understood that movements are not about what age you are, it's that if you're committed, your life will fight to the end. he fought to the end. he fought a good fight and made america better. i'm glad we have that model in julian bond. may he rest in peace because he gave us a lot of peace in life. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton, "hardball" starts now. >>> trump wants immigrants out of the country z that include the man you're calling an illegal immigrant, does that include the president of the united states? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. the man has a plan for 11 million immigrants, send t

. >> and didn't johnson with congressman lewis encourage john lewis and dr. king and others to make the demonstrations public and force the country's hand? >> he did, and he said to martin luther king, something to the effect of what fdr said, make me do it, the more you can dramatise the existence, and nonetheless, the demonstrations were extremely helpful in allowing him to push this bill through, and there's an interesting antidote where lbj meets with a young john lewis, and before the voting rights act is signed on august 6th, 1965, and he tells lewis in colorful language you have to grab basically the bull by the balls -- sorry for the language, but that's what the president said, and get all these guys registered. once lbj realized the voting rights act was going to be signed and he became passionate about getting people registered and pushing the justice department to push the law, and registering millions of african-american voters and other voters would transform american democracy. >> and that conversation and other lbj reportings is on our website