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Was the wrong size, meant for an suv, a vice president at the dealership says they do not mix and max the all weather mats. the company declined to talk to us pending their own investigation. even so, lawyers for the families believe the floor mat is only partially to blame. >> we know there was evidence of heavy application of braking, hes kind of finding the car is lurching like a bull and the brakes fail entirely and the throttle is wide open and it takes off like a rocket. >> reporter: a fri...

From his service. hes only 42 years old. i think he will find other ways to contribute. i think he wanted to move on with his life and frankly, hes been thinking about this since last summer. >> lets, speaking of last summer obviously a great passage then, this was patrick kennedy speaking at his fathers funeral. >> i couldnt have seen it at the time, but having asthma was not hitting the jackpot for a child who craved his fathers love and attention. my father and i were the primary sponsors of ...

Bill richardson was ambassador to the united nations and worked with president clinton. you are one of my favorite political figures in this country, im glad you called us up tonight. what do you think about the president? survivor, going through another one of these procedures and i guess he is going to be fine. >> well that is great news. i saw him about six weeks ago in new mexico. he came down for -- to do the eulogy of a former new mexico governor, bruce king, who had passed away. and he lo...

John lewis, seen here wearing a trench coat and backpack, was at the head of the march and was badly beaten. >> the only thing i had in that backpack was two books. i thought we were going to be arrested and that we were going to go to jail. so i wanted to have something to read. >> martin luther king issued a call for the nations ministers to come to selma. among those who answered, unitarian minister james reeb from boston. his first night in town, white men attacked him with a baseball bat. h...

>> well, the truth of it is, nobody cared about us. the news has to be emotional to get to us, and there was nothing more emotional than martin being in jail and then the fire hoses and the dogs. >> there was no letup in the violence. on february 18th, 1965, alabama state troopers fatally shot 26-year-old jimmy lee jackson in marion, alabama, who was trying to protect his mother. dr. king delivered a passionate and familiar message in jacksons eulogy to all those who remained on the sidelines. >...

Felt that he had come in and created trouble for the people that had to live here. >> dr. king presided over the funeral of three of the children. >> he was a very disciplined preacher. >> god has spoken to me. >> and so if he was going to talk for 15 or 20 minutes, he spent 15 or 20 hours working on it. but thats when you have a whole week. he had a couple of days between the time of the bombing and the time of the memorial service, the funeral service. >> before delivering the eulogy for the g...

Sparked another selma protest march just days later. on the edmund pettis bridge, alabama police violently pushed the marchers back. its what became known as bloody sunday. john lewis, seen here wearing a trench coat and backpack, was at the head of the march and was badly beaten. >> the only thing i had in that backpack was two books. i thought we would be arrested and that we were going to go to jail, so i wanted to have something to read. >> martin luther king issued a call for the nations mi...

A deep depression. the heaviest burden of leadership is the death of your followers. >> martin felt that he had to go to birmingham after that, because people would blame him. >> there were many people that did not want him to come back. people were angry, because they felt that he had come in and created trouble for the people that had to live here. >> dr. king presided over the funeral of three of the children. >> he was a very disciplined preacher. >> god has spoken to me. >> and so if he was...

Violence. on february 18th, 1965 alabama state troopers fatally shot 26-year-old jimmy lee jackson in marion, alabama, who was trying to protect his mother. dr. king delivered a passionate and familiar message in jacksons eulogy to all those who remained on the sidelines. >> he was murdered by the indifference of every minister of the gospel who has remained silent behind the safe security of stained glass windows. he was murdered by every negro who passively accepts the evil system of segregati...

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