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without controversy. change depends on persistence. change requires determination. it took a full decade before the moral guidance of brown versus board of education was translated into the enforcement measures of the civil rights about and the voting rights act. but those ten long years did not lead dr. king to give up. he kept on pushing. he kept on speaking. he kept on marching until change finally came. and when the civil rights and voting rights act was passed, americans still fou...

>> and are the protesters back there that i hear? >> yes, they are, it will look hot here because we will shoot into the sun but we are out here on the quad at dartmouth and the demonstrators have a place to sit behind a fence and make a lot of racket and you heard people talking about aids funding saying that people with aids are dying and the students were chanting "were not trying," a reference to the up not doing enough, and in the foreground you saw a few democrats hanging out from the obam...

scene to investigate and was shot and killed. in 1991, troy davis was convicted for the murder based on eyewitness testimony. since davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or changed their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. joining us from the prison in jackson, outside the prison, david maltingly, also senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeff, its about now three hours, i remember shortly after this delay was announced, watching, you say you f...

president obama wants $447 billion to create jobs. the president cause it a jolt not a system ytimulus. aly is off this week. the american jobs bill, a tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans and modernization of 5,000 public schools and tax credit for hiring long term unemployed and position to help refinance mortgages at low interest rates. steven, the white house is steering us told analysis from well known economist mark zandi who says this plan if enacted could create almost 2 m...

versus looking at what you could earn on that money. >> you learn something there with clyde this morning. >> yes. >> its not all the same for everybody. maybe you should pay off and be safe. >> whatever you feel comfortable with. >> fredricka, its all yours. >> keep that credit score up, too. >> yes. good to see you. >> you as well. well see you in new york tomorrow for the 9/11 marking of ten years. >> yes. security is stepped up across america this weekend after what officials cal...

this "american morning." good morning. >> zogood morning alina. >> its early. >> it is early. >> not so early for you. >> always great to have you here. >> carol is off, christine is off. >> thats right. >> weve got you back, which is fantastic. >> weve got a really serious situation going on in texas. >> its -- it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires were telling you about sweeping across the country right now...

good morning. im ali velshi joining us live from new york. lets start with the fast and furious wildfires wrecking land and property in texas. theyve killed four people and destroyed more than 700 homes in the past few days. the biggest fire is just outside austin. firefighters have been struggling to contain it. lets go right to cnns chris welch. whats the latest? >> reporter: well, you just mentioned four death so is far at this point associated with these fires. two of those came fr...

landfall this morning, on the outer banks of north carolina. more than 1 million homes are without power tonight. flooding is widespread. >> now, the winds have died down a little bit, but irene is expected to remain a hurricane all the way to new england. and as you can see, the surf is already pounding the coastline nonstop. right now, ocean city, maryland, getting hammered. and if theres some good news, well, an admiral with the u.s. coast guard says the preliminary survey of damage...

of the turmoil on wall street has been triggered by fears over the european debt crisis and the anemic economies. and richard quest, one of the best people to turn to when we want perspective on the global economy. he joins us from london. what happened in the european markets today? >> reporter: the europeans went down initially and then down further and they rallied with wall street. we closed down 1% in london, and paris 1%, and frankfurt, once again the german market is being cream...

from the summer break. president obama has actively been meeting with some to create a plan. the question is how specific will it be and will it help? white house officials tell us its a work in progress, and will include tax cuts and infrastructure ideas that could create jobs, and measures that target unemployed, and struggling economic sectors. they say the president is working on a debt reduction proposal and will present the so-called super committee, and as you know its the 12 la...