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Equal. >> that was gregory peck as atticus finch in the 1962 movie "to kill a mockingbird." now 55 years after harper lees book "to kill a mockingbird" hit shelves, the character of atticus in another book is making waves for being racist. viewers and fans are stunned. with us this morning is charles j. shields author of "mockingbird" the author of the biography of harper lee. >> good morning to you both. >> how do you explain this met more sis we see from "to kill a mockingbird" to now this new...

Society, that it would not forget any of those who are marginalized or discarded. here in eduador there are two problems they are dealing with. one is one thats very common here in latin america, that is poverty. 22% of people in eduador live at or below the poverty line. the other is a refugee problem. 20% of people come across the border here to find safety in eduador. while they may find safety they find discrimination trouble to find jobs. pope francis urges everyone to be inclusive here in ...

Imagine for a moment the united states government just shut down all banks in this country for a week and then told you all you could get out of an atm was $60 a day. if the atm has any money left in it. thats exactly whats happening in greece right now and its all about that looming debt crisis you keep hearing about that is threatening financial ruin. in that country and elsewhere, too. this is not just greeces problem. because fear over whats happening in greece and then possibly deciding to ...

Car was hit. amazingly he was not hurt. tucker anna? >> thanks clayton. one of these internet stars that interviewed president obama, well a 12-year-old rising youtube star wants his turn in the queue. watch this. >> mr. president, today i come to you with a bold yet simple request, a meeting, interview. i want to talk to you about your vision for this nation. my generation deserves answers. and they deserve a future and i will do whatever it takes to fight for the future. >> all right. the wh...

Conservative christians who are the base of the republican party there. group that is not hugely a fan -- fans of governor christies. and maybe focusing more on new hampshire where his candor his straight talk as john mccain called it, might endear him to the independent republican voters. he said thats not the case. hes traveling all over. and i do think there is something to be said about him having a good chance of -- at least the best chance of making waves in new hampshire. and there really...

That if we see something like smoke bombs inside the parliament. >> its politicians gone wild and news crews are there to record democracy at its messiest. ♪ april 27th, 2010. the ukrainian parliament gathers in its chamber to ratify the extension of russias black sea fleets lease in the ukraine. its a controversial deal, and russia today news correspondentcorrespondent alexi is out to record on the protests. >> this whole issue has been making waves in the ukrainian politics. russia had had n...

Thanks for staying with us this saturday morning. a lot more to come this hour including if its not going to be elizabeth warren taking on hillary clinton, then who? a new name getting into the mix. hell be here to tell us all about his potential candidacy minutes from now. also still ahead, how hillary clintons most fearless adversary is making waves. president obama fornls ahead with a new relationship with cuba. also this hour with a verdict coming this week is it too soon for hollywood t...

Of these candidates to formally declare. it doesnt really help them that much to announce. its depends when they want to make their big splash and media announcement in the press. >> so how about other democrats that are looking to challenge hillary clinton and who would republicans most likely want the democratic nominee to be do you believe? >> well i think they might like to run against vice president joe biden in the polls he performs very poorly against republicans. he sort of has a reputat...

150,000 people in the police force are women. and there are concrete barriers to why more women are not joining the police force. the women already in the police force are facing harassment and discrimination. they dont have separate changing rooms, toilets. these are concrete things the government can do. so what we need from the government now is to -- yes, the warm words and broad commitment are helpful, but we need concrete action. >> amnesty international sect general speaking to me about t...

One more point. im not running a pr operation for benjamin netanyahu here. but lets be clear. he is pushing on an open door. hes pushing on a congress that is looking for a way to define its own foreign policy republican congress as we approach the presidential elections and you have to keep that in mind. >> aaron david miller thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up we have more great guests he is one of the most outspoken sport commentators on television but this time hes making waves on r...