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>> reporter: its been a while since joe, meredith, luca and katlyn had to skip school or work for a doctors visit. >> two years in a row these two. perfect attendance. no tardies, no late. >> no suck days. -- sick days. >> something to do with our health care, what do you think? >> reporter: their doctor comes to them whenever they need him. meet dr. brian thornburg. >> everything you need is in there. >> this and a computer so i have access to all their medical records. >> reporter: hes one of ...

>> reporter: its been a while since joe, meredith, luca and katlyn had to skip school or work for a doctors visit. >> two years in a row these two. perfect attendance. no tardies, no late. >> no suck days. -- sick days. >> something to do with our health care, what do you think? >> reporter: their doctor comes to them whenever they need him. meet dr. brian thornburg. >> everything you need is in there. >> this and a computer so i have access to all their medical records. >> reporter: hes one of ...

That, things start to fall apart. >> im shot in the leg. >> as james meredith was walking along the highway, a gunman stepped out of the woods and just blasted him with a shotgun. >> meredith was taken to a memphis hospital under police guard. his blood still remains on the highway. >> once he was shot, then there had to be some response by the movement. they had to show that the segregationists cant win that way. they got together and decided to continue the march. stokely carmichael and martin...

>> mississippi air force veteran james meredith insists on being admitted to the university of mississippi. and ross barnett, the governor of the state, hes not going to let this happen. >> we hereby deny you admission to the university of mississippi. >> and it becomes a crisis. >> ross barnett withdrew local police and allowed the campus to turn into a kind of war zone. >> please why dont you -- cant you give an order -- >> how can i remove him, governor, when theres a riot in the street and y...

Weve got to get somebody up there now to get order and stop the firing and the shooting. then you and i will talk on the phone about meredith. first weve got to get order. >> finally, the army arrives from memphis and comes rolling on the campus and stops the riot at that point. >> i deeply regret the fact that any action by the executive branch was necessary in this case. but all other avenues and alternatives, including persuasion and conciliation, have been tried and exhausted. >> james mered...

Of mississippi, a state where he is one of the most hated men alive. his purpose, meredith hopes to encourage unregistered negroes along the way to qualify as voters. he also by his very presence hopes to dispel some of the fear negroes have in the south. >> in 1965 with the passage of the voting rights act, youd have thought anything was possible. but then very quickly after that, things start to fall apart. >> im shot in the leg. >> as james meredith was walking along the highway, a gunman ste...

>> honest. what is -- >> no commercial in this show? >> ill tell you what is cowardly. no. no asking a reor the cal question that you never answer yourself that is cowardice. >> who is directing this show. lets go to commercial. lets go to commercial. >> that was a long time. >> im a natural moderator. >> they did sit on that, though, right? was that purposely? >> you mean the director? >> yeah. >> i dont know what was in his mind. they did a split screen which i think rosy was not happy about. ...

>> honest. what is -- >> no commercial in this show? >> ill tell you what is cowardly. no, no. asking a rhetorical question that you never answer yourself that is cowardice. >> who is directing this show. lets go to commercial. lets go to commercial. >> that was a long time. >> im a natural moderator. >> they did sit on that, though, right? was that purposely? >> you mean the director? >> yeah. >> i dont know what was in his mind. they did a split screen which i think rosy was not happy about. t...

The show changed when meredith and star left. it became a different show. because when they were there, it was like, you know, four of us started on the same level. and barbara of course was very famous. then they bring in a big heavy hitter like rosy and the dynamic changes. one time didnt show up because i was on the tarmac. >> thats what you said anyway. >> i think the dynamic change affidavit you left and its not the same show. you were the one that was key. >> theyre bringing it back to a s...

But, you know, the truth is people react in different ways. >> reporter: and those different ways arent necessarily an indication of guilt far from it. after the body of meredith was found slayed, her roommate amanda knox became a prime suspect. while police searched the crime scene, knox was spotted kissing her then boyfriend outside. >> while he kissed me because outside in that courtyard and i was standing there looking lost and he felt bad for me. he kept close to me and was just trying to c...