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But first, we go back to south africa in 1977, when the country was governed by a racist system known as apartheid, which discriminated against the black population in almost every area of life. peterjones spoke to witness history about his friend steve biko, a young black south african who was trying to bring about change. i miss my friend steve biko, and i am forever in his debt. steve biko is one of the people that originated the new generation of young, political—minded black people. the b...

The second marines or the 81st to take positions in seattle? >> wow, brian, thats a two-part question that is important. let me deal with the first part first. you know because youve covered this administration and chronicled it every night at 11:00, that the president, the former president, rarely regrets anything. in fact, in our interview we learned that he really doesnt regret anything about 2020 except for one thing. though it was one of the most catastrophic years weve seen in our history,...

Candidate unveiling his criminal justice reform plan which he says is aimed at curbing the prison inflation along the highlights of the plan are these. eliminate the death penalty, stop obsessive sentencing and mandatory sentencing minimums, expand the use of sentencing alternatives. his campaign says all of this is designed to root out institutional racism and corporate profiteering. what do you think of his plan? >> its a funny thing, i worked in the justice system for a long time. i think its...

He talks about wanting to end for profit prisons, wanting to end the practice of cash bail and reforming how policing is done in this country. he wants to address the systemic issues that he sees in the criminal justice system that we currently have. i got to ask him about that after a church visit had he earlier today here in columbia, south carolina. listen to what he said. >> a racist system. people behind bars are dispro forcing natalie african, latino. were spending a fortune rather than in...

When you apologize, you really acknowledge that you did something wrong. and the vice president hasnt done that. i dont know why hes been stubborn in this case. he chose to speak about a segregationist and talked about civility. how can you have civility with someone who wanted violence against a huge portion of the american population? how can you talk about civility when you talk about someone who literally wanted to freeze america in place, all that institutional racism, were still fighting t...

Economies, you know the ones that arent as awesome in eradicating poverty. our racist system has done more to help humanity than any ever. but what would he know about economies? he inherited and married his money, making him a perfect lefty, relying on the wealth of others to support his silly ideas, oversized ego and absurd hand gestures. juan, you and i sit here and weve made comments about being married, right? weve made jokes about what its like to be married, for you a long time, for me no...

>> anthony: this coming from a potential passenger means soweto. also this and this. johannesburg has an elaborate system of hand signals indicating desired routes of travel. so youre looking at the hand signals, and said, "okay, im not going there, im not going there." >> mdu: yeah, im looking at the hand signal. >> anthony: in 1904, soweto came into being as a less benign version of the housing project. it was designed as workers lodging. a place to put black laborers comfortably removed from ...

Hand signal. >> anthony: in 1904, soweto came into being as a less benign version of the housing project. it was designed as workers lodging. a place to put black laborers comfortably removed from white society. a ghetto. by the 1950s, it had become the center of resistance to white rule, synonymous with the struggle against the whole rotten racist system. >> mdu: i remember when the situation was so bad in such a way that my mother had to put me inside a box where we put shoes and hide me there...

Rule, synonymous with the struggle against the whole rotten racist system. >> mdu: i remember when the situation was so bad in such a way that my mother had to put me inside a box where we put shoes and hide me there, under the bed. this is where i grew up most of the time. sometimes you would get bullied. there was this time two guys were following me. they lifted me up and i had probably some few coins in my pocket. and just turned me around. just to shake me. >> anthony: shake you upside down...

Of showing desired modes of travel. youre not going there? in 1904, soweto came into being of the housing project. it was designed as workers lodging, the place to put black laborers, comfortably removed from white societies. a ghetto. but the 1950s, it had become the center of resistance to white rule, synonymous against the struggle of the whole rotten racist system. >> i remember one day that the situation was so bad, that my mother had to put me inside a box where we put shoes and hide me un...