we remember two legends. i contributed a great deal to the game. basketball superstar and civil rights champion bill russell. captain, the enterprise is up there. and television trailblazer initial nichols of star supreme court. power. power. these protest remembers at the steps right in front of the senate. many of them slept overnight on the steps outside here to protest the failure of the burn pit legislation. they all have this mumbo-jumbo about a budgetary gimmick but nothing changed. this is the oldest trick in washington. republicans are not opposed to any of the substance of the bill. i think it s a disgusting move. it s really an ongoing crisis at a scale almost unimaginable. you can see some of the garbage that s still over here, and can you actually see how high the water has come. this is what we do not want to see, a floodwatch. more rape coming and we expect the water to rise up each higher. and i m pamela brown in washington. you re
more rape coming and we expect the water to rise up each higher. and i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the passing of two legends. both were game-changers in their fields and challenged the norms in an unjust america. basketball great bill russell died earlier today at age 88. he led the boston celtics to 11na championships, and in his time two titles as the first black head coach in a major american sports league. he was also a tireless champion for racial justice and civil rights working alongside dr. martin luther king jr. and mohamed ali. in 2011 he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. tonight we also salute initial nichols. she died saturday at the age of 89. she played lieutenant uhara in the original star trek series