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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 t...

washington. republicans are not opposed to any substance. >> i think it's a political move, and i think it's disgusting. it really is an ongoing crisis here at a scale that is almost unimaginable. >> you can see some of the garbage that is still over here. and you can actually see how high the water has come. >> this is what we do not want to see a flood watch. >> with more rain coming, we expect the water to rise even higher. >> you're live in the "cnn newsroom." and we begin this hour with the passing of two legends who were both game-changers in their respective fields. basketba...

Minority astronauts for the space shuttle program. >> nichols' enduring beauty, her strength of character, her commitment to human rights will always inspire. >> and she blazed intergalactic trails on tv. initial nichols was playing in a leading role in the turbulent 1960s. cnn analyst bill carter said the series setting allowed nichols to break color barriers during the civil rights movement. >> this was a real powerful, intelligent, commanding person. now, they said it in the 23rd century which was kind of a commentary on what was happening in america at the time. this was a civil rights era...