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As in never ever. now about that parking ticket. [ grunting ] [ male announcer ] to apply for the citi simplicity card go to citi.com/simplicity. it's the only card that never has late fees, a penalty rate, or an annual fee, ever. so apply today. >> whenever i hear about a hate crime i am shocked and sad. i give a damn. do you? >> i am horrified when i hear about people being victimized. on the surface i should be glad america wages a war on hate. hate crimes bring longer sentence. they should be. the genre runs the fighting discrimination program at a group called human rights first. but jimm...

Are throwing at your head and he does it all and, to me, he's one of the greatest heroes in all of american history. >> mrs. robinson, to what extent did your husband feel that weight, that responsibility, that sense of significance real time? martin luther king wrote in 1962 of your husband. he was a sit-inner before the sit-in. he talked how much what jackie robinson did was important to what he, martin luther king jr., was able to do. >> he certainly felt the responsibility that goes with being a pioneer. he needed -- he wanted to not only focus on his role in playing the game but also in b...

Being out front with this process of fighting discrimination, fighting racism, and doing it in a dignified and a positive way. >> how difficult was it for him? he was on this program, on "meet the press" back in 1957, and you got a sense of the importance of civil rights and politics to him when he was asked a question on this program. listen to it. >> how do you answer those people who insist the naacp is moving very, very fast to get the rights of the negro but seems to be doing not enough to impress upon the negro his own responsibility as he gets these rights? >> i think that if we go back...

Only focus on his role in playing the game but also in being out front with this process of fighting discrimination, fighting racism, and doing it in a dignified and a positive way. >> how difficult was it for him? he was on this program, on "meet the press" back in 1957, and you got a sense of the importance of civil rights and politics to him when he was asked a question on this program. listen to it. >> how do you answer those people who insist the naacp is moving very, very fast to get the rights of the negro but seems to be doing not enough to impress upon the negro his own responsibility...

all were under the age of 30. we have more on these people, who they were, how they are being remembered. many being laid to rest. in other cases their memorial services, a host of things. >> it's a very emotional day for a lot of the people affected by this theater shooting. as you know, fred, funerals are for a couple things, embrace your loved ones and remember life. and three lives are being remembered to day from this theater shooting. one is john larimer, 27 years old. followed the footsteps of his grandfather and father. he enlisted in the u.s. navy and in the first posting th...