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>> the freedom riders, protesting at lunch counters that were seg regated. suggests it might be possible for a new generation who's spent their entire lives with the threat of mass shootings. you and i know it's hard for a politician to hear kids talk the way they were talking and then just go back to business as your back. >> after sandy hook it was the parents who took the lead. there were 20 elementary school kids who were killed in that massacre. nothing happened. former president obama at the time all in all it's a pretty shameful day for washington. i remember that day and you do as well...

Honoring people, honoring people from wars abroad. all of these things are politics. to pretend that if the nfl players injecting -- the only difference is it's been a very singular narrative about politics and war about troops and military and just and now these players are intervening, let's not take this for granted. if we're going to sing the national anthem, they don't ring true for a whole lot of people. let's acknowledge that this american flag that flies all around the country and in some ways around the world simply doesn't hold true in a democratic principles for the vulnerable of th...

Their own platform around their demands of the nfl, pushing them to make november a month for racial justice the way the nfl has highlighted other issues, important issues like breast cancer and other things. in a league that is 70% black, the league really sort of not just putting out statements, not just locking arms, but putting some real muscle and energy behind talking about racial justice and actually pushing for real structural change. and so, i think that we are in a really important moment, and i think for the viewers, it's important to remember that we look back at sort of struggles ...

The lunch counters in nashville as the we discussed. this is a replica of one of those lunch counters. and -- through those ear phones, is, is a depiction of the scene that you faced as you sat there. i want to ask you to sit down. put those headphones on. and then let's talk when you are, when you are done. >> okay. i'm going to take this fork, i'm going to jam it right into your neck. if you don't leave now. get up.. [ glass breaking] [ sirens]

That footage. they didn't like it. people started speaking up. they started marching all across america. in a matter of a few days, there was demonstration in more than 80 cities. almost on every major college and university campus. at the white house. at the department of justice. they were demanding that president johnson act, that the congress act. and also the press. i said over and over again, without the media, without the pre press, civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. >> that airs tonight at 10:00. david, what do we need to know about it? >> well, listen, jo...