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>> go home! >> it's like a bomb. we're sitting on a bomb. >> you can have a black person killed with a video, then this is what you'll get. >> this is a revolution. >> should people be frightened? >> i think people should wake up. it's 1991. wake up. >> we have talked at each other and about each other for a long time. it's high time we all began talking with each other. >> no justice, no peace! >> can we all get along? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in about 20 minutes from now david dinkins, who is now mayor dinkins, is scheduled to step out from city hall and take a public oath...

an idyllic spring morning. no hint of what is to come that night. the nine justices of the supreme court attend a memorial service for one of their own, the late john paul stevens. the end of the court's term is just weeks away. >> a whole host of consequential decisions to come. >> a bitterly divided country awaits a momentous decision. >> is this the end of roe v. wade? >> -- of law and of life. >> reporter: at the service the judges look collegial. they call themselves a happy family. beneath the surface there is much more to this story. >> they not only aren't getting along with ...

The winds have picked up considerably in just the last few minutes, thank you, what is going on there . It looks like you have to hold on to stand up . You really do, sean, and we almost got blown over here. It gives you a sense of the power of this storm, it keeps increasing. And the people here who are either watching their homes and their communities on television or those who have decided to write it out just have a long, long way to go. Florence has slowed down now and its just creeping along, where nearly when you are in an area like this that is the worst of the worst, it only lasts a c...

Are always important, but never more so important than the time that were living in. We heard former president bill clinton use the words total class. And we heard former president barack obama, a democrat, say a gentleman. And i think civility, his graciousness, the way he handled himself is a role model we all will miss. Jamie, dana, thank you. This is cnn breaking news. Im don lemon. It is the top of the hour. Here is our breaking news. The 41st president of the United States, george h. W. Bush has died at the age of 94. The flag at the white house flying at halfstaff right now as flowers p...

- he spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals. - this seemingly personal matter is being aired out in front of this jury of all white men, and it created a spectacle. - this is a circus, and from my standpoint as a black american, as far as i'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. - clarence thomas decided to fight back by evoking one of the most painful elements of black history, which was designed to point out the burden of being black. - the final count was 52 to 48. it's the closest successful confir...