as far as alabama goes specifically, he really has no connection to alabama at all. yes, it's true, the first white house of the confederacy was in alabama. it was only there for three months. it would make sense maybe if jefferson davis was born in alabama or represented in al 58 in some way. maybe because he even died there or was in prison there or something. but no, alabama has none of those connections to jefferson davis. they just love them some jefferson davis.

alabama. now look if you are wondering why people in alabama were drunk in the middle of a monday afternoon. well, it is alabama. but if you wonder why more people then usual were drunk it's because today is a sacred alabama holiday. the first monday in june alabama celebrates jefferson davis day. davis was the president of the confederate states of america right. csa! csa! come on. [booing] >> larry: you guys. let me just say there are two things that bother me about slavery. number one -- [laughing] >> larry: the slavery part. 95% in that pot there. alright. the other 5%, people not acknowledging that it was a mistake. alright. i mean even germany has a poll apologized for the holocaust by the way. the ultimate bad thing everything sells compared to and never measures up except for possibly slavery. many southerners still yearn for the days of confederacy. i don't understand how it works. tell you what, let me break it down, alabama. you guys are celebrating a day to celebrate skwrefr davis.

the constitution in alabama said that marriage will be between one man and one woman. and i see no power with the federal government, or the united states supreme court for that matter to redefine the word "marriage." anybody with any knowledge of english knows when you start redefining words you can have all of the power you want. if they redefine marriage, what's it to be? one man and two women? one woman and three men? you can define it any way you want. and in doing so, you're entering a field where you have no power. the tenth amendment is very clear. >> i've been called fag queer i don't care. that's what i am. >> but with so many elected officials in alabama against same-sex marriage, trying to live as companions can be next to impossible for humphrey and strausser. >> if the supreme court says it politicians will amp up their rhetoric and go against us harder. >> oh, yeah. even when it becomes legalized we're prepared already we're prepared for the fight that we know we're facing, even after it's legalized. >> which is not in every state. so the question remain

eyes of the world shifted to the small city of tuscaloosa alabama, within the deep south of the united states of america. ♪ >> it was a familiar story. it started before the war between the states 100 years ago, which was fought and won for negro equality. negroes were taken out of slavery and freedom was guaranteed, but barriers were put in front of them, especially from the states that have lost that civil war, the states of the southeast. the constitution of the united states came under debate as to whether it prohibited or acknowledged such barriers. in 1954 it was made clear by the supreme court that the constitution guarantees equality for all. and so, the great tests were met. tests that brought mob disorder and violence to the south, and that required federal troops to ensure the admittance of negro students into those other than those reserved for negroes only. although the vast majority of the united states was in sympathy with the negro, but some citizens were not. the u.s. government supported the negro, some of the separate state governments did not. and now, the test of

. >> jim and john were the plaintiffs in alabama, they are live in mobile alabama on the steps of the courthouse. jim, john your reaction to this morning? >> well, we're very excited today. we feel like we have won a victory, and now we can move forward. >> yeah. it's definitely been a long -- a long wait. and we got it though. >> tell me -- tell me what this is going to mean for you monday morning? how are things going to change in your life? >> well it will give us a better aspect. i can do things i need to do to take care of my medical history and give things to john that i need to be taken care of where before we couldn't do it legally because of the marriage status. so this is going to be a big upchange for us. >> what does it mean for you personally? i know a lot of people say they felt like second-class citizens. they felt like they weren't whole in terms of the way their relationships were recognized. does this give you a new sense of -- i don't know everything is good everything is right. you are not going to be singled out as different or less than? >> yeah. >> that's the wa

in alabama or because he represented alabama in some way. maybe because he even died there or was in prison there or something. but no, alabama has none of those connections to jefferson davis. they just love them some jefferson davis. alabama also honors the old confederacy with confederate memorial day in april and go out of their way to celebrate robert e. lee day on the same day everyone else honors martin luther king. when it comes to a whole official state day to honor the president of the confederacy, it's just alabama. just unparalleled love for the side that lost in the civil war. and the man who wasn't from alabama who led them to that will loss before he retired somewhere else that wasn't alabama either. and so, happy inexplicable and extraneous confederate state holiday today, alabama. nobody else in the country understands why you do this. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidanc

watching alabama struggle with this is painful for me. hearing the name calling, we had an incident in alabama this weekend where a guy with an hrc sticker on his car was chased by another guy in a car and they pointed a gun at him. we're always concerned about potential violence and hate speech when this happens, but we've got to stay strong. we're moving forward, and the country's moving forward, and these people are going to be left behind. the probate judges are losing money for their county. because if they're not going to issue any marriage licenses. somebody is going to go to the next county to get it. they're going to lose revenue. don't come to me and say i need more money for my court system, i had to lay off a bailiff, when you won't provide a basic service that's your job. >> state representative patricia todd who sounds fairly confident this will be resolved in the right way down in alabama. thank you for joining us tonight, representative. >> thank you. >> behind the scenes, many republican strategists have been quietly cele

then this is the news in alabama today. alabama in legal knots over gay marriage. alabama chief justice roy moore first told local justices in alabama that they could not give licenses to same-sex couples to get married for the next 25 days. then he said, actually, they just didn't have to give people licenses for the next 25 days. to which one county judge responded, quote, i'm not real clear what this ruling is saying. it's very unclear. so you think this was simple, right, but in alabama, some counties have been going ahead and marrying people like the supreme court says they have to. other counties have decided not only can not gay people get married, but if gay people can get married then actually, nobody will be allowed to get married there. two alabama counties are saying they're out of the marriage business all together. they're not doing marriage licenses for straight people or gay people, they're so upset by the gay people developments. other counties say they haven't made up their minds yet. they're waiting for judge roy moore's made up 25-day waiting pe

as far as alabama goes specifically, he really has no connection to alabama at all. yes, it's true, the first white house of the confederacy was in alabama. it was only there for three months. it would make sense maybe if jefferson davis was born in alabama or represented in al 58 in some way. maybe because he even died there or was in prison there or something. but no, alabama has none of those connections to jefferson davis. they just love them some jefferson davis. they also honor the old confederacy. and they celebrate robert e. lee day. when it comes to a whole official state day to honor the president of the confederacy, it's just alabama. just unparalleled love for the side that lost in the civil war. before he retired somewhere else that wasn't alabama either. and so, happy inexplicable and extraneous confederate state holiday today, alabama. nobody else in the country understands why you do this. >>> you know you're getting old can your make up do this? covergirl introduces makeup with super powers. new outlast lipstick. long wear super powered by moisture.

a somber scene in south carolina as the confederate flag comes down in alabama. only the, the ongoing good, bad and ugly responses to the terror in charleston. >> these people sit in there, waiting their turn to be shot. >>> plus, the nra reacts to the charleston massacre. >> we want to have a debate or at least we want to talk about the confederate flag. >> as the presidential hopeful expands gun access in his state. >>> and ad vent nurses fatherhood caught on tape. bobby jindal's presidential announcement and the father who made the single greatest catch in the history of foul balls. the father and son will join me live when "all in" starts now. good evening from new york. tonight the nation is in the midst of a stunningly rapid shift on the confederate flag with all the back lash it inevitably provokes. if there is a single image that captures the moment we're in, it is this. the body of reverend and state senator clement pinkney arriving at the state house today where he became the first african-american to lie in state will at least since the reconstruction

the confederate flag being taken down in alabama? >> the confederate flag is a relic of the past and that's where it should always have remained. i think it's important that my governor did take it down off the grounds of the state capital, but i think the more meaningful change is to get all alabamaians and all americans the right to vote. and i think it's all about the substance, and not just about symbol. but i am proud that he was able to remove it. it should have been history in the past where it belongs. it's always been a symbol of the fight against, you know abolish abolishing slavery and it doesn't have a place in american history today. i want my governor and my whole alabama delegation to do more than just take down the flag. i'd like for them to be supportive of efts like this voting rights amendment act to be inclusive and to stop the restriction of access to voting all across this country. >> that's what we need. that's what we must challenge going forward. i believe that that is what our reverend pinckney, who i knew w

capital. >> alabama removed all the confederate flags from its state capitol. >> larry: alabama come on man. woo man. they sent down their wait, what the [bleep] were they doing. four confederate flags. four? [laughter] is there one for each season? [laughter] it's the same [bleep] flag alabama. south carolina see how easy that was? no meetings about meetings. no two thirds majority in the legislature. you just take it down and put it in this weird all confederate flag museum everyone keeps rattling about. i don't know. [laughter] everyone keeps talking about it. [applause] >> change in cray status detected. attention, change in cray status detected. >> larry: hold owe everybody we're getting a cray status alert. apparently there's been a cray status. could we get the cray map on screen. >> cray map on screen, loading now. >> larry: oh, oh, oh my god. look what happened. oh my god. it appears alabama is not cray anymore, you guys. wow. i know. this is the first time this has ever happened. man, we've had a cray state turn into a non-cray state. i think it's the four flags that did it

we still have so much to do to correct the ills of our society. >> alabama's segregationist governor george wallace first raised the confederate flag over the state capital dome on april 25th 1963. alabama's segregationist politicians had been happily governing in the state house without help or inspiration of the confederate flag. governor wallace raised the flag that day, not in honor of confederate soldiers but in defiance of the united states of america. specific defiance of the attorney general of the united states robert kennedy, who came to visit george wallace that day to tell him that the united states government would crush him, if he carried out his announced plan to stand in the doorway of the university of alabama to prevent the first black students from entering the university. months later, wallace flamboyantly stood in that doorway and, as promised, was pushed aside by the national guard on the orders of president kennedy. and the confederate flag continued to fly over the alabama state capital, as nothing but a symbol of defiance. defiance crushed by the government o

. >>> alabama's governor took down the confederate flag today and the national wake for the victims spread from south carolina to washington. tonight, at mother emanuel ame church in charleston, as rachel just reported, wednesday night bible study went on, as usual, a week after nine members of the church were murdered during that bible study. ♪ a very solemn public tribute to a son. >> the body of the late reverend clementa pinckney is lying in the state capitol rotunda. >> people loved him here and are going to miss him a lot. >> a black drape blocking the view of the flag outside. >> what began as a push to remove one flag has grown to a national movement. >> alabama just removed its confederate flag from the state capital grounds. >> in mississippi, the republican speaker of the house called for the emblem to be removed from his state's flag. >> our future as a nation has been changed. >> south carolina senator tim scott introduced a resolution honoring all nine victims. >> one of the victim's sons said with great enthusiasm this evil attack would lead to reconciliation, restoration

alabama shakes are here! [ cheers and applause ] "sound and color." >> steve: the black and white album. >> jimmy: the black and white album, "sound and color" is the name of the black and white album. but here's the tricky part. >> steve: what is it? >> jimmy: color. >> steve: whoa. black and white. >> jimmy: that's what you get. $89.95. >> steve: are you serious? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: if you preorder it. >> steve: preorder. that's a bargain. >> jimmy: it's really good. guys, do you ever go online or watch tv and you see some weird random thing on your screen and something is just accidentally funny? well, we asked you guys to keep an eye out for stuff like that and take a screen grab of it and send it to us. we got tons, tons of great ones in. now i want to share some of our favorites. time for "screen grabs." here we go. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: this first screen grab sent into us by liz zimmerman in prior lake, minnesota. it's an email she got for a a groupon deal. let's see what it's for. f

years ago when the book came out still fresh some of the controversies that occurred in states like alabama and south carolina where compromises had been reached to retire flags, flags from the capital of those two states to other positions on the capitol grounds and they were contextualized with historical displays by confederate monuments in south carolina and flag display explicitly historical on the old capitol grounds in alabama and those talking about removing those. the sale of battle flags and battle flag memorabilia call ma all kind of large-scale markets, addressed the question of the use of the battle flag on license plates issued by federal states to the sons of confederate veterans. to that point the lower level appellate courts upheld the presence of the flag on license plates and and last week, the u.s. supreme court designated at as official government speech and had the right to regulate presence on the flag and what happened in the last week, the evolution of opinion or change of opinion as a result of murders, church and south carolina influence opinion further. it has be

the gentleman from alabama. mr. brooks: mr. chairman i would sub jit -- submit that the argument that this would end rail service is absolutely false and is not supported by history. nothing in history supports the gentleman's argument. however well intentioned. the evidence is clear. freight rail, same kind of argument made, subsidies for ended, it went into the private sector, it survives and thrives today there is the argument that buses and air carriers are somehow or other subsidized. i submit what we're talking about there are user fees and there are gasoline taxes and diesel taxes that pay for those roads that buses use and there are air passenger charges that pay for the cost of those airports that air carriers use. so with that as a backdrop i would submit that it's time for amtrak passengers to pay their own way. it is time for amtrak passengers to quit riding on the backs of other taxpayers. they have the ability to pay their own way. the rest of the country is expected to pay their own way when they travel. and as s

this is alabama avenue at stanton road in southeast. >>> thanks, melissa. it's 6:47 and the "today" show is coming up next at 7:00. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez has new developments in the on going scandal involving former house speaker dennis hastert. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the mystery surrounding what allegedly happened here at the yorkville high school several decades ago is only deepening. more members of dennis hastert's former wrestling squad are coming forward and expressing disbelief against him. hastert is charged with trying to evade federal banking requirements and lying to the fbi but a source tells nbc news that the alleged conduct he was trying to cover up with was sexual in nature. now a sister of steve reinboldt is coming forward. now, hastert it's been a week since the indictment and he hasn't commented publicly. right now it's unclear exactly who will represent him as he makes his first scheduled court appearance in chicago tomorrow. guys back to you. >> thank you gabe gutierrez. >>> this just in from d.c. public schools. turn

brooks of alabama. at the end of the bill, before the short title insert the following section none of the funds made available by this act may be used to provide financial assistance in contravention of section 214-d of the housing and community development act of 1980 42 united states code 1436-ad. the chair: pursuant to russ lease lugs 287, -- resolution 287, the gentleman from alabama and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama. mr. brooks: thank you, madam chairman. madam chairman, america recently blue through the $18 trillion debt mark -- blew through the $18 trillion debt mark. in short washington's financial irresponsibility threatens america with a debilitating insolvency and bankruptcy that risks destroying the america our ancestors sacrificed so much to build. with this impending financial crisis as a backdrop, i ask the house of representatives to have the courage to have the backbone to be financially responsible. the house can do th

some alabama counties stopped issues counties many offices went ahead, ignoring the state's order. alabama tried to ban same-sex marriage. >>> mormon mothers with gay children are trying to change the way their church views the l.g.b.t. community and same-sex marriage, as they work for change they are finding themself at odds with the teachings of their faith. roxana saberi travelled to utah to spend time with one of those mothers. >> reporter:al son and her family start together. her son stays behind. the 16-year-old says he stopped believing in the mormon faith. >> see ya. >> have a great time. >> reporter: when he felt different from everyone he knew. >> i was sixth, 7th agreed when i realized that i was probably gay. >> reporter: did you try to talk to someone? >> no, never. they think it's a disease that you can solve with prayer or talking to your bishop. and that was not okay with me. >> reporter: alison searched for guidance, in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints headquartered miles away in salt lake city, but felt they treated the topic as taboo. >> i didn't h

commitment to improve in central alabama. but once our problems leave the front page, there hasn't been sufficient follow-up. mr. speaker, maybe that's because we are depending on a broken bureaucracy to fix itself. maybe it's because we have been asking v.a. leaders to intervene rather than requiring them to intervene. maybe it's time that we change that. when a public school continues to fail to meet basic standards what happens? the state department of education comes in to take over and start to turn the place around. it's a process that isn't pleasant, but everyone from principals to teachers to students to parents, they understand the consequences of the failure of that school system to improve. i believe that we need a similar mechanism at the v.a. when medical centers continue to fail our veterans. that's why i'm preparing legislation that will allow the washington v.a. to do that. my constituents, my veterans in alabama are getting the worst health care service that this country could provide. they deserve better. th

in alabama, governor robert bentley ordered the four banners there be taken down. and as the debate continues in charleston an inspiring moment in the room where the massacre happened. nbc's dan shanaman reports. >> and it's in jesus name we pray. amen. >> reporter: one week after a gunman shot and killed nine people at a bible study, worshippers were back for another bible study. a sign of faith and support. >> it's been a beautiful gathering for all of us and the love that's been pouring out for everyone that's been coming rounld to the church, we can't even ask for more. >> reporter: earlier a horse drawn caisson carrying the body of clementa pinckney and inside the rotunda, they paid their final respects to the man who was gunned down. a makeshift drape blocked mourners view of the confederate

consider what we're seeing in alabama. compare to what we're seeing in south carolina, this entangled fight over what to do with the confederate flag here. in alabama the governor there robert bentley decided yesterday in the morning that the flag should come down. and that's what happened with relatively little backlash. he says there are more important challenges facing the state. here's what else he said about the flag? >> it is offensive to some people because unfortunately it's like a swastika. some people have adopted that as part of their maybe hate filled groups. and you know, that's a shame. >> now, beyond politics this is also hitting the entertainment industry. you know the 1969 dodge charger that was featured in the television series dukes of hazard hazard the general lee. the warner brothers had licensed that. the general lee will no longer be made. >> the ripple effect of what happened here a week ago just continues to spread. >> and it's not over. >> victor thank you so much for being here. so that flag does

families and following that were japanese and it is a maze saying that even the former slaves from alabama came to rally just before the turn of the century so people living in camps that were named after their ethnicity there was alabama a camp spanish camp portuguese camp and then the japanese camps were still unnamed chinese gamesman the japanese came over to inhabit them so they would live with the families with 10 or 12 people in a family in the three from house and that parents were field workers and day lives in a situation as close to slavery as there could be in the united states at that time. >> host: this was mid-30s 19 - - hawaii? the mexico their experience occurred in the late '30's. they were not up for the mobile. >> host: was swimming considered each sport? >> guest: it is day grace for it depends who you were the united states and europe swimming was the sport not polo but of weizmann -- white men and immature white men who could afford to stay eggs says managers as it was discussed in the 20th century it was limited to a lot of white people who had money. >> host: who ca

one in las vegas and one in alabama. when it moves the one in las vegas to georgia it takes one out of service leaving only one lab to cover nuclear incidents for the entire u.s. >>> let's turn things over to chief meteorologist jeff frannieri. what is the trend. >> it is a steady pattern. you will see in the skrolg seven-day ticker we are going to have the potential for hot weather by the weekend. right now the headline in the micro climate forecast is temperatures cooler than we have been able to get in a long time with that most recent hot weather we struggled to see temperatures dip down into the 60s and right now we are in the 50s. if you stepped outside tonight you noticed the chill. that does mean tomorrow morning you may need a light jacket to start, especially until the north bay with an average of 49. 50 in the east bay. south bay at 51. and patchy areas with low clouds to begin. in the forecast, the main thing we are tracking right now is this northwesterly wind moving across the bay area. that's helping to ke

still, many in the nation were dismayed by the ruling, including alabama governor robert bentley. >> i like 81% of the people of alabama, believe that marriage is at least, on the biblical sense, is defined between one man and one woman. we have to go, obviously by what the courts say but i certainly can disagree with them and i do. >> pelley: but with today's ruling alabama and these 13 additional states will join the rest of the union making same-sex unions the law of the land. now, in a major breaking story late today police killed one of the new york murderers who escaped from maximum security 21 days ago. anna werner is covering the manhunt, which is now in hot pursuit of a second convict on the run. anna. >> reporter: scott, police have confirmed that escapee richard matt has been shot and killed and they are hot on the trail of the other escapee david sweat. now, here is what we know about how all this came about. late this afternoon, we were coming down route 3 which is south of the village of malone, here in new york, watching the police cars going down. we understand that t

meantime the governor of alabama now, taking executive action. abc's linsey davis in charleston tonight. >> reporter: white, black, young and old standing at attention today, as a horse-drawn caisson bearing the body of the reverend and senator clementa pinckney arrives at the south carolina state house. why did you decide to come out, 100 degrees, long lines, and you're fog to be out here a long time. >> it doesn't even feel hot out here to me. i feel like this is my duty to come out here. >> reporter: the hundreds of people here to pay their respects to reverend pinckney lined up in the shadow of this controversial confederate flag. but? just the past 48 hours across the south, a movement to strip confederate symbols from public spaces. in alabama today, the flag removed from the capitol grounds at the governor's orders. >> it has becmoe a disraction all over the country right now. >> reporter: in mississippi, both republican senators saying the stars and bars don't belong on their flag. in kentucky, officials wanting this statue of confederate

still, many in the nation were dismayed by the ruling including alabama governor robert bentley. >> i, like 81% of the people of alabama, believe that marriage is, at least on the biblical sense, is defined between one man and one woman. we have to go, obviously, by what the courts say, but i certainly can disagree with them and i do. >> pelley: but with today's ruling, alabama and these 13 additional states will join the rest of the union, making same- sex unions the law of the land. there's breaking news tonight in the hunt for two killers who broke out of maximum security. anna werner has the latest. >> reporter: scott, that's right. this a dramatic turn late this afternoon, state police confirmed that one of the two escape ease, richard matt, has been shot and killed, and they are still on the hunt for the second escapee, david sweat. now, here's a look at how all this came about. earlier today at a news conference, state police said they had found a second cabin where the two had apparently broken in and they had found evidence from the two escape ease. that second cabin was loca

, your home state of alabama. he's a republican. were you surprised he decided to do this? >> no, not really. i applaud governor bentley for removing the flags even without being prompted. but having said that i think that, if we are to change racial behavior we have to change policies. and so i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do meaningful changes like voting rights restoration, sentencing reform criminal justice reform. while i'm very happy that my governor chose to remove from the grounds the confederate flag that's but a symbol. we really need action i think. >> in alabama he had the authority to do that on his own didn't have to wait for state legislature to do it which is a different situation in south carolina. he also said this it was a pretty eye opening quote. he said the confederate battle flag this is governor bentley, is offensive to some people because unfortunately it's like the swastika. some people have adopted that as part of their hate-filled groups. swastika that's a tough comp

the alabama governor has the unilateral authority to remove the flag. it's quite different because the power really resides in the legislator. and there was a debate about this flag some time ago and it compromised this region to move elsewhere. but something awakened in the spirits and consciousness of people all over this country. i don't want to be a hypocrite because i have not been an advocate of the flag coming down. i felt that symbols don't hate individuals hate. individuals perpetrate crimes. but even for me as strong as i felt as a son of the south about the flag even just out of tribute to the families and the devastation and the loss of lives in one of the most sacred places the church where you go to find refuge and peace. that people could die. if this flag influenced the mind of the terrorist that committed this hapeinous crime. when you see people changing their minds in the way they felt last week, something is happening in this country that should have happened a long ago. and it's so sad that it has taken this tragicdeath ofnine famil

. >>> when we first visited the holman correctional facility in alabama in 2006, we met an inmate who would turn out to be one of the most provocative and volatile to ever appear on "lockup," bobby ray gilbert. >> you want us to exhibit some form of model behavior, but there ain't ever any avenues close to us to do anything constructive. we can't read a novel because we can't have them. i can't play chess through the mail like we used to. >> it's segregation. it ain't meant to be nice. you ain't here because you were doing something correctional. >> when we returned to holman in 2007 for our "extended stay" series, we found gilbert exactly where we had left him, in ad seg, the administrative segregated housing unit where inmates are locked down 23 hours a day. it houses holman's most violent and destructive offenders, and it is where bobby ray gilbert has spent almost all of his 27 years in prison. >> i've got life without parole, i have two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence and a 10-year sentence. yeah, i have anger issues. [ laughter ] >>

or the ones that are over the capitols of south carolina and alabama. they were defined by other people in other contexts. we need to unstand those people and contexts. we should not alow and cannot historically or ethically allow the ku klux klan define the flag. people say the klan uses the flag that's all we need to know. why should we allow a group to define something that means so many thing to so many people. it's invalid to say the klan defined the flag for all times. history alone is not going to help us out of this. trying to understand the meaning of the flag and what should be done with it is a matter not just of history it's a matter of manners of civility, of mutual tolerance and mutual respect. there's an ethical principle involved here. the best statement i've found in the conclusion of the book came from an aclu lawyer address a student assembly in north carolina. he addressed the students thusly. if your need to express pride in your southern heritage is worth hurting those who are offended do what you must but try to see what the messa

there was alabama camp. there was spanish camp. portuguese camp, howlie camp for the white big shots that's were known, and then the japanese camps were still named chinese names when the japanese came over and inhabited. so these kids lived with their families sometimes 10 to 12 people in a family in a three-room house. their parents were literal field workers. they lived in a situation that was close to slavery as there could be. in the united states. at that time. sugar -- >> host: ing this i 'mid-30s hawai'i. >> guest: correct. the children were born in the '20s and the -- their experience of becoming swimmers occurred in the late '30s. and they were not up wardly mobile. the children had -- >> host: was swimming considered an elite sport? >> guest: that's a great question. it depends on who you were. in the united states and europe, swimming was the fort of -- went the sport of kings -- that was polo -- about the sport of white men, and largely amateur white men who could afford to stay as amateurs and you will be now know a l

. >> reporter: ralph jenkins has lived off alabama road for almost 40 years, and today, only cars but if you come by on saturday, he said you will find a lot of dirt bikes and four wheelers. >> they go down alabama. >> reporter: it's illegal to ride them but it doesn't stop many. if you look online, there are plenty of people proudly showing off their skills. some of the people who live where these riders congregate sigh it's getting old. >> you see people riding dirt bikes on the sidewalk, popping wheelies, that's a serious,. >> reporter: and more concerning, some of the people are using them during crime. >> saying someone just robbed a bank and are using a get away car. >> reporter: police say that the person who gunned down a journalist was on a dirt bike and they have released video of 14 people they want to talk to. stopping the riders isn't easy. d.c. police don't chase them saying doing that is too dangerous. >> we have already had some of the riders collide with pedestrians. >> reporter: d.c. police say they have been fairly effective at getting bikes off the street in the la

yes. >> last september jim and john filed a lawsuit against alabama's ban on same-sex marriage. they won the right to marry in february after the u.s. district court in mobile ruled in their favor. >> it was a battle. but that's okay. it's like i said, john and i we could not have done it without your help writing the papers up. >> they traveled down a long road of legal fights of state and federal level. >> we have issues at the courthouse that we were denied our marriage licenses and we turned around and filed the lawsuit. no lawyers. just the two of us. and won the case the first go around and then the second go around we had to have the national center of gay and lesbian rights, they stepped in. >> they recently said that a supreme court ruling in favor of gay marriage would quote destroy our country. >> the. >> jim says, i know the judge said he would stop all marriages issuing licenses in the state but he can't now. >> attorney christine hernandez represents a couple whose lawsuit was the first to topple the ban in alabama. >> we had a great day. the ruling, 5-4 the 14th a