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Birmingham Trial

The trial of former Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton, Jr., continues in Birmingham, Alabama today. He's accused of participating in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist church in 1963 which killed four black girls. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR's Debbie Elliott who is covering the trial, where the prosecution has wrapped up.

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