john jay one of the governors who served mississippi throughout the years. shefshed during the civil war. a fire eater. he was of course important to mississippi because he was of course instrumental in leading mississippi out of the union. becoming the second state to do so following south carolina. and joining the rest of the other southern states. of course jefferson davis, mississippi's own became the president of the confederacy. the governors office had a interesting role. the building was captured several time during the war. first time was in may of 1863. when union army and soldiers first came into the buildings one of the first to come in with fred grant. the son of union general. and according to to legend and story fred grants own autobiography. when he came in there a still lit pipe from governor john jay that he took for his own use. another governor is aims. he was a governor during reconstruction. he was a union general who came down and lived in mississippi and eventually became governor. he had to deal with the violence of reconstruction. a

we are joined by eugene o'donnell, lecturer at john jay college and former nypd officer.e is commenting on comments made by president donald trump that seem to encourage harsher treatment of people in custody. last week president trump also speaking to law enforcement officers in long island, he lack law enforcement policies for the rise in activity -- pres. trump: for many years, they exploited weak borders and lacks immigration enforcement. they are there now because of weak political leadership, policingership, week . i have met please that aren't able to do their job because they have a prophetic -- a pathetic mayor or one who doesn't know what is going on. [applause] but --rump: were you applauding for someone in particular? it is sad. it is sad. you look at what happening and it is sad. hopefully those days are over, you may have little bit longer to wait. but from now on, we're going to enforce our laws, protect our police, and support our like our police have never been supported he for -- supported before. we're going to support you like never before. host: how m

what we've done at john jay is we are working with six jurisdictions, six police departments across theto figure out how we can make improvements. i think the key thing is how do we use these tragedies to figure out where there are opportunities to improve. that's what justin was talking about. i think we do have an opportunity in this country to make improvements, to learn from these tough lessons about how do we move forward. >> do you think we've taken advantage? obviously tragedy is going to happen in this country, unfortunately. and there are going to be some cops who panic in certain situations. there might be folks that do the wrong thing in certain situations, against a rookie or someone who's not having a good moment. but because they have a gun, they have the upper hand. and also the belief when they get to fill out the report over the person that is now lying there silent. what advantages do we have that we've missed in these series of deadly police force deaths that we've kind of missed the ball on, where we could have made progress, to karol's point? >> one thing i was hopi

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.: eugene o'donnell, lecturer at john jay college of criminal justice and former nypd officer. you can find him on twitter. coming up, jared genser will be here to discuss when rogue nations sees american citizens. said -- inside scott jaschik. chrisday on "in depth" van hollen is our guest. hall.sanne >> everybody has the idea that the federal government is out of control. is the most often question what we do about it. teaching theen constitution properly for the last 150 years, we would know what to do. >> she is the author of several books including "in defense of liberty," and "sovereign duty." we will take your questions via tweet and facebook questions. watch on sunday live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. c-span 2 book to be, on afterwards, journalist discuss how the justice department handles white-collar crime here at he is the author club --chicken should the chickenshit club." >> you are not just picking off the low hanging fruit, but going after the most powerful wrongdoers in society and not being worried that you can't take them on or you might lose

to do with people who break the law for more on that i'm joined by dr dr singer professor at the john jay college of criminal justice at the city university of new york and author of the new book incarceration nations a journey to justice in prisons around the world dr dr singer welcome to the program thank you for having me so in your book you travel all over the world researching different prison systems what did you discover and what surprised you. well i visited nine countries prison systems and of course my approach is very much grounded in the work i do in the u.s. i teach in prisons and run education programs in prisons and i think the tremendous failure that i witnessed firsthand in doing the work for my book was seeing that the american system has been replicated around the world that essentially we have built this system of incarceration as a response to crime which is neither a humane nor economically feasible nor moral and we have foisted that upon the world and so it has been a copycatting world in terms of prison as an approach to crime so whether we're talking about uganda

it's three people we know, john jay, hamilton, james madison and they later put all these newspaper up into a pick and these newspaper on tried to persuade americans during year in which the constitution as a proposal pending before the country these people tried to persuade people to vote for constitution. lair on, john marshall among others would say this is a very good statement of what the talking thought it was going b to be all about and it was a good resource. the people had access to it, it was not just some document. ordinary people had access to this when they were asked to vote yes or no on the document. the essays were written by alexander hamilton and it's a defense of what we talked about earlier, judicial review. it doesn't try to prove judicial review is in the constitution, lots of people thought it was in it, and judicial review is the ability, not only the supreme court, but state court, lower federal court to disregard a law, state law or even an act of congress, if in the judge's view that law is consistent with the constitution. in '78 hamilton says yes, it's in t

john jay is burned in effigy. may call for guns and weaponry to be called the his house -- to his house. the country is inflamed, the partisan system is based around allegiance to the french revolution because the neutrality is seen as a traitorous move, seen as the factor pro-british. and hamilton was accused of mimicking of economic system. we needed to walk on the line between monarchy and the mob. we couldn't throw in with the british and hamilton has the risky -- whiskey rebellion. he is furious about the attempt of the french to undermine the integrity of our system and his government. and it seemed like a distance concern when i wrote the book that is ripped out of the headlines today. he is too much a man of action to simply point out. sources of strength that we should always focus on going forward. national unity. danger was regional-based political parties that could lead to civil war. pretended patriots. remember that. he talks about political moderation is a source of strength. not weakness. not a mus

host: coming up, we will have a former nypd officer and john jay college of criminal justice lecturerugene o'donnell here to discuss donald trump's recent comments seeming to encourage rougher treatment of people in police custody. and the human rights attorney discusses what happens when rogue nations sees american citizens. -- seize american citizens. we will be right back. ♪ >> today on american history to do history tv, we are live in spotsylvania with daylong coverage of a civil or symposium. we will look at defensive strategies employed by the union and confederate armies. we will talk about important battles here it sunday, at 6:00 p.m., american presidents: life portraits. we tour the portrait exhibits at the herbert hoover library and museum in west branch, iowa. >> linda was always on the telephone. a telephone and stalled his bathroom. it would talk with people. he would bring it in their and talk with people in the bathroom. he also recorded telephone conversations he had and those were supposed to be not open to tub

john jay is burned in effigy. there are riots around the constitution center. john adams calls for guns and weaponry to be brought to his house. the country is inflamed. the birth of the partisan system is partly based on allegiance of the french revolution. washington's proclamation of neutrality is seen as a traitorous move against the french who supported us and and de facto pro-british. and hamilton is accused of mimicking the british economic system. washington understood we need to walk a middle line between monarchy and the mob. hamilton also understood that anarchy was also the quickest path to tyranny. he's really furious when he writes the farewell address about the attempt of the french to undermine the integrity of our system and his government. that seemed like a distant concern when i wrote the book, but it is ripped out of the headlines today. while washington focused on warnings, he was too much a man of action to simply point out problems. he pointed out very clearly in these pillars of liberty sources of strength we should always focus on going

supposedly that all ended with the treaty of paris in 1783 negotiated by frank grant, john adam's, john jay, a treaty guaranteeing our independence or did it. we had gained political autonomy, but were we truly independent? did we have true economic independence? it turns out we did not. immediately after the treaty was signed, britain reimpose the colonial area navigation act of 1756. this cut off the united states from its natural long-standing trade with all of her neighbors from canada and the british colonies in the caribbean. the act forbade direct trade between the united states and england except aboard british british goods in english bottoms, which had represented 80% of our trade before the revolution. britain also demanded her treaty allies, spain and portugal are american as well. since we are no longer british colonies, britain no longer paid tribute monday to cover our ships in the mediterranean. in so states began to older sailors or rent them. primarily algeria, where 1.5 million sailors from different countries were enslaved between 151800. so we joined a long line. george

supposedly, that all ended with the treaty of paris in 1783 negotiated by franklin, john adams, john jay, a treaty guaranteeing our independence. or did it? we had gained political autonomy, but were we truly independent? did we have true economic independence? it turns out we did not. immediately after the treaty was signed, britain reimposed the colonial era navigation act of 1756. this cut off the united states from its natural, longstanding trade with all of our neighbors. from canada and from the british colonies in the caribbean. the act forbade direct trade between the united states and england except aboard british ships, the doctrine of english goods in english bottoms. which had represented 80 president of our -- 80% of our trade before the revolution. britain also demanded that her treaty allies, spain and portugal, bar american shipping as well. since we were no longer british colonies, britain no longer paid tribute money to cover our ships in the mediterranean, and so north african states began to stop and seize our ships and hold our sailors for ransom. primarily algeria w

tonight, two musical talents lending their time and energy to groups of young kids how john legend and ll cool jay are inspiring young minds this >> welcome back everyone, dozens every lucky kids in minneapolis got the surprise after lifetime today when music icon, john legend, paid them a very special visit. >> i would like to introduce and call to the stage mr. john legends. >> nights surprise, visit for big brothers, big sisters event, to inspire kids to dream big. we're toll john legend also performed a song or two before saying good-bye to the kids, as well. >> and actor and rap i ll cool jay also surprised kids during the jump anibal program that he host in queens, new york this weekend. ll cool jay started the program 13 years ago to teach kids how to work together through passing, shooting, foot work, and a lot of determination. >> and i just want to see the kids happy, see the kids learn something, see the kids get an opportunity to, you know, learn some skills, kind of comradery. >> well, for ll cool j this is personal. he grew up in southeast queens , after lifetime of achievement, he s

. >> also, coming up later: john legends and ll cool jay doing their part to keep kids inspired. how they're using their fame to give >> this could be it, you could be the next powerball jackpot winner. more than half billion dollars is on the line. the jackpot reached $535 million, because there has been no winner since june 10th. the number represent one of the top ten powerball jackpots in us history. so here we go. here are the numbers, everyone , the winning numbers: >> good luck if you played. >> president trump's response meantime to the violence in charlottesville last week, spark conversation, and also action amongst people from coast-to-coast. even celebrities like tina fay are making her voice heard. condemning the president's response. >> johnny john comes out he condemns violence on many sides, on many sides, colin, and i'm feeling sick, because, you know, i've seen over the last dark, i wasn't confused by it. >> well, tina fay returned to the weekends update desk on saturday night live to discuss the unrest this week, they graduated from uva in charlottesville, virg

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and thursday, john lithgow, jay baruchel and music from diana krall. [ cheers and applause ] so please those shows. our first guest tonight is a very talented actor whose last name automatically wins any game of scrabble. he's an emmy nominee for his role on the hugely popular show "this is us." please say hello to milo ventimiglia. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> before we begin i want to say congratulations. well, your show got 11 emmy nominations and you were nominated for best actor in a drama. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: congratulations to you. >> to you for your nomination and the show's nomination. >> jimmy: thank you very much. but best actor in a drama is really one of the hardest categories. who else is in this category? >> oh, gosh. well, you've got sir anthony hopkins. >> jimmy: yeah. he's no good. >> you've got bob oden kirk, matthew reese, liev schreiber. my tv son, sterling k. brown. kevin spacey. and then there's me. >> jimmy: you. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> i finally made it -- thank you. i finally made it to the bottom of the top list. >> jimmy:

tonight john lithgow and jay abruchel and music from diana croft. heading this way, here's jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: hi, everybody. thank you. i'm glad you are here. looking around now because this morning i saw one of the saddest things i have ever seen. i saw a man, an adult man and if there are children watching, i want to ask you to turn your televisions off now. i saw a man carrying a homemade selfie stick. just a regular stick with this wa secured to the stick with 800 feet of scotch tape. can you imagine? going to the lengths of making one at home. i don't know how it would work. you still have to press the button. i tried to help him. i thought you know what i will do, i will run him over with my car to put him out of his misery. but there were a lot of people on the street. instead i just drove by to give him one of these. with a woman too. he found someone to marry him. can you imagine this? he was not listening. the world is spinning out of control and men are making selfie sticks. you know how president trump said all that stuff about nort

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tonight's guests are john lithgow and jay baruchel. >>> that is our report.eciate your time. breaking news on twitter on the abc 7 news bay area. >>> for all of us here, thanks for joining us tonight. >> have a great night. see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. "last man standing" is recorded in front of a live studio audience. boy, mother nature sure took a dump on us last night. yeah, i love the first snow of the season. mike: right on schedule. it's like nature's giving al gore the finger. morning. hey, where are you going in such a hurry? to get my snow shovel. the sky dropped a ton of white gold,

. >>> plus jay-z on his infamous elevat elevator fight with johns's sister, the date night, and ll cool j goes back to his hometown. >> i got a lot of memories. >>> now for august 21, 2017, this is "entertainment tonight." >>> is taylor swift eclipsing everyone with new music? this as britney spears gives her fans and her krit, something to t talk about. >> she has had enough of the lip sync rumors that have plagued her career. she took matters and her mic into her own hands. ♪ talking about people >> it's really crazy because one minute they tear you down and they are really horrible and then the next minute, you're on top of the world. i have never really spoke about it, you know? i'm a southern girl. i like to keep it real so i just want to make sure i keep having something to talk about, okay? ♪ >> britney keeping it real. >> ♪ >> she shows no mercy for the naysayers who say she can't sing live. she sang the classic bonnie raitt song without any backing tracks. that is something she rarely ever does. tweeting this morning that she, quote, had so much fun singing that cover. perhaps

and later this week, jim parsons, john lithgow, damson idris, jay baruchel, plus music from diana kralln us. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest is a golden globe-winning tv star who once was our r r friend a is now abo to say goodbye to another great show. the fifth and final season of "episodes" starts august 20th on showtime. please welcome matt leblanc. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> how are you. >> good to have you here. >> good to be back. [ cheers and applause ] >> you're beloved. >> thank you very much. >> do you watch the bachelorette or bachelor or that stuff? >> i don't. >> it's okay. >> you know what i watch a lot of. >> what's that. >> my little pony. >> do snu. >> my daughter is 34 now she can't get enough. >> how old is your daughter. >> 13. >> and still watching "my little pony". >> it's a discussion that needs to take place. >> 13 years old my little pony seems exextreme. doeseshe watch reruns of friends? >> no. just my little pony marathons. >> she never seen it? >> yeah she seen it but doesn't want to watch me on tv she gets enough of me in the kitchen. doesn't want

the honorable john doke. dennis jay. mr. shawn kettleman. mr. tim lynch and ms. rachel weintra weintraub. thank you all for being here today. we'll begin with you commissioner doke. senator inhof had prepared of remarks of introduction. i will make those a part of the record. we turn to you for your testimony. >> thank you very much. good morning, chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittee. i appreciate the opportunity to testify to provide state insurance regulators perspective on insurance fraud, trends and our efforts to reduce and deter this activity. insurance is an attractive target for fraud because detection can be challenging. premiums are typically paid annually and claims are filed only upon injury, death or damage to one's property. with consumers and business spending over 2 trillion on insurance per year with infrequent interactions, tempting windows of opportunity are created for criminals. some estimate insurance fraud costs between 80 to $100 billion annually across all lines of insurance. 10% may be fraudulent. state insurance regu

and later this week, jim parsons, john lithgow, damson idris, jay baruchel, plus music from diana kralln us. our first guest is a golden globe-winning tv star who once was our friend and is now about to say goodbye to another very funny show. the fifth and final season of "episodes" starts august 20th on showtime. please welcome matt leblanc. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ it's good to have you here. >> good to be back. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i think i know -- [ cheers and applause ] you're beloved. >> that's very kind. thank you very much. >> jimmy: do you watch "the bachelorette" or "the bachelor" or any of that stuff? >> i don't. >> jimmy: it's okay. it's not -- >> you know what i watch a lot of? >> jimmy: what's that? >> is my little pony. do you know that show? she can't get enough. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: how old is your daughter? >> she's 13. >> jimmy: she's still watching "my little pony"? >> yeah. it's a discussion that needs to take place. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: my little pony, huh? at 13 years old. >> she doesn't watch "the bachelorette" or "the bachelor." >> does

tomorrow night, john lithgow will be here, jay baruchel will join us, and we'll have music from the greate join us then. our first guest is a four-time emmy-winning actor who launched a thousand novelty t-shirts as sheldon on "the big bang theory." now, he is producer and narrator of the documentary mini-series "first in human" which airs over the next three thursdays on discovery. please welcome jim parsons. [ cheers and applause ] >> hello. >> jimmy: hello. how are you? >> i'm very good. how are you doing? >> jimmy: i'm doing well. thank you for helping with the list. >> it was a pleasure. that.: it added credibility >> i don't know that it added credibility but it's the first time i realized i've ever come out before a segment on a talk show. >> jimmy: is that right? >> i think so. i don't remember seeing the audience before. >> jimmy: it's almost like you were my co-host for a reason. >> it was brief. you know, you have a monitor that's on the ground. if you don't do a lot of tv or whatever, a situation like this, monitors everywhere and you're on them, it's really le a mirror and you

next week, we have new shows with matt leblanc, milo ventimiglia, jim parsons, john lithgow, emily ratajkowski, damson idris, jayugs, lindsey stirling, diana krall, and vince staples featuring juicy j. so please join us for all of that. our first guest is a very talented and internationally beloved englishman who is an actor, not a vampire. that needs to be made clear. you are not in danger. his new movie, "good time" opens in select cities august 11th, and everywhere august 25th. please welcome robert pattinson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: so good to see you. >> how is it going? good to see you. >> jimmy: i was just talking to a guy in the audience who is a substitute teacher in las vegas. do they have six toot teachers in england? they come in one day while the teacher pre tends to be home sick? >> yes, i actually talked one of them into leaving by locking her in a cupboard. the first day. >> jimmy: what grade were you in? >> 12th. i mean, a lot of people locked her in the cupboard. >> jimmy: a lot of people? at once or each day? >> all at once. >> yeah. >> you pushed her in the cupboard and locked her

jay gray. back to you. >> thank you and thank you, john letto, our producer, for the glasses we are going to get on monday. we are going to bring you live coverage on nbc and msnbc and on the web at nbcnews.com/eclipse. >> cannot wait. >>> another presidential monument has been vandalized. someone set fire to an abraham lincoln statue in chicago. this has been a fixture in the city since 1926 when it was put up as a tribute to the country's 16th president. police did not immediately have any information on who or what happened. a local alderman did call it an absolutely disgraceful act. this follows similar vandalism where somebody sprayed graffiti on the lincoln memorial. >>> surprising numbers on how many people lion their resumes. the big annual event for young sluggers across the country. this is "early today." what if there was a place to declare... peace? the serta icomfort sleep system. where deadlines and duties disappear. in comfort that helps cool and cradle every curve. serta icomfort. the most comfortable place to declare peace. right now, save up to $800 on serta icomfort. visit your serta re

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