explaining it to us that was a professor that health from the department of microbiology at the university of alabama thanks for coming on it was made pleasure especially of. now donald trump has resigned from the u.s. screen actors guild where he's been a member for 3 decades that after the performance union announced that they wanted to expel him more in the story his to me tree power. donald trump has quit the screen actors guild but that's after those guys decided to have a disciplinary hearing in wake of the capital riots this whole class is going to feel right in short this is kind of how it went down i'm sorry you're here to daddy in typical trump fashion before the meeting even took place he decided to take the initiative don't talk to me that way wrote a whole letter bashing the guild calling it the worst who can is your organization has done little for its members and nothing for me besides collecting jews and promoting dangerous un-american policies and. he went on to list all of his numerous achievements in the entertainment industry movies as t.v. appearances by his one of the most succe

but george, he is the professor americas at the university of alabama where he held the terror of southern history. he's the author of fredericksburg, which one the 2003 lincoln prize, and was a choice outstanding academic title. his most recent book is yankees. demonization and defiance and the confederate south. let's welcome george. >> thank you very much. it is always a pleasure to be here for many different reasons. i would like to thank him and the staff. certainly the best civil war venue in the country. i think that there is no question about that. i'm always indebted to my dear friend, will, green who has invited me back year after year despite perhaps some protest from the crowd. but you know, will and i give each other a lot of grief. but we are dear friends. we are dear friends. but most of all, i think i want to thank you all who your after your come to this conference. it was good to see some people here who hadn't been here before. i consider this group dear friends. it's always one of the highlights of the year for us to come up here. over the years i've had a number of ass

. >> reporter: paolo also claimed he had a master's degree from the university of alabama in bio statisticsy. >> and i remember calling down there. the guy's like, no degree in biostatistics. okay? cross that one off. then he said, yeah, no fellowship in thoracic surgery. >> reporter: "vanity fair" also found paolo misrepresented his status as a professor at the university of italy, and that some of his italian colleagues were aware of this. >> this guy had falsified his qualifications, his work experien experience, yet was going around the world performing human experiments, masquerading as cutting-edge operations. >> reporter: weeks after the magazine article, an investigative documentary about paolo aired on swedish television. >> i'm working for the university. and we are trying to create new organs. frankenstein. >> reporter: the documentary raised a number of questions about paolo's techniques, and it showed footage of him admitting to an issue with a patient's artificial trachea while still forging ahead with another surgery. the documentary also told the personal stories of patients

george rable, is the professor emeritus at the university of alabama -- roll tide -- where he held the chair of southern history. he is the author of "fredericksburg, fredericksburg" which won the 2003 lincoln prize and was the choice outstanding academic title. his most recent book is "damn yankees: demonization and defiance in the confederate south." let's welcome dr. george rable. >> thank you very much, des. it's always a pleasure to be here for many different reasons. i'd like to thank des and the staff of pamplin park, certainly the best civil war venue in the country. i think there's no question about that. and i'm always indebted to my dear friend will green who's invited me back year after year despite perhaps some protests from the crowd. but, you know, will and i give each other a lot of grief, but we are -- we are dear friends. we are dear friends. now -- but most of all i think i want to thank you all who year after year come to this conference. it was good to see some people here who hadn't been here before. i consider this group dear friends. it's always one of the highl

us growing up when i decided to pursue a law enforcement career after graduating from the university of alabama, i couldn't have guessed my path would again cross an arc of history. i was a rookie cop with a loss, and chief scott said being in los angeles during the rodney king riots was a front row seat to history that they wouldn't wish on anyone and you can watch chief scott's complete message on our website. you can find it under the web links section. three new businesses have opened their doors in the south bay despite the pandemic. why some say it's a sign that things are looking up? these folks are really a testament to the promise and the hope that people are feeling right now. everyone seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and we are tracking the wind. it's breezy out there. it'll die down tonight. now we'll get another warm day. tomorrow i'll have the forecast highs and the weekend forecast coming up. lost a number of small businesses during this pandemic, but recovery may already be underway. ktvu is azenith smith shows us. the area has just welcomed three new businesses with a

malone attended the university of alabama. robert kennedy was attorney general and sent in the national guard and he stepped out of the way and she entered the school and graduated. and from stories with the sisters, she did not have any difficult times while she was there. and i must say, she was not the first african-american to attend school there. but vivian was the first african-american to graduate. so when she graduated, no one in alabama would provide her a job because they were still i guess upset that she had gone to the school. so ultimately she gets a job with the department of justice in washington, d.c. and the school did ask her to come back to do the commencement address, and she did. and to make a long story short, the theme of her commencement address is that you must always be prepared, because you never know what door you may have to walk through. and that's the story of ms. vivian malone jones who opened a lot of doors. the city made this honorary vivian malone jones way as a complimentary to the historical

attorney and professor at university of alabama school of law, msnbc contributor and cohost of the podcastaw," good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> question from a viewer gets at one of the underpinnings of all of this. kevin asks i'm having hardest time understanding why no one is stating the obvious. trump and lawyers trying to say unconstitutional to impeach former president. he was in office january 6th and when the act was passed. he's not former president. why do newscasters keep asking? he was president, so impeachment and trial are constitutional. that is what is obvious. professor, what do you think? >> well, i think kevin cuts straight to the heart of the matter and asks a really good question. his answer has to be the right one, that the proceeding is constitutional. trump was indicted still in office. and you know, if the trial itself was unconstitutional at this point, it means that future presidents could do anything they wanted to do in the final days of a presidency, even try to avoid giving up power by inciting an insurrection, as long as they made a quick exit from

. >>> next on american history tv, a professor from the university of alabama talks about union generaleorge mcclellan who commanded the union army of the potomac in the early stages of the civil war. we'll hear about mcclellan's reputation for arrogance, as well as his rocky relationships

and strategies, but -- david: yeah, we've got to get to these questions and just in from the university of alabama, who is probably still celebrating a national championship down there, but justin, go ahead. >> my name is justin. i'm from the university of nebraska. david: we want alabama. sen. heitkamp: we want nebraska. david: we will take alabama. >> i'm still celebrating a national championship. you all were close. >> we were robbed. that's what we should be talking about. >> think you all for coming here and talking to us today. i'm the council president for the aei council at alabama. i have a question for representative hurd. your district after you announce retirement was written off for republicans as a safe democratic seat and it ended up being won i a republican pretty handily. what do you think led to that and also, what do you think led to the minority voters, someone in your wing of the republican party, how that happened with donald trump on the top of the ticket? rep. hurd: three things were involved. the reason it was tight in 2018 was because of the guy whose name rhymes with bet

joyce vance, former professor at the university of alabama school of law, barbara mcquaid, former professor at the university. former general counsel of the army and kimberly, who was a trial attorney before her stellar journalism career. wow, guys, there is no better panel to want to sit down with ahead of a second impeachment trial for the former president than this panel in front of me and with me. so, i'm so thankful for you guys spending the afternoon with me. >>> let's talk through some of this, but, barbara, i want to start with you on this one and talk first and foremost about this incredible new podcast with an amazing name, coincidentally starting ahead of this impeachment trial. >> thanks. you know, the four of us have gotten to know each other through our work as contributors on msnbc. joyce and i worked together in the justice department. what we try to do in the podcast is help educate the public. we see that as part of our mission as educators to provide public education. we want to do it in a way that's fun and accessible. imagine the four of us sitting around, you're with u

she's a professor at the university of alabama school of law and msnbc legal contributor. she is the co-host of the podcast, "sistersinlaw." joyce, thank you very much for joining us tonight. with your local experience, i don't want to presume to guide you, i just want to open it up for, give us your highlights of what you saw in the senate trial today. >> i think the first thing we have to say, lawrence, is that this was a real prosecutorial dream team. seasoned professionals through and through. just about the facts and the law with an elegant presentation that will create the record for history that we need of these events but the ultimate takeaway here, i think this is your comment, the senate is actually on trial here and the prosecutors very deliberately gave senators the option that they could be in the trump camp, that they could be part of the insurrection or there was a possibility for republicans and democrats alike to stand up for what was good in our country and to say, you cannot do this, you cannot tell the big lie. you cannot threaten the georgia secretary

i teach at university of alabama and the time that you may think time is with a legitimate source oftion is. coming up in a social media age. >> sean hannity? >> i have to explain sean hannity and tucker carlson and quite frankly some of those on the left with the best sources of information. what is the difference between news and opinion? and i word urge all of you who have young folks to have access to model that for them to understand that. because i think that's also important. >> i would say three things i would encourage everybody to read my friends book it's all a lie. >> yes. >> it's very very factual what he is saying about the republican strategy and the republicans decided there are more whites than brown's to hold the majority and when that flipped over they word exercise the tyranny of the minority. and they figured out a way to do that at the state level that made it easy for them to gerrymander and push things around so they can take advantage of the constitution. one inherent point in the constitution that's why rhode island has the same number of senators as califor

michael sagg, an infectious disease effort and associate dean for global health at the university of alabama birmingham. good to see you. so what do these latest numbers tell you? are you feeling more encouraged? >> well, i am feeling a little bit more encouraged for sure, but i have to think back because it's a football weekend to nick sabin, who a lot of people know, and he always talks about overall success, but success on every play. so we're in the middle of a game, we just lost the first half badly and we're getting foothold in the third quarter. but every one of us every play has to do our part and be successful in doing what we need to do to keep this under control and keep the momentum going. >> so are you concerned that a potential setback could be these variants? i mean, dr. fauci says the coronavirus variants that are now circulating in the u.s. could fuel another nationwide case surge, but it's not necessarily inevitable. over 600 cases have been confirmed in 33 states. are you concerned about how it may impact any spikes? >> yeah, that's one of the threats that we're dealing wi

when i decided to pursue a law enforcement career after graduating from the university of alabama, i ouldn't have guessed my path would again cross an arc of history. i was a rookie cop, chief, scott said. being in los angeles during the rodney king riots was a front row seat to history that he wouldn't wish on anyone and you can watch chief scott's complete message on our website. you can find it under the web links section. oh what a nice day. today it was cooler by good 5 to 10 degrees. beautiful day. plenty of sunshine. the wind is up, though you might have noticed it today. tomorrow winds will be dying down. well tonight they'll be dying down rapidly. the wind advisory gets dropped tomorrow morning at 4 a.m. there's a live picture of san francisco and you can see the no fog can't see much wind out there, but the higher elevations are getting the wind. that's why the wind advisory is in effect in states in effect through four am and we've already seen some gusts up over 50 miles. our on the peaks, and that's sort of this wind event is basically about the peaks. you could see some

mother were also worried about the fetuses well doctor heads the department of obstetrics at university of alabamal in birmingham, a leading hospital for women's health. >>he says many health care providers are recommending pregnant or lactating women take the covid-19 vaccine is pregnant patients recovered quickly from covid but became severely ill have difficulty breathing or oxygen aiding. >>and we had to be worried about the downstream consequences, not only on the mother but also on the fetus or the baby as well earlier this week, the world health organization recommended pregnant women not take the moderna vaccine. while the cdc and most professional medical societies contend it is the safest route while pregnant and that many potential risks associated with taking the vaccine are minimal. >>compared to catching the virus while pregnant on friday, the w h o reversed its stance after criticism, the guidelines now closely aligns with the cdc, expecting mothers are urged to seek guidance from their health care providers. doctor ha adding there still more to learn there's a lot we know about the

my great aunt went to the university of alabama. it didn't stand out to me until i was in ninth grade, and i remember coming home and being like, i read about it in my history book. that was a powerful moment. i come from very humble beginnings. i grew up in a home with no indoor plumbing and running water. i know what it is like to need extra support from our government to make sure i can move forward in this country so a little girl from my background , being able to move to one of the highest offices in the land, it's not lost upon me, so that is why i will always center the most marginalized and make sure i am uplifting others. >> you were raised by your grandparents. what influence did they have on you? >> everything. my grandparents were my everything. my grandfather was add. people wanted it to stand for something, and he always said, no, that is my name. i often think back to all of the sacrifices they made for me. they raised nine children, and i was the 10th child. after all they had been through in raising nine children a

is going to be the day george wallace, the governor of alabama, makes his infamous stand at the schoolhouse door. he had vowed to not let the universityf alabama be integrated. but it is going to be integrated. we get two african-american students there. kennedy does his speech at 8:00 p.m. that night, which is an extraordinary speech where he says civil rights is a moral issue. he also says those who do not think about the revolution happening invite shame and violence. those who act boldly recognize right as well as reality. it is the best speech on racial justice a president has given since abraham lincoln. the next morning, a few hours after kennedy's speech around 1:00 a.m., jackson, mississippi time, the naacp secretary, one of the most important activists in his generation, medgar evers is going to be killed by a white supremacist. he is going to be shot in the heart right after he has driven into his driveway. his wife and kids are going to be right there while he dies. that is going to be one of the big civil rights assassinations. medgar evers is a martyr who joins malcolm x, martin luther king jr., the kennedy brothers. tha

when i decided to pursue a law enforcement career after graduating from the university of alabama, i essed my path would again cross an arc of history. i was a rookie cop with the loss and chief scott also talked about being a young black police officer in los angeles during the 1992 riots after four police officers were acquitted of beating rodney king scott says he had a front row seat to history that he would not wish on anyone. knew it knew in san jose's mayor, sam look, carter was continue. going to push for schools to reopen for in person learning a few minutes ago, marla carter, was it horace mann elementary on seventh street, not far from city hall. he was joined by parents and doctors. they're they're urging officials to find a path to get students safely back into the classroom and to prioritize vaccinations for teachers and staff against covid-19. mayor tl closures are i would urge that we focus on equity, ensuring that elementary schools that are serving our poorest families are open first, because we know that children of color and children coming from families that are l

and miss malone, i tended the university of alabama. that was when george wallace stood at the door and said, segregation today tomorrow and forever. robert kennedy was the attorney general, sent in the national guard, and he stepped out the way, and she entered the school. and she graduated. and from stories with the sister, she did not have any difficult times while she was there. and she was not the first african american to attend the school there, but she was the first african american to graduate. so when she graduated, no one in alabama would provide her with a job. i guess they were still upset that she had gone to that school. so ultimately she gets a job with the department of justice in washington d.c., and the school did ask her to come back, to do the commencement address. and she did. and to make a long story short, the theme of her commencement address, was that you must always be prepared, because you never know what's door you may have to walk through. and that is the story of miss vivian malone jones. who opened a lot

. >>> i want to bring in a doctor, director of infectious disease at university of alabama birmingham on the show. i want to talk about some vaccine developments and medical device, that may not be popular for people watching, did you have do you have any advice for a super bowl gathering whether at a bar or somebody's house this year? >> good to be back with you, connell. one more year. we need to get you there the next five or six months. unfortunately my advice will be the same as it was for thanksgiving and christmas. we'll have to keep it within our bubble. we have the variants out more readily transmissible. i think with that around, we just got to hunker down just another four or five months as a vaccine rolls out. connell: all right. to the variants in a moment on the vaccine. one of the stories that is getting a lot of attention i guess coming out of the uk was this idea of scientists testing mixing doses of the vaccines. where you get one dose of a certain vaccine, say pfizer, second time around you get moderna, vice versa, whatever the case may be. i guess they're testing t

mother were also worried about the fetuses well doctor head the department of obstetrics at university of alabamapital in birmingham, a leading hospital for women's health. >>he says many health care providers are recommending pregnant or lactating women take the covid-19 vaccine is pregnant patients recovered quickly from covid but became severely ill, they have difficulty breathing or oxygen aiding. >>and we have to be worried about the downstream consequences, not only on the mother but also on the fetus or the baby as well earlier this week, the world health organization recommended pregnant women not take the moderna vaccine. while the cdc and most professional medical societies contend it is the safest route while pregnant and that many potential risks associated with taking the vaccine are minimal. >>compared to catching the virus while pregnant on friday, the w h o reversed its stance after criticism, the guidelines now closely aligns with the cdc, expecting mothers are urged to seek guidance from their health care providers. adding there still more to learn there's a lot we know about th

. >>> meantime joining me now, law professor at nyu, melissa marie and university of alabama law professorabout to get schooled, everybody. get ready. melissa, as defamation lawsuits go, does this have a strong legal foundation? is it likely that the smartmatic, the company, could collect damages >> >> well, i think a lot of this will depend on whether smartmatic can convince a jury that it wasn't a public figure or a public person at the time all of this occurred. if smartmatic is considered a public person for purposes of the lawsuit, then there's a much higher standard that has to be met in order for them to be defamation. so all of this really turns on what smartmatics profile watt at the time all of this election coverage took place. at the very least though it does suggest there are different means of bringing information, and this lawsuit could be a effective deterrent calling attention to disinformation and in this case prompting the news channel to actually take steps to limit disinformation. >> joyce, let's look at the total here, $2.7 billion in damages is what smartmatic is see

a professor from the university of alabama talks about union general mcclelland who commanded the union army of the potomac in the early stages of the civil war. we will hear about his reputation for arrogance, as well as his rocky relationships with high ranking union officials. most notably, president abraham lincoln. >> good morning everybody. john we are ready to get started. welcome back to the last day of our conference. and welcome to our c-span viewers. we are live. just a couple of announcements before i introduce the speaker. we still have some tickets

she's a professor at the university of alabama school of law and msnbc legal contributor.ce, thank you very much for joining us tonight. with your local experience, i don't want to presume to guide you, i just want to open it up for, give us your highlights of what you saw in the senate trial today. >> i think the first thing we have to say, lawrence, is that this was a real prosecutorial dream team. seasoned professionals through and through. just about the facts and the law with an elegant presentation that will create the record for history that we need of these events but the ultimate takeaway here, i think this is your comment, the senate is actually on trial here and the prosecutors very deliberately gave senators the option that they could be in the trump camp, that they could be part of the insurrection or there was a possibility for republicans and democrats alike to stand up for what was good in our country and to say, you cannot do this, you cannot tell the big lie. you cannot threaten the georgia secretary of state. you cannot bring the crowd to d.c. on january

on one of his cvs, it was written that he had been at the university of alabama birmingham, and he had then he said, "yeah, no fellowship in thoracic surgery." he was clearly lying about what he had done in the united states and what medical training he had received. well, that's interesting for a guy who's going and cutting people's necks and chests open. >> paolo was already a surgeon, but why would he claim he had all these other qualifications as well? didn't he think padding his resume was risky? >> i talked to my editors, and we started thinking, "well, let's just keep pulling on this thread." even then, i did not think that by pulling that thread, we would completely undo the sweater. >> adam also found that paolo misrepresented his status as a professor at a university in italy and that some of his italian colleagues knew about it. >> what that didn't translate into was what we might expect. this guy has falsified his qualifications, his work experience. and yet was going around the world performing human experiments, masquerading as cutting-edge operations. >> we operated her

need is a very important step in the right direction i would suggest that i teach at the university of south alabama and they spend more time than you might think is teaching my students what is a legitimate source of information. they have grown up in a social media age. >> meaning sean hannity? [laughter] i have to explain tucker carlson and sean hannity and some talkers on the left are not the best source of information. what is the difference between view on - - news and opinion? i would urge all of you the young folks you have access to to model that for them and help them to understand that because that is also important. >> i will say three things. i would encourage everybody to read my friends book it's all a lie. >> yes. >> it's very factual what he is saying about the republican strategy and republicans decided as long as there are more whites and blacks are brown's they will hold the majority and then when that flipped over they would exercise the tyranny of the minority and figure out a way to do that operation read map with a flooded the zone to produce all these republican majorities a

the university of alabama's tuition for virtual is the same price -- price the year before. w cross and blue shield went up $300. i pay the average rate of inflation 1.6, and now i pay almost 140% more than 2013 when i finally made it through the courts. everything is going up. i am making no money. i will take a check. this thing based on 2019, you know the government workers, i know a town of government moral -- workers, they sit at home and collected their check. the ones that qualified for, set at home or virtually collect their check. host: what is a brand-new employee, what is the hourly wage that they make it your company? guest: they stay with me a long time because i make a good wage, nobody makes under $20 an hour. when they come to work for me, they are part of my family and they will not starve. my average employee makes $30 an hour. host: what do you think the idea of raising the federal limit -- minimum wage? caller: i think it is asinine, because it is the federal government trying to do business. when we look at jimmy carter trying to put student loins on ster

such as kentucky state, seven university of louisiana, alabama, mississippi, north carolina and others. now small number of african americans the numbers of them that began in the antebellum period, most college educated african americans, before 1960, received their undergraduate training and degrees from historically black colleges. professional training in law, and medicine and education, and in other fields, was limited for african americans in the south. for example you really only had howard university of law school, medical school, and they tended to educate the largest numbers. most southern black students, had to leave the region for professional an advanced graduate training. sometimes paid for by the southern state governments. in the years leading up to 1954, brown versus the board of education decision, small numbers of african americans began to enroll in historically white colleges and universities. and after 1970, the majority of african americans receiving higher education or enrolled at the predominantly white institutions. nevertheless, up until very recently, the la

msnbc contributor, jill winebanks, also, msnbc contributor, joyce vance, a professor at the university of alabama've learned, overnight. certainly, from senator whitehouse. that he wants to hear from kevin mccarthy and senator tommy tuberville about what they -- what conversations they had with the president, during all of this. the fundamental question being, can democrats force mccarthy or senator tuberville to testify with a subpoena? how does that work in an impeachment trial? >> so, it could conceivably get messy, if democrats make an effort to have unwilling witnesses testify. but the important thing to -- to think about here is that there are really three juries for this proceeding. this is the senate jury. there is the american public. but there is, also, history. and it might make sense, even though there's very little political will to expend additional time in this trial. but it may well make sense for the jury of history to ensure that democrats leave no stone unturned, in an effort to disclose the truth about what happened in this setting. this would be time well spent. >> jill, if y

alabama or be it massachusetts. >> we'll have to leave it there. aaron dubet with the university of massachusetts at amherst and michael strain from the american institute. thank you both. >> thanks for having us. >> as we reported earlier there were shocking developments in the world of u.s. olympic sports today. former women's gymnastics coach john gedderd died by suicide after being charged with human trafficking and sexual assault. christine brennan, long-time reporter for "u.s. today" has covered sports for years. christine, thank you for joining us. this is just another terrible turn in what seems to be a steady stream of awful news coming from women's gymnastics. >> to begin to fathom this terrible dark nightmare, this awful labyrinth of lies and deceit that these men, larry nassar is the name that many people know, in jail now, serving a 60-year term for his sexual abuse of so many of these young women with more potential charges and jail time to come. and now john gedderd the coach who worked hand in hand with larry nassar side by side for at least a quarter of a century, m

alabama or be it massachusetts. >> reporter: we'll have to leave it there. arin dube with the university of massachusetts at amherst and michael strain with the american enterprise institute joining us from washington. thank you both. >> thanks for having us. >> woodruff: as we reported earlier, there were once again shocking developments in the world of women's olympic sports today. former u.s. olympic women's gymnastics coach john geddert committed suicide after being charged with human trafficking and sexual assault, among other crimes. christine brennan, long-time sports reporter for "usa today" has covered olympic sports for years and she joins me now. christine brennan, thank you so much for joining us. this is just another terrible turn in what seems to be a steady stream of all news coming from women's gymnastics. >> to begin to fathom this terrible, dark nightmare, this awful labyrinth of lies and deceit that these mean, larry nassar a name many know, in jail now, serve a 60 year term, federal prison, for his sexual abuse of so many of these women with potential charges and jail ti

of our interns attend msi we're talking about. winston salem state alabama and them jankson state tuskegee university. are all have interns participating in our internship program. this spring and that outreach goes beyond colleges, i've been to elementary schools, middle schools, high schools. >>apologies just talking about making sure everybody understands that in northern alabama. a new building, the world's largest rocket and bridging the gap between the classroom in space hearing it from someone who looks like them hearing about stem opportunities that may be unfamiliar or seemed to reach if a young man from selma, alabama. >>can come and work at marshall space flight center and help support, he's huge mission if i can do it you definitely can do and following a summer racial justice was a universal conversation even during a pandemic year. >>the agency launched diversity dialogue where personnel from the top down had multiple crucial, sometimes uncomfortable conversations and not unlike the mission to return to the moon. it's all hands multicolored hands on deck to make the agency inclusive and

civil rights attorney and graduate of boston college law school and has his own alabama based law firm. bruce castor received his law degree from washington university. he previews he served as county commissioner and district attorney from montgomery county, pennsylvania. according to trial rules the president's lawyers have up to 16 hours over two days to make their arguments but have indicated they may present their case in just a few hours today. after that, senators can ask questions, debate on witnesses as possible and then the trial will end with a final vote on whether to convict. >> were watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by america's cable television company and today were brought to you today by these television companies who provide c-span2 two viewers as a public service. >> host: joining us as alan dershowitz, author of the book, the caseas against impeaching trump. professor emeritus at harvard law school and a podcast with the listen to his thoughts. thank you for joining us. >> guest: thank you. >> host: what basis does the president's defense team today considering what they've heard over the

of lascaux has his own alabama based law firm. bruce castor received his law degree from washington and lee university previously served as county commissionerstrict attorney for montgomery county, pennsylvania per according to troll rules, the presidents lawyers at up to 16 hours over two days to make their arguments. but have indicated they expect to only present their case in one day. after that senators can ask questions. debate on witnesses as possible and then the trouble and with a final vote on whether to convict, actually impeachment trial live here on

and civil rights attorney and a graduate of boston college law school and has his own alabama base law firm. ruth castor received his law degree from lee university and previous he served as county commissioner and district attorney from the montgomery county penciling it. according to trial rules the presidents lawyers have up to 16 hours over two days to make their argument. they have indicated they may present their case in just a few hours tomorrow. after that senators can ask questions and debate on witnesses as possible and then the trial will end with the final vote on whether to convict. watch the impeachment trial live here on c-span2 or on c-span .org and on our free c-span radio app. >> you are watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by america's cable-television companies and today were brought to you today by these television companies who provide c-span2 two viewers as a public service. >> senate will be in order and we will convene the impeachment trial. the chaplain will lead in prayer. >> let us pray. almighty god, our shelter from the storm. give our g senate jurors discernment that will rescue

this is a woman who earned her bachelor's degree in education from the university of north alabama, and she has had so much experience in the senate. she first worked for senator howell heflin of alabama. i had the pleasure of serving with senator heflin -- or as i found when i would travel in alabama with him, he'd usualliing l. be greeted with, hello judge. a man who had an extraordinary sense of how the senate worked, but made very clear to me how much he relied on ann berry. she worked with other good friends of mine. senator pat moynihan, my neighbor from new york, a senator whose office was right down the hall from mine. senator edwards and carper. then she took time out from her duties to help stand up senator jones' office. but she came to the leahy office in 2007, and she worked with my chief of staff, j.p.dowd. there were two of them, they gave such leadership to my office. i found that almost daily, i would stick my head into ann's office, say here's the situation. what do you think we should do here or there. because i -- i knew what a go-to in the senate she had been for ge

of boston college law school and as his own alabama-based laufer. bruce castor received his law degree from washington and lee university. he served as county commissioner and district attorney for montgomery county pennsylvania. according to trial rules the president's lawyers have up to 16 hours over two days to make the argument but if indicated they may present the case in just a few hours today. after that senators can ask questions, debate on witnesses is possible and then the travel and with a final vote on whether to convict. >> you are watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by amicus cable-television companies and today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 to viewers as a public service. >> the senate impeachment against former president trump continues at noon eastern with the attorneys for the former president. advocates have cited the 1960s supreme court case brandenburg v. ohio which gave first amendment protection to speakers who urge listeners to use force in certain circumstances. next, a 2018 program from c-span's landmark cases series

and civil rights attorney and a graduate of boston college law school and has his own alabama base law firm. ruth castor received his law degree from lee university and previous he served as county commissioner and district attorney from the montgomery county penciling it. according to trial rules the presidents lawyers have up to 16 hours over two days to make their argument. they have indicated they may present their case in just a few hours tomorrow. after that senators can ask questions and debate on witnesses as possible and then the trial will end with the final vote on whether to convict. watch the impeachment trial live here on c-span2 or on c-span .org and on our free c-span radio app. >> you are watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by america's cable-television companies and today were brought to you today by these television companies who provide c-span2 two viewers as a public service. >> senate will be in order and we will convene the impeachment trial. the chaplain will lead in prayer. >> let us pray. almighty god, our shelter from the storm. give our g senate jurors discernment that will rescue