he says, alex haley's "roots" is relating the search for reunion.ster defines himself as the sum of his past and present parts. the quester achieves totality and full illment as he reunites finish fulfillment as he reunites with his source. this is a very old story both east and west. it is a very beautiful story. it assures us that we belong to continuity. it suggests that there is order in the universe. it asserts that our job is to find it and be reconciled with it and, therefore, experience the fulfillment that unity achieves. significantly, however, this is not the story that afro-american literature has characteristically told, nor is it told in the folklore upon which that literature is in large part built. brer rabbit, john the conqueror, shine, the anonymous author of the spirituals, the wandering blues singers, none of these mythological or actual carriers of folk tradition look to the past as object of their quests. to the contrary, we hear them sing on my journey now and condition nobody turn me around -- can't nobody turn me round. neit

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alex haley that the paintings that you should be which are fantastic and the thought theme in all of them and of course you could have days tricked an assault. you know that you know for the benefit of i think you're going to want to see my lion rampant can i just say. that's why you were sucking. justice for days and days and also to this benefit tells bit more about the influence of saltire than what you do as an artist you are constantly looking for in the world around you something which catches your eye something which gets your attention very foresaw to the pinch. almost twenty years ago. and asked the question why the salt mines who were supposed to be wine or i'm scottish everywhere to see the flyer give you better sort of literally. and i was as the king of amazed when i decided to make the first big painting with the sole title that norman had actually done really truth i had done it before so i haven't decided to do that i decided to really go for it and the first printing of the psalter which is there is to my connection with with alex the roman the. folds almost eighty p

that's why i told alex to do it. i think haley knows more than she's letting on. it breaks my heart how badly you want to believe that. luke: we'll see you guys later.

first of all, kudos to nikki haley for, i think, telling the truth and expressing things absolutely correctly. but alexicant because, as you know, one of the women against donald trump who accused donald trump of sexual assault, has her case is still open. it's in front of the new york supreme court as we speak. the hearing was held last week. the judge has yet to rule. and the question is, the president's attorneys are saying that she should not have a day in court because he is president of the united states. what nikki haley in effect is saying is, yes, she should. and in fact, the supreme court in bill clinton v. paula jones ruled that the attorneys for paula jones could depose bill clinton while he was president in the white house. i think this spells trouble for donald trump. >> if you look at that as a template for the open case right now in the new york supreme court, carrie, comment on that. should this go forward even though we're talking about the sitting president? >> sure. well, bill press did say correctly that the supreme court did rule that no office is too high in the land to not have