the united states is not racist i'm sick and tired of saying the american flag. i grew up in boston, massachusetts, the most a racist stuff going on busing. one black kid my family a nice kid people don't agree with people's policies you're racist. besides with the border stuff. now he did you may not agree with right and left but agree with sitting down like the gentleman just said. the united states is -- you say stuff about, people get this terrorism and there's racism. it's disgusting. my grandmother came from germany she had to leave, they came. i wouldn't be here right now if america hadn't fought for freedom. i think it's disgraceful. host: we'll give our guests a chance to respond. guest: america is racist. that is just who we are. we are a country built on the backs of slaves that were black people brought here on boats from africa. all these years later america is still a racist country that's just what it is. and if you think your grandparents that came over from germany and ireland or wherever were not confronted with racism at some point back in bost

one was an american flag and next to the american flag was this big, beautiful rainbow flag, and i thinktered a queer environment, queer space, queer community. eventually, i started leading programmes and actually, when i was 16, i started working as a park ranger. i've worked at fire island national seashore now for over ten years. there was this really significant grassroots effort that dates back all the way to the 1930s to actually create a national park, a national seashore, here at fire island. part of that was actually just an attempt to prevent robert moses and new york state from constructing a highway across the length of fire island. robert moses was a polarising urban planner in new york city. he was instrumental in the rapid construction of highways after the great depression. because the island is so narrow, a road across it would have completely reshaped the landscape. it would've threatened unique habitats like the sunken forest. in order to protect these towns, each one with their own really unique history and culture, they turned fire island into a national park so tha

the united states is not racist i'm sick and tired of saying the american flag. i grew up in boston, massachusetts, the most a racist stuff going on busing. one black kid my family a nice kid people don't agree with people's policies you're racist. besides with the border stuff. now he did you may not agree with right and left but agree with sitting down like the gentleman just said. the united states is -- you say stuff about, people get this terrorism and there's racism. it's disgusting. my grandmother came from germany she had to leave, they came. i wouldn't be here right now if america hadn't fought for freedom. i think it's disgraceful. host: we'll give our guests a chance to respond. guest: america is racist. that is just who we are. we are a country built on the backs of slaves that were black people brought here on boats from africa. all these years later america is still a racist country that's just what it is. and if you think your grandparents that came over from germany and ireland or wherever were not confronted with racism at some point back in bost

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the united states is not racist i'm sick and tired of saying the american flag.up in boston, massachusetts, the most a racist stuff going on busing. one black kid my family a nice kid people don't agree with people's policies you're racist. besides with the border stuff. now he did you may not agree with right and left but agree with sitting down like the gentleman just said. the united states is -- you say stuff about, people get this terrorism and there's racism. it's disgusting. my grandmother came from germany she had to leave, they came. i wouldn't be here right now if america hadn't fought for freedom. i think it's disgraceful. host: we'll give our guests a chance to respond. guest: america is racist. that is just who we are. we are a country built on the backs of slaves that were black people brought here on boats from africa. all these years later america is still a racist country that's just what it is. and if you think your grandparents that came over from germany and ireland or wherever were not confronted with racism at some point back in boston i thi

the way it looks with the black charred and everything we felt like the american flag would go a longthis look a lot better. i want to do the only thing that i can do and replace the only thing that i can replace right now which is the american flag. >> your optimism is so inspiring and a little unbelievable considering the moment people lost so much in such a short amount of time. can you take us back to when you realize what is happening and were you in your home at the time when the fire was coming? >> we were not in our home we were actually in florida and when we got the news it was going up it was only 20 minutes when we heard it was bad, we caught the first flight out and got here friday afternoon and here we are working to stay until we get things taken care of. >> do you plan to rebuild? >> it's really early in the game but if i had to say there's a lot of things we don't know we have to figure out discover that we're leaning toward yes rebuilding is a bit of a community we've been here 30 years and if i had to say right now we're leaning toward we probably will. >> we wish y

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another had cross-rifles beneath a skull emblazoned with the pattern of the american flag. to my perpetual confusion i saw the thin blue line flag, the symbol of support for law enforcement more than once being carried by the terrorists as they ignored our commands and continued to assault us. the acrid sting of cs gas or tear gas and oc spray which is mace hung in the air as the terrorists threw their own cs, threw our own cs gas canisters back at us and sprayed us with their own oc either they bought themselves or stole from us. later i learned at least one of them was spraying us in the face with wasp spray. the terrorists alternated between attempting to break our defense and shouting at or attempting to convert us. men alleging to be veterans told us how they had fought for this country and were fighting for it again. one man tried to start a chant of four more years. another shouted do not attack us, we are not black lives matter, as if political affiliation is how we determine when to use force. a man in an qanon hoodie explains this is the time to choose which side o

they draped his coffin with the american flag last night. the shooting happened 4:30 yesterday afternoon on westbound 580 near the bay bridge toll plaza. the recruit was on his home from training -- on his way home from training at the academy when he was shot and crashed the car. officers stood at attention and saluted as the body was escorted to the coroner's office last night. the recruit was set to graduate and become a deputy next month. expose person says the department is heartbroken. >> the corner's bureau has made contact with the family and we have talked with the parents. clearly they are distraught. and he does have a sister and girlfriend that came to highland and we did the things necessary for that family. >> the spokesperson went on to say that the department will likely release the victim's name today. they wanted to give the family some breathing room, saying this is tough. highway shootings are not unusual in the east bay. last month, the mayor wrote a letter to governor newsom asking for more plate readers and cameras on

that's sheriff's deputies lined up outside highland hospital escorting his body with an american flag over him. chp oakland is investigating the deadly freeway shooting. it happened at 4.30 yesterday on 5.80, wesson, macarthur maze before the toll plaza to the bay bridge. the shooter fired a gun into personal car of this recruit hitting him, causing him to crash into a guardrail when officers arrived. he was immediately taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries. the name of the police academy. recruit has not been released yet. sergeant nelson with the sheriff's office caught up with us on the phone last night. he's in shock. this type of senseless violence continues to happen. >> on guy >> to carry my entire life and the life out there here and i've never seen anything like put down their like there. and 3rd come to this for people. >> indiscriminately fire on people on the freeway. and got a lot work bring it all today. just awful >> and it's awful for, of course, the entire sheriff's office for any law enforcement but also the family we heard last half hour that t

sheriff's department out there lining outside the highland hospital area scored his body with an american flag over him. chp oakland is investigating this deadly freeway. we still don't know who the shooter is now. this happened at 4.30 yesterday on 5.80, west on the macarthur maze before the toll plaza to the bay bridge. the shooter fired a gun into the personal car of the recruit hitting him and causing him to crash into a guardrail when officers arrived. he was immediately taken the hospital where he later died from his injuries. the name of the police or the deputy academy. recruit was not released yet. we did talk with sergeant nelson with the sheriff's office last night on the phone and he explained this shocking and senseless act of violence. >> i don't know. watch what led up to other than it just seems like another. >> act of violence on a freeway. reach us notify your family. and as you can imagine, there are distraught. we're going to give a little bit of time grieve and process this. parents are clearly is that a sister and a girlfriend that that highland. or what's going on there.

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this was the first hole to carry the american flag in the salt lake valley. my great-grandfather had every reason to hate united states of america, a country who promised him his first amendment right to a free exercise of religion only to see the same government stand aside when the mobs assembled. he never gave up on the idea of america. he believed in the promise of what america could be, not what it was at the moment. to my friends of color, you may leave immortal words of martin luther king jr. that the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice. you also know it takes a long time to get there. walk together do the work to make utah a place where there's truly liberty and justice for all, please don't give up on the idea of america. to my friends in rural utah who have exported kids away from home, i understand you are hurting. we've seen far too many deaths of despair. but walk together and do the work to make utah a place with the promise of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness is found in every community. don't give up on the idea of america. to

alameda county sheriff's office lined up outside of highland hospital scored his body with an american flag over him. chp oakland is the lead investigator in this deadly freeway shooting. it happened around 4.30 on the 5.80 west of macarthur maze area just before the toll plaza to the bay bridge. the shooter fired a gun into the personal car of this recruit hitting in causing him to crash into a guardrail when officers arrived. he was immediately taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries. the name of this sheriff's office academy recruit. it is not stopping the least and they're trying to give the family some time to grieve son privacy. we did catch up with sergeant nelson with the sheriff's office. we caught up with him last. and on the phone. he's in shock about this senseless violence unexplained how the family's doing. >> i don't know. watch what led up to other than it just seems like another senseless act of violence on a freeway. reach notify your family. and as you can imagine, there are distraught. we're going to give a little bit of time grieve and process this.

and this happened yesterday putting an american flag over him. is investigating this deadly freeway shooting that happened at 4.30 yesterday on 5, 80 west at the macarthur maze before the toll plaza to the bay bridge. the shooter open gunfire and to the personal car of the recruit hitting in causing him to crash into the guardrail when officers arrived. he was immediately taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries was until later when they're investigating the scene, they found some items of his. they realize he was a deputy recruit with the sheriff's office. the name has not been released yet. they're giving the family privacy and time as they in the first hours of of learning this are trying to grasp and and and figure out what's going on. sergeant nelson with the sheriff's office caught up with us on the phone last night, though, he's in shock that this type of senseless violence continues to happen. >> own product guy here. a military my entire life and the life out there on here and i've never seen anything like like there.

a mob breaking windows, kicking in doors, breaking the capital american flag round poles, menus as weapons as spears destroy property. literally defecating in the hallways rifling through the deaths of senators the representatives, hunting down, members of congress. we didn't see a former president who just rallied the mob to attack city in the private dining room of the oval office in the white house, watching it on television and doing nothing for hours. the nation's capital under siege. this wasn't a group tourist. this was an armed insurrection. we all saw what our nation would look like. if the force is who seek to dismantle, our democracy are successful. but they failed. they fail on this day, remember, insurance, make sure that such attack never never happens again. my 1st guest to 9 is frank says, no, he's a former white house correspondent, former c, and in washington bureau chief, also my former boss is now the director of strategic initiatives at george washington university. frank, it's good to see you again. you have covered the white house, you cover the white house for a lon

the american flag is at half-staff and people have been lighting candles and leaving flowers all day. now with gun violence at the center of the spike in crime this month. mayor adams says he will implement a modified plainclothes anti-gun unit immediately. we're going to re used newer version of in plain modified plain clothes. >> anti-gun unit. again. officer mora is still in a critical condition with his family at his bedside. funeral arrangements are now being made for officer rivera. >> in harlem, new york, jennifer bisram news nation. >> the fda now considering putting a limit on a certain type of covid-19 treatments. what you know, which one it >> and then we will hear from people who are trying to prevent the historic castro theater from becoming a live >> congress is taking steps to stop the market dominance of american big tech companies. a bipartisan bill is on its way to the senate floor. it aims to prevent big tech companies from favoring their own services over rivals. the senate judiciary committee approved the legislation on thursday in the bill could also bring restri

a mob breaking windows, kicking indoors, breaching the capital american flags on poles menus, as weapons, as spears. fires, thinkers, pres, thrown at the heads of police officers, a crowd, the professors, their love for law enforcement assaulted. those police officers dragged them, sprayed them, stamped on them over a $140.00 police officers were injured. we all heard the police officers who were there that day testify to what happened. one officer called a quote, amid medieval battle. and that he was more afraid that day than he was fighting the war in iraq. they repeatedly asked since that day, how dare anyone, any one diminished, belittle, or deny the hell they were put through. we saw with our own eyes, writers menace these halls, threatening a life of the speaker, the house, literally erecting gallows to hang the vice president of the united states of america. what do we not see? we didn't see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack sitting in the private dining room off the oval office in the white house, watching it all on television. doing nothing for hours. as

american flags being used as weapons, as spears. fire extinguishers being thrown at the heads of police officers. a crowd that professes their love for law enforcement assaulted those officers, sprayed them, stomped on them. over 140 police officers were injured. we all heard the police officers there that day testifying to what happened. one officer called it "a medieval battle" and that he was more afraid that day than he was fighting the war in iraq. they repeatedly asked since that day, how dare anyone deny the hell they were put through? we saw with our own eyes rioters menace these halls, threatening the speaker of the house, literally erecting gallows to hang the vice president of the united states of america. what did we not see? we did not see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack sitting in a private dining room off the oval office in the white house, watching it all on television. and doing nothing for hours as police were assaulted, lives at risk. the nation's capitol, under siege. this was not a grou

they said this was okay, they wrapped him in the american flag, and they sent him off. >> reporter: gravanootection, leaving the program a year later and writing a tell-all book about his life. while he was able to avoid the mafia's retribution, he was unable to avoid a life of crime. spending another 17 years in prison after his arrest for drug trafficking. >> no matter how i feel now, i couldn't change what happened. it was ugly. but i know what people want me to say. it was so ugly, would you change it? yes, the way i feel now. but even looking now, i couldn't. >> are you a good man? >> i think i'm a decent man. >> you don't worry about a final judgment? >> i'll worry about that that day, and we'll see what happens. >> you can stream "truth and lies: the last gangster" on hulu. >>> up next, remembering the millions of lives lost to the nazis on this holocaust remembrance day. your type 2 dia? once-weekly ozempic® can help. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weig

a mob breaking windows, kicking indoors, breaching the capital american flags on poles menus, as weapons as spears. fires, fingers being thrown at the heads of police officers, a crowd, the professors, their love for law enforcement assaulted. those police officers dragged them, sprayed them, stamped on them over a $140.00 police officer were injured. we all heard the police officers who were there that day testify to what happened. one officer called and quote, a mid, mid evil battle. and that he was more afraid that day than he was fighting the war in iraq. they repeatedly asked since that day, how dare anyone, anyone diminished but little or deny the hell they were put through. we saw with our own eyes rider's menace these halls, threatened the life of the speaker of the house, literally erecting gallows to hang the vice president of the united states of america. what do we not see? we didn't see a former president who had jest rallied the mob to attack sitting in the private dining room of the oval office in the white house, watching it on television. and doing nothing for hours, as

and broadway as the seventh regiment goes off to defend the union and the city is adorned with american flags. so lincoln seizes victory from the jaws of defeat, what about roosevelt and the days after pearl does he how does he rally the nation and we were allergic to the speech. yeah. let me first say that admiral. kimmel did not get a parade. yeah, the fall guy after pearl harbor that was but franklin roosevelt. as i mentioned just a minute ago shocked as i believe he genuinely was he got a phone call from winston churchill who heard about this on the radio. oh my gosh. what what's this about pearl harbor? what have i heard? and he said yes, it's true. we're all in the same boat now roosevelt had been determined to save britain if he could lend lease whatever aid he could provide he comes up with the whole idea of lending a garden hose of your neighbor's house is on fire. well now clearly is the opportunity to provide all the aid that britain needs and the soviet union too for that matter since hitler had invaded the soviet union in june of that year. so this gave him a vision that the war

young recruit tonight after he his body was escorted out of the hospital tonight draped in an american flag as deputies looked on. thank you for joining us. ama: the shooting happened on west on 580 around 4:30 p.m. this afternoon. the sheriffs office give an update about the victim who was going to graduate in just a month. ryan curry is live with more. ryan? ryan: good evening. that incident happened around 4:30 this afternoon. the alameda county sheriff's office telling me the young man was a recruit in on his way home to san francisco when someone fired a gun into his car, killing him and causing him to crash his car. earlier this evening, you just saw the video of his casket being transported from the hospital over to the coroner 's office while being saluted. sky 7 flew over the scene this afternoon. according to chp, the initially investigated this as a car crash but when officers got there, they learned the recruit was the only person in the car and had been shot. chp says after being shot, the recruit veered the car to the left and crashed. first responders took him to highland hos

. >> and flying the american flag, giving the chinese communist party this global propaganda platformt the united states is unyielding and unapologetic advocate for human rights. >> and unafraid of speaking the truth and upsetting jersey to she and his communist party lawmakers are also putting pressure on the companies sponsoring the beijing olympics. >> 25 republicans on the house energy and commerce committee sent letters to coca cola air bnb and toyota asking them to publicly recognize that china is committing human rights abuses and use their olympic platform to highlight these abuses to the rest of the world. in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. >> if you think about heading down a los angeles, try to get into the nfc championship game on sunday. take a look at the prices. the prices are spiking ahead of the game. one thing to note, if you're buying tickets on stubhub, make sure to click the filter that says show prices with estimated fees that will give you a true idea of the total price per ticket. right now, the cheapest seats way up a nosebleed 700, 50 bucks. each. >> all righ

i've been all around the world and it never occurred to me in those front 23 years holding american flagthat same american flag to be united states capital police officers as they were trying to defend the capital. it was a surreal moment and really for me, the deepest sense, the most emotional feeling the deepest sense, the most emotionalfeeling i have about the deepest sense, the most emotional feeling i have about the day is a real sense of betrayal. can ou talk day is a real sense of betrayal. can you talk about it being a surreal moment come about having a sense of betrayal but you know very well that there are competing narratives about what happened that day. democrats e january six is that this did not result in our democracy as president joe biden articulated today. there are republican colleagues of yours here in washington who say that the rioters are political prisoners, that they are patriots. what does that they are patriots. what does that tell you about the state of american politics? the that tell you about the state of american politics?— that tell you about the state o

remember that you're looking at a solid video of recruit with leaving the highland hospital with the american flagped over his body. the victim of a shooting tuesday on west bound. 5.80, heading toward san francisco. he was on his way home after recruit training with the academy. >> it was around 04:30pm with the california highway patrol responded to a call for a solo vehicle collision. so officers quickly determined upon arriving the individual involved in the crash and also been shot. >> the chp is leading the investigation through investigation. it was determined a round had struck the right front passenger window of the prius. >> and then struck the driver officials at the regional training centers say peer counseling is being made available for any recruit who may need it. >> what you can about. >> yeah. according to the. academy people, i'm highly motivated. just a good. kind of a kind of a leader in the academy. so is this is tough for them. >> the california highway patrol has released no information on any possible suspects. investigators are asking any drivers with dashboard cameras tra

remember that you're looking at a solid video of recruit with leaving the highland hospital with the american flag draped over his body. the victim of a shooting tuesday on west bound 5.80, heading toward san francisco. he was on his way home after recruit training with the academy. >> it was around 04:30pm, with the california highway patrol responded to a call for a solo vehicle collision. so officers quickly determined upon arriving, the individual involved in the crash and also been shot. >> the chp is leading the investigation through investigation. it was determined. >> a round had struck the right front passenger window of the prius. >> and then struck the driver officials at the regional training centers say peer counseling is being made available for any recruit who may need it. >> what you care about? >> yeah. according to the academy people, i'm highly motivated just a good. kind of a kind of a leader in the academy. so is this is tough for them. >> the california highway patrol has released no information on any possible suspects. investigators are asking any drivers with dashboard cam

. >> and flying the american flag, giving the chinese communist party this global propaganda platform show that the united states is unyielding and unapologetic advocate for human rights. >> and unafraid of speaking the truth and upsetting to she and his communist party. lawmakers are also putting pressure on the companies sponsoring the beijing olympics. >> 25 republicans on the house energy and commerce committee sent letters to coca cola air bnb and toyota asking them to publicly recognize that china is committing human rights abuses and use their olympic platform to highlight these abuses to the rest of the world. in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. >> tons of tents, furniture and other items were cleared from the homeless encampment today near so fy stadium ahead of the super bowl in los angeles. some say it's an effort to clean up the city's image ahead of the game. dozens of people appear to be living in the encampment underneath the 4 '05 freeway. the san diego freeway, which is one of the main routes to sofi stadium for visitors coming from l a x one worker said the sweep was

young recruit tonight after he his body was escorted out of the hospital tonight draped in an american flag as deputies looked on. thank you for joining us. ama: the shooting happened on west on 580 around 4:30 p.m. this afternoon. the sheriffs office give an update about the victim who was going to graduate in just a month. ryan curry is live with more. ryan? ryan: good evening. that incident happened around 4:30 this afternoon. the alameda county sheriff's office telling me the young man was a recruit in on his way home to san francisco when someone fired a gun into his car, killing him and causing him to crash his car. earlier this evening, you just saw the video of his casket being transported from the hospital over to the coroner 's office while being saluted. sky 7 flew over the scene this afternoon. according to chp, the initially investigated this as a car crash but when officers got there, they learned the recruit was the only person in the car and had been shot. chp says after being shot, the recruit veered the car to the left and crashed. first responders took him to highland hos

american flags on poles being used as weapons, as spears, fire extinguishers being thrown at heads of police officers. a crowd assaulted those police officers, dragged them, sprayed them, stomped on them. over 140 police officers were injured. we all heard the police officers who were there that day testify to what happened. one officer called it, quote, a medieval battle and he was more afraid that day than he was fighting the war in iraq. they repeatedly asked since that day how dare anyone, anyone diminish, belittle or deny the hell they were put through. we saw with our own eyes rioters m men ous these halls, threatening the life of the speaker of the house, literally erecting gallows to hang the vice president of the united states of america. what did we not see? we didn't see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack, sitting in the private dining room off the oval office in the white house, watching it all on television and doing nothing for hours as police were assaulted, lives at risk, the nation's capitol under siege. this wasn't a group of tourists. this was

remember that you're looking at a solid video of recruit with leaving the highland hospital with the american flag draped over his body. the victim of a shooting tuesday on west bound. 5.80, heading toward san francisco. he was on his way home after recruit training with the academy. >> it was around 04:30pm with the california highway patrol responded to a call for a solo vehicle collision. so officers quickly determined upon arriving the individual involved in the crash and also been shot. >> the chp is leading the investigation through investigation. it was determined a round had struck the right front passenger window of the prius. >> and then struck the driver officials at the regional training centers say peer counseling is being made available recruit who may need it. >> what you can about. >> yeah. according to the. academy people, i'm highly motivated. just a good. kind of a kind of a leader in the academy. so is this is tough for them. >> the california highway patrol has released no information on any possible suspects. investigators are asking any drivers with dashboard cameras traveli

and in texas man tried smuggling 2 people into the country by way of a coffin draped with an american flag. a 33 year old man was arrested while in his modified van at a checkpoint near the border. when asked what he was transporting his response was a dead navy guy. but there were 2 men alive in the coffin, and just this week, immigration and customs enforcement release. dozens of single mil migrants who were detained in the city of brownsville. the city reportedly assisted in helping them travel to other areas of the u. s. and the same issue is plaguing the west coast. a special agent in charge of homeland security investigations in san diego said, criminal organizations are raking in up to $20000.00 per mexican national and up to $70000.00 each for other international smuggling efforts. punk boats are coming into the coast off of southern cal fornia from san diego, orange county, and in areas of los angeles. in the span of 2 weeks, there were a whopping 6 attempts caught by authorities and also up north. a man was charged thursday with human smuggling for people including an infant. the

i was amazed at how important the american flag. was when they were being shot at but african-american holding the flag doesn't want it to touch the soil because it was so important to defend our flag because it was defending our nation lincoln and douglas would meet a total of three times face to face and there they would help lincoln win reelection. douglas would be a special guest as inaugural. the union would go on to win the war free an entire race from slavery and allow our nation to reunite with so much work left to do to gather john wilkes booth's assassination. rob frederick douglass of a partner to do that work with in america of its greatest president at a time of our greatest need frederick douglass without live abraham lincoln by 30 years staying here in rochester, new york until 1872 his major mark on american history came alongside our 16th president. individually, they were great men together. they were unstoppable. that's right. that's what i thought that. you know both men, but i thought if i could get their lives t