there's the period with andrew johnson, and andrew johnson used intrarecess, intrasession recesses to make a lot of appointments. other than that, intrasession recesses of more than three days that are not christmas simply do not exist. so that as soon as intrasession recesses came to be, presidents started making appointments in them. >> let me address it this way. i'm not sure i agree with the factual understanding, your honor. there were intrasession recesses longer than three days prior to 1867. i think there were some ten of them prior to 1867 including seven that were longer than ten days. and bear in mind -- yes, they were christmas recesses, but so were the ones issued in this case. they were recess christmas appointments. but i do take your point that intrasession recess appointments did not become very common -- i should say it this way, appointments did not become very common until really they started with truman, but then they broke off for a long time with three presidents -- johnson, kennedy and ford making no mid session recess appointments -- then beginning in the cart

going back a century, william howard taff was appointed chief justice andrew johnson served tennessee, presidents generally become popular when they are out of office. gallop showed more than 60% approval ratings for ronald reagan, jimmy carter. 34 president said live to the end of their terms and they live 13 years after the white house. the longest jimmy carter. he turned 90. the shortest james kpolk, dying three months after leaving office. the theory president's age two years for every year they served was put to the test. it was found to be wrong. the journal of the medical association says commanders in chief live longer and stress in office is cushioned by a life of privilege. gerald ford lived to be 93.5. coming up, uber controversial worldwide protest puts the >> on techknow. we're heading to cutting edge cal tech campus >> here's a look at just a few of the students shaping the future of science >> see the latest research, discoveries and breakthroughs inside some of the worlds most advanced labs. >> how do you scale somethig you learned from a jelly fish? >> techknow every

they imbeached andrew johnson on trumped up charges. there'll be pressure for them to do that if the senate is controlled by republicans. this is john boehner's way of saying "don't talk about impeachment", knowing that it would be damaging to republicans, as it was in 1998. he's saying "we're suing the president, let's see what happens there." >> and the abortion clinic buffer zone, chief justice roberts wrote a 35 foot zone burdens speech more than it needed to and he said the states should consider what new york city was, making it a crime to harass a person within 15 feet of a medical facility. pro-choice advocates say it is needed for safety. >> exactly. this is brought by a massachusetts grandmother who says "i don't want to process, i want to counsel women considering an abortion", this law prevent them doing it. some of the plaintiffs wanted to counsel women, and he said you can't take away their right to do this on a public side walk or roadway when you haven't tried something else. there are other laws in effect right now that

from grassroots conservatives for the house to vote to impeach president obama, they impeach andrew johnson on trumped up charges in the 18 '60s, there'll be pressure to do that in the senate is controlled by republicans. this is john boehner's way of saying don't talk about impeachment, knowing it will be damaging to republicans. he's saying "look, we are suing the president, let's see what happens there.". >> let's turn to the court ruling on the buffer zone. john roberts chief justice wrote that a 35 foot zone that was imposed in massachusetts burdened speech more than it needed to, and that the states should consider something like what new york city has, making it a crime to harass a person. pro-choice advocates are not happy, they race the issue that a buffer zone is needed for safety reasons. this was brought by saying i want to counsel people, this law protect me doing it. some of the plaintiffs wanted to counsel women and said you can't take away their right to do this on a public sidewalk or roadway when you haven't tried something else and there are other laws in effect now, both

going back a century, william howard taff was appointed chief justice andrew johnson served tennessee, presidents generally become popular when they are out of office. gallop showed more than 60% approval ratings for ronald reagan, jimmy carter. 34 president said live to the end of their terms and they live 13 years after the white house. the longest jimmy carter. he turned 90. the shortest james kpolk, dying three months after leaving office. the theory president's age two years for every year they served was put to the test. it was found to be wrong. the journal of the medical association says commanders in chief live longer and stress in office is cushioned by a life of privilege. gerald ford lived to be 93.5. coming up, uber controversial worldwide protest puts the multibillion car protest under the spotlight, questioning safety and business practices. >> this, is what we do. >> al jazeera america. >>> the new king of the road is uber, but the throne comes with competitors and controversy. uber allows customers of about 3 dozen companies to order a car with a smart phone button. t

lincoln's decision to replace his incumbent with andrew johnson. i do know that he thought it was a good decision. ,ere, he had a tendency governor who was prounion, even in a state which had seceded from the union. me that always struck perhaps it should not have been to believereason that that was the cause of lincoln's change of mind. >> i think we have reached a new height. >> was the kansas-nebraska act returnedst change that lincoln to politics? this was the biggest event not only to change lincoln's location, to going back to politics but i would say that it was probably the most inflammatory legislation ever passed by the congress of the u.s. recent congresses to the contrary notwithstanding. question.a bull's-eye one can almost see the great republic turning on a hinge with the kansas nebraska act. lincolne rise to mr. and he was known only in a county in central illinois. most illinois was the most the north. states of it cause lincoln in a state which was primarily a democrat sympathetic to slavery states to win as a week. a very bold mo

. >> andrew johnson. >> that brings us to the end of the first round. jonathan to 100 points.200-point questions. we'll put 100 seconds on the clock. there they are. we go with this. a story this week about president obama described a budding friendship with this seven time nba all star and former miami heat center. >> shaquille o'neal. >> incorrect. >> lebron james? >> incorrect. >> alonzo morning. on thursday oklahoma joined indiana and became the second state to drop the education standards -- >> common core. >> that's correct. 200 points. president obama's trip to europe this week included a meeting with the recently elected president of what country? >> ukraine. >> that's correct. it was reported this week that before setting out to run in a heavily hispanic congressional district. scott fis ler legally adopted -- >> caesar chavez. >> that's correct. in a vote of 78 to 17 on thursday -- >> time. >> the senate confirmed whom -- >> sylvia burwell. >> that's the bonus question. you have a chance to double and scoop up an additional 200 points. here's the deal. i have here a

johnson signed the 1964 civil rights act. next on american history tv, talks withorian roger mudd and andrew glass. they recall the debate in passage of the most significant civil rights legislation since reconstruction. this event is about an hour. >> good afternoon. it is 12:00. two verywith distinguished guests, veteran reporters who covered the civil rights act of 1964. i way of introduction, we are in one of the most historic rooms

johnson had to wear during all those years. i think he admired king. i think they were both quite good at politics. i mean, you said i wanted to mention selma and andrew did. january of '65 -- '64, rather, in a phone conversation, one of these wonderful taped phone conversations between king and the president johnson, johnson starts talking about -- '65, i'm sorry, about the voting rights act. and king reminds him that the five southern states he didn't carry had the lowest voting record. and then johnson says to king, now, this -- if you can find the worst condition -- this is january 15th, 1965. the worst condition run into in alabama, mississippi, louisiana, south carolina, where people were denied the right to vote, to cast a vote, if you just take that one illustration, get it on the radio, get it on television, get it in the pulpits, get it in the meetings, every place you can, then pretty soon the fellow who didn't do anything but drive a tractor would say well, that's not right. that's not fair. that will help us for what we're going to shove through in the end. [laughter]. and king says that's right. and if we do that, johnson said, we'll bre

johnson. we mourn james chaney, andrew goodman. they and so many others made this possible. he time, the civil rights act was incomplete without the voting rights act. president johnson and dr. king would get the passage in the next congress. today those stand among the greatest legislative of our country. as we bestowed the congressional gold medal on dr. martin luther king and coretta scott king, we must insist on the truth. to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act, we must pass the bipartisan voting rights act in this congress. thank you all. >> ladies and gentlemen, the republican leader of the united states senate, mitch mcconnell. >> america is a land of promise and opportunity. it is conviction that unites all of us americans, and one we'd repeat quite often. for too long in this country, that wasn't the case for a large segment of our population. for nearly a century after the civil war, african americans were denied the most basic of american freedoms. a cancer of intolerance and injustice was allowed to metastasize while many with the power to stop

the summer after james chaney and andrew goodman and michael schwerner were killed and bodies hid inside the earthen dam in mississippi, lyndon johnsond the voting rights act into law. following summer. no more poll taxes, no more literacy tests or tricks designed to keep legal voters from actually being able to vote. johnson's signature on that law resulted directly from the sacrifices of people like those three civil rights workers who were killed in philadelphia, mississippi. but just below the level at which we are willing to talk openly about it, outside of polite company and what we are willing to admit to in the light of day and in conversations with our names attached to our quotes, there isn't actually a consensus view. the summer after james chaney and andrew goodman and michael schwerner were all killed and their bodies were hid inside that earthen dam in mississippi, president johnson signed the but just below the level at which we are willing to talk openly about it, outside of polite company and what we are willing to admit to in the light of day, there isn't actually a consensus view on the heroism of james chaney and

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johnson, nearly takes it off. lucky catch. it was 1-0 forward in the 6th when the a's got on board. andrew, scott, single, tied the game. the next batter, taking it. no sleep, no problem. the 3-run job, giving them the 4-1 lead. the low under the home run, later, he goes the other way for a home run off of malon. miami with the run in the 7th. jeff hits it in the hole. the a's hang on 4-3. sweeping the series, they are 21 games over five00 how about the world cup? mexico, going to advance for the quarterfinals for the first time since reagan was if in office. now, this is not a good example of using your head, folks. getting kicked in the side of his face. then, in the 88th minute, mexico tries to hold on to the lead. they hold on. equalizer, 92nd minute, heck of an actor. he gets the yellow card on mar kwez. and, cashing in on the penalty kick. the orange crush scoring twice in the last 8 minutes, they shock mexico, 2-1. they advance to the quarterfinals. >> the head coach, fernando, san those, rejected before the shootout, perfect, they hope to reach it. now, he gets it and makes the save: the hero, goes top shelf for

andrew pagan with arun on the bar. . 5-4 rockies. one out, one on for pagan. he thought he was safe. replays were safe but pagan might have a case. johnson won five of the last six at home. 6. >> i'm thrilled the way it happened. especially the way it went down. baseball. that's all i got. baseball. >> we just got to turn the page and come back tomorrow. the things happen in baseball. >> group "d" italy, england. three defenders, italyup upped out to a 1-0 lead. stirra stirragie italy goes on to whip 2-1. >> rs, uruguay, up 1-0. joel campbell. in the 54 f minute. then oscar duarte. costa rica not expected win. upset of the day. game five of the nba finals. spurs look to class it out with the fifth nba championship. this is not over. they whop twice to win the second straight title. using last year as a motivation tool to close out this series. >> we go back to last year and learn from that. we're 30 seconds away. we feel we have it in the back and slips out of our fingers. we learn from that, draw on that and say, it's not over until it's over. our goal is win one more game. >> tomorrow's final tips off at 5:00 p.m. special guest, we'll

you know, jan burger, andrew, great folks out there, greg johnson, will mccans, i talk to call of them. i can't stay on top of this. if you want to understand boko haram, all this, you better have language skills. i grew up in the cold war. wasn't very smart. i learned spanish. it is kind of useless. i can't stay on top of any of this. number two, you have to have people on the ground that really understand things and cultural religious, idealogical dynamics. three, work them together in interdisciplinary things. there is great stuff done in computing. done with mathematical modeling of attacks. who has that? we have to trust in our government. they really do have it. they're not all great but they're a lot better than they were 12 years ago. which brings me to talk about deescalation. ways in the army 19956789 never once did i see parallel raids in two places in africa on the same day. somalia, tripoli, libya. we did two raids on the same day. got one, didn't get the other guy, withdrew with no casualties. fire it up. we could not do this 12 years ago. that is testament to our militar

andrew pagan with arun on the bar. . 5-4 rockies. one out, one on for pagan. he thought he was safe. replays were safe but pagan might have a case. johnson five of the last six at home. 6. >> i'm thrilled the way it happened. especially the way it went down. baseball. that's all i got. baseball. >> we just got to turn the page and come back tomorrow. the things happen in baseball. >> group "d" italy, england. three defenders, italyup upped out to a 1-0 lead. stirra stirragie italy goes on to whip 2-1. >> rs, uruguay, up 1-0. joel campbell. in the 54 f minute. then oscar duarte. costa rica not expected win. upset of the day. game five of the nba finals. spurs look to class it out with the fifth nba championship. this is not over. they whop twice to win the second straight title. using last year as a motivation tool to close out this series. >> we go back to last year and learn from that. we're 30 seconds away. we feel we have it in the back and slips out of our fingers. we learn from that, draw on that and say, it's not over until it's over. our goal is win one more game. >> tomorrow's final tips off at 5:00 p.m. special guest, we'll hear

johnson. as califano who served --estic affairs adviser better foot as domestic affairs to 1969. 1965 ambassador andrew young, one of ,r. kings very closest aides the first african-american united states congressman elected from the deep south since reconstruction. appointed by president carter as united states ambassador to the united nations. and, mayor of my city of atlanta from 1982 to 1990. taylor branch, pulitzer prize winning author best known for his writings on civil rights. his book, parting the waters, won the pulitzer in 1989. ,ur moderator is todd purdum contributing editor at vanity fair, senior editor at politico. he recently published a book, an idea whose time has come. ladies and gentlemen, please book him todd purdum, doris kearns goodwin, andrew young, joe califano and taylor branch. [applause] >> thank you very much, tom, mark and the entire staff. it is wonderful to be here. i want this to be a conversation. today i have only one exhortation -- no filibusters. [laughter] think it being said, i is fair to say that lyndon b. johnson and martin luther king were two of the most coloss

johnson signed the 1964 civil rights act. next on american history tv, talks withorian roger mudd and andrew glass. they recall the debate in passage of the most significant civil rights legislation since reconstruction. this event is about an hour. >> good afternoon. it is 12:00. two verywith distinguished guests, veteran reporters who covered the civil rights act of 1964. i way of introduction, we are in one of the most historic rooms at the capitol complex. now known as the kennedy caucus room, it was the room where the hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held. this is the room where john f. kennedy announced his candidacy for president. the room where a lot of nominees have been grilled by committees. there have been a lot of inquisitions here. today, we are not doing an inquisition. we are doing a conversation. we are very pleased to have andy glass and roger mudd as our guests today. born in warsaw, poland, and arrived in the united states during world war ii. he became a citizen in 1948. he is a graduate of the bronx high school of science and yale university. in 1960, after he c

the summer after james chaney and andrew goodman and michael schwerner were killed and bodies hid inside the earthen dam in mississippi, lyndon johnsonlaw. following summer. no more taxes, no more literacy tests or tricks designed to keep legal voters from actually being able to vote. johnson's signature on that law resulted directly from the sacrifices of people like those three civil rights workers who were killed in philadelphia, mississippi. but just below the level at which we are willing to talk openly about it, outside of polite company and what we are willing to admit to in the light of day and in conversations with our names attached to our quotes, there isn't actually a consensus view. on the heroism of james chaney and andrew goodman and michael schwerner. they're not heroes to everyone. part of how you can tell that is what happened to james chaney's grave after they put him in the ground. a reporter was sent there in 1988 to his grave. this is what they found in 1988. >> the headstone has been knocked off by vandals, thrown in a ditch and now disappeared. this granite block, crudely labeled, 1964, james chaney, is all th

andrew will have on, and it is a lot. on sunday, wires, loom inch ears, jacintha saldanha johnson. >> what a line-up. >> all right, well, ifnow you'll be instagraming. >> i want to bring chris with me. big, bigedy big time. >> you're having a fun weekend, my friend. >> one of the bigetdy stars in television, phillies own david, yes, back in town, he is a philly native. and he's here for wizard world comic con. can't wait to talk to him. >> he's not only in the building, he's in the room. there he is. >> oh, high. >> good to see you. >> all right. >> we'll talk flares, phillies, you name it, as >>> ♪ >> back in town this weekend, in studio, cardinal o'hara, circumstance a 1985, 86. >> when were you in high school. >> really going back. >> wildcats, the national championship, yes. >> pottsville, close. >> you're close. >> you almost hit it on. >> you guys, talking serious sports, know you are a philly guy. >> i'm all about this komikazi thing, let's talk about this, here for that? >> yes, event going on at the convention center. >> what are you doing? >> just go there, sign some autographs, do some seminars, do some question