well two things about batson versus kentucky. first of all, batson versus kentucky was triggered by the justices' use of dissents from denial of soshial arory. people don't pay any attention from dissents but the justice issues dissent after dissent to alert the bar that at least there were a couple of justices, him in particular, that was interested in the issue. and secondly, i think to educate and try to persuade his colleagues. and over the course of a year he succeeded. he succeeded in persuading other justices to come along with him. and he triggered a reassessment of swain versus alabama. and then the court agreed with his position, agreed to reverse swain versus alabama. but then the justice wasn't satisfied with that. and i wrote a concurring opinion in which he said i agree with what the court is doing but the court is not going far enough. it should get rid of peremptory challenges altogether. and it was that pushing of the envelope that brings a smile to my face and makes me think of just that -- that is the justice t

colonel batson and colonel -- and colonel carlson -- at that time, i have forgotten his name. sage i think. he became a general. that is about it. the raiders were finished. interviewer: what was the reason why they gave you, do you recall? james: why they were finished? i guess they didn't need at that time the units anymore. you know? actually, the ones that went to island,island -- macon that was the first attack when we attacked the japanese. they went in submarines. two companies. we made the first attack. after pearl harbor. and then of course, what maconed was they left subs,, went back to the and went back to the camp where we were. but they left nine men behind. so, these nine men were captured and they cut their heads off. that is when i went to washington, d.c. jones wasen general giving flags to the families. we have pictures of that, right? i will show you the pictures later. -- you know,thing they dug them up, they advanced on the island. the jacks had buried -- the japs had buried the marines with their heads cut off and it was terrible. that is all i can tell y

vonnie: joining us now is rebecca batson at cibc private -- rebeccagement badin at cibc private wealth management. is this another way of distracting from the immediate problems? or ist week's tweet, there truth to the fact that he may tariff? these countries >> thank you for having me. the market is interpreting tariffs as a little bit of an empty threat. that ison i say essentially the u.s. imports about a million barrels from opec at this time. it 400,000 barrels from saudi, 100,000 from russia, 500,000 from kuwait. it is not a huge number, they actually import a lot more from canada and mexico. the idea that tariffs are going to be meaningful as part of this negotiation might not have the bite that trump is looking for. vonnie: does it indicate anything about how the negotiations are going? if he is throwing out empty threats, does that mean that he doesn't know exactly where we are in negotiations? rebecca: i don't think that. if we look at his negotiating tactics over the past couple of talk, he starts with big and then reverses, comes in with some sort of caret, stick, and then

it was a concurring opinion in a case in batson versus kentucky, the supreme court of the united states reversed an earlier opinion, swing versus alabama. the court said, the challenges was immune from question in the case that defense attorneys had wanted to challenge the prosecutors use saying that they had been based on race. the court said, challenges are just immune from question. if a prosecutor is using a challenge for trial related reasons, it is ok. well, two things about benson versus kentucky. first of all, benson versus kentucky was triggered by the justices use of denial of social rights. the justice issued dissent after dissent after dissent. basically, to alert the bar that at least there were a couple of justices interested in the issue. secondly, to educate and persuade his colleagues. over the course of the year, he succeeded. he succeeded in persuading other justices to come along with him and he triggered a reassessment. then, the court agreed with his position. agreed to reverse the decision. then, the justice was not satisfied. he wrote a concurring opinion in whic

about ebola very quickly the animal connection comes into play mosquitoes or with ebola is that's - - batsonat is the chain of transmission in humans spirit there's nothing about this virus that suggests anything other than a natural mutation and as a reminder all kinds of theories of biological warfare to explain something and a wake-up call to all of us. >> we are often in denial of the challenges that i have discovered in my own research there is a belief that everybody is treated in the same way so they don't have different experiences so with that logic we not only denied difference but inequality. >> doctor brown the director of emergency care research at nih and also the author of influenza the 100 year hunt.