david blaine is here tonight. >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: david blaine. dude.w. well -- well, i don't even know what the trick is going to be or what he did. but he's doing something for us tonight to close out the show. he says it's even bigger than the last time, which is absolutely insane, because the last time -- >> steve: uh-huh. >> jimmy: -- he was here, he was, like, he was doing the trick in a very -- "i'm so -- so happy to be here. thank you, jimmy. here are these cards. three --" and he goes, "yeah." and then he was like, "yep," and, like, does his tricks and amazes me. he's like, "jimmy, i just want to --" [ light laughter ] and he -- he barfed out a frog. [ laughter ] a real frog. >> steve: a live frog. >> jimmy: spit out a frog that was in his mouth the whole time. >> steve: he had a frog in his throat the whole time? >> jimmy: in his throat the whole time he was doing the other card trick. and -- and then he put the frog back in his mouth. >> steve: is that right? >> jimmy: was it real? i know, questlove hasn't talked to him since. but i mean, tha

he's joined by blaine who is a professor of history at california state university fresno. they both live in fresno and this is their wonderful book here. [applause] and so, part of what i want to do in today's conversation is think about how the hidden legacies of slavery and the civil war into think about it in the canterbury moment # black lives matter. we will see that conversation come full circle.re to begin i want to give each other and opportunity to tell us

president, the garfield, and blaine are in charge. on the right, a fellow is cutting off the limb because the republicans were fighting among each other. what he was saying is republicans were not able to get along, they were acting like monkeys, and they will destroy the franchise. right,take a look at the the democrats, a senate group of donkeys that have no power. thecould see an analogy to situation today, where the internal fights of the republicans are where the game is, and the democrats are out in the hinterlands, hoping to get in at some point. would they understand immediately what it represented? michael: the average person in 1881, he would recognize -- they would also recognize the president. and recognize the fact that the faces of politicians -- that these are the faces of politicians. these powerful people are depicted as monkeys, a attempted as acting foolishly, they are depicted as out of control. that's the kind of humor and imagery puck likes. steve: how did you research this book? michael: i have a very large coll

blaine. i live in the mission district. i came here to talk about a different topic. up just wanted to share on the bike share. i saw the new paint thing on market street. i'm a big fan of the program and i particularly like now that it's covered i get to go to place to place. i know there's talk about moving the share stations around. i want you to reconsider that. thank you to the board, staff for their support. thank you. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. mr. blaine. next speaker, please. >> paul court followed by emily heferling and gabriel chaptn. >> so paul and emily will follow me. i'm the director for the election industry. thank you so much, directors. the reason that we are here, the reason that paul and emily and i are here is to present a letter undersigned by eight equity environmental and justice labor organizations urging the mta to move forward on electric buses. years ago there was a commitment to convert the fleet to the zero emission electric buses by 2020 and clearly we are

david blaine is coming back, dude. have you seen him since?i did. >> jimmy: it was the last time we saw -- i saw him with you here. he threw up a frog. >> tariq: a frog, yeah. >> jimmy: at the end -- >> tariq: and swallowed it, and swallowed it again. >> jimmy: that's right, he swallowed it again. >> tariq: yeah. >> jimmy: well he didn't -- he talked to us to for like 20 minutes, then he threw up the frog, then he swallowed it again, and then talked to us again. >> tariq: yeah. >> jimmy: and i was -- i had him removed from the building. >> tariq: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: but you've seen him since? >> tariq: yeah, at a a u2 concert. >> jimmy: did he -- did he have a leg poke out or something? >> tariq: i ran away. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's coming. i'm can't wait to see him again. anyways, david blaine will be here. i love that guy. [ cheers and applause ] we have a great show. we have a great show tonight. he's one of the stars of "avengers infinity war," anthony mackie is stopping by. >> steve: whoa! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: plus

david blaine. >> you won't believe your eyes.ing, america. ♪ might hurt yourself >>> every single time david blaine does a trick, my jaw drops. >> mm-hmm. >> he's like the pied piper of people. when he shows up, people gather around for the magic trick, but then stuff starts disappearing too. come and goes with david blaine around. >> good morning to all of you. good morning, america. >> you looked like you were having fun. >>> to the breaking news overnight. the suspect accused of shooting two police officers and a security guard at a home depot in dallas captured overnight. marcus moore is on the scene for us in dallas. he has the latest. good morning again, marcus. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. that violence unfolding at the home depot just behind me. where the two police officers were critically hurt and a security guard also wounded. it was some five hours after that initial incident that the suspect led police on a wild chase through the streets of dallas. cutting through yards. also speeding down neighborhood st

j >> blaine, and even, i love to hear you as an extension of what kendra shared. part of what your book brings up is thus persistent notion of black people as fugitives in many ways. this is a context where any kint of resistance against the a version of fugitive he and fast-forward into my own life today when people encounter me and i tell them what i do for living it's almost like an escaped slave. you're too young to be a professor and how does that happen? how did you get there? please, please, no more. i think to myself wow, this is [inaudible] because i've escaped wherever location d me from that is unstable and we tend to call them slums and inner cities and ghettos and i will call them chocolate cities but it's to say that it came up to me in your work so i appreciate the book you want to know if you could say a bit more about the idea of black people and resistant to the status quo. >> when you spoke just now in use the word fugitive it is interesting to think about the types of memory of fugitive memory because one of the things that happened is black me

thirty seven year old alton sterling outside a grocery store before shooting him dead but one officer blaine's alimony has now been fired it was clear that one seldom only came out like a pit bull. and immediately escalated the attire situation putting a gun to this means he did. using profane language threatening his life and he ended up taking his life. as second officer involved has been suspended from duty my decision was not based on politics. it was not based on emotions it was based on the facts of the case the family lawyer says the police have a responsibility to the whole community we know how difficult it is we understand it. it's a tough job. they have to deal with a lot. but with high duty comes high expectations you don't just look after white people you look after black people and hispanic and asian and everyone else a series of recent fighting shootings of black men by police has sparked a nationwide protests and the black lives movement but these cases can only fuel the debate of a bias in the american criminal justice system. so there is a large objects hurdling at us from sp

thirty seven year old alton sterling outside a grocery store before shooting him dead one officer blainesalamone he has now been fired it was clear that blame somebody came out like it or. any mediately escalated the attire situation putting a gun to this man's hit. using profane language threatening his life and ended up taking. a second officer involved has been suspended from judy my decision was not based on politics it was not based on emotions. it was based on the facts of the case the family lawyer says the police have a responsibility to the whole community we know how difficult it is we understand that it's a tough job. they have to deal with a lot but with high duty comes high expectations you don't just look after white people you look after black people and hispanic and asian and everyone else a series of recent fatal shootings of black men by police has back to. one of the walls heaviest drinking nations if you wayne is grappling with nearly always that aim to clamp down on alcohol new legislation coming into force this year bans of the ties in for alcohol makes it harder fo

blaine alexander, next news, washington. >>> president trump's attorneys are telling an l.a. judge not now. they're asking to put a law suit filed by adult film star, stormy daniels on hold. federal judge today said he need more time to decide if he will delay that case. the president, and his attorney, michael cohen want to put a 90 day hold on the proceedings, to give the fbi time to investigate cohen's business affairs. cohen's attorney says letting the case proceed could hurt his right against self-incrimination. >> to quote the court that there are gaping holes in the application by mr. cohen and mr. trump to delay this matter. >> that is stormy daniels' attorney there. daniels claims cohen paid her $130,000 before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair she had with president trump. she says the agreement was never properly signed so not valid. the president maintains thamt affair never happened. the hearing will resume next month. >> well the race to become california's next governor takes center stage in about two weeks from now. on may 8, we are hosting a tel

i'm asking, could we, may we possibly see blaine, and did i, and ducky together again?rk with any and all of them. ♪ pretty in pink >> can i get your opinion on something here? >> maybe. >> um, yeah. we're totally willing this to happen. molly's part of the way there with her new movie, starring as mom to sam mccarthy, as in, andrew's son. >> it was a little surreal. once in awhile i would look at him across the set and connect with his eyes. i would be be like, he has andrew's eyes. >> it's cool that it worked out that way. >> that's andrew ducking into his son's premier last night. over on the red carpet, a trimmed down seven smith, 32 pounds lighter. daughter harley also stars in the movie. >> he's doing so great. i'm very happy to report. he's vegan now. only took a heart attack to get him there. i'm like, hey, you're there. so good. >> i love this one. >> back to our pretty many pink reuniplans. molly just battled jon cryer on last week's drop the mike. ♪ tonight is the night ducky gets his revenge ♪ >> i was in it to win it. i was very focused. i wouldn't have wan

officer blaine salamoni has been terminated from the baton rouge police department effective today."ni refused to answer any questions during a disciplinary hearing the chief said... while howie lake, the other officer involved, answered them all. lake, who the chief says made mistakes but controlled his temper during the encounter was given a three day unpaid suspension. murphy paul/baton rouge chief of police: "two different perspectives. one officer did not follow the tactics, training, professionalism, and organizational standards."the police chief making it clear their administrative investigation was separate from the federal criminal charges both officers were already cleared of.the police department released four videos from the night of the shooting... including this surveillance footage from the triple s convenience store that's sterling -- at the front of the store sitting at a table where he's selling cds. minutes into the tape he's seen conducting a transaction with an unidentified man... here he removes what appears to be a gun from his front pocket... followed by money

the person who was out of control was blaine salamoni. >> reporter: a lawyer for salimoni says he plans to appeal his client's firing. however, he did acknowledge it's unlikely is client will ever be a police officer again. >> barnett: keep that focus in policing america. tony, thank you very much. malala yousafzai made an emotional return to her hometown in pakistan today. n-- her first time back since 2012. that's when-- as a 14-year-old-- she was shot by the taliban for speaking out for women's education. the nobel peace prize laureate returns to britain on monday. as christians prepare to celebrate easter, and jews observe passover, there was more violence today in the holy land. zeong the gaza border, more than a dozen palestinians protesting the blockade of the territory were wounded as they faced off against israeli troops. at least 15 people were killed in clashes friday. also in the holy land, a dangerous mission is under way to remove landmines from the site where jesus was baptized. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: every year hundreds of thousands of christians dip cto

attempted prison break in northern brazil it began when gunmen attacked the perimeter wall of the jail in blaine try to help inmates escape want to exchange ng file with police and gods many of those who died were part of the group the stage the attack. argentina's congress has started public hearings on whether to legalize abortion a growing demand for changes in the law has led the conservative president markley to soften his anti abortion position at the moment abortions are only legal if the mother's life or health is a risk and when the pregnancy is the result of rape traceable reports from one of cyrus. it's a debate that divides this country deeply and that's why on tuesday hundreds of people took to the streets to make their voices heard when you join an obvious says that abortion needs to be legalized in argentina so that women like her have some type of protection i am poor i hardly make enough money to support my child and i'm tired of seeing women living in shelters taking care of children they cannot support and the reason they have them is because there is no education we need a la

officer blaine salamoni has been terminated from the baton rouge police department effective today." this week, salamoni refused to answer any questions during a disciplinary hearing the chief said... while howie lake, the other officer involved, answered them all. lake, who the chief says made mistakes but controlled his temper during the encounter was given a three day unpaid suspension. murphy paul/baton rouge chief of police: "two different perspectives. one officer did not follow the tactics, training, professionalism, and organizational standards."the police chief making it clear their administrative investigation was separate from the federal criminal charges both officers were already cleared of.the police department released four videos from the night of the shooting... including this surveillance footage from the triple s convenience store that's sterling -- at the front of the store sitting at a table where he's selling cds. minutes into the tape he's seen conducting a transaction with an unidentified man... here he removes what appears to be a gun from his front pocket...

will turn the spotlight on the harvard law school graduate went on to devote nearly 60 years to know blaine service and demanding the best of succeeding generations. he served in the defense department and was lyndon b. johnson's chief domestic advisor remember, if it was not for joe we might be setting aside a smoking section tonight. his other accomplishments include regulations that created and enforced title ix athletic rights for women, equal opportunity for people with disabilities and an end to immigration discrimination against the lgbt community. he has written 14 books including the triumph and tragedy of lyndon johnson and inside a public and private life. he also enlivened an unforgettable conference on the johnson years sharing insights and analysis that elevated the event. he founded and chaired the national center on columbia. he also serves on our board of advisors. his new book is, our damage democracy, we the people must act. a title that sounds like it was written from the headlines and as if it could serve with future action. i join you want you to join me in making fair

then you've got folks like gordon blaine hancock, who is a professor and preacher in virginia, who is also a racial conservative, right? who is also somebody who says in the 1930s, yes, we need to conform ourselves to the reality of segregation, right? so we see in the article couch expects there to be a lot of difference between the folks on the far-left and the folks in the middle and the right. that's not what happens. everybody says segregation has to go. and we see white racial moderates not quite understand how this can happen, and we see couch articulate this in so many words where he says, look, if that's what the negro wants, the negro should want something else. they need to put that back in the box and pick something else out. right? so that's a little -- so that's a little bit of the background for 1944, and for what the negro wants. so now i want to ask you, right, what are some other -- what are some other insights, some other ideas, some other things that come to you in this article that we've read -- that we've read for today? what are you thinking? >> one thing in the

the state said there was not enough evidence to criminally charge officers blaine salamony and howiee. salimony was fired and lake was suspended for three days. new body cam video was also released and it shows the deadly altercation. those officers were responding to a call of a man brandishing a gun outside a convenience store. when they arrived, it escalated. they attempted to tase sterling twice when they said he would not comply, moments later gunshots and the father of five was dead on the ground. this prompted protests in baton rouge last year. the u.s. department of justice deemed there to be no civil rights violations. that as the police chief hoping to bring closure to the case while sterling's family maintains their loved one was murdered in cold blood. >> we're speaking because they can't speak for themselves. and we want this entire community to know what happened july 5th was wrong and it was wrong not to come down to sterling was the person who was out of control. the police department was out of control. somebody has to be held accountable. >> reporter: sterling's fam

together in the work each of you are doing so i will start with kendra and then i will start with a blained even to follow up because i'm curious about what parts of the south are these black migrants bringing with them. i keep thinking the opposite direction, but they are creating these chocolate cities. they get a chance to move out of the traditional styles to escape at least an idea and pursue some idea of freedom, what kinds of towns are they creating? how southern are they? how are they connected? are they going back and forth in terms of migration? can you tell us a bit about that. >> i mean, many of the cases i choose are not able to bring stuff with them. they are certainly are not bringing wealth. if they owned a home they are leaving the home and overnight while it's dark, escaping the mississippi delta, but they bring ideas, knowledge. they are bringing their family history, genealogy cnet culture. >> they are bringing stories about where their family has been and what made-- migration might bring mean i think that i did of a more free slave is just incredibly important in the

cbd specifically, a component of cannabis, can help heal that blaine.ting the pain, you are treating the withdrawal, you're treating the addiction. if you had to design something dino vow to help lead us out of the opoid epidemic, it would probably look a lot like cannabis. >> it actually heals it. that is extraordinary. you wrote a letter to the attorney general jeff sessions about this issue. >> it is still a schedule one substance meaning that it is illegal, but also been pre-ordained as having no medicinal bennett. th benefit. that is not you true. it is pre-ordained for a high abuse potential. there could can be abuse of any. so the real barriers for researchers who are trying to study this. the thing you allege hear baway is we need more research. we do. but if it is ordained as having no maedicinal benefit, it is had to get the research done. so i wanted to explain the real situation in the country right now and in the midst of the terrible self-inflicted epidemic and the role that cannabis can play. >> dr. sanjay gupta, thank you very much. be s

iscal issues, well, look, understand mitch mcconnell may extension of the individual tax breaks blaine, transparently political. bad for our mags. ourfurther degradedation of fiscal manning if you will as party. this last and i will, i will now give you all a little. this last vote on spending to me almost noue and within here reported on the fact thedd $2.1 trillion to debt. all you all want to talk is about the tax shall issue. don't talk about the fact -- everybody likes spen were a here, okay? we passed a bill almost no fanfare that addedded $2.1 trillion minim the debt be a the republicans did that, yes. have certainly lost are notes of the aisle good as relationship issues. republicans are now saying, well, you poe, but all the money ob the entitlement side up? know, really, it is this. it isn't thatp. is $2 trillion. ok? and you know? we spend all of this time in our caucus talking about the appropriations process and, you about 28% of spending, look. why don't we spend 72% of our entitlements which is where the money is. this president, obviously, is that isesident interested i

congratulations to the inaugural award winner, bono, blaine smith, the pruitt family, you're absolutely fabulous. all the board members it's a pleasure to meet with each and every one of you. but to everyone in this room that loves america, everybody in this room that's our friend that's here tonight to support us as we continue to develop leaders of character that are going to go out in the world and make this whole world a better place for all mankind, we thank you. and we thank you for being here tonight. so that wraps it up, except for tomorrow night. jeff bezos, i hope many of you will be there. it ought to be a wonderful evening. to all of you god bless you. and safe travels,. good night. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2018] announcer: the funeral service for barbara bush is saturday at noon eastern from st. martin'ser pisco ball church from houston. speakser include jeb bush, friend susan baker and historian john meacham. watch on c-span or c-span.org or isten on the c-span radio app. announcer: c-span whe

plus -- [ cheers and applause ] on wednesday we have got magic from david blaine. be really fun. but first -- [ applause ] we've got a gigantic show tonight. this is one of our biggest shows yet. i mean, they are the stars of the new netflix movie "the week of." adam sandler and chris rock are here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: come on! >> jimmy: it's a funny movie. funny movie, netflix, this friday. >> steve: funny dude. >> jimmy: and they have a new album out called "44/876," sting and shaggy are on the show tonight! [ cheers and applause ] they'll be performing a song from their new album, and we're going to be doing something fun with them later. you don't want to miss it. guys, you know how they say a a picture is worth a thousand words? >> steve: mm-hmm. >> jimmy: well, it's also worth one meme. i'll show you what i'm talking about. it's time for "this week in memes." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ this week in memes this week in memes yeah ♪ >> jimmy: first up, take a look at this photo of donald trump. [ laughter ] his meme says "when yo

. >> i'm michael blaine from new york. one of the things that scares me is the recent cambridge analytica and how facebook and google can collect data to use for purposes we are often not aware of. we can see this can have detrimental effects on our democracy. so when democrats retake the house, will you implement those like europe? >> thanks for the question. i'm beyond t first let me say we are in the process of putting fort informed by the testimony we just saw and heard an internet bill of rights about privacy and the rest. so this is so important. and thank you for asking that question. whether we follow the european -- right now i've tasked our energy and commerce committee members, congressman he shaller h esser has been a leader, we have a large, as you can imagine from california, a big interest, we know the company's and we know the challenges. so they are putting together now a proposal for what we should have in an internet bill of rights. row can na has put forth his version. but we will have something that is