my second was corporal manual rivera, citizen of mexico. my third, staff sergeant remy lebrune, of canada. immigrants and children of immigrants and children of lawful permanent residents served at higher rates than native born americans and i -- my first years in the fleet brought that home to me in human terms because the person i relied on most to teach a young infantry lieutenant his skills were all non-citizens in my first two years in the marine force. and many times i would attend swearing ceremonies when soldiers, sailors, airmen, coast guardsmen, probably wearing their uniforms, took the oath of allegiance taken by all who wish to become u.s. citizens. here is what that says. i will read it to you. i hereby declare on oath that i absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all fidelity to any foreign prince, state or sovereignty of home or of which i have heretofore been a subject or citizen, that i will support and defend the constitution and laws of the united states of america against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i wil

i'm a young voter and citizen. and given the vast wisdom on the stage here, in the next year or two, what scares you? i read things in the news i mean as early as last week or things ongoing, you know, the things in iran, obviously with china, north korea, there's a lot of noise going on. and i'm still trying to piece it all together, like what scares -- there's so much noise. i want to know what scares you specifically given all the models that you've had from your experiences, when you look at these things? >> who wants to take that on? >> the question was what scares us? >> what scares you? >> let's say this year -- within the next two years, what scares you? >> i will tell you one of the things that scares me is when i hear candidates from both of the great parties of this country talking about silly stuff and not addressing things that really matter to the country. >> let me add something there. i was secretary of defense and most of you know what that means, you are supposed to defend the country. right now t

the derivative citizens. they are not 14th amendment citizens.erive their citizenship from the citizenship of their parents. >> there are natural born. but they're not birthright citizens. >> i don't think there. >> this is an interesting whole other program i think we could. have >> our last program our last color for this program is from iowa. hello dennis. >> yes, sir you're on the air, welcome. >> my question would be since the facts today they say that this is a humans right human rights violation -- the international courts would say that it's a human rights violation and the u.s. supreme court would recognize that. thanks. >> i had difficulty hearing the question. >> with the same situation today be seen as human rights violation? >> the human rights has a very distinct meaning in terms of international law, our courts do not apply to international law they apply to domestic law. i can't speak to what the hague would say about our immigration policy. but at least under american policy, may is quite right that the plenary power doctrine tha

it doesn't make you a better citizen. it has to be part of a broader understanding of the responsibilities of citizenship. enough.tself, it's not but we have a lot of oath taking in the u.s. somebody is taking an oath every day. and we're still having the concern us all. ober, i trained at stanford and the course i enjoyed the most was your course on the origins of political thought, covering the early greek war. about theys curious climb to democracy. how does a society known for advanced democracy for its time, principles.e this common refrain from panel i guess is that citizen ship is under attack and so, what is competing against it? if everybody agrees that isizenship is at risk, what the competing idea in our to citizenship that people find attractive and why structurally to make citizenship an attractive inion in the past decades society? josiah: i think the simple of whato the question athenian democracy anthey failed to find institutional answer, after 200 years of success as an filed to findy the answer of how t

let's only tell citizens, full-blooded american citizens and nobody else? >> my quick answer on that is they -- they're paying taxes if they put gasoline in their car. they're paying property taxes if they live some place. they're functioning as people living in the country. and more than that, you have a really difficult, difficult situation to uncount them. i don't think the other members of the committee have paid enough attention to my first point. we do not know, the census bureau does not know how to do what the president is asking them today and it's going to hurt the census and therefore we're at risk of not having a census in 2020. >> and, mr. thompson, is it the case that, for example, throughout american history this is what we've done. we counted immigrants, whether they were citizens or not, in the 19th century, at the turn of the 20th century, as well as currently, isn't that the case? >> that is the case. >> yeah. so what dr. eastman is propounding sounds reasonable except it would fly in the face of over 200 years of practice and american hi

and non-citizens equally. we'll be going to your calls, and then in the next segment we will learn how this case went to the supreme court in 1886. what the court looked like then, and how it was decided. but as we get into that, let's listen to a current member of the supreme court, anthony kennedy, as he talks about the importance of the yick wo case. >> this law, assuming that it was passed for a legitimate purpose, and i have a big question about that, was applied with an evil eye and an unequal hand, a metaphor that bothers me a little bit. it's kind of a mixed metaphor. it should have been with an evil eye and a malicious hand, i think, poetically to make it the same. but he said it was discriminatory in its application, and he had a lot of evidence for that. the number of -- the whites that were given permits, the number of chinese that were denied, a very strong case. it says that even though the law is valid, or neutral, fair on its face, if, in application, it's being applied in order to hurt a parti

through the annual pig book, citizens against government waste stands up against that. the pig book is often considered the most hated book in washington and i've got to say for those of us who fight each and every day against wasteful spending, this book is a tremendous tool and a real resource. this book shines a powerful light on the worst pork spending that occurs over and over and over again in the federal budget. the men and women of citizens against government waste are steadfast allies and our fight to restore fiscal sanity, and i'm proud to stand and fight alongside y'all each and every day. thank you and god bless you. >> citizens against government waste may not be the most popular group in washington for obvious reasons but taxpayers across the country have no better friend or ally protecting their pocketbooks from the big spenders here in congress. their efforts and most notably the annual congressional pig book help put an end to earmarking altogether. after generating years of embarrassing headlines and investigations, congress enacted a a moratorium on t

a frown american citizens? >> it does. it has the same effect of diluting the votes of citizens of the apportionment of the house of representatives has because the electoral college votes are based on the total number each one has in the house of representatives plus the two senators. >> if i couldn't get an amendmencould get an amendmenttr vote and i wanted to do it with the college vote i would want to count people for the representation purposes who are in the country? >> it certainly would alter the impact of the outcome of elections and that undermines the very notion of the consent of the governed. >> the point i want to make by the way the trumpet administration wants to make sure that we know the difference between when we are talking apportionment and census and redistricting. we want to take care of everybody here in the country but we also want to make sure that the government is selected by american citizens and not people that are not citizens of this country is perfect? >> that's correct. if you

that is that is only white person to be a citizen, no black person could be a citizen.usan ship and race were closely before the civil war because of slavery. citizenship. the whole about society, politics pretty and it was abolished. everybody, this is what we call birthright citizenship is still controversial. because for example, this debate about well doesn't apply to the children of undocumented immigrants. a mother, a woman news here illegally. undocumented. gives birth to a child in the united states. what is the status of the child. obviously citizen pretty anybody born in the united states. doesn't matter what your parents are, they can be bank robbers. that is not affect the status of the child as a citizen. the only exception is native americans. at the time, they were considered citizens of their tribal sovereignties. it was not until 1924 that all native americans become citizens of the united states. but the vast majority of a is now for the first time a uniform definition of citizenship and then the amendment goes on to say personal, no state cannot deny

so being a citizen, actually didn't amount to anything.ther said, privileges and immunities go income are also some things. but right to education for example. also's rights in the course. just recently, there was a federal district court case coming out of michigan when they ruled that literacy is a fundamental part of being a free american. so 14th amendment decision for nursing the schools in detroit, there's a terrible the people are being denied basic right of american citizenship. the right to be educated. the state has to do something about that. that is a 14th amendment decision. it's overseeing with the state to try to make sure that the guaranty a full range of rights and privileges for all americans. so it's being debated right now as we sit here at many levels of our judicial system. in the amendment goes on. i could go on for a long time. he does not say then, the notes state can deprive any person, not just substance. anybody of the equal protection of the law. put the word equal into the constitution for the first time. in a

my fellow citizens, america's destiny is in our sights. is in our hands. and ladies and gentlemen, the best is yet to come. [cheers and applause] [chanting "u.s.a.!"] pres. trump: this has been a great honor for the first lady and myself to be with you. i love your state. i love this country. i'd like to wish everybody a very happy fourth of july. to all, god bless you. god bless your families. god bless our great military. and god bless america. thank you very much. ♪ colors on the street red white and blue people shuffling their feet people sleeping in their shoes people saying we would be better off dead keep on rocking in the free world keep on rocking in the free world >> president trump and the first lady participate in the salute to america fourth of july celebration at the white house on saturday. coverage on c-span. listen live on the free radio app. the presidents, from public affairs. available now in paperback and e-book. biographies of all of the presidents organized by the ranking by noted historians, from best to worst. it f

thanks to you, and thanks to citizens against government waste. >> thank you. we will now hear from congressman tim burchett of tennessee. rep. burchett: thank you. i remember last year it was a little colder, and i got to meet ted budd, so it evened out pretty good. it turned out we have been buddies ever since. you are muted. hate doing that to you. what you say, ted? budd: i can comment from the peanut gallery here. rep. burchett: you need a 13-year-old dollar to show you what you're doing wrong and embarrass you with your computer skills. thank you for inviting me here as a freshman, and i am honored to be joining you in my second year. you have done great work exposing the excessive spending in this year's pig book. somebody asked me if i like pork the other day. i said the closest thing i come to pork is a place called pops doughnuts near my house, and they have this maple donut they sparkle bacon on. that's about the closest i get to it. you will know the federal deficit is exploding. you said it earlier, a lot more eloquent than i did, i think it is $86

it doesn't make you a better citizen. it has to be part of a broader understanding of the responsibilities of citizenship. enough.tself, it's not but we have a lot of oath taking in the u.s. somebody is taking an oath every day. and we're still having the concern us all. ober, i trained at stanford and the course i enjoyed the most was your course on the origins of political thought, covering the early greek war. about theys curious climb to democracy. how does a society known for advanced democracy for its time, principles.e this common refrain from panel i guess is that citizen ship is under attack and so, what is competing against it? if everybody agrees that isizenship is at risk, what the competing idea in our to citizenship that people find attractive and why structurally to make citizenship an attractive inion in the past decades society? josiah: i think the simple of whato the question athenian democracy anthey failed to find institutional answer, after 200 years of success as an filed to findy the answer of how t

they were not citizens because we would not let them be citizens. they live here many many years. norm's father lived here for decades. he was a loyal american. he left this country deeply, and yet he was not allowed to become a citizen. he did not have protection of the constitution. but norm, it turns out, did not have it either. he should have been protected by it, and he was not. yes, we've got this wonderful constitution in place, but it does not mean that in times of war or for whatever reason, that it will not be disregarded. so this is why i think the takeaway here is, we have to really watch our own government. we are this government. it is us and things can start getting out of hand fast. and what we thought to do, is speak up and speak out when it starts happening, and not enough people -- very few people did this for the japanese american. eleanor roosevelt did it. she had her picture taken with japanese americans. she wrote in her columns about the italian americans, german americans, japanese americans. these are our fellow citizens. these are our friends and neighbo

they weren't citizens because we wouldn't let them be citizens. they lived here for many, many years. norms father had lived here for decades. he was a very loyal american. he loved this country deeply, and yet he wasn't allowed to become a citizen. so he didn't have the protection of the constitution, but norm it turns out didn't have it either. he should have been protected by it, and he was not. so, yes we've got this wonderful constitution in place but it doesn't mean that in times of war or for whatever reason that it won't be disregarded. and so this is why i think the take away here is we have to really watch our own government. we are this government. it is us, and things can start getting out of hand fast. and what we've got to do is speak up and speak out when it starts happening. and not enough people -- very few people did this for the japanese-americans. eleanor roosevelt was doing it. she had her picture taken with japanese-americans. wrote in her column about the german-americans, the japanese-americans. these are our citizen, our f

are you a citizen? that would be the easy way to handle it to those who are handing out these voter registration forms would say, are you a citizen? the left doesn't want the questions asked because they want people on the rolls for people who are ineligible. and it's very hard to in some cases get prosecutors to prosecute those who have broken the law and tedious work to identify those who have registered when they shouldn't be and to see if they've voted when they shouldn't have. the legal foundation is an election integrity 501 c3 public interest law firm and they're getting ready to release a report that shows the number of dead voters, duplicate votes, numbers that were casted in the 2016 and 2018 elections. i think that would be very useful, perhaps, to law enforcement and prosecutors and maybe get some attention of election officials that they need to do a better job of cleaning their voter rolls. >> right. and i was very shocked to see -- and a lot of our viewers were also shocked to hear that o

the leftist activists attacking citizens and destroying property and the mayor just grins at it all. law enforcement under constant attack and today the police had to step in to clear two downtown parks of demonstrators trying to create their own autonomous zone. businesses have lost millions of dollars because of the rioting and the looting. and federal buildings including the courthouse have been fire bombed and vandalized. acting dhs secretary chad wolf today said that, quote, a federal courthouse is a symbol of justice, to attack it is to attack america. end quote. i would add to attack a city is to attack america. federal dhs and doj officers and agents have been deployed to protect the courthouse and other federal buildings and to keep the mobs in check. the radical dems aren't happy about that, they don't want the federal agents in portland for obvious reasons, because the feds of course will protect citizens and they will protect property and they will enforce the law. how left wing is the city of portland and oregon and their representatives in washington and the leaders of

speaker, have become citizen co-sponsors. many have also shared their own stories and called for senate action on this bill. sadly, senate republicans refused to do anything to address the crisis of systemic racism in our country. more than a month has passed and ey have taken no action, nor on their own bills. the george floyd justice in policing act. that's an irresponsible abdication of its duty to address the challenges facing our country. today, mr. speaker, i will begin submitting the names of more than 7,000 george floyd justice in policing act into the congressional -- citizen co-sponsors of that act into the congressional record. i ask unanimous consent that the list i have today will be included at the end of these remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: there are so many of those, it may take several days. more add their names at justicepolicing.us, again, justiceinpolicing.us, we will continue to submit them into the record. because the senate needs to see how important this issue is to so

the citizens of chicago are citizens of america, and they have the same right as every other american to live in safety, dignity, and peace. no mother should ever have to cradle her dead child in her arms simply because politicians refuse to do what is necessary to secure their neighborhood and to secure their city. every american no matter their income, their race, or their zip code should be able to walk their city streets free from violence and free from fear. for this reason, today i am announcing that the department of justice will immediately surge federal law enforcement to the city of chicago. the fbi, atf, dea, u.s. marshals service, and homeland security will together be sending hundreds of skilled law enforcement officers to chicago to help drive down violent crime. and murderers and violent criminals are breaking a wide range of federal laws. we have that; it's as wide as it can be. we will find them, arrest them, and prosecute them. they will be in jail for many years to come. and we will work with local police to identify violations of state and local laws to help ensure

citizen. taney might have stopped right there and simply made this a question of jurisdiction, a way of saying i've just found a reasoning wr reasoning whereby i won't have to put my hand further in this mess. this is an example of sep, remember those three great initials, somebody else's problem. this is what taney says, black people are somebody else's problem, in this case the states. don't bother the federal courts, though. but taney wasn't content to stop there. oh, no. he has to also provide an opinion based upon popular sa b sovereignty and due process. notice when he makes at the very end of the first quote -- he makes the comment that black slaves could not be included under the word citizens and could therefore claim none of it rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to the citizens of the united states. look at the word rights and privileges. if rights and privileges don't belong to dred scott, that means they do belong to citizens. so what are these rig

and children stranded by the collapse of the so-called islamic state many of them are gorky and citizens we need a frenchman fighting to bring his daughter and grandson home. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a man accused of attacking a synagogue in the german city of hala last october then murdering 2 people made clear his anti semitic and racist sentiments in his trial as it began on tuesday stefan b. as he is known under german privacy laws told the court that he had quote no problem with religious but with semitism the attack of the synagogue took place on jump before the holiest day of the jewish calendar but it failed and stefan b. is alleged to have turned his gone on to people who happened to be nearby. for him to be a political correspondent thomas sparrow who is joining us from baghdad burg which is near hollow where the trial is taking place good morning to you thomas walk us through what happened on day one and what we can expect as the trial continues saw today juan was the 1st opportunity for those in attendance including many of the coke plaintiffs some of the people

they were american citizens. and that when you take away the rights of one group of americans, eventually you're going to tread on your own rights as well. he's as upset about what it does to the country as a whole as what it did to african-americans as a race of people. and so that's why this civil rights act of 1875 was so important to him. >> frederick douglas also penned a letter to chief justice john marshall harlan to thank him for his dissent. i took my pen only to assure you of my satisfaction of your opinion and my gratitude and admiration. >> i wish to assure you, if you are alone on the bench, you are not alone in the country. well, let's move from the law to society at large. what happened to black-americans after this case was decided? >> pretty devastating. we think about, as i said, earlier on, the continuum of cases that we had and also 1877 compromise. >> black americans were left naked to aggression. black americans were -- it was confirmed by the law that black americans were not just second-cl

my fellow citizens, america's destiny is in our sites. america's heroes are embedded in our hearts. america's future is in our hands and ladies and gentlemen, the best is yet to come. this has been a great honor for the first lady and myself, i love your state, i love your country, i wish everybody a happy fourth of july. to all god bless you, god bless your families, god bless our great military and god bless america. thank you very much. >> donald trump at a spectacular venue at mount rushmore beneath the heads of presidents washington, jefferson, roosevelt and lincoln. the president giving a tough law and order speech, in south dakota with a speech in front of a crowd that seemed to love every word of it and appears to be a gorgeous night in south dakota. we begin with a fox news alert, fireworks literal and figurative, and independence day celebration, he witnessed over the past month or so. and a surgeon coronavirus pandemic, on edge tonight. we believe in the black hills of south dakota. jonathan hunt is live on the scene at the independence day rally. >> reporter: the preside

i was going to be a sophomore in college when i became a citizen.ou will be raising your right hands and repeating after me. i now get to administer the oath that i took back when i was a young adult. i hereby declare -- each time i do the ceremony, it's an anniversary for me, of my path to citizenship. that i will support and defend the constitution and laws of the united states of america. one of the most interesting and exciting and meaningful experiences i had was to travel to new york and administer the oath of citizenship to my other mom who raised me in haiti. she knew i was coming to the ceremony, of course, but she didn't know i was going to preside. when they called the case and everyone came out and i took the bench, she literally froze there. she has been living in the united states for a number of years and then finally, finally at the age of 92, she became a united states citizen. so it was a special moment for the entire family. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that i will bear arms on behalf of the united state

citizen?se emgreat from india. >> the feeling of elation and deligt and happiness. >> we're going to swear you in with the oath of allegiance. >> kwame asante came here from ghana in the early '80s. so you've been waiting 38 years for this moment? >> just for this. >> which explains the suit and tie and the reverence for his new country. >> just to be an american is like close to paradise. >> wow. >> it's given me so many opportunities. >> kwame works as a respiratory therapist at good samaritan hospital in suffern, new york. he's in the is pandemic, but he's not scared -- not now -- >> congratulations! >> reporter: not now that he's a proud american. >> you're a u.s. citizen. and if i die today, i'm okay. >> reporter: now that you're a citizen. >> oh, my god yes. >> reporter: coronavirus has changed so many of our routines. fortunately, there's no ruining moments of love and pride, acceptance and gratitude. that's why not even aremony daen t joy - of behe totay. >> congratulations! thank you

a multi racial group of citizens here in new orleans, made up of 18 lawyers, prominent citizens who were totally against the segregation laws established by louisiana legislature in 1890. >> the conductor and the arresting officer, kane, already knew that home replace he was going to be riding the train that day. they were part of the plan organized by the citizens committee. the east louisiana railroad did not agree with segregation. his case started as a local case here in new orleans, to fight against the louisiana separate carla. eventually, it was moved to the state level and eventually to known as the infamous landmark plessy forces ferguson case of 1896. >> as keith plessy, who is a descendant of the defendant in this case, we want to learn more about this as the story unfolds. let me introduce our guest tonight will be with us for the next 90 minutes to help us understand this case of american history at the time in its implication for our society, ted shaw is the director of the university of north carolina school of laws center for civil rights. and a prior part of his career,

women and children stranded by the collapse of a so-called islamic state many of them are european citizens or your current french men fighting to bring his daughter and grandson college. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us german prosecutors say they have arrested the former chief executive and 2 board members of payments processor wire card as part of fraud investigations marcus brown and the board members were detained a new nick investigators say the 3 are suspected of taking income to insulate the company's balance sheet wire card went bankrupt after revealing a nearly $2000000000.00 euro hole in its accounts last month that scandal has triggered criticism of germany's financial oversight and led to calls for the government to explain how much it knew about wire card's dubious accounting practices. and we have stephen beardsley from d.w. business with us for more on this story hi stephen thanks for joining us so we have a few more arrests do we now have a fuller picture of what happened that wire card well one of the things that we have from the announcement from prosecuto

women and children stranded by the collapse of the so-called islamic states many of them are good citizens we need a frenchman fighting to bring his daughter and grandson. welcome u.s. secretary of state mike bump aoe is visiting denmark to try to persuade him to stop walk on the north stream to gas pipeline bossing through its waters denmark has just given the go ahead for the work but to get the danes to change their minds the u.s. believes the pipeline would make germany too dependent on russian gas. now last week pump warned companies involved in the project they would be subject to u.s. penalties if they didn't hold their work. on the baltic sea gas pipe. line nord stream too is still moving forward albeit slowly the u.s. has threatened sanctions for companies participating in the project so right now there is just one russian ship laying the pipes for the remaining 160 kilometers the pipeline runs parallel to the north stream one pipeline from russia to germany 1200 kilometers across the baltic once complete it will allow russia to supply double the current volume of gas the united s

if you remember those days, those citizens, please call us. we would love to hear from you as we go about this hour of the washington journal. professor parker, why did this movement become the one that gets pointed to, the greensboro protests in particular? why is that the one that started this new round of sedans? this wasn't the first lunch counter protest. there had been other stool sedans that had happened, going back to the forties and fifties. why is this the one that gets pointed to? >> it's a historical moment. there is an energy and a desire for immediacy among young people. we are in a moment after the second world war. the economy is prosperous. african americans have now relocated to urban centers. they are making more money. they are more educated. so the time is right. and then we have the emmett till, the montgomery bus boycott. they show us both the tragedies of the movement, the everyday realities for african americans, but also the possibilities of movement. so i think for those young students they were tired. they were frus

citizen. it is a federal crime to cast a ballot if you are not a citizen. it is important for election integrity for the elected officials to make sure that they run those lists that come back from that and other sources. some states have different roles -- rules about who is eligible. election officials are supposed clean their voter rules. there is a national change of address system. there is the social security administration. there are databases that local officials can run against to make sure only those who are -- eligiblee bull to vote are on the voter role. about foreignried interference, the number one interference is when you have noncitizens voting in our elections. that may all things seem dry and nonimportant but they are important if we want to maintain the integrity of elections. one of the things that will be sadly needed in 2020 are people who are willing to say, i will work the polls. i will go to the training. i will help with the processing of ballots. we will need young people who are willing to go and be trained and willing to work th

nationwide 22% of cofa citizens are uninsured. in the absence of restored medicaid eligibility which was certainly lower than -- which would lower the number of uninsured cofa citizens our community health centers are stepping up. my conversations earlier this month from the comprehensive valley services and west hawaii community health center reinforced the crucial role that these community health centers play in building reciprocal trust with the communities they serve. both community health centers have been working closely with cofa citizens to combat stigma and fear by reaching out directly to the community to encourage them to seek care. this includes providing testing and outreach services in multiple languages. they have also been coordinating food deliveries to family including cofa citizens, quarantining at home and assisting some families with alternate housing arrangements so they can isolate away from healthy family members. our health centers are doing exceptional work with cofa citizens and i strongly support provid

--er-american citizens injured american citizens was appropriate? >> to my understanding, no teargas was used. semanticrr, that is a

this is about protecting the livelihoods of our citizens. i was told this morning that california's unemployment rate is 17.5%. ours is 7.5%. you could check my numbers to make sure i'm right, and i'm pretty sure it's in that ballpark. that is because we are fighting to battles, and we continue to fight 24/7 with this whole team over here to protect the light lives of our citizens. we have done that before. albany, georgia, is a great example. that community embraced the guidance avery getting without mandates and flattened the curve, they did what i'm asking people to do now, and that's encouraged people to wear a mask. we sent masks down there weeks ago for them to hand out to their citizens. we need our citizens to be the solution to the problem that we're facing right now, and they have my commitment that i will stand every single day to make sure that we have the resources we need in our state from hospitalizations, from ppe and other things to make that happen. >> good morning. thanks for taking our questions today. you said a minute a

citizen. >> congratulations. you're an american citizen. >> reporter: want fries withth?er: crazy as it looks, this is how the american dream now starts. immigrants who have completed all the requirements of citizenship are pulling into parking lots from san diego to des moines to detroit for socially distant naturalization- >> flag for you. >> reporter: -- the u.s. citizenship and immigration services minori takaoed services minted 59 brand-new americans. >>> so what is different in the five minutes you've been a citizen? she immigrated from india. >> the feeling of elation and delight. and happiness. >> we're going to swear you in with the oath of allegiance. >> reporter: kwami asante came here in the 1980s from ghana. which explains the suit and tie and new reverence for his new country. >> just to be an american is like close to paradise. >> reporter: wow. >> it's given me so many opportunities. >> reporter: kwami works as a respiratory therapist at good samaritan hospital in suffern, new york. he says he's not scared. >> congratulations. >> reporter: now that he's a

of those citizens of 1960? -- sit ins of 1960? >> the citizens continue -- sit ins and continue into the 1960's. at the time you get to the mid 60's, late 60's, in washington, d.c. and maryland, we see sit ins used in conjunction with an economic boycott to racially integrate workplaces, to ensure that african-americans can be hired in skilled positions. i feel strongly that the sit in movement really helped facilitate the creation and implementation of the civil rights act of 1964. title ii of which outlaws discrimination of public accommodation. despite these major legal moments, brown v. board of education being one of them, public accommodations are one of the most integrated places in america today. schools and housing remain quite segregated. a lot can be said about the success and longevity of that success when it comes to public accommodations and the efforts of those sit ins. >> this morning. >> we appreciate your time. thank you.

the biggest group among these are french citizens including 400 women and children in our next report we meet and 21 who's fighting to bring his daughter and grandson back to france a quick note the man asked us not to use his real name. on turn is standing his ground the former trade unionist has defended workers' rights his whole life but when 5 years ago is 26 year old daughter suddenly left to join isis in iraq he had dropped bottom. if. it was my house came tumbling down on top of me. she had always been a good student and we didn't see this thing coming at all her family is ignore stake but she converted to islam without telling us i told to you know what you're getting yourself into and who these people are that you're joining he. last year his daughter was captured by the kurds and brought to the whole camp he kept in touch with her until she and her baby born in syria than just 5 weeks ago on one is today saying his face on camera for the 1st time he says he has nothing left to lose. i don't know exactly what she did but i'm not the judge she should be held accountable for he

i don't understand why they cannot do the same for citizens of albany.d 23,000 negroes remain stalemated in the fight. at one point, king, who himself had been jailed, saw success. >> we are all disappointed with the recalcitrance of the city commission and the refusal to talk with the leaders of the albany move, but in spite of this, we have seen something developed in this community which is one of the most significant developments in the civil rights struggle. i am convinced that within the next few months, we will be able to see changes in this community that will completely change in terms of desegregation and in terms of new levels of munication. >> watch the full broadcast tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 p.m. pacific on our series reel america on american history tv. ♪ has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court's, and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span' is public affairs programming on television, online or listen on our free radio app and be part of the national conversation through c-span's "washin

citizens and aliens alike.also says recovery will require suspension of heaviest corpus that we should have another supreme court fight on our hands. so he is clearly concerned about the legal implications in the constitutionality of trying to interned japanese americans. here's a document from the attorney general of the united states, france and middle to fdr. first he identifies in the opening thorough grab -- paragraph that there clearly is a racist element involved in this discussion of trying to intern japanese-americans during the war. he says that west coast people distrust the japanese, various special interest groups would welcome their removal from good farmland, and the elimination of competition. but, he says, in spite of that, my last advice on the war department is that there is no evidence of imminent attack. from fdr, that there is? no evidence of plan sabotage. he is dismissing the fundamental arguments in favor of interning japanese-americans. here, actually, is the actual text of the executi

, but you have to be a citizen of the state and the question is whether or not the scotts our citizens of the state of missouri. >> question number three of the four. did congress have the power to enact the missouri compromise and prohibit slavery in the territories. the stance in the question of the traditional review. >> this is the heart of the question. congress has authority to regulate in the territories. that much is clear under the constitution. the question is, does this sort of regulation that congress is empowered to do include regulation of property? property such as slaves? that is where the issue comes up. because you also have the right to own property. so it is unclear whether congregates can aggregate that right specifically with respect to slavery -- >> not to get to balked down, at one point, the court was really not prepared to rule on the missouri compromise aspect. it we're going to issue and our decision. why did they decide to take this very big one which would have national consequences? >> part of it had to do with the fact that you had two justices announcin

it secures the blessings of liberty for all united states citizens.very provision of the constitution is aimed at the preservation of the basic freedoms of the individual. it restricts governmental control over citizens to lawful processes, and severely limits police powers. law enforcement officers should be aware of these limitations to avoid violating the rights of citizens. a good knowledge of the law is part of the professional preparation expected of every officer. >> we will be over about 8:00 for a little bridge or poker. >> your face is dirty. i will see you. >> bye, bill. >> an officer is almost constantly under public scrutiny. his appearance and conduct publicly and privately often shapes the public's attitude towards the entire police organization. [car door opening and closing] >> good afternoon. may i see your driver's license and registration card, please? >> yes. >> would you please take it out of the holder? >> i beg your pardon. >> i cannot examine your drivers license in its wallet. would you please remove it? you went through the

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the next one comes from a worried citizen. this citizen is worried about his money. "what assurance have people that defense bonds are safe? and on some leadership, the bonds might not pico --mable later later." eleanor says, "you must have faith in your ability and of the rest of the country to choose sound leadership. there is nothing else you can rely upon except the judgment of the people as a whole to make your government efficient. incidentally, if u.s. bonds are not good, neither is anything else in the world. you might as well reconcile yourself to it." this one comes from a military mother. "why can't mothers know what their sons and daughters are? what harm would it do if their enemies knew that bill jones is in alaska or australia?" eleanor replies, "if you and your children would use a little bit of ingenuity, you would probably be able to keep yourselves informed about your whereabouts. if it were openly done, it might be harmful, not because the enemy would know bill jones is in australia or alaska, but because the enemy would be able to find out what g

lou: and the citizens in these cities are not calling for anyone to be impeached, not calling for any of their mayors or city council to be impeached. they are accepting unending violence on their streets and in their neighborhoods. it's truly astonishing. finish president trump's comments come as violent protests go on in, well, portland, oregon, for an incredible sixth straight week of violence leading the department of homeland security to send in federal agents now to guard federal government buildings in portland. but portland's democratic mayor, ted wheeler, is demanding the feds back off. listen to this, this man. wheeler tweeted: i told the acting secretary that my biggest immediate concern is the violence federal officers brought to our streets in recent days and the life-threatening tactics his agents use. we do not need or want their help. the best thing they can do is stay inside their building or leave portland altogether. our goal is to end these violent demonstrations quickly and safely. and in the meantime, i asked him to clean up the graffiti on local federal faciliti