it was one of the fifth american security strategies that we have issued since the civil war. among the highlights of that security strategy was a strong statement that the united states had the highest economic and security interests in the asia pacific region. not in europe as has been for 100 years prior to that, than the asia pacific region. secondly, that we would maintain freedom of access throughout that region. in particular, we would maintain the sea lanes in that area, whatever the challenge might be. even as we reduce our defense budget, therefore we must maintain and would maintain a powerful navy, and that that navy would be charged with maintaining the freedom of those sea lanes. we had, of course, to be concerned as to whether there would be a challenge for that. we observed that the rise and shine has more energy needs for more energy than they can produce themselves, and to maintain the economic growth which they believe is essential. we observed that the south china sea is a potential source of energy supplies for china and that there is a contention among th

at the time she was reading a book about the civil war. but, tears and glory by the author janus-faced flood has also on ohio. the first title of this book is led to some glory and how ohio won the civil war and then he changed the title back. we were looking at the photographs and at that time, we knew that the sesquicentennial was not too far in advance. so we talked a little bit about photos. i said she, with a peak rate to see a book of color, civil war photographs? be careful what you wish for. when we returned from holiday, i did a little bit of research on the availability of black-and-white photographs. i found numerous site. the gold standard of site is library of congress. they have such a collection of the best work of timothy o'sullivan, brady alexander gardner and others. just phenomenal. in addition to that, they have scanned this material at infinitely, incredibly high resolution. these scans are available online. you don't have to come to d.c. to look at these things, to then have photographic prints made and take them away

things that also happened in that civil rights era. was inrtin luther king when heingham jail, called coretta scott king, that put him in the right place in the country, put the country on the right side of the issue morely by taking that position. lyndon johnson moved out of conviction. it was clear, during his push for political rights, it was more than a political calculation. they knew the democratic party would lose the south because of what he did, but it had to happen, and that came through. if barack obama could learn a lesson, you have to want something, and you have to be willing to put everything into it. >> you can go to birmingham, alabama today to the civil rights museum and you can hear martin luther king read the letter from the birmingham jail. it gives you goose bumps. >> not so far from that, the president using the words of an old negro spiritual, we shall overcome. that was a great moment for a president to use those words. they are familiar to us now, but back then they were associated with crazy radicals. >> no,

there should be that kind of risk involved in civil disobedience. but by the same token, those citizens, those 12 citizens on the jury, should be empowered and fully informed to make whatever kind of ruling they see is appropriate. >> bill moyers: do you see any irony in the sentence you received, up to two years in prison, compared to what happened to bp when that oil spill killed 11 workers, injured 17 and wreaked havoc with the environment along the gulf coast. yet no one from the company went to jail. they paid a big fine, but no one went to jail. >> tim dechristopher: yeah, i mean, there's certainly i there, but i also think that the law is the tool of those in power. and you know, it's corporations like bp that are in power right now. i mean glenn greenwald wrote a great book called "with liberty and justice for some" about how we have a two-tiered justice system in this country. we don't really have a rule of law, we have two justice systems. and the division is not necessarily strictly between rich people and poor people. the division is bet

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was he ever asked to comment on civil rights matters by tv stations? >> in mississippi?> yes. >> no, of course not. >> as the civil rights movement grew, the dominant point of view on wlbt was from the segregationist citizen's council. >> the civil rights proposals currently being studied by the congress, these range all the way from black male to bribery to threats. >> reporter: evers wrote letters pleading for equal time but was turned down for six years. what kept your husband going? >> his determination to do whatever he could possibly do to turn this state, and help the nation accept us as citizens, as full rights of citizenship. >> reporter: he sued the city of jackson to desegregate schools and call for equal access to public accommodation. then on wlbt jackson mayor alan thompson criticized the naacp as outside agitators. ever was finally granted time to respond may 20th, 1963. >> the setting is different but this is the room where medgar evers made his historic speech at wlbt. it was the first time mississippians had seen a local african-american perspective on

war, it -- civil war. two causes that were very close to her were veterans and soldiers and also children who had been made orphans as a result of the civil war. they would sit here in this formal parlor. she was such a wonderful hostess. she wanted people to feel very welcome here. this is where they would sit. this is where they would discuss the issues of the day. numberuld have hosted a of political figures here for dinner, including future presidents taft and mckinley. also, william tecumseh sherman was a guest for dinner, as well as a number of other local and national political figures. she and her husband entertained these political figures. serving as hostess or those dinners would have been incredibly important. >> a conversation on lucy hayes is now available on our website, c-span.org/firstladies. tune in next monday for a program on lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. >> "washington journal" continues. host: i am with brian higgins, democrat from new york. he serves on the foreign affai

then we come to secession three, which most people recognize as the civil war. south carolinians began to do beginning in the 1820s. it's also the question is how do you do with the majority of the population who are enslaved. south carolina has the largest insect population in terms of percentage in the united states. 1860 was almost 60% of the population and if slavery were abolished as many of the north were calling for an 1850s, what do you do with a population that is all of a sudden a majority. what about economic competition for the white working class. there were a lot of issues involved, but south carolina made a decision in 1860 that of abraham lincoln on the republican party came to power in november 1860 elections they would leave the union. that was not a constitutional issue. i was a political issue. we cannot endure the union had up at the republican party. to talk about ben tillman is interesting because he close the institution. he led a political faction to throw wade hampton. his goal was to establish another cultural college, which became cle

dealing with security versus civil liberties.nother story -- shaun waterman of "the washington times." the story is available online at washingtontimes.com. he is point out that raising the stakes with congressional republicans over last year's terrorist attack in benghazi, persons that familiar with the state department saying investigations -- investigators talks last year with cia personnel who were on the grounds during the attack and were briefed about cia activities at the secret base in the libyan city. the quality of the administration's internal review and its access to the key point of contention as republicans europe for a hearing next week on what happened in benghazi on september 11. that reporting from shaun waterman of the "washington times." michael vincent joining us from staten island, new york. good morning, sir. caller: good morning, steve. i am of one world life systems. i want to thank the crew and everyone behind the things getting us going every morning. a very essential topic. i've been saying for years,

right is really losing sight of what civil liberties really mean and the rights that are given to us all and then the federal government having a fundamental role to. add here by the u.s. constitution due process i mean that kind of sums up you know the patriot act the patriot act throws out due process but i think that's why a lot of people were so disenchanted libertarians and for people who say let the states decide because i would hate to see so many states banning gay marriage you know but libertarians don't shy away from leaving it to the states libertarians say here's my philosophy look i am more liberal than the most liberal democrat when it comes to social issues and i'm more conservative than any republican when it comes to dollars and cents we need to balance the federal budget now or we're going to find ourselves with no government services we're going to find ourselves in a monetary collapse well let's talk about the koch brothers speaking of people who kind of have taken that philosophy and really to the extreme i mean their front groups are instrumental in cooption of

he was also director for civil rights at the department of human health services. tom, you will find, is passion ate and committed to equality and justice for everyone. tom, more than anyone i know, makes every single day in his life matter, whether it's focused on anti-bullying work, voting rights, disability rights, housing rights, the eighth amendment, immigration, hate crimes or human trafficking. tom cares about all of those issues to his core and he works every day to make the world a better place. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome assistant attorney general tom perez. (applause). >> good morning, it's an honor to be back here. i got to spend some time last night with my brother who lives down the road apiece, his daughter is a sophomore in high school, she asked me if i wanted to go golfing at the presidio, i said i can't walk that much, i just had my knee replaced. melinda has been an incredible partner, it's a partnership between our partners in the u.s. attorney offices and our partners in state and local government. when i think about the hate crimes

with regards to the civil society, what's interesting, right, is that in some ways, both the civil societynd also the petition, good demonstrations in the case of exactly what i was talking about, right, it is the interests of people who otherwise would think you elected president, he lead a president kerry at his term. i think a lot of people are signing a petition believing in the institution. but at the same time in democratic elections allowing them to, you know, be returned democratically. but it seems like the stakes are too high and it seems like the problems are too much. at least the last week and half or so ago the draft in egypt of course is being very heavily criticized. it's considered by many to be worse than what they have had under the bark. it's the same kind of questions about both sides trying, in a sense, sort of play and make sure that the other side can't get a fair hearing. it's a little bit difficult to compare with places like libya, because of their the institutions are in some way quite absent but that is a different situation. >> just to add in i think a living

this can't be turned into a civil rights case because if it's a civil rights case, then you're rootingor an outcome. you know what the result has to be. we have to see where the evidence fits. now, one of the hardest questions in the law of self-defense is whether evidence that shows a propensity to violence on the part of the person who was killed is admissible if the person who killed him didn't know about it at the time. the judge in this case so far ruled it can't come in in the opening argument, but we haven't yet learned whether she'll admit the evidence if the state puts his state of mind at issue, if the state says look, he's a peaceful kid, he didn't do anything wrong, he has a wonderful life. will the defense then be able to raise in rebuttal the fact no, he's been on marijuana, he's had previous brushes with the law. that's going to be a very interesting and difficult issue. >> gloria, it seems to me that far from being a civil rights case, it's more a trial about the stand your ground law, because so many states now have adopted this and it's basically a recipe for anyone w

i think the best candidate is the person who is from the civil grand jury, ms. garfolo. thank you very much. >> thank you.

tom perez, assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. she was also nominated by president obama to serve in her role as assistant secretary of education for civil rights and she was confirmed by the senate in may of 2009. as assistant secretary, ruslyn is assistant secretary arnie's duncan's primary advisor. before she joined the department of education she was vice president of the education trust in washington, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and opportunity gaps, improving can urriculum and instructional quality and ensuring quality education for everybody. she served as an advisor on education issues on a number of private ipbs institutions, she is a teacher, a lawyer, and a very influential voice on all policy matters. she was also passionate about ending this issue of bullying and bringing everyone together to stop this disturbing trend so please welcome assistant secretary for civil rights, rusly

he was an officer in the civil war.t was very important to her she be with him as often as was practical. when he was not out on campaign, she would travel with him. she often wrote she was very concerned about the welfare of the men at the regiment. she took this with her and she would do some sewing. she was a very good seamstress. when she woods -- was married, she made her own wedding dress. this is something that would have been important to her. something that is interesting, this is where they had family christmas. they would write about these in the diary entries. they would have breakfast, then they would come in here and open the presents.the whole family would gather in here. they had very simple presents, not a lot of presents.this was the space they would do that. they had day to day activities with the family here. this watercolor painting of the president and lucy's bedroom at the white house. there was very vibrant blue colors here. here in their bedroom, the color scheme was here. we know she liked the

the syrian civil war is becoming our war. and this should never become our war. >> one thing that rand paul pointed out in his op-ed was that, hey, these are the same people calling for arming the rebels, who are calling for arming libyan rebels, and they were assuring us back then, oh, there's no connections to al qaeda, no islamic terrorism involved. that has turned out to be false. >> and also, they turned on a dime once the benghazi thing went down to be like, al qaeda, al qaeda, al qaeda. >> and also the same people, mccain in particular, who was cozying up to gadhafi in 2009. he introduced this idea of rogue state rollback, where basically ifs there a dictator, we will arm the rebels. it doesn't matter who. >> and this is what you get. >> look at them carefully -- >> i don't know -- i want to say for the record, i don't know these gentlemans, so that's a strong statement. but symbolic, that could very well prove to be the case. >> rula jebreal and matt welch, thank you so much for that. >>> pension and retirement benefi

country where as many as two hundred fifty thousand people were killed during a bloody thirty years civil war moment was sentenced to eighteen years in prison barely served one day of that sentence because in a bizarre turn of events watermelons top court threw out the conviction and ruled that the trial should restart from where it stood on april nineteenth which means montez again another trial defense and another opportunity to walk free moving on to another disturbing story in florida where an f.b.i. agent just shot and killed a man who was allegedly being investigated in connection with the boston marathon bombings slain man was twenty seven year old you drag him to da show originally from chechnya authorities claim that they were interrogating his alleged friendship with tamarind sarnia when he pulled out a knife stabbed one of the officers and was subsequently shot and killed police of course say that the shooting was in self defense so it's their word against a dead man and sadly dead men tell no tales so even though we won't ever know if this man was actually involved in everythi

and lego we will talk about the civil rights division.irst, a news update from c-span radio. >> by the end of 1985, the cia is and see. or at least some people do not like what happened. the cia has been drawn in to what has gone on. reagan has not officially told them to do anything like this. in 1985 ready to decide on this presidential finding to authorize covert operations. it says that because of these reasons, i ordered these agencies to do this, this, and this. and it is fairly specific. there were two things about this finding that were highly unusual. the first thing? it was retroactive. contrary to the law. the law clearly states that a finding is supposed to be signed by the president before the covert action is initiated. not after it has been going on. this 1985 finding says explicitly the law prior actions are hereby ratified or approved. the second thing that is unusual? it states explicitly, the document does, do not tell the house and senate intelligence committees about this. do not tell them. these are very unusual and

rights movement is like comparing the civil rights movement to the american revolution. these were all movements in their own right and i think the imposition or somehow imperiallizing the thinking of a group of people and saying that you have to be on board with this and if you disagree in any way we're going to ostracize you, i think that that's incredibly unfair. i can't support that. >> l.z., what about that? what kind of an impact do you think president obama finally, you know, as he said, evolving on this issue? those were his words. to now support same-sex marriage, what kind of an impact do you think that's had? >> i think it's certainly had a significant impact. in my opinion, having covered this subject for a number of years, it seems to me that there are through lines outside of race that connects a person's viewpoint of sexual orientation. education, the role of religion in their lives, geography, socioeconomic status. i don't want to spend too much time making it about black people against gay people, i'm one of them, black gay people, but there are other pe

the civil rights act of 1964 was first introduced in 1948, took a little while. the hate crimes of 2009 was first introduced in 96, took some time. we are not backing off this. i have spent as much time on this issue as any issue and i speak as not simply -- i approach it not simply from the perspective of a civil rights lawyer, i approach it from the perspective of a parent of 3 and that informs my judgment as much as -- and my passion for this as much as anything. i can't promise, i don't know when we're going to be able to declare victory. i look at so many of the civil rights issues of our time and they have remained all too persistent but that doesn't mean we cannot continue to be dogged and i think we've seen successes. success didn't come soon enough for you and that is tragic and that's what motivates me and others to continue this work and so i hope we'll continue it together and i hope 'll be persistent. i hope we'll just demand it and as we continue to demand it, i think we'll make progress. >> my heart is heavy for your experience. i can't imagine tha

as julian bond said, it started with the civil rights movement.he woman's rights movement came after that. now we're going with the gay movement. >> but there are people, and i've talked to a number of african-americans, who do not believe, who in fact defended that comparison, who say, you know, it's completely different. >> anderson, there is no -- i cannot make an excuse for that. there are, i will say, a large segment of african-americans who are very homophobic. there's no getting around that. >> where do you think that comes from? >> one of the top guys at espn came out yesterday on air and said -- not come out, he didn't come out, but he said that, you know, he felt it was a sin against god, homosexuals. and he's african-american brother from new orleans. >> so do you see that in the community as something based largely on religious beliefs, religious tradition? >> well, look, to be honest, there are many gay people in the church. let's keep it real. there are gay people in the black church. so you just can't say i believe in god, that mean

there is no positive outcome of the civil war, we know that. but this photo -- of course mccain is going there and private negotiation, posing with the rebels, sending two signs. one, i don't care about the negotiation, i want to go and arm and no matter what, america will arm. so it sends a message of confusion. >> yes. >> another message that's the worst, that we condone what the rebels are doing. that we are actually siding by the sunnis, they're already paranoid in syria. i visited syria and i visited lebanon last year for many weeks. everybody is telling me there's a conspiracy. american, israelis, saudis, all together against us shia. the stakes in this conflict are so high and that's why there is no major defection and that's why the shiites are so concerned there's no future for them and they would be slaughtered. and this photo confirmed that. >> let me explain this in terms of the dynamics. two major strains of islam, sunni and shia. there are basically three pillars of shia power in the region. hezbollah, the militia in lebanon, the