clarence darrow did not come to me immediately. i was googleing and learned this wonderful collector of letters from minnesota named randy teachham had gone to clarence darrow's granddaughter's house and asked if they had any papers left over from their famous grandfather and she said there may be some boxes in the basement. sure enough they went to the basement and there with a box that said christmas ornaments and they opened it up and there were a thousand letters to and from clarence darrow that he had not given or his family had not given to irving stone when he wrote clarence darrow for the defense. the university of minnesota bought them and have put them on line on a marvelous website, the clarence darrow collection. in research for this book i came to los angeles and spent a week reading the transcript of his bribery trial. year later the university of minnesota put it on line. in the future any of us could do the research from our kitchens using the internet. that is why i picked clarence darrow. there was something new t

suddenly the tables turned on clarence thomas and there was a public spectacle. you expect that to happen? >> absolutely, i expected some reaction. and i knew that there would be a lot of negative reaction. but let me just go back and correct one thing. remember, there was controversy even early on in the confirmation process. the american bar association had looked at his record and gave him one of the lowest ratings that it had ever given. there were a number of individuals from civil rights organizations who had come forward to testify that this was not a good nomination, that this was a nomination that was going to set us all back as a country. so that was there. but then, as you say, nothing really like what happened once my testimony took place. and i stand by that testimony. it was the right thing to do. and i'll tell you why. people say, well, it was a sexual harassment claim against him. but really it was testimony about the integrity of the individual who was going to be appointed for a lifetime position. >> what was interesting to me at the time was th

shoutout to my man clarence at the safeway in ellicott city. i met him yesterday, works in the deli section, great guy and loves good morning maryland. >> what did you get, ham? >> turkey. >> turkey. >> here is lynette charles. >> shoutout to clarence. all right. let's talk about the red flag warning in effect at 9:00 until 8:00 p.m. this evening. it's for the areas shaded in red. we are talking about the state of maryland, we are looking at pennsylvania, also del aware, new jersey, and even virginia. we do have a wind advisory, this is up for this pink shaded areas, the eastern shore at effect at 8:00 until 6:00 this evening. dry conditions in place for today. let's talk about the temperatures this morning. you don't need the heaviest coat. perry hall, around 50, the current winds are light, but they will pick up as we go through the day. don't let this fool you. we have the relative humidity out there, 33% in perry hall. 36% bel air, these 30s very dry air in place. the next chance for rain showers in here. let's get a check of the traffic wi

interesting ad, clarence. how much longer can rick santorum stay in this race in wisconsin. he's being outspent although you might think that ad is effective, tell me what you're thinking now. >> he's already beat the conventional wisdom. normally at this time and this far behind and projected to be this far behind in the polling, a candidate would withdraw gracefully. but santorum wants to stay there. i think he's out to make a point. he's out to get some leverage in the party. he has effectively solidified his own base which is in the more conservative wing of the party, more rural, more small town, more religious and more evangelical. and so it's hard to say. he was saying that pennsylvania would be a make-or-break state for him. now he's walking that back, too, even though it's his ohm state. he's going to be here for a while, i think. >> here's the line coming from romney supporters right now. >> this is the time to bring this process to an end so we can focus our attention on retiring president obama. >> it's time to turn our attention to the fall campaign and begin to

why is not clarence thomas not endorsed. still here where we ought to be celebrating success regardless? >> what he said. he accused people within that party of being communist. what he said was reckless. he has not apologized but he doubles down on it. >> sean: there was never been a liberal african-american that said something controversial? >> sure, but not allowing ted nugent because he said inflammatory things. no, what they are saying, they are not endorsing, to deny him the right to come before. >> sean: you just gave it away. in that party. the naacp is not the same as the democratic party. naacp, is a totally discredited group. anyone doesn't know much about na a acp. it's bankrupt and morally. its fringe group. i don't know why we pay any attention to what they think. it was a force for good but no longer. >> i don't think they are morally bankrupt. they have a platform and west doesn't belong on them and clarence thomas doesn't belong on them. >> sean: the group, national association for the advancement of people,

clarence thomas transferred after dropping out of the seminary.he was the first time they'd critical numbers numbers on campus. what i think happened was father brooks and the college never feared on academic standards. all of them have to work as hard, harder in many cases that i think ted wells and clarence thomas tended to close down the library at night according to everybody i talk to. but i think what he did make concessions to socially and he understood how difficult it was. you keep than the ps2 game. the college paid for them to have a station wagon for them to get off campus as often as they could. he paid for them to have a psu. he allowed them to live together in a pot quarter, which is controversial. we have one of the editors of the crusader at the time and i remember reading a lot of the articles that were basically students were upset about this almost resegregation they call that. but he understood it is difficult to make concessions who i talk to the men it was the i.t. at the very highest levels of the college, they understood p

he said about clarence thomas he is worshiping some other god. took a shot at clarence thomas.k a shot at, you know, saying fighting for peace is like raping for virginity. >> i love that line. i love that line. i love our men and women in armed forces to hear that line and believe that's what people say. it's so obviously untrue. stopping adolf hitler was the way to stop violence in world war ii. capturing saddam hussein was the way to stop genocide against the iraqi people, killing usama bin laden was the way to save lives against terrorism. promoting military action against violence is absolutely the best way to preserve the peace. to call it raping for chastitity is ridiculous. >> sean: was america and great britain wrong to take on nazi germany and imperial japan? is anyone in the media going to take time to ask that question? i doubt it. >> sean, you often criticize me for cynical motivation. and i do not believe that it is a coincidence that reverend wright has now surfaced after four years i years years in abs. what may be happening is a deliberate orchestrateed effort

it will ruin your day. >>> on corcoran's "a" yard, after weeks of waiting, inmates clarence and terry receive approval to be cellies. >> you've got to have a good cellie. you're doing time. from the places i have been, hot spots, for the past 15 years, all violence. every day, lockdown. fighting. so i was very tense. and i was really ready -- say anything wrong -- violence. violence, i knew was violence. violence was my answer to everything. 18 months when i turned 7 1/2. >> that's all you knew? >> that's all i knew. i start getting a hold of myself, checking myself out inside. now that i'm here with terry, i feel like a whole lot of tension eased. >> as their relationship evolves within the cell, clarence and terry discuss their future outside the prison walls. >> if you have a problem, are you going to say, okay, i'm going to deal with this problem? i'm not going to use this as an excuse to prostitute. society is against people like you. straight up, society is against you. those are the programs. the programs will get you a job. the program will put you into a bind to where it's a

they made some arrests, arrested the doctor, and the doctor ended up with all people, clarence darrow as his attorney representing the doctor and his family members. and i would just say to answer some of the racial issues, read the two long posts i have in that chapter, clarence darrow's closing arguments. in the first trial, the jury hung. the juror said i don't care what the facts are, a so-and-so has been accused of shooting a white man and i will burn in hell before i declare it a black man for shooting a white man. that was a quote from one of the jurors on the hung jury. darrow went back and wanted acquittal testimony. read clarence darrow's quotes in this book and asked me that question some other time. >> okay, i want to thank you daniel brooks for hosting this. [applause] >> you have to love independent stores. >> for more information visit the author's web site, thomas peele.com. >> now john taylor former treasury undersecretary of international affairs says that a return to our founding principles of economic and political freedom is necessary to make this country successf

primary will you tloot the internet and search engines and existence of clarence davis and bill branch of the d.c. archive, i can nows assemble firsthand records of the details behind the existence of these every day people. this is an an abbreviate difference story of a family free plaque blacks who lived ad in and around the presidents park.story of a family free blacks who lived and worked in and around the presidents park. to help us keep track the players, i will share with you a trunk indicated version of the wormley family tree during the first full century of our nation's existence. we begin request lynch and his wife mary who reportedly came to the district in the second decade of the century. two of their sons, william and james, became the first most well-known members of the family with james achieving the greatest prominence. in turn, james and his wife raised four children in the golden era of life in washington with two of their sons, james t. and william h.a., expanding on that solid found indication into the 20th century. today we will see how the family interfaced on

clarence page, richard wolffe, mia-malika. thank you all. >>> the last quarter was the best quarter we've had in six years in job creation. the last quarter was the best quarter we've had on manufacturing in two decades. >> he says, well, look, things are getting better. i hope they're getting better. gosh, i hope they're getting better. that's not because of him. that's in spite of him. i remember the day my doctor told me i have an irregular heartbeat, and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. he was taking warfarin, but i've put him on pradaxa instead. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mgs reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin without the need for regular blood tests. i sure was glad to hear that. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected sig

. >> with terry's future possibly hanging in the balance, terry and clarence will have to wait to findf their request to live together is granted. >>> coming up on "lockup: extended stay" will these potential cellmates become soul mates? >> when you see somebody acting just like a woman, there's always going to be some type of temptation. >>> plus, officers give these inmates a surprise wake-up call. as a home, there are things i'm supposed to do. like, keep one of these over your head. well, i wasn't "supposed" to need flood insurance, but i have it. fred over here chose not to have it. ♪ me, i've got a plan. fred he uh... fred what is your plan? do i look like i have a plan? not really. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. for a free brochure, call the number on your screen. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> we operate here, you know, so it's like this here. i just charged it out. you know, the first -- we still want to try looking at presentable as possible. >> you know what i mean. we want to get business-like here. a lot of tim

my panel today, the "chicago tribune's" clarence page. beth reinhardt. the general election is on. yesterday, we got the preview of what the white house wants to do. clarence page, a lot of republicans were upset that the president was partisan. >> i'm shocked, shocked that republicans represent the president. >> the president turned out to be partisan. running for re-election. i think he really -- he obviously wasn't as clear as he wanted to be in is had first statement. he kept walking back a little bit later on. >> overall? >> well, i think the president himself wanted to make the statement that the supreme court just did what conservatives criticize supreme courts for doing. it didn't come out quite that clearly. conservatives criticized him for criticizing the court. i think president obama is laying the ground work for a decision that could go against him and this way, he can respond, whichever way it goes. >> it seemed like it was the entire speech, including the q and a portion, seemed to be as if the president is trying to run ag

monique griego is live outside of the clarence mitchell courthouse. >> reporter: good morning. the defense is now hoping a mistrial will be declared in this case. the two returned to court after a twist in the criminal case against them. they stand accused in the beating of the then 15-year-old corey osby. during a patrol with a jewish watch group. the incident divided the park heights neighborhood where it happened. >> he was singled out because he was a black, he was walking in a jewish community. >> reporter: last week, the prosecution's star witness stood up and said i don't want to testify. i want all the charges to be dropped. >> if the victim of a crime does not want this to go forward. most typically the prosecutors drop it. >> reporter: legal experts point out it's rare for a victim to change their mind after a trial started. this will likely give defense attorneys ammunition as they ask the judge to declare a mistrial. >> seemed like the case is getting weak for the prosecution. >> reporter: activists are drawing comparisons to the trayvon martin case and closely watc

nbc analyst michael eric dyson, and clarence paige join me now.fe that atticus made the list of names for our first child. why does it have such staying power? >> i think it speaks to the very moral conscious that is at the heart of the struggle over black and white and white and wrong and the self definition of america, able to rise above the weight of the legendary and sorry past to go into the future. when martin loout every king spoke about the conscious of white people, he was a stand in to speak volumes about the ethical necessity to treat ones brother and sister, regardless of color, as an equal. it wasn't a message coming from the outside, from an african-american, but from the culture itself. >> did that make it easier to broach some of these subjects because she was a female, and still with us. >> yes, and she was in the middle of that kind of situation. they're real life people including her own father and the charm ter that leading the story. that kor spons to her up in the col -- corresponds to her up in the blackba -- they stopped pr

read clarence darrows quotes in this book and then ask me the request some other time. >> okay. well, want to thank diesel books for hosting this. you got to love our independent book stores. [applause] >> journey into the black panther party started -- i want to read you a passage and show you how i walked into the office and how that day changed my life. this is chapter three of the book and it's called, finding the panther lair. i walked to into man their office in brooklyn on september 1968. wait a minute. wait a minute. wait a minute. i meant to save the best for laugh but not until the end of the program here. chairman bob seale is in the house. please stand up. insure. [applause] >> you we get chance to talk to chairman bobby. i walked into the chairman's office in september 1968. dr. king had been assassinated in april of that year. riots and anger flaired in the ghettos around the country. the feeling on the street was that the shit was about to hit the fan. black power was the phrase of the day and hating whitey was the hip thing to do. whitey had gone from being the m

you have other people like condoleezza rice, clarence thomas. because of this back-and-forth of name-calling and others in, i felt the need to write about it not just a perspective of policymakers and. if easter parade the issue of race we would be considered conservative but then our allegiances in and fill the volumes are. i started in my view to show integrity from within aligning my jaw used. when people start understanding motivation and things like that, but the basis for dialogue rather than confrontation and a spent talking about what i believe and why i believe it but i also talk about why i think that blacks of the command the have certain views of the world or a particular position on one issue or other, and in doing so, for trying to increase the scope of understanding. i'm a very big believer that if you sit down with the intent to understand and you don't use language that's going to immediately shut down the conversation which talks about how long before an on-line discussion the sultan to someone calling someone else and not see

santos comía cero prohibidas en las décadas de los 90 en estados unidos, no sólo sería imposible clarenceue somos el destino de una gran parte de estas drogas pero se presentarán iniciativa difícilmente en este año electoral. pero ahí aunque no hayan grandes anuncios es importante que sigan hablando platicando, entendiéndose colaborando. en este tipo de contexto. el caso se desinstalé se comprometieron a red rizar reglas. >> sequen esos niños piensen que la violencia que ocurre en méxico no tiene nada que ver con estados unidos cometen un grave error. en la casa blanca univisión. tocamos a sudamérica, la fiebre del oro en el sur de perú reconoce expandir la actividad ilegal el gobierno quiso enfrentarla surgió como era de esperarse la violencia, maría luisa martínez nos cuenta esta historia sobre corrupción millones de dólares y una mujer a la que llaman: la baronesa del oro. >> esta es una de las zonas más afectadas por la fiebre del oro, que ha desatado la violencia desde que el actual gobierno decidió enfrentar esta actividad, está contaminando el medio ambiente y evadiendo el pago de

you will find them way more helpful than the clarence thomas buttons which play five different silences. (laughter) plus, plus, folks, you get this official certificate of president hood personally signed by me and my political advisor ham rove. (laughter) it could be... good man. it could be the most valuable certificate you'll receive in college. (laughter) and, of course, you will get this actual treasure map you just crack the code, find the treasure and i will visit your college as part of my booker to. note to self, write book. (laughter) just go to colbertsuperpack.com and order yours today. supplies are limited and, due to a manufacturing error, highly flammable. (laughter) okay, folks, but enough about my secret of super pacs. i want to talk about my even more secretive super pac, colbert super pac s.h.s. so named because it can raise (bleep) loads of money. (laughter) and it never has to disclose its donors because it is a quasi-charitable organization called a 501c 4. critics say groups like mine are unregistered money guns shooting up the election with untraceable political

you have other people like condoleezza rice, clarence thomas, people like ken blackwell, enis, the his goes on people who are willing to present an alternative view, and because of this back and forth of name-calling and other things i felt the need write bit it not just from a perspective of policies and pathologies and all that but a personal perspective. i was raised in a family where our beliefs and our values, the things we were taught, if you stripped away the whole issue of race, we would be considered conservative. then our political aliege januarys didn't aline with the values, and when i went to conditional and started to examine that for myself, didn't understand that dichotomy, and eeventually i started to show a little more integrity within by aligning my values with the way i practice my politics, and i think when people start understanding motivations and understanding whys and where-fors of things like that, then you begin to have the basis for dialogue rather than confrontation. and i spend lot of anytime book not talking about what supply why i believe it, but i talk

i immediately recognized it as being clarence. it turned out that he had created a number of just amazing sculptures of trial lawyers. and he went on to do one of clara fults, the first woman attorney in california and became the leader of the public defender movement. and just by happenstance, he called me and had this idea of encapsulating one of the greatest trial attorneys of our times. so, bill? is he here? this is not a magistrate. [laughing] -- not a magic trick. >> i've never met tony serra, so i have to make use of the internet to get a sense of who he was and the imagery. what clearly came over was his passion for justice. and in some cases almost a rage for justice. and initially when i started the imagery with the clay, i tried to show this passion for justice, this rage. but then i had a conversation with jeff about tony serra. and another element came out, his great heart, his deep generosity, and his respect for those he defended. so i've tried to incorporate both of these things in this piece. and i depicted him as

. >> clarence? >> scott walker recall will be viewed as a signpost in a turning point in favor of the obama administration nationally. >> the current shiite friction will erupt into open con flick in egypt and other arab springers before fall of this year, 2012. bye-bye!

it was a good day for the sadie's teammate michael schumacher will start alongside him in second clarence lewis hamilton was actually second fastest to suffer a fry place penalty off the chain in his gear box other surprises on an intriguing day of qualifying sort of pending champion sebastian vettel failing to make the top ten will start eleventh with a record to make more in six. now it's why saki where i've been guard have drawn first blood in that regard cup finals with the man i'm moscow they lead one nil in their best of seven series after a two one victory and go on friday the house struck early in the game. on the back of the net less than five minutes in with a precise close range shot. and eleven for the postseason points leader. equalized to lead a couple of midway through the second period finished international scoring for the makita angle past. but at the beginning of the third period alexander netted the winner after. was quickest to rebound in front of goal to host a late they wouldn't relinquish the one who brings the best of seven series with the crown page of champions

if he went a couple of days without going, justice o'connor would appear at his doorstep and say clarence, why aren't you there? >> lunchtime. >> you encouraged everybody to participate in the communal activities and that's very important. >> i do too. >> justice ginsburg was the presence on the bench of particular help to you when you joined the court? >> yes, my adviser and big sister and i came to her with a problem when the chief made assignments at the end of my first city. the legend was that the junior justice gets an easy case. >> that's right. >> but the old chief gave me a miserable case. they had divided 6-3. i went to sandra thinking that she would persuade her good friend, archie, to revive the assignments. i told her and she said ruth, you just do it. get it out before he makes the next set of assignments. that's really her attitude towards life. she does whatever needs to be done. >> when justice o donor and you were on the court, you were called justice o'connor each term. they seem to confusion them. why do you suppose

the first time this season the man who took the overall standings heading into the weekend with clarence lewis hamilton was eight but his teammate jenson button eighteenth ferrari's fernando alonso finished seventh in his teammate a massive life of late with both car struggled for pace a problem that has plagued the team all season. well let's see what was done to the driver's championship when his move prattled thought it was hamilton has slipped down to second that his poor points behind the german battles were able to make mark webber it is early days like with the season of just four breaks his old. now thirty six thousand runners have been pounding the streets of england's capital in the thirty first annual london marathon as the final running of the race before the olympics descend on the city later this year and the run is the most raising money for charity lined up to compete in twenty six miles across the men's elite race was one of bike and use wilson kipsang who coasted to victory more than two minutes ahead of impact we're not allowed the winner posting of an unofficial time

across 16th street from here, they continued to patronize the hotel along with their friends john and clarence where their social group became known as the five of hearts. hayes called upon james to assist in personal needs he had throughout his time in the city. the hotel had become so prominent in the social circle of the elite in d.c., that in the early part of 1878, the spanish minister hosted the spanish ball at the hotel, which was declared one of the most elegant events ever held in washington. the scene was described in the following manner. while approaching, an awning was arranged forming a cover from the street to the front door. within the hotel brilliant lights and the sounds of delicious music greeted the guests. spacious dressing rooms were provided in par hour lors in th of the hall, where several maids were in attendance to take care of the wraps. four parlors were thrown together forming a magnificent salon. clover adams in her book described the decorations this is way. quote, the long parlors were masked with orange trees, magnolias and banks of flowers that completely cove

the opening saxophone solo the newest member of the east street band, jay clemens, the nephew of clarencewas welcomed with roaring applause. there's no denying springstein concerts are uplifting. this time it was his mother. springstein lifted his 85 years young mom, adele springstein on stage to dance with him during the dancing in the dark performance. he then picks her up and brings her back to the crowd. and the boss proves he can still party like a frat boych chuggin not one but two beers. it took him 23 seconds to get them down. that would be impressive at boston college. let's watch that for a second. my goodness. he's about a 62-year-old man doing this. there's a lot of 62-year-olds that couldn't do this with green tea. what an amazing thing. what an amazing thing. bruce springstein, probably the greatest american alive. still ahead on "way too early", why are you awake? your jersey theme tweets, texts and e-mails are next and "morning joe" is now just moments away. ♪ all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business... pr