such is the case with clarence butterfield. he's been here for two years and now his trial is only weeks away. >> it's a pretty hideous charge. i'm just being charged for, you know, killing my daughter. >> i found her dead about 11:45 on december 26th. i tried to like, revive her. but she was icy cold. it's like she had been dead for a while. all i did was sat there and looked at her for like two hours. >> why didn't you call the police. >> every time i call the police is i get arrested or hassled. all they would have done is i would have got arrested earlier. they weren't going to believe she was like that when i walked in. they're not going to believe that. >> butterfield has pled not guilty. >> it can't get much better than that, right? you can go around the world and not find anything close to this. i don't think they're really looking very hard to find the one-armed man. you know the one-armed man, the movie "the fugitive." i said you've been in homicide for 12 years and you've never seen "the fugitive"? i thought that was

it was clarence. it's usually some bizarre fluid of events that caused an innocent person to be convicted. and the first one i give, the defendant, tim kennedy, there was a contract out on them and lo and behold they were killed and one of the gun that is killed him was tim kennedy's gun . that was it. get him in. despite the fact that we had several confessions from the people who really did it who knew who really did it and the real perpetrator had confessed. it was amazing how these things happen. [inaudible] >> the victim who was an alcoholic and who had problems. she never admit the victim's advocate, she said, i grabbed him by the shirt and looked but i couldn't see anything and there was blood all over my eyes and i looked at him and i saw it was clarence. that did it. so the identification of the perpetrator was not as emotional or not carry a jury as well because he had a better chance of being convicted. looked him right in the face and they thought that was a lot better than her first state

clarence m. mitchell jr. clarence mitchell knew this to be true every morning when he went to work. the fight for the first pieces of civil rights legislation since reconstruction, were no easy undertaking. as the naacp's washington bureau chief, mr. mitchell spent so much time in congress, that they called him the 101st senator. he had come a long way from boxing practice at the baltimore ymca. but the shamrock kid secured victories for the legislative bedrock on which our current civil rights stand. his wisdom made him renowned. and his determination made him exceptional but he always knew that his greatest legacy was his family. from his equally accomplished and formidable wife, who was the first black female attorney in maryland, to his sons, dr. keefer jackson mitchell, who both served as advocates in their respective fields in medicine and politics. awe we are so grateful to this remarkable family. for all that they have done for baltimore, maryland and the advancement for the rates of people of color everywhere. today we are joined by the decendents and relatives of clarence

notable- but it is length of service had not prepared him for clarence cannon . in the house since 1923, cannon knew his way around bicameralism its. this was a -- bicameral disputes. this was a battle on capitol hill. the agencies are going broke, wrote a reporter in 1962, just because two members of congress keep yelling at each other. for months, cannon and hayden delayed legislation while arguing over seemingly petty issues. the press dubbed it the battle of the octogenarians, but underlying this was a dispute as old as congress itself -- was the senate truly the upper house? fueling the argument was a long simmering resentment of the senate's general layer of superiority, an attitude which has resulted in some rather high-minded practices. for example, for two centuries, all congress committees had been shared by senators, and such meetings had always been held on the senate side of the capital. in 1962, the house decided to challenge this old custom of senatorial privilege, leading the charge was appropriations chairman clarence cannon. defending the senate

you do have the constitutional and clarence thomas as the fundamental right to have a bazooka in your home, military weapon. the court is not extended the protection of the 2nd amendment to military protection but it remains to be seen if the states can regulate assault weapons and also we will see shortly whether they can regulate the carrying of guns either openly or concealed handguns on the street that's the state of play at the moment but i think i will leave it at that. you must have many questions and are probably a lot i've left out but i don't want to keep you too long. your questions are more important than what i have to say. [inaudible] >> its interesting citizens united was decided time and the republicans are out of power and light to raise campaign financing and that's when again a departure from originalism because certainly none of the framers of the constitution ever fought in a million years the campaign financing was a form of political speech and the corporations give $100,000 to aipac or even a million dollars to aipac congress doesn't have the power to regulate

the supreme court finally reversed a-on it was clarence thomas.i think that job of being a judge is to look at the outcome for wherever that leads him or her to say the outcome is harsh or unfair and in this case, the outcome that he advocated was against the constitution. as chief justice roberts wrote for the majority, two challenges based on race and constitution. this, that is an example of the views of affirmative action and other issues. >> partisanship is going to increase with new members of the court. what kind of environment do you think needs to happen to prevent that or have that at least decrease? >> i think there is a chance that the composition of the senate could change in two years. and there is perhaps a greater chance that it could change in four years. so that is the only possibility where you could have some pushback against the conservatives and the appointed authority because even if trump goes before that time frame and might i would think mike pence and whoever succeeds him will continue to seek to appoint judges who are o

unless you have a slam dunk dna evidence on daybreak case which clarence would have had had they not thrown his dna away but the district attorney was not a big enough person to say he screwed up and that he threw it away so we will have a new trial. they will not do that you could ask that but then there is a huge liability. period every $80,000 for each year they were locked up when they were absolutely innocent but the burden is so high to get that kind of money that nobody has done that yet. >> what is the burden of proof?. >> it is the strangest thing by the proponents then to clear and convincing and then to show those to standards the jury could not have found this person guilty by prove beyond a reasonable doubt there are 30 states and they have gotten some awards and with those budgetary issues but there are 20 states where there is no compensation system. and when the government takes their time but also of the dna evidence when the vote at the national registry of accelerations the think tank by university of michigan which was 2000 exoneration in is that we know of taking

host: our conversation with clarence lusane, who aren't his doctorate from howard university. he is the author of a number of books including -- pipe dream blues" and "the black history of the white house." joining us from georgia, good morning. good morning. thank you for having me the opportunity to even speak about this. i was not a part of detroit and i am 50 years old and my dad lives in detroit. met is more interesting to is if i were to take these videos and add color to them, i would never know that anything because we continue to talk about what is continuing to happen. is a saying that squeaky wheel gets the oil. have a continuous oppression of a group of any people you prevent the opportunities to become all they were designed to become a they and do thisquiet and that, and when they implode, the government allows for the police to come shoot them down, youthere is anger and if are not involved in that situation directly, it is hard for us to perceive it. we put it in context with black or white or hispanic or any other nationality. faced,larly black people people s

. >> the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas.cerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. >> anita hill enters the room now. >> democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the base of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. >> the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual harassment charges that have been made against judge clarence thomas. >> he spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals >> this seemingly personal matter is being aired out in front of this jury of all-white men. and it created quite a spectacle. >> this is a circus, and from my standpoint as a black american, as far as i'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> clarence thomas decided to fight back by invoking one of the most painful elements of black history, which was designed to point out the burden of being black. >

i don't want it to help someone else. >> reporter: you can help clarence williams get justice if you call police if you recognize the man shown in the surveillance video. you can see it again on our nbc washington app. police tell me this is a good example of why it's good for people to have surveillance cameras at their homes. in southeast d.c., i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> new details tonight about the barricade situation that stemmed from a domestic assault in centerville. chopper 4 above the standoff along golden oak road last night, fairfax county police tell us when they got to the house, kevin blither refused to surrender. a 12-year-old girl and her mother did come out of the house. the mother was treated for minor injuries. police eventually took him into custody. he is now charged with domestic assault, strangulation and abduction. >> a heads up for pet owners in maryland tonight. park officials tell us there are dangerous levels of a chemical in two montgomery county at lake need wood and lake frank. both inside of the rock creek regional park. we are told the chemical com

moment simply because powell was interpreted and as you remember the place where the great lawyer clarence darrow humiliated william jennings bryan in the debate outside with thousands of people listening and humiliated him because brian was really not a fundamentalist. he was anti-evolution but he went back to the time before fundamentalism really. he was a democrat and a populist as they rarely were so he hadn't paid much attention to this nitpicking of fundamentalists theology and interpretations of the bible so clarence darrow really by nitpicking on his side overcame bryant's knowledge of the bible and defense and so on. the press went away from this saying that this was in royal tennessee where to place, thinking that fundamentalists were a bunch of hicks, royal hicks who were eventually going to be runover by the powers of modernity. but in fact the fundamentalist preachers of the day were very educated men who preached in new york city and st. louis and these churches so so instead of disappearing these fundamentalists pastors, powerful ones started creating their own systems and b

. >> the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas.e concerned about the accusations of sexual harassment dating back ten years. >> anita hill will enter. >> his race was not going to be an issue, but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. >> the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual harassment charges that have been made against judge clarence thomas. >> he spoke about acts he had seen in films regarding women having sex with animals. >> this personal matter is being played out in front of a jury of all white men. >> this is a circus and from my standpoint as a black american it's a high tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> thomas decided to fight back which was designed to point out the burden of being black. >> the final count was 52-48. the closest successful confirmation vote in supreme court history. >> no matter how difficult or painful the process has been, this is a time for healing in our country. >> it's not exactly a rage but it's definitely a much noted trend. the w

back in oakland, clarence boyd considers himself lucky. >> the officers took -- got rid of the first group. there were three or four cars out here and these young men wearing hoodies were standing around here at first under the light, and then the next thing we hear this going off, you know. idiots. you can see the dry grass every where, you know. >> yeah. >> it's very frustrating. >> and back here live, the oakland fire department tells me this morning there have concerns with people using the remainder of their fireworks throughout the summer. fireworks, let's call them evil and -- it has a warning that says it shoots flaming ball. so obviously the tall grass here and the vegetation making the fire danger still very high for the rest of the summer. live in the oakland hills, rob malcolm, ktvu fox 2 news. >> thank you, rob. >>> several people were arrested at the allegany county fair following at least two separate fights. >> one fight happened about 5:30 last night. it happened as a ktvu camera was there. we have more with jana. >>reporter: as people were enjoying 4th of july at th

but also, i happen to agree in the mccutchen case, the supreme court decision, clarence thomas agreede majority opinion, mccutchen v. the federal elections commission, and it was one of those voting cases where clarence thomas, justice thomas said that all limits on contributions are violation of the first amendment, and i guess the ultimate conclusion here is corrupt government doesn't require more government, and that's what it's seeking and that is a flawed premise. steve: i don't want to speak for you, john, i think i know the answer to that. you go first. >> we've got to keep money out. i agree with you on the view with seattle. >> quickly, i know you're going to make a good point here. there are two cases and you brought up eric cantor. dave brat and president ump, who people who overcame goliaths with a lot less money and e prevailing wisdom on election night was that hillary clinton was going to win because she had a scombaeld it goes to the sophistication of voters who may not vote but are engaged and finding nontraditional means of getting information. >> two months out i se

unconstitutional, good news, there is bare glimmer of judicial interest in this issue thomas act, clarence wrote an opinion recently and called into question the constitutionality of civil forfeiture and it is possible we could see progress on that front. mike in union town, pennsylvania, republican, go ahead. i have one question. in the west e virginia border. what about how they used up -- is a lot of, there gangs, motorcycle gangs and all that kind of stuff up here. seems to do er anything about that. it just runs -- ain't nobody losing their property or like that. -- n't understand how the the system works. you know, there is a certain that just do e whatever the hell they want and -- now they confiscate your house because they think wrong, okay.thing they just take it. with. it, over and done guest: really good point, i agree with you, you are right to outraged. let me make this point, one of the worst things about civil distorts law enforcement priorities. violent crime, motorcycle gangs, law enforcement is enforcing crimes more money for them through civil forfeiture. know way, you

i think justice clarence thomas said that there could be additional legislation because of how the administrations that. >> guest: i think we can see additional legislation starting in hawaii. you have terms of bona fide, those could be included in different ways. if you're grad parents, if you're a grad parents. grandparents, and ihave a closed bona fide relationship to my grandson. ki see. it would have been better if the supreme court would have been clear. i think what the administration does is borrow in the cl i think we will see litigation, but it won't major. there won't be any major decisions until after october when the supreme court hears the case. there's one possibility the supreme court may never hear the case. remember that this is a temporary travel ban. it expires on its own terms after 90 or 120 days. by the time the case comes to the supreme court, unless the president renews it or makes it permanent, we may see reports simply say the case is mute and it can't be further litigated in the supreme court. we just don't know. >> armstrong: how much do you think when you see what ha

one of our friends clarence, he just lost his house.burnt down. >> difficult time for everybody. this is probably the worst fire we've ever had, and it is nowhere near over yet. >> a long shot, two firefighters working on the front lines have suffered minor injuries. cal fire says the fire will continue to grow because of the hot weather, terrain and heavy fuels from the wet winter. there's just a lot to burn. the fire is 35 miles outside yosemite national park. the park is not in danger of burning and remains open, but as you can see from this time lapse video posted on instagram tuesday, smoke and ash fill the air there. visitors are being warmed about respiratory problems from all of that smoke. now, as this fire develops and the story changes you can get up-to-the-minute updates through the "abc 7 news" app. it is free to download. remember to enable push alerts. >>> breaking news in the hayes valley neighborhood in san francisco. police are at octavia and lilly streets where officers found a man stabbed to death on the sidewalk. th

clarence thomas, for example, was appointed at age 43. if he lives to be the same edge as thurgoodge h marshall, he will set the all-time record for longevity on the u.s. supreme court and serve for 40 years. of course, he could well live longer and serve on the court longer than that. president and senators are figuring this out. so, they're appointing nominees at an earlier and earlier age. and you may have read in the most recent nomination that basically if you had a six in t he first digit of your age, you were probably not going to be considered for the court. mitch mcconnell, person who is his ribaldffor sense of humor, was recently reported as having had a conversation with neil gorsuch in which gorsuch said, i would really hope to serve for 20-25 years on the supreme court if i'm confirmed and mitch mcconnell scoffed and said, "no, think strom thurmond." so, who knows? in any event, this is obviously, you know, this is obviously part of the calculus now for the u.s. supreme court. the second reason why the appointment of justices

one of our friends clarence, he just lost his house.down. >> difficult time for everybody. this is probably the worst fire we've ever had, and it is nowhere near over yet. >> a long shot, two firefighters working on the front lines have suffered minor injuries. cal fire says the fire will continue to grow because of the hot weather, terrain and heavy fuels from the wet winter. there's just a lot to burn. the fire is 35 miles outside yosemite national park. the park is not in danger of burning and remains open, but as you can see from this time lapse video posted on instagram tuesday, smoke and ash fill the air there. visitors are being warmed about respiratory problems from all of that smoke. now, as this fire develops and the story changes you can get up-to-the-minute updates through the "abc 7 news" app. it is free to download. remember to enable push alerts. >>> breaking news in the hayes valley neighborhood in san francisco. police are at octavia and lilly streets where officers found a man stabbed to death on the sidewalk. they fou

. >> two seconds later i look down the hallway, i see o.j., this guy clarence stewart who i met an hournd a half ago, these two black guys who look like they're right out of "miami vice." slicked back here, versace glasses, suits. i go who the [ bleep ] are these guys? excuse my french. and i said oh, boy, this is a typical o.j. move, i'm saying to myself. >> reporter: for the first time since that night mcclinton walks back into the palace station hotel. it's undergoing significant renovation. >> who's sort of in charge of the plan? >> mr. simpson is in charge. >> what does he say? >> he said we're going to wait for some guys. >> reporter: the group now all together. >> no one knew anybody. it was like going to the gunfight at the o.k. corral. >> reporter: no introductions as they head into room 1203. >> we all barged into the room. the guys in the room were shocked to see mr. simpson. >> i've seen this guy getting ready to go under the mattress. first thing that went through my mind, it was a firearm. next thing, simpson, you could hear his voice coming in. >> you think you can steal

learning that fact really got me into the banjo made me want to be a part of it and i would hear like clarence actually or uncle dave make. you know whatever recordings and be like i don't know what they're doing i don't get it at all and when i learned that fact of the banjo being black it seems like i want to pick up a banjo and then someone threw one in my hands taught me how to claw hammer and i it clicks like i picked it up immediately and the banjo in me for life you know as we go to break don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered and if you would like to learn more about the artist who's featured on the show today check us out on facebook and twitter and you too can see our poll shows that are. coming up we go deeper into the heart and soul of american music as watching the hawks strikes a chord. still exist. ricos treated as one. of. the islanders controlled by the u.s. government and. crave independence. even. still many do wish to join the u.s. hundreds more leave every day. with the country. is on the rise. i think. and. put out a set of facts that simpl

but three men brothers john and clarence england and frank morris have never been found. >> they crawled of their cells up on the roof and escaped into the san francisco bay and that you got to give it to them. they broke the system. y heads ma er, paper mache, pai >> reporter: for 55 years that legendary escape is still one of the greatest mysteries in american history. case for the last 14 years. he still gets 1 or 2 leads a month uth america" "in my g 's a more l >> welcome to alcatraz. >> reporter: the allure partly fueled by popular shows and hollywood including the movie escape from alcatraz starring clint eastwood. >> what they did is they -- >> reporter: i got an inside look at the infamous cells normally off limits to the public where the trio of bank robbers began their month long plot. i'm standing in john england's jail cell. it is 5 by 9 and the size of a standard pool table. if you look behind me, that's the air vent he widened to escape through. >> they literally drill small holes around the existing vent and then push that concrete in. >> reporter: the photo shows the kin

one of our friends clarence, he just lost his house. it burned down. >> difficult time for everybody. this is probably the worst fire we've ever had. and it's nowhere near over yet. >> you have to feel for those people. calfire says the detwiler fire is slowing its spread but remains a big danger because of the hot weather, terrain, and heavy fuels from the wet winter. >> the fire is 35 miles outside of yosemite national park. the park is not in danger of burning and remains open. as you can see, you can definitely feel and smell the effects of the smoke. that ash is filling the air. visitors are being warned about respiratory problems from the smoke. as the fire develops, you can get up to the minute updates through our news app. it's free to download. just remember to enable push alerts. >> police are investigating more violence involving a group of young people at an east bay b.a.r.t. station. authorities say a man was beaten and kicked in the head outside the richmond b.a.r.t. station. they say five to six juveniles assaulted the vi

the economic spectrum and minorities. >> even clarence thomas?he think tank actually kmenltd on this. sessions doesn't have a friend in washington. shifting explanation about what his contacts with russia were. no contacts, a handshake and overall thing. didn't talk campaign related topics. clearly the president doesn't have confidence. would love to see him go, because the president is shifting expertise on recuse alice amazing, especially when he said judge cure yal should recuse himself because he is a mexican. jeff sessions shouldn't have recused himself since he took that loyalty oath i guess. >> mexicans no, russians yes in this. it is interesting that he is not reading the room. it is clear donald trump would like him to go, he seems to be hanging on. my guess is that his ideological reasons, wanting civil asset forfeiture, wants his dream of going after voters, these are things he wanted to do his whole life. he was a back bencher. he is not willing to go. how does this end up? >> i don't know. i think it is likely the president winds up

with this weekend marking the 50th anniversary of the 1960's evan detroit riots, howard university clarence lusane joins us and we will take your phone calls and look for your comments on twitter and facebook for -- facebook. " washington journal" live every day. the u.s. navy unveiled its latest aircraft carrier at a commissioning ceremony in norfolk, virginia area the uss gerald ford -- norfolk, virginia. -- the uss gerald ford has a generator that can -- in thected to be diploma nets for years and house as many as 2600 crew members. the commissioning ceremony. explained -- he is expected to be deployed in the next few years and house as many as 2600 crew members. >> ship company, tension. arrive --uests please -- ship company, attention. -- will the guests please rise? please rise.

by then those by a drug or clinton is rent-a-center and they would like some clarence of what is coming next speaking to the reporter if this drug care or the repeal bill so my sense is everybody is after walking into this of this but particularly those on the other side of the ideal to be in the dark a few days before the of'' with hundreds of millions of americans for them to be in the dark with the senate finance committee and tax credits even by the standards of of beltway really guarantee the first procedural vote to make cares, and affordable.on and those of pre-existing conditions with tens of millions of americans about health coverage. and those that have fed delivery for days. the choice between trumpcare and strict repeal of the affordable care act nobody is forced to choose between calamity and disasterns democrats and republicansth absolutely can work together on those health care challenges with the willingness with the highway approach with the good faith effort on our side i have heard enough of the back-and-forth to know there is a bipartisan interest with flexibility a

my question is for the panel and also to eleanor and clarence as the journalists.hether it's changing the atmosphere in a corporate setting, and taking new talent or investigating and writing a new story, how do you infuse and facilitate this conversation on persons with disabilities, provided simply being political correctness to fill a quota or making progress and equitable cheng. >> i don't think this is an issue that has a left and a right. i think there is concern about political correctness because there are in terms coming into use almost constantly and people don't want to get it wrong. i think reaching out to people across the political spectrum is an imperative and i think there is recep receptivity across the spectrum, based on experience. you can be the most conservative people and think the government shouldn't be involved in helping and then you have a child who needs help and suddenly your views change. we have examples of that. so, i think it's an issue that is ripe for working together, which is what everybody says they want. so, let's see if they

again you're likely to see people filing -- >> in their dissent, clarence thomas who wrote it and gorsuch joined it, they wanted the whole travel ban put in place for this reason. they said there's going to be lot of litigation. you've got attorneys from immigration groups placed at airports, trying to help people get in. but i would imagine looking for potential plaintiffs in cases. >> remember the chaos when the travel ban one went in and the airports were full of lawyers trying to help people get in and homeland security people who didn't know what to do. i think you're going to see the same sort of thing. >> that one went into effect without any warning. at least there's been some ramp-up time for this. >> homeland security folks, let's say, they've got an order that says no grandparents. but i don't know that the grandparents in the world are going to abide by that. >> try to enforce that at thanksgiving dinner. >> in october, the other question is political activism are we going to see the same kind of? >> it's a very good chance, by the time we get to october, the 90-day period wil

clarence and hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feelings started to change you talked about war like it was a game still some are fond of you those that didn't like to question our arcade and i secretly promised to never again like it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters the mind it's consumed with death and this one quite different i speak to you now because there are no other takers. to claim that mainstream media has met its maker. her. mother called the field we don't need the names of the everyone in the world should experience legal and you'll get it on the old the old. law the old according to just. the modern world cup i am sure there are. local war hawks selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings produce to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles but still. the new socks for the tell you that every gossip the public are files a little more news today. while the cost of advertising telling you on the cool enough an