thomas vacationed on crow's private yacht and jet and even sold property to crow without disclosing it. >> supreme court justice is don't just -- [indiscernible] students with student loan debt, welfare recipients, and poor people don't have that luxury and they can't afford to buy the justices. amy: we will look at what happened in 1969 when another supreme court justice, abe fortas, was forced to quit for behavior considered less egregious than thomas'. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. fox news has agreed to pay $787.5 million to to many voting systems in the largest settlement in history. the deal was finalized just hours after a delaware jury was sworn in and as opening statements were expected to begin. dominion had sought $1.6 billion in damages from fox for promoting lies about its voting machines being rigged against trump in the 2020 election. dominion ceo john poulos called the settlement historic. >> throughout this process, we have sought accountability and believed the evidence brought to

crow's private jet. we talked to a lot of service workers who had worked on harlan crow's super yacht, a 160 foot plus god with a crew of -- plus got with a staff of 10 or 15 people. a whole range of sources that allowed them to put together this picture. this was fairly difficult reporting, in part because justice thomas had not been disclosing these gifts of travel for many years. i think that is why you did not come up for so many years -- why it did not come out for so many years. when you are on a super yacht, floating somewhere in the pacific ocean, not disclosing, these things can be kept under wraps. host: tony is up first, a republican in eastern pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i if you --i was wondering if you ever inquired about george soros or mr. zuckerberg. these anonymous sources -- guest: yeah, not sure if you have something specific in mind regarding george soros, but what i would say in general is my colleagues and i are looking at other supreme court justices and the entire supreme

as does harlan crow. after the second story i passed, harlan crow issues a statement saying was while all my plan to build a museum. thomas has said nothing so far am i right about that, arrived i missed some sort of response >> no. it's absolutely right. thanks for having me on. again. happy to be here it's really remarkable tha thomas first that he responded to the story and he didn't respond to the first story whe we reached out for comment and let me be clear that w reach out for comment we run everything by the subject of the story, an extensive list o questions that my reporter produced, because we are n surprises journalism outfit. so everything we're gonna ride about a subject we try to seek comment, extensive, and give them fair inadequate time to respond. no response to the first story but then he was pressured by the response to that story t issue the statement that you referred to. the second time we did the exact same team thing. we went to them and gave the adequate notice. we went to crow.

. -- billionaire harlan crow.y with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "defend the freedom" by rim banna and henrik koitzsch. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. supreme court justice clarence thomas is facing renewed calls for his impeachment after a propublica investigation revealed he failed to report frequent luxury trips paid for by a billionaire republican mega donor named harlan crow. the investigation reveals for about 20 years, tom's secretly accepted luxury vacations from crow in an apparent relation of a law requiring justices and other federal officials to disclose most gifts. one vacation about nine days of island hopping in indonesia aboard a 162 foot super yacht. clarence thomas and his wife ginni thomas flew to indonesia on crow's private jet posted thomas markle he vacationed at a resort in the adirondacks of new york, hanging on the walls of the resort is a painting of clarence thomas sitting with four other men, including harlan crow, as well as leonard le

crow explained how the two pals met. d.c., where he got word from some executive pals of his that thomas needed to go to texas for a speaking engagement, so he offered him a ride on his private jet, and, as crow explains, "during that flight, we found out we were kind of simpatico. we're the same age. we grew up in the same era. we come from absolutely polar opposite life stories, but we had a lot in common." it's a heartwarming american story. even though two people might have totally opposite backgrounds, they can still come together in the sky to enjoy honey roast peanuts on himmler's snack tray. when the reporter asked, "did he ever consider his friendship with thomas as a ticket to quid pro quo?" crow said, "every single relationship, a baby's relationship to his mom, has some kind of reciprocity." no, no, no. he's right. yeah, it's just like a baby. clarence thomas is sucking on his money teat. this weekend. [cheers and applause] this weekend, the nra hosted their annual convention in indianapolis. one of the speak

the relationship between crow and the supreme court justice? uh not only giving him gifts now, but actually buying real estate from him. and what are crow and thomas saying in response to this. yes. so justice thomas hasn't responded yet. we did what we always do. and you know, sent a very long list questions. harlan crow did release a statement saying that he purchased at least the house with plans to someday make a museum there about justice thomas's life. he didn't respond to several of our other questions. including why he would need to buy these vacant lots from thomas in order to build a museum in the house there. the vacant lots are on the same block, but they're sort of down the street. so uh, and also he didn't. he didn't comment on whether he's charging justice thomas's mother rent or really give a full explanation for why you poured money into improvements on the house. given that he's saying this was part of a project of historical preservation. it sounds like we don't have all the answers yet and before pro, a public broke this new

trammil crow residential company.ling interest in the trammil crow residential company. the statement says, at the time of the case, trammil crow residential operated completely independently of crow holdings, end, quote, and, they did not have knowledge of or involvement in this case. and harlan crow has never discussed this or any other case with a justice. also, the supreme court declined to hear the case at the time. still, one watchdog group is concerned. >> when you have an entity that is connected to this person who's given all sorts of favors to justice thomas, by the time we're getting into wholly owned subsidiaries and exactly who has a controlling interest and who doesn't, we're way past the kinds of issues that create real appearances, real problems that the american people would be concerned about. >> reporter: recent reports by the investigative news outlet propublica revealed that justice thomas and his wife ginny accepted luxury travel and gifts from harlan crow for decades. and that in 2014, thomas so

as we just found, out ar bought off by the updated ji crow harlan crow, who just happen to have nazir billion is home totally normal taking out lavish $500,000 tha he spends on clarence thomas's wife, ginni thomas's nonprofit. by the, way she gets a six figure salary. when do we have a compromise supreme court, and a compromised judiciary. filled with zealots that don't resent the will of the majority and you have some standing her to flex, represent the majorit of protect rights. i want president biden t flaxen what i've said on your sho before and i've been saying for two years. when democrats flax. when they show strength. when they fight. they're rewarded and if you don't believe me, when president biden blurted out semi fascism, guess what even though there was a lot of pearl clutching from democrats the majority responded what democrats fought fo abortion rights, kitchen table issue, when -- gun control, in tennessee, tennessee of all places. the youth are what them so fight, fight for the people, and show how extreme the gop has become you'll be rewarded politically and you'll

clarence thomas was a co-owner of his mother's home with hi mother, when it was sold t harlan crow. harlan crow immediatel relieved clarence thomas of th cost of paying the property ta on the home and then immediately commissioned a architect to design and buil very significant improvement to the home so that harlan cro was not just paying fo clarence thomas's mother t continue living where she wa living, but was adding substantial upgrades t clarence thomas's mother's hom and her daily life and we should all be very happ for clarence thomas's mother that a surge of money into her home in savannah, georgia that is supreme court justice could not afford has significantly improved her living conditions and the only thing - the only thing - clarence thomas had to do to move the entirety of thi transaction completely legal i every way for a supreme cour justice was to simply tell u about it admit, reported on his financial disclosure form. but clarence thomas appears to believe that his financial relationship to billionair harlan crow is publicl indefensible and that could be why he dec

follows news that thomas accepted lavish gifts from crow, who he calls a dear personal friend but notclosed for over 20 years. justice thomas said last week he always sought to comply with disclosure guidelines. no response to the latest reporting. harlan crow said he wanted to purchase and renovate thomas properties to preserve them as a historic site. whit? >> thank you. former president trump back in new york city a week after his indictment on 34 felony counts being deposed in a separate case. this is his second deposition in a $250 million lawsuit brought by the new york attorney general alleging fraud in his real estate business practices. a source telling nbc news, the former president did answer questions today in his first deposition in the case. he pled the fifth amendment some 400 times. trump denies any wrongdoing. and a first glimmer of hope for reporter evan gershkovich who is jailed in moscow. a top russian diplomat saying they may discuss a prisoner swap only after his trial on espionage charges that could take a year or more. the u.s. designated gershkovich as wrongfu

superyacht, flying on crow's g-5 jet, and visits to crow's various estates, including one in the adirondacks, which has a three-boat garage. well, yeah. a busy family's gotta have three boats. what if the kids sleep late and miss the school yacht? thomas clearly. [cheers and applause] it's all about education. these people love education. justice thomas clearly spends a lot of time with crow. because that same resort features this actual painting& showing the two smoking cigars with conservative operatives under a statue of a native american man praying for a flash flood. in response, justice thomas has explained this was all just a misunderstanding, saying he was advised by colleagues that "this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends who did not have business before the court was not reportable." adding, "now i gotta get back on deck before we lose lose that golden hour sun. #yachtlife. #somelikeityacht." and thomas insists that these gifts from crow don't count because of their personal relationship, saying: "we have been friends for over 25 years." okay, but you've been

crow's private jet.lked to a lot of service workers who had worked on harlan crow's super yacht, a 160 foot plus god with a crew of -- plus got with a staff of 10 or 15 people. a whole range of sources that allowed them to put together this picture. this was fairly difficult reporting, in part because justice thomas had not been disclosing these gifts of travel for many years. i think that is why you did not come up for so many years -- why it did not come out for so many years. when you are on a super yacht, floating somewhere in the pacific ocean, not disclosing, these things can be kept under wraps. host: tony is up first, a republican in eastern pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i if you --i was wondering if you ever inquired about george soros or mr. zuckerberg. these anonymous sources -- guest: yeah, not sure if you have something specific in mind regarding george soros, but what i would say in general is my colleagues and i are looking at other supreme court justices and the entire supreme court

crow t the bohemian grove, exclusiv california all male retreat, and to crows brawling ranch in eastr at crows private resort in th adirondacks. we also learned this weekend that harlan crow is a collecto of nazi and white supremacis memorabilia. harlan crow is a right-win republican with a strong interest in cases before the supreme court. he denies talking to clarenc thomas about the cases he is interested in on the supreme court. the latest reports come nearly two decades after los angele times first reported that from 19 98 to 2003, justice thoma expected more than $42,000 i gifts, the most of any justice at the time. justice thomas's apparen reaction to that report in the los angeles times was just simply refused to report any more gifts clarence thomas says that he met her line crow roughly seve years into his tenure on the supreme court, the foreign fronts by any reasonable human being and any reasonable supreme court justice, would b that harlan crow wanted to b friends with clarence thomas simply because he was a suprem court justice. that fact should hav controlled and limi

crow's private jet.lked to a lot of service workers who had worked on harlan crow's super yacht, a 160 foot plus god with a crew of -- plus got with a staff of 10 or 15 people. a whole range of sources that allowed them to put together this picture. this was fairly difficult reporting, in part because justice thomas had not been disclosing these gifts of travel for many years. i think that is why you did not come up for so many years -- why it did not come out for so many years. when you are on a super yacht, floating somewhere in the pacific ocean, not disclosing, these things can be kept under wraps. host: tony is up first, a republican in eastern pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i if you --i was wondering if you ever inquired about george soros or mr. zuckerberg. these anonymous sources -- guest: yeah, not sure if you have something specific in mind regarding george soros, but what i would say in general is my colleagues and i are looking at other supreme court justices and the entire supreme court

luxury vacations like trips on crowe's super yacht.e first known instance of money flowing from crowe to justice thomas. the reporting says that in 2014, one of crowe's companies purchased a home in georgia where thomas' mother was living. the crowe company brought it for more than $133,000 justice thomas, his mother and the family of thomas' late brother, according to a state document and a deed. the purchase put crowe in an unusual position he now owned the house where the justice's elderly mother was living soon after the sale was completed, contractors began work on tens of thousands ofpro. renovations were a repaired roof and fence and gates. just like with the gifted trips aboard yachts and private planes, thomas did not disclose this purchase. quote, a federal disclosure law passed after watergate requires justices and other officials to disclose the details of most real estate sales over $1,000. justice thomas did not respond to detailed questions from propublica crowe said he bought the house to preserve it posterity joining u

this 2014 real estate transaction between justice thomas and mr crow.yes so we found that harlan crow bought property from justice thomas in a undisclosed real estate deal. crow paid roughly $133,000 to thomas and his relatives for three properties, one of which was the house that old house that thomas's mom was living in. and the other two were vacant. lots down the street. um and thomas did not disclose this, which experts told us appears to be a clear violation of government ethics law. so as you said, i mean, last week we reported that um thomas had accepted numerous luxury trips from crow. um private jet flights, international yacht cruises. all in secret in crow and thomas responded to that reporting by saying that they were just close friends, but this is the first direct first known direct financial transaction between these two men. so correct me if i'm wrong , but in addition to not disclosing the sale of those properties in savannah justice time, it's also had displace space on the disclosure form. to report the identity of the buyer , but he

crow publican noting that it i the first known instance o money flowing from crow to the supreme court that crow purchased three propertie in a residential neighborhoo in savannah, georgia for mor than $130,000 belonging to the relatives of clarence thomas including that justice i elderly mother's home, who b the way still lives at tha property and which crow still owns. now senator sheldon whitehouse and congressman hank johnson are calling on attorney genera merrick garland to investigate back with me, now msnbc lega analyst joyce vance. all right joyce, let's tal through some of the stuff. you pointed through a tweet by chris moran at propublic saying this. a key thing to understand abou the undisclosed real estat deal thomas made many other disclosures that year. teaching fees, trave reimbursement, a 530 dolla stained glass medallion but no that property sale to cairo. talk to me more about this joyce and how this is an important shall we say, ou take of what it is that crow did not, not crow that clarenc thomas the not disclose an what laws he may have broken >> right, it's an imp

>> jordan: harlan crow's parents for giving him an evil villain name? >> yes, but no!umb-assed, whiny liberals. if clarence thomas can be bought, then why aren't you buying him? you gave beto o'rourke money to come in third in a student council you could have built raise. clarence thomas's mom a new garage, a zen garden, and a heli-pool. >> jordan: you mean a helipad? >> no, a heli-pool. it's a pool for helicopters, so you can land straight in the water instead of walking there like a peasant. maybe abortion would still be legal if liberals bought a pool for clarence thomas's mom's helicopter. is that so crazy? >> jordan: yes! it's crazy! ronny, you don't fix corruption with more corruption! what is a message you are sending when you let money influence decision-making? >> jordan, i will give you $1,000 if you agree with me right now. >> jordan: i would never betray my integrity for $1,000. maybe five. >> how about three? >> jordan: three, deal. ronny chieng is right, everyone. [cheers and applause] all right, when we come back, my interview with alexandria ocasio-cort

this book really addresses the jim crow era, jim crow era violence and resistance and law, looking at violence and resistance through the lens of law, looking at an era of our country, really the confederate states of the south which were in effect lawless. i described these as an authoritarian regime with a purportedly -- within a purportedly democratic state. it looks at these three things and unearths new stories, new information to paint a picture not just of what lives look like then, so it is history for its own sake. history that helps us understand what it meant to be alive in that moment. obviously as well, it is also history that informs us about the moment that we live in today, so that is the gist of the work. let me just say one other thing. the book really began as i began to meet families who had experienced these events and who were carrying these stories as their own personal history, their own family history. we traveled across the country to meet with folks who experienced these horrific atrocities, and our effort was to provide to them the material that the governm

so now this morning, spokespeople for harlan crow said that crow, himself, he was not directly involved, and there was no direct involvement, but still it is pointing out more of the spotlight of the ethics problems at the supreme court and more information of the relationship between these two men. >> there is a key democratic senator ron wyden who is looking into whether the luxury trips that crown took thomas on and a real estate deal between the two should have been disclosed on tax filings. what information is the senator asking for? >> right. so now you have this powerful democrat, and he is asking crow for a full accounting of all of the gifts, and he is questioning whether crow complied with the federal tax law. so that is a new interesting way that congress is getting in and this doesn't have to do with thomas' financial disclosures but it has to do with what crow himself disclosed. there are conservatives who say that all of the stories are coming up, because democrats don't like the direction of the supreme court and they are going after clarence thomas, but other people say

mr crow is a republican who donates generously to right—wing causes." he added that he and his wife "have never sought to influence justice thomas on any legal or political issue." and that "i would never invite anyone who i believe had any intention of doing that." "these are gatherings of friends." propublica says neither mr thomas, nor the supreme court responded their requests for comment live now to justin elliott, one of the propublica reporters on the story. he isjoining us for more on this. thank you for being with us on the bbc news. tell us how you came across this information on the story. yeah, well, we information on the story. yeah, well. we got — information on the story. yeah, well, we got interested - information on the story. yeah, well, we got interested in - information on the story. yeah, well, we got interested in the i well, we got interested in the troubles of supreme court justices and heard about a single one of these trips that justice thomas took on harlan crow's private jet and we started pulling the thread, talking to peop

um you know what we found was travel on crow's private jet. and that's not only you know, for example, on the this trip to indonesia around the world, but also for much shorter trips like a trip a few years ago that thomas we found took from washington d. c to new haven, connecticut for just a few hours, going back and forth. so you know again, things that only only only a member of like the 0.1% could afford the luxury aspect of it. it's the privacy of that as well. her harlan crow sent you a lengthy statement in response to this article, and it says i want to read a part of it, he says. we have never asked about a pending or lower court case in the justice thomas has never discussed one and we have never sought to influence justice thomas on any legal or political issues, but you've noted that other people invited on some of these trips include corporate executives, for example, from verizon from pricewaterhousecoopers, a lawyer who served in the trump administration and other top republican donors. so what does this say about the possibilit

crows generosit towards thomas has been scandal. mr.s wife, ginni thomas, start a conservative lobbying group a group that then turned aroun and pay ginni thomas a salary. of $120,000. and later evolved into ginni thomas's current group, whic reportedly works with groups directly involved in controversial cases before the supreme court. harlan crowl gave more tha $100,000 to the yale law clarence thomas portrait five, which is i don't know, a lot o money for a fund that doesn' need to exist. but today, republicans made al that look like change. tough strange. it wasn't just that on undisclosed 500,000 vacation that pro public uncovered, the report that far more than tw decades, two decades clarence thomas receptiv luxury trips virtually every year from mr. crow withou disclosing them joining us now is jane mayer, chief washingto correspondent for the ne yorker and the author of choru of dark money, the hidde history of the billionaire behind the rise of the radical right jane, great to see you there's no better person t talk to about th

this is republican mega donor harlin crow.p that very hefty tab, and justice thomas never told anyone, he never disclosed it. but justices are required to publicly report all gifts worth more than $415, quote anything of value that isn't fully reimbursed he did disclose a gift this republican mega donor had given him. it was a bible that used to belong to frederick douglas and valued at $19,000. so clearly justice thomas knows he's supposed to disclose this sort of thing particularly when it comes to gifts from this guy. because this isn't the first time it's been a scandal mr. crow also gave at least half a million dollars to help justice thomas' wife, ginni thomas a group and later evolved into her current group, which reportedly works with groups directly involved in controversial cases before the supreme court. crow also gave more than $100,000 to the yale law clarence thomas portrait fund, which, i don't know, quite a bit of money for a fund that maybe doesn't really need to exist but today propublica made all that look l

no, he reportedly traveled on crow's 162-foot super yacht and a private jet.19 involved a nine-day island hopping tour around indonesia using both the private jet and the super yacht. if thomas had chartered that transportation himself, the trip would have cost him more than half a million dollars crow has long supported efforts to move the judiciary to the right and contributed more than $10 million in publicly disclosed political contributions, according to propublica crow claims that he and his wife have never discussed a pending or lower court case with thomas, but there's also the question about those closest to crow, who were also given such unique access to the supreme court justice, like crow's corporate executive and political activist friends. for example, at crow's private resort in the adirondacks is this painting showing thomas in conversation with leonard leo, the former leader of the federalist society who played a crucial role in donald trump's makeover of the federal bench. and let's remember, thomas is one of six people who stripped the right

what do you know about harland crow has clarence thomas heard an cases that crow has a stake in >> none of the things about th supreme court is that it jus doesn't actually take that man cases where there are name litigants. but what we know about crow, besides the fact that he doe have a lot of financia interest in the real estat industry and the supreme court does rule on cases that matter for the industry but i think more relevant fo this story is that haaland cro has been involved for many years funding conservative legal organizations that are advocating for various conservative legal theories. we also found that our reporting, some activists an lawyers from that world were actually on some of these trip with justice thomas. and, so it's really an ope question, what's being talke about in this vacation, an these are very private settings, you know private jet and a yacht with a crew of peopl that are taking care of your every need it's not easy to report this out. so we're still very interested in that question and, as you said, harlan cro did tell us in the statement that he's n

it was not a coincidence tha crow makes it to be.nnor were drifting to the left it looks to me lik conservatives needed to shor up thomas and ensure that he was really on their side, that he was a conservative that would stay conservative. what better way to do that the introduced him to a brand-ne friend they would not only continue to lavish him with al kinds of gifts and introduce him to a lifestyle that he could ever never dreamed o before but who had shared him with th ideological views and politica agenda so that the two of them could spend hours chatting b the fire side at the beautiful resorts about how they had needed to crush civil rhythm - in the rights of crimina defendants >> you write that his failures in the closing these financial dealings actually reflec thomas's extreme stance in the judicial opinions against an rules on public disclosure lay this out for us, help us connect the dots in what you'r trying to see. >> it's really extraordinary justice thomas has extreme and unique views on this he's a viewed enemy of d

thomas also referred to crow and his wife as being among his family's dearest friends. or details are emerging about harlan crow and resurfaced article published by the dallas morning news in which a tour of his mansion revealed he had a collection of nazi memorabilia, including a signed copy of "mein kampf" signed by hitler, nazi medallions, swastika-embossed linens, and a garden filled with statues of 20th century despots, -- dictators. the justice department has launched a criminal investigation into an apparent leak of pentagon documents revealing details about the u.s. role in the ukraine war and russian operations in ukraine and beyond. they include data on u.s. surveillance drones in the region and ammunition needed by ukrainian forces. the materials also contain information about china and reveal u.s. intelligence gathering on allies including ukraine, south korea, and israel. the documents date from late february to early march but have appeared on social media in recent weeks, including last friday. in ukraine, an 11-year-old girl and her father were killed su

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what did harlan crow have to offer? clarence thomas?ecause what's different with legislators as you have donors that could could influence their next election? harlan crow can't give clarence thomas something he already has. he has a lifetime appointment on the supreme court, so i just you know again, it's improper. i think to molly's point. i agree that it doesn't help the institution. but it's a little bit like speeding. 67 a 55? yeah. kind of dangerous but the big ethical issue that we ought to focus on is the stewardship of taxpayer funds, and that's i care a lot about transparency. my former boss, coburn wrote. a landmark transparency builds barack obama in 2006 government. taxpayer funds, your different it's a different takeover. look, i would say it's a different level of scrutiny should be outraged by the by the trillions of dollars outreach by that, too, and i'll go ahead. this is a group of people who are supposed to be avoiding even the appearance. hints of a conflict of interest. and, you know, i don't think it's so much to

he has gone with crow to the bohemian grove, the exclusive california all male retreat and two crows sprawling ranch in east texas, and thomas typically spends about a week every summer at crows. private resort in the adirondacks and josh kaplan is one of three reporters who worked on that ground breaking piece. josh great to have you on , i guess. first of all, i'm just out of my own curiosity reported to reporter. i'm just wondering how you pieced all of this information together. maybe you can lay that out for us. um a lot of phone calls first and foremost. i mean, we talked to dozens of people from the staff on the billionaire is super yacht to members of bohemian grove to indonesian scuba diving instructor. and then we also got records that we obtained from sources and through the freedom of information act and, um we put all the pieces together. yes, you did, and justice thomas says he was not required to report those trips as you've seen in the statement, he writes early in my tenure at the court, i saw guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary and was advised th

this is like living like a billionaire for a public servant, with the exception of one trip on crow'st in 1997, according to propublica. thomas didn't disclose any of these trips on required filings. watchdog groups say that could violate some laws and ethics rules. here is this billionaire who's got lots of rich friends. and can court the justice and bring his friends who are ceo to potentially influenced the justice with his lavish gifts and trips and other benefits. will the supreme court investigate or discipline justice thomas in any way? chief justice john roberts did not respond to cnn's request for comment. harlan crow sent a statement to propublica saying quote justice thomas and jenny thomas never asked for any of this hospitality and quote. we never asked about any pending or lower court case, and justice thomas has never discussed one. end quote brian todd, cnn washington all right here now to talk through a lot of this. cnn political analyst julien zeltser julian, welcome. good to see you. justice thomas says he didn't need to disclose all of these luxury trips. i mean, i

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what did harlan crow have to offer? clarence thomas? because what's different with legislators as you have donors that could could influence their next election? harlan crow can't give clarence thomas something he already has . he has a lifetime appointment on the supreme court, so i just you know again, it's improper. i think to molly's point. i agree that it doesn't help the institution. but it's a little bit like speeding. 67 a 55? yeah. kind of dangerous but the big ethical issue that we ought to focus on is the stewardship of taxpayer funds, and that's i care a lot about transparency. my former boss, coburn wrote. a landmark transparency builds barack obama in 2006, or government. taxpayer funds, your different it's a different takeover. look, i would say it's a different level of scrutiny should be outraged by the by the trillions of dollars by that to go ahead. this is a group of people who are supposed to be avoiding even the appearance. sense of a conflict of interest . and, you know, i don't think it's so much to ask that we s

crow -- do mr. crow's inteions take away from justice thomas's obligations to report the sale? don't think so. i don't care how generous harlan crow thinks he is in being this philanthropists. he also put up money for a library wing in savannah named after thomas. he turned the cannery where thomas's family worked into museum outside of savannah where he was born. it does not interest me that he is using his wealth to be "philanthropic" with regard to thomas' story. the fact that a single individual is spending hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, helping out a guy on the supreme court, just that sentence, forget all of the other details. someone is spending millions of dollars to assist somebody on the supreme court with something. that in and of itself is enough to raise a ton of questions. i really think we might be scratching the surface. i would expect more details to be coming out about not only thomas, but some of the other justices. i think there is a cottage industry of individuals who are looking into the justices. remember, there are 2500 lower court ju

crow family. harlan crow was ceo and chair of the board at the time. in north dakota, republican governor doug burgum has signed into law a near-total ban on abortion that would only allow people to get the procedure in cases of rape or incest during the first six weeks of pregnancy. the legislation is one of the most severe anti-abortion measures in the country. reproductive rights advocates say most people don't even know they are pregnant at six weeks. in montana, protesters stormed the state capitol monday in support of democratic transgender state representative zooey zephyr after republican lawmakers blocked her from speaking on the house floor for a third day. zephyr raised her microphone into the air as her supporters interrupted proceedings for nearly half an hour yesterday, leading to the arrest of at least seven people. >> will come to order. sergeant of arms, will you please clear the gallery? [chanting] amy: republicans have denied zephyr's repeated requests to debate on proposed anti

a jim crow army cannot fight for a free world. and so if we fast forward ahead to 48, once president truman eventually signs the executive order to serve the military, that's after a decade intense pressure from civil rights activists roy wilkins, who understand that segregation makes no sense for military. it's trying to fight and win global war on this scale. if i leave you with one thing, it's just that segregation made no sense for the military then to do everything and duplicate it was redundant. it served no strategic or tactical purpose. but americans understand that and they want to to do everything they can to push against it. the book also highlights stories of the black americans who performed valiantly in combat. no how it just to hear edward carter if i had to vote for one of the most fascinating soldiers to fight in world war two, carter is right up there. he's raised by a missionary family. and so he grows up in china and, india, when he's 15. he joins the chinese national army to fight against japanese in shanghai.