george wallace, that is.r governor of alabama who ran as a third party candidate against nixon in 1968 and while nixon is remembered for big impeached, just like trump, chief white house r correspondent at "the new york times," peter baker, argues it's george wallace, not nixon, who's the political doppleganger. quote, the talk of shooting leaders, his threats to unleash vicious dogs and ominous u weapons and his vow to call on troops to dominate the streets all evoke language more than nixon's idea. the realization is slowly awake enning republicans to their fate, which is today, "the washington post" r reports quote, president trump's insind yar responses to racial injustice protests and the coronavirus pandemic have left him politically isolated and profoundly weakened. less than five months from the election, raising alarms among many republicans about the party's prospects in november. a raft of fresh polling nationally and in battleground state s shows trump losing groud to joe biden. a precipitous slid

. >> sunday night on "q&a" peggy kennedy, daughter of presidential candidate george wallace talks about her father's controversial career and what inspired her to write her recent book, "the broken road." youngest6, we took our son to the martin luther king museum historical site in atlanta. we went to his church in his grave, then over to the museum. it was newly constructed at that time. exhibits,ing to the and we came to the alabama exhibit, and it showed the bridge, the bombed out baptist birminghame hoses in , and george wallace standing in a schoolhouse door. my son looked up at me, he was so sad. why did grandpa do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. me why he never told did those things to other people, but i know he was wrong. maybe it will have to be up to you and me to help make things right. >> watch sunday night it :00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." next week, the house and senate will hold hearings on the federal response to the coronavirus and law enforcement accountability, tuesday at 2:30 p.m. live on c-span. secretary of labor eugene scalia testifies

we have some video from that time we are going to watch. >> george c. wallacevernor of the state of alabama, by my action raised issues between the central government and the sovereign state of alabama, which the issue should be adjudicated in the manner described by the constitution of united states, and my duties under the constitution of the united states, the consultation of the state of alabama, and seeking to preserve and maintain the peace and dignity of the state, and the individual freedoms of the citizens thereof, and hereby denounce and forbid this illegal and unwarranted action by the central government. >> i take it from that statement that you are going to stand in that door and you are not going to carry out the order, and you are going to resist us from doing so. >> i stand in front of the statement. susan: people might be surprised to read in your book that you discovered that both sides, the kennedy administration and your father's administration, orchestrated the outcome there. ms. kennedy: well, it worked out. my father did not want any viol

let's watch. >> i saw george wallace as a brother. bull connor, a share claw. -- of sheriff clakr. -- clark. i mentioned in my book that when you see someone, that look in their eye, of someone that is beating you, you have to think at some point this person was a little child, somebody's little baby. they did not come into this world hating and putting people down because of their race or color. something happened. and we all have to have the power and the capacity to be able to forgive and to understand. susan: he was reelected in 1982 for his fourth turn with a great deal of support from black voters in alabama. what is the lesson to be learned from that? ms. kennedy: forgiveness. asking for forgiveness, generally asking for forgiveness. admitting that you have caused pain for other people, for the acts that you have done. and you ask for that forgiveness. and you will -- and you are forgiven. susan: from a policy perspective, how did he use his last term to right some of his earlier wrongs? ms. kennedy: well, he appointed more afr

but you're the incumbent, anthony. >> listen, it's like if roy cone had a baby with george wallace, it would be donald trump. and then he got into the white house. i think the president is making a big mistake. he's actually george wall lals of 1963, joy. that's the george wallace that was embarrassed by the kennedys when the national guard came to the university of alabama to enforce civil rights. so what's happening right now, the three or four of us and many others around america, there's a beautiful, colorful mosaic of americans that are going to come together and defeat him because he's the tyranny of the minority right now. and as a republican, what i need to do is go into those precincts and explain to those moderate republicans that he's the wrong person for america, that he's systemically dangerous to our civilized system. he's going to lose, but we can't let our guard down given those poll numbers. do not be complacent back there. he was behind secretary clinton by 15 points in june of 2016 and won the election. so we have to dig in right here, right now until the end. >> and

and george wallace standing at the schoolhouse door. and burns looked up at me and he said, he was so sad. do those things to other people? it broke my heart. papaw never told me why he did those things to other people, but i know he was wrong so maybe it will have to be up to you and me to help make things right. >> watch sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on colleges and universities. the labor and pensions committee heard from the presidents of purdue

had won the presidency except in the end george wallace evolved. donald trump doesn't seem to be in the process of evolving. what will it mean for florida for donald trump to come to the stats state of florida and except on the anniversary date of yet another racist massacre? >> we're 50 years after george wallace. that's the part that's so disconcerting. i agree with the mayor. these are not coincidences. this is deliberate. whether it's donald trump or stephen miller whether i say perring in his here, these are deliberate attempts to play into the race card going into november innen aefr an effort i us. it should shadden the nation. we know this is a president. we had said have you seen the nation so divided. i love it that way. donald trump operates in a divided nation. where we have to be very careful, donald trump could break us. he truly could by dividing us on the issue of race where the wounds are so deep, not just coming off of george floyd but after 230 years, the wounds remain deep and the work remains ahead of us. if he divides us on th

in 1968, 57% of americans voted for either richard nixon or george wallace of alabama on election day november 1968. only 42% or so voted for hubert humphrey, who had given a speech in 1948, 20 years before, at the democratic national convention, saying it was time to walk out of the shadow of segregation and walk into the sunshine of civil rights. that led to strom thurman and a fellow from alabama who was in the delegation named bull conor to walk out of that convention to go to birmingham and to found the state's rights party to make an argument and run on segregation itself. this is all the day before yesterday. and so we can't congratulate ourselves that somehow or another we have moved out of that. it's quite the opposite. i dislike it when people say this isn't who we are because clinically, rationally, a simple reading of american history is that this so who we are, or who a whole lot of us are. the real question is, who do we want to be? >> eddie, then the last question is to you. conservative columnist george will wrote this week that president trump must be removed, so must

george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. said,looked up at me and he was so sad. why did papa do those things to other people? it broke my heart. said, papa never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong. maybe it will have to be up to you and -- c-span's human day. -- q&a. c-span has unfiltered coverage of the white house, the supreme court and public-policy events. you can watch all public affairs programming on television, online or listen on our free c-span radio app and be part of the conversation through washington journal programming or through our social media feed. c-span, created by the people's television company as a public service. >> next, washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser holds a meeting on protests and civil unrest across the district. changed towill be 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., starting today. i wanted to be here this morning to provide an response public safety . i am going to ask the chief to do that and then we will answer your questions. morning. thank you, mayor bowser. these are difficult times. i am going t

i promise. >> you know, claire, he's very george wallace. you go back and look at videos of his rallies in new york, that's how he sounded as well. what do you make of donald trump potentially bringing that energy to a place like tulsa that has the history that tulsa has, you know? what do you make of that? >> well, he specializes in being combative and confrontational, and obviously he doesn't feel any need to lead or unite in this incredibly painful moment in our country's history we are all coming to grips with how badly we have handled systemic racism in this country and, you know, add to that, joy, the rally where he was talking to police officers and encouraged them to physically hurt the suspects they were putting in their police cars. so not only is he embracing a physical confrontation, he's embracing police officers abusing people under their custody and control. and it is outrageous and the fact that he has called off the curfew, it's almost like he wants there to be a problem, that he wants there to be physical violence, that som

george wallace was running for president.urn into a sea of turmoil. >> you are some of the people that people are sick and tired of all over the united states. they believe in four-letter words, but i know two four-little words you don't know, w-o-r-k. >> he was drawing support away from hubert humphrey, specifically urban, northern, white workers, often union workers, often individuals who traditionally had been strong supporters of the democratic party. >> what to you think is the biggest attraction that wallace has? >> common sense and easy-to-understand language. >> you don't think he's going to win, but you do have the sense that he's going to get a lot of votes, and what does that say about america? >> george wallace's audiences have been growing in size and emotional offers. here, this crowd showed the effect he's having as he campaigns around the country with growing confidence. >> if the presidential election were held today, a cbs news survey shows that richard nixon would win hands down, and vice president humphrey

showed the bridge, fire hoses anddogs in birmingham george wallace, standing in the schoolhouse door. said looked up at me and he was so sad. why did he do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. papa never told me why he did those things to other people, but i know he was wrong. maybe it is up to you and me to make things right. >> watched sunday night on c-span's q&a. publicpresident's, from affairs, available in paperback and e-book. biographies of every president organized by ranking by noted historians from best to worst and features perspectives into the lives of our nation's chief executives and leadership style. to learn moreite about each president and historian and order your copy today wherever books and e-books are sold. c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events. you can watch all of the programming on television, online, or visit the free radio app and be part of the national conversation through the daily washington journal program were through our social media feed. c-span, created by america's

kennedy, daughter of former alabama governor george wallacelks about her father's controversial career and what inspired her to write her recent book, " the broken road." >> we took our son to the martin luther king museum historical , ed we went to his church and his grave and we went over to the museum. we came to the exhibit, the it showedhibit, and the bombed out baptist church, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham, and george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door , and burns looked up at me and he said, she was so sad. why did pop do those things --papaw do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. never told me why she did those things to other people, but i knew he was wrong. maybe it will be up to you and me to make things right. >> what sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. ♪ >> c-span as unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span possible public affairs programming on television, online or on our free radio app and be part of the nat

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night on q&a, peggy wallace kennedy, daughter of alabama governor and presidential candidate george wallacetalked about her father's controversial career and what inspired her to write her recent book, "the broken road." >> back in 1986, we took our young son, burns, who was nine at the time, to the martin luther king historical site in atlanta. and we went to his church and to his grave, and we went over to the museum, and it was being newly constructed at this time. and we were going to the exhibit, alabama exhibit. and it shows the edmund pettus bridge, the bomb at the baptist church, fire hoses and dogs, birmingham, and george wallace standing in school has door. -- schoolhouse door. and burns looked up at me and he said, he was so sad. why did pa do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. a never told me he did -- what he did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong. so maybe it will just have to be up to you and me to make things right. >> lodge sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's given day. -- watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span skew

and oses in birmingham george wallace standing in a schoolhouse door. and burns looked up at me and he said, he was so sad. why did papa do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. and i said papa never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong. so maybe it will just have to be up to you and me to help make things right. >> watch sunday night at 8:00 .m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." next, new york governor andrew cuomo holding a briefing on his state's response to the coronavirus and protests following the death of george

to the exhibit -- the alabama exhibit -- and it showed the bombed out baptist hoses, dogs, and george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. me and said,up at why did poppa do those things to other people? it broke my heart. papa never told me what he did those things to other people, but i knowe

we now live in the country where the president echoes the racism of george wallace. but once we lived in a country where historic moments like this the president of the united states knew how to address what he called a morale crisis. >> the fires are frustration and discord are burning in every city, north to south. legal remedies are not at hand. in the streets, demonstrations, parades and protests which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives. we face a moral crisis as a country and people. it cannot be met by repressing police action or increasing demonstrations in the streets. it can't be quieted by token rules or talk. it is time to act in the congress, your state and both the legislative body and above all in all of our daily lives. a great change is at hand. our task and our obligation is to make that revolution and that change peaceful and constructive for all. >> leading off our discussion tonight is the founding director of the center from the study of race and democracy at the university of texas, austin and kristen clark. professor josep

george wallace's daughter apologized for what her father did. and history is going to have the children or the grandchildren of donald trump apologizing to this country for what he is doing. >> well, there's no doubt. i mean, you know, ivanka trump going to be wanting to sell, you know, clothes and shoes to people. you -- there's no doubt she's going to be going on a campaign of reinvention when -- when her father is out of office. david, the reference the president made to frank rizzo and the phrase when the looting starts, the shooting starts, rizzo was someone who was known for police brutality. i mean, if you were police commissioner in 1968 and 1970 in the city of philadelphia, you knew a thing or two about brutality. >> yeah. if you look -- if you looked up racism and brutality in the dictionary, you'd find frank rizzo's picture. he brutalized his citizens, particularly his citizens of color, and he celebrated that. and ultimately ran for mayor on that kind platform, as the president's trying to run on a law-and-order platform here. but he

night on q&a, peggy wallace kennedy, daughter of alabama governor and president of candidate george wallace, talks about her father's controversial career and what inspired her to write her book. youngest6, we took our son, who was nine at the time, to the martin luther king museum historical site in atlanta and we went to his church and his grave and we went over to the it was being duly constructed at that time. exhibit, alabama thebit, and it showed bombing at the church, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham, , andeorge wallace standing burns looked up to me and said -- he was so sad. why did popeye do those things to other people -- why did papa do those things to other people? it broke my heart. papa never told me why he did those things to other people, but it was wrong. navy it will have to be you just it it will have to be up to you and me to make things right. >> watch sunday night on c-span q&a. o'donnell is a lecturer at the college of criminal justice, a form

. >> george wallace's spirits appear to be sagging. d run into overwhelming protests and shouted down in el paso. >> wallace was a very effective demagogue. he knew how to get a crowd energized, he knew how to get them angry. he knew how to get them violent, and often that was the goal. >> if you want to stop all this nonsense, you just vote for me november 5th and i'll -- >> as time went on, people began to say, maybe he's not the person to stop it because he's the person making it happen in the first place. >> now i don't mind speaking here, but when you start throwing rocks that size -- who threw it? that's all right. go ahead and throw another one. >> by this time, i think he is frustrated, angry. wallace was more and more in fights with his campaign staff. who told him over and over again, i know that you see yourself as a national candidate. but the strategy is to throw this election in the house of representatives. you're not going to win. we need to be campaigning in florida, virginia, texas. his yego wouldn't allow it. ♪ in one

and george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. said, looked up at me and pawas so sad, why did paw do those things to other people? panda broke my heart. -- and it broke my heart. i said paw paw never told me why he did those things to other people, but i know he was wrong. maybe it will have to be up to you and me to help make things right. >> watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. ♪ c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public-policy events. you can watch all of our public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app. be part of the national conversation through the washington journal program or our social media feeds. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> coming up tonight on c-span, next, former president barack obama participates in a town hall on racial justice and police reform, hosted by my brother's keeper alliance. then president trump

the bridge, the bombed out 16th street baptist church, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham, and george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door and burns looked up at me and he said -- he was so sad. why did papa do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. and i said, pawpaw never told me why he did those things to other people, but i know he was wrong. so maybe it will just have to be up to you and me to help make things right. >> watch on c-span's q & a. >>> next, historian kirstin downey on her book "the woman behind the new deal: frances perkin perkins fdr's secretary of labor and his moral conscience" this was held at the ninth annual national book invest val on the national mall. >> my entire book, "the woman behind the new deal." it was the life of frances perkins. and i'll explain to you how that happened. and much of the research was done at library of congress, which is sponsoring today's events. it's a wonderful institution. the beautiful buildings. i'm very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give

in george wallace standing the schoolhouse door. and burns looked up at me and sad, "why dido papa do those things to other people?" and it broke my heart. said, papa never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong, so maybe it will have to be up to you and me to make things right. >> watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the congressional black caucus held a virtual town hall on race in america following days of protests over the death of george floyd. joining the conversation for community and racial justice activists, as well as representatives from law enforcement and the media. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am congressman jeffries. here in the great state of new york. i'm proud to represent the eighth congressional district, otherwise known as the people's republic of brooklyn. coming to you with other members of the congressional caucus, led by our fearless

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to the exhibit -- the alabama exhibit -- and it showed the bombed out baptist hoses, dogs, and george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. me and said,up at why did poppa do those things to other people? it broke my heart. papa never told me what he did those things to other people, but i know he was wrong. maybe will have to be up to you and me to help make things right. announcer: watch sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. next, what has domestic policy council acting director brooke rollins discusses the administration's legislative priorities during a virtual event with politico tiatives she thinknna will gain momentum before the end of the year. >> this will bring viewers behind the scenes as we talk to top leaders in congress, the white house, political operatives, about how they are navigating this new world order and putting forth ideas to put america on a correct course ahead of the election. if you have questions for litico ande the #atpo we will get to those before we wrap up. >> we have got a lot to cover in a short amount of time. it was a tense weekend across the c

george wallace writes a letter about segregation in 1964.e have never had a problem here in the south except in a few isolated instances and these have been the result of outside agitators. i personally have done more for the negros of alabama than any other individual. leave that up. leave that up. here's what -- now, think about this. where have you heard this before? we have never had a problem here in the south except in a few isolated instances, and there have been -- and those -- and these have been the result of outside agitators. i personally have done more for the negros of alabama than any other individual. sound familiar? george wallace, who fought for segregation his entire life, claimed to do more for african-americans than anyone else. >> i think i've done more for the black community than any other president. >> my administration is delivering for african-americans like never before. no president has done more for our black community. no president has done more for our black community. and it's an honor to do it. >> we've done

night on "q&a" peggy wallace kennedy, daughter of alabama governor and presidential candidate george wallace talks about her father's controversial career and what inspired her to write her recent book "the broken road." >> back in 1996, we took our youngest son burn at the time to the martin luther king museum, hi or the cal site in atlanta. and we went to his church and to his grave and we went over to the museum. and it was being newly constructed at that time. and we were going to dixon, but we came to the alabama exhibit. and it showed the bridge, the bomb at 16th street baptist urch, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham and george wallace door.ng in the school and burn looked up at me and said -- he was so sad. why did papa do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. and i said papa never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong. so maybe it will just have to be up to you and me to help make things right. >> watch sunday night at 8:00 .m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." catholic archsbishop wilton gregory of washington, d.c. shared his thoughts on th

george wallace with the segregationist former governor of alabama running on a third party. it was wallace who was the more combative, more incendiary candidate that year. nixon actually had a theme of bring us together. he talked to suburban audiences, and marched in martin luther king's funeral procession that year. while he obviously did play to the concerns and fears of a lot of particularly white, middle class americans that the upheaval they were seeing in the street was disturbing he was careful to balance that in a way we don't see out of this president. in fact if anybody right now the president is sort of occupying the wallace lane going the hard right, law and order without making much of a nod of concern to the people in the streets who have legitimate concerns to be addressed. >> the president has announced this rally. tulsa, oklahoma next friday for the good people watching who may not know tell folks the meaning of the calendar date next friday and especially locally in tulsa, oklahoma. >> oh, okay. the meaning of the calendar date june 19th. so the emancipati

so i had a chance to actually talk with the daughter of george wallace, and george wallace knew when he ran for office that he was running to office on a ticket of racism. and he used it to propel himself to a national stage. donald trump is doing the same thing. but i'll tell you this, his daughter apologized for what her father did. and history is going to have the children or the grand children of donald trump apologizing to this country for what he is doing. >> well, there's no doubt e ivankaa tru a is going to wantl clothes and shoes to people. there's no doubt she's going to go on a campaign of reinvention when her father is out of office. david, the reference the president made to frank rizzo and the phrase, when the looting starts, the shooting starts, rizzo was someone known for police brutality. if you were the police commissioner in 1968 to 1970 in the city of philadelphia, you knew a thing or two about brutality. >> yeah. if you looked up racism and brutality in the dictionary, you would find frank rizzo's picture. he brutalized his citizens, particularly his citizens of

george floyd. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, peggy wallace kennedy, daughter of former alabama governor george wallacetalks about her father 's controversial career and what inspired her to write her recent book, the broken road. >> back in 1996, we took our young son who was nine at the time to the martin luther king museum historical site in atlanta. gravet to his church, his and we went over to the museum and it was newly constructed at that time. we were going through the exhibits and we came to the exhibit, the alabama exhibit. the bombedhe bridge, out church, the firehouses and dogs in birmingham and george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. said, looked up at me and he was so sad, why did he do those things to other people? it broke my heart. he never told me why he did those things to other people, but i know he was wrong, maybe it will just have to be up to you and me to help make things right. at 8:00 sunday night p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public-policy events, from the president of primaries th

and george wallace standing there. burns,looked up at me, and he was so sad. do those things to other people? and it broke my heart. "papa never told me why he did those inks to other people but i know he was wrong. so maybe it will have to be up to you and me to help make inks right." >> watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. week, the house and senate will hold hearings on the federal response to the coronavirus and law enforcement accountability. tuesday at 2:30 p.m., secretary of labor eugene scalia testifies before the housing committee on the care is act and the role of and wednesday at 10:00, live on c-span, the house judiciary committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability. at 10:00 on c-span3, steve mnuchin testifies before the senate small business committee on the implementation of title i of the cares act. watch this week live tuesday and wednesday on c-span and c-span3. listenat c-span.org or live on the free c-span radio app. in memorial service for george floyd was held in minneapolis. family members and

. >> donald trump has combined george wallace with richard nixon. >> using teargas and flash grenadess a photo op of one of the most historic churches in the country or at least in washington, d.c. we can be forgiven for believing the president is more interested in power than in principle. >> juan: dana, let me start with you and deal with the controversy, do you think it is good -- what's good for the president to order teargas, rubber bullets to move peaceful american demonstrators out of lafayette park for the photo op? >> dana: let's be clear on the question of the teargas, issuing a statement earlier today, and just before we went on air, teargas is not used, how they want to be clear on that. there are many people with cameras that filmed everything. riding a firsthand account, and i feel like the idea to go to the church was a good one, but a good idea that was not well executed can turn into the story. and i think that it was a little bit more time and care they could've cleared the area in a way that did not feel like it was there before the curfew, that was one of your love

sunday night on q&a, peggy oflace kennedy, daughter george wallace talks about her father's controversial career and what inspired her to write her recent book. >> back in 1996, we took our young son who was nine at the time to the martin luther king museum historical site in atlanta. we went to his church and to his grave and over to the museum. it was being newly constructed at that time. we were going to the exhibits and we came to the alabama exhibit. it showed the bridge, the bombed out 16 straight baptist church, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham and george wallace standing. said,ked up at me and he he was so sad, why did he do those things to other people? heart.e my me why henever told did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong. maybe it will have to be up to you and me to help make things right. >> watched sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on q&a. virginia forhmond, a briefing with governor ralph northam from earlier today. the governor spoke about the death of george floyd. >> good morning, everyone. ladies and

, but he surrendered when president kennedy's deputy attorney general told george wallace that he had no choice. the underlying hate of racism still permeates our society much like it did in the midst of the civil rights movement, but back then, the country had a strong leader in j of fk wfk. >> the fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city north and south. legal remedies are not at hand. there are demonstrations, parades and protests which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives. we face therefore a moral crisis as a country and a people. it cannot be met by repressing police action. it cannot be left to increased ghon stwrademonstrations in the streets. it is a time to act in the congress, in your state and local legislative body, and above all, in all of our daily lives. a great k45iaeat change is at h our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and krublg constructive for all. >> joining me to discuss, kim we areally kimberly atkins from boston's npr station, chairman of the fwrafrican-american stud department at pr

governor george wallace stood in the doorway full of trump like bluster to block those students but he surrendered when he was stared down and was told that he had no choice. we now live in a country where the president echoes the racism of george wallace, but we once lived in a country where historic moments like this the president of the united states knew how to address what he called a moral crisis. >> the fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city, north and south where legal remedies are not at hand, redress is sought in the streets in demonstrations, parades and protests, which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives. we face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and a people. it cannot be met by repressing police action. it cannot be left to increased demonstrations in the streets. it cannot be quieted by token moves or talk. it is a time to act in the congress, in your state and local legislative body and above all in all of our daily lives. a great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation is to make that revolution, that change peacef

it was a speech that george wallace could have given in 1968. it was the language of white grievance. his embrace of the confederacy and the mythology of it was appalling, in this moment in time. and what you see, on the street, is a powder keg. and donald trump's the guy who came with matches and a can of gasoline. and maybe it won't be in tulsa. maybe it won't be the next city, or even the one after that. but eventually, he's going to spark the match that lights an inferno. and eddie glaude is exactly right. the country's on edge. we have the most inept and ineffective president. and what i think, politically, is most amazing about this rally. is about five days ago, we had been tracking this at the lincoln project. a grandmother started a video on tik tok, urging teenagers to get as many tickets as they possibly could. and, all over the country, if you've been watching social media, that millennials -- i'm sorry, younger than millennials. 16-year-olds, 20-year-olds are on. the teenagers of america, i think, dealt a savage blow to donald trump

on q&a, peggy wallace kennedy, daughter of former alabama governor and presidential candidate george wallacealks about her father's career and what inspired her to thee her recent book, " broken road." >> back in 1996, we took our son to the martin luther king museum historical site in atlanta. and we went to his church and to his grave and over to the museum. it had been newly constructed at that time. the exhibit and it showed the bombing at the baptist church, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham, and george wallace standing in a schoolhouse door. and he looked up at me and he sad, why didso papa do those things to other people. and it broke my heart. and i said, he never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong so maybe it will be up to you and me to make things right. announcer: watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> eugene o'donnell is a lecturer at the john jay college of criminal justice, a

george wallace initially ran as the friend of the black man, the friend of the negro.didn't work. he lost. he said he was never going to be out-n-worded again. he turned into the george wallace we now know from history and he ran as hard on racism as you possibly could. and when he needed black voters again, he pivoted back the other way. usually politicians are flexible in that sense, they do what works. in this case, donald trump is facing more than 5,000 new cases in just a single day in florida, a state he has to win. you have florida voters saying, we don't want him to come down here. even republicans don't want him to come to do his big finale there. he's sickening his own people. more than 100,000 people infected in the country. this race grievance thing will not fix that. it doesn't make sense to me. do you have, as a former politician, does it make sense to you? >> well, it doesn't make sense at all. the reality is the president doesn't listen to anyone's counsel other than his own. so even if he had a campaign team that was giving him good advice, he's not pr

and george wallace standing in a school door. and burns looked up to me and said he was so sad. do those things to other people? and it broke my heart, and i said "he never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know that he was wrong, so maybe it will have to be up to you and me to help make things right." p.m. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. the government announced the latest unemployment figures today, the unemployment rate declined at 13.3% in may, down from 14.7% in april. according to the department of labor, the economy picked up 2.5 million jobs as states and counties began to reopen with the slowing of coronavirus cases. cuomo talked about the protests around the country following george floyd's death and his state's coronavirus response efforts. it was held in albany. to my left is the -- is melissa derosa. to her left is the budget director. it is another long and ugly night in the united states of america. -- as it wass in in new york state. day 97 of the coronavirus crisis, day 12 of the civil unrest dealing with the aftermath of mr. floyd's mu

donald trump has put himself in the same category george wallace lived most of his life in.y thing to get him out is him doing what george wallace dan finally having a change of heart and digging down deep. i think we are a long way from that day. it's been almost two decades since the central park five were let out of prison and fully, and the case against them tossed out, because dna said they were absolutely innocent. and for 18 years he has insisted they are still guilty. this is a man with issues tinged by race who has never admitted he was wrong and i don't see it changing any time soon. >> mayor demmings members of the trump administration all had talking points this weekend. one of the talking points is there is noi systemic racism in law enforcement, very specific. no such thing exists. here they are, sir. >> i think there is racism in the united states, still, but i don't think the law enforcement system is systemically racist. >> i do not think we have a systemic racism problem with law enforcement officers across this country. >> do you think systemic racism is a

saying we're going to have plants when i'm traveling or to english speaking people and george wallace so. nothing to hide dual citizenship all the same to me. i think everybody should love his homeland. thing wrong with that it's not criminal. there's not criminal here and if you're a patriot you love place where you were born of course a. valley is my favorite son because i was born there. is a pattern i see nothing wrong with that. time after time called parisian to repeat the same mantra sustainability very important to excel or transitions to sustainable prize board sustainability stay number may not be more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless. because. it does not the companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away this is something all this must be done to anyone and i mean look. this is the movie and you missed me do me man i'm stunned seemed the best understood superman in. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. of the day or thinks. we dare to ask. how about a quic

q&a, peggyight on wallace kennedy, former daughter of george wallace talks about her father's controversial career and what inspired her to write her recent book. back in 19 -- sonack in 1996 we took our to the martin luther king museum , historical site in atlanta. to his church, and to his grave, and we went over to the museum, and it was being newly constructed. and we were going through the exhibits and we came to the exhibit, the alabama exhibit. and it showed the bombed out 16th street baptist church, fire hoses, and dogs, in birmingham, and george wallace standing in a school door. and burns looked up to me and said he was so sad. do those things to other people? and it broke my heart, and i said "he never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know that he was wrong, so maybe it will have to be up to you and me to help make things right." p.m. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. the government announced the latest unemployment figures today, the unemployment rate declined at 13.3% in may, down from 14.7% in april. according to the department of labor, the economy pi

and george wallace standing in a schoolhouse store. son looked up at me he said he was so sad, why did popeye do those things to other do those things to other people? it broke my heart. i said that he never told me why he did those things to other people, but i know he was wrong. maybe it's up to you and me to make things right. at 8:00 sunday night eastern on c-span skew and day. a.c-span's q and host: we are back and we are going back to our original question for the show, what do you think the role of the military is during civil unrest in the united states. availableecial lines for the national guard, we want to hear from you at (202) 748-8000. active-duty military will call in at (202) 748-8001. veterans (202) 748-8002. --ryone else caller: .veryone else (202) 748-8003 and today is the anniversary of d-day, we have a tweet from the army saying that today is a day to honor our heroes, troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of heavily fortified french coastline to fight nazi germany on the beaches of normandy. so for all of you who

showed the bombing at the baptist church, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham, and george wallace standing in a schoolhouse door. and he looked up at me and he sad, why didso papa do those things to other people. and it broke my heart. and i said, he never told me why he did those things to other people. but i know he was wrong so maybe it will be up to you and me to make things right. announcer: watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> eugene o'donnell is a lecturer at the john jay college of criminal justice, a former new york city police officer and trainer and instructor at the police academy in new york city. welcome to washington journal. guest: good to be with you. host: let me ask you about how this all started. what do you think went wrong in the encounter between the four officers and george floyd on that memorial day arrest attempt? it is a complex conversation. it will consume a lot of time. it is a terrible outcome. my condolences to the deceased and the family of the deceased. event, the this error gartner event, -- eric --ner event the same thing happened.

advocated for radical racialized police policy targeting young black and brown people segregationist george wallace also used the phrase during his 1968 presidential campaign from flavor e and reconstruction to the formation of the k.k.k. and jim crow to present day horrors of police brutality and systemic racism blacks have endured human rights violations for well over 400 years call for justice into racial discrimination just keep getting louder the united nations is being called on now to step in where our government seems to continually fail here tell us more is next to freeman from the black alliance for peace welcome that the. thank you for having me. the history of human rights violations in america is that asked the un has several bodies that been designed to protect human rights of african and black people because of the genocidal conditions facing our communities why do you think republican and democratic administrations haven't really utilized. all. of the one they don't they do utilize maybe not these particular bodies but they you don't plus the the united nations to vance's imperialis