gideon: yes. read the constitution, even when i was a boy going to school. >> did you feel there was something in the constitution that entitled you to a lawyer? mr. gideon: the way i interpreted the constitution, i had no doubt in my mind there was. >> what part of the constitution did you interpreter? mr. gideon: to me, the bill of rights is where i interpreted it. then in the 14th amendment. first paragraph. very simple language. anybody can understand it. even the school child could. >> what part of the 14th amendment? mr. gideon: especially the part where it says no state shall bridge the rights any of citizen to the due process of law and the equal protection of law. >> you figured your rights were being abridged? mr. gideon: any lehman would be -- his rights would be abridged. it would take a man that is educated in legal manners and able to talk and able to speak in front of a jury. a man with money can hire a lawyer to represent him. he'd get a better chance in a trial than i would get wi

to gideon this was unjust. he believed he had the right to counsel, the right to be provided an attorney. from jail, he wrote a letter appealing to the supreme court. >> he appealed to the supreme court and his principal argument was -- i have been denied my constitutional rights as i did not have a lawyer to defend me. >> initially, the sixth amendment right to counsel was not a right to a public defender but a right to go out and hire your own lawyer and be assured that that lawyer would be allowed to represent you in court. >> a series of so -- of supreme said courtsdings had to provide a lawyer to the accused in a could not afford one. >> in the state courts, there was no such requirement. >> in 1942, a case decided that accused criminals did not have a right to a state appointed lawyer unless special circumstances applied. >> no layman can conduct a trial in his own defense. so that the trial is a fair trial. >> the layman, a person who is not a trained lawyer, does not know how to defend himself. he does

gideon: great question.er the samsonite commercials, where there was luggage g with aorilla -- luggage with a gorilla and he tried to break it. in the kong movies, he always breaks the chains. in the samsonite commercial, the luggage holds up. right now, we do not know what the gorilla or cage will hold up. francine: is it on the investigations? on the travel bans? gideon: we have legal procedures occurring at their own rights and the question is, will all those go through unimpeded? tom: i was going to go to kung fu panda three on this. with gdp growth right now and the struggle all of a sudden we see in europe, the slower economic growth, their democracy needs -- does their democracy needed to succeed? harm: every economy needs some kind of economic growth. it doesn't matter if you are a democracy or another form of government. you see more of a stimulus just to buy this support of the people amid the decline of democratic institutions. in the u.s., we see pretty decent goals because of the stimulus. in eu

to gideon, this was unjust.e believed that under the sixth amendment, he had a right to counsel, the right to an attorney even if he cannot afford one. [end video clip] brian: you put all this together with no experience and had all those people come to you. these kids, they would be 12-years-old or 13-years-old, put together a very attractive small documentary. as you are doing this and having such great success, what is going on in your head about the future of communication? lillian: i mean, that clip you showed, what a beautiful presentation. for the constitutional podcast, i should also say, i did end up with some help for the "constitutional" podcast. a great producer who works at the "post" was my partner on it and i think really elevated the production quality of "constitutional." and part of what is wonderful to see with that clip he played and that i haved and been feeling with the "presidential" and podcasts, isal" there are so many teachers who have reached out to me and said that podcasts and focus

in the reality is, we continue to struggle to honor the right upheld in gideon. [indiscernible] have caused minimum state courts to be overloaded collapse.stem to >> little representation has been undermined by cruss crushing -- crushing case loads. defendersfices public have hundreds of cases at a time them.n't investigate some offices lawyers are only hourso spend couple of per case. >> court appointed attorneys are committedexperienced, or competent. >> it's very short-sighted not system in which every person would be competent and represented. [indiscernible] prosecutor, i would support virtually any increase in the resources that criminal to defendants. >> in some cases, public are understaffed and underresourced. ash lawyer may carry as many 2225 misdemeanor cases and 700 year. cases in one >> gideon doesn't have meaning individual states, counties and cities don't fund their public defender offices. need lawyers to have their resources to do their job in the requires.nstitution sixth failure to hold the amendment undermines the premise that in america ever

again, on that date in 1867, when the deed was signed and given to gideon well the secretary of the navy at the time, himself a native of the state of connecticut, glasstonbury, connecticut, it was the result of an effort by one of my predecessors, congressman augustus brandagee who got an appropriation that set up this conveyance. a ressman branndeghee, was member of this body a supporter of abolition, voted in favor of the 13th amendment, and he was somebody who was a frequent friend of president lincoln at the time, they rode horseback together in the morning and was a very strong ally of the president. again, after that deed of gift was signed, the navy base was a coaling station that provided a way station for navy ships in new england waters to get refueled. it also was a place that civil war navy ships were stored in the wake of that conflict. again, fast forward to 1915, that's when the navy actually designated that base as a submarine base. again it was a timely event because very shortly thereafter with the u.s. involvement in world war i where uboat activity obviously was the

in any event, with the iron in the appropriate publications, all gideon welles needed was a group to review the plan. for this to be successful, they -- he knew he would have to have a panel with no known opposition to ironclad warships. so on august 8, but congressman, a commander and more found they were members of the ironclad board. they did not find out through a tweet. [laughter] though extremely experienced -- dr. holloway: extrema experience, they were blue water failures and not experts in ironclad technology. yet here they were. into august and september, they would receive 16 proposals. now some of them were intriguing, but some were perplexing. some of the proposals came with a price tag and no plans. some came with plans and no price tag. some came with no armor, and one was a rubber clad vessel. which the ironclad board could not recommend. however two of the plans did show promise. one was that american sons of philadelphia. it was a vessel that would be called new ironsides, and it had the attractive price tag of $265,000. the other one was designed by samuel coke and

gideon, how many do you have now? i have 10,000, but i got a real good strategy.r resources. -- i better diminish or resources even more. gideon said i am down to 300. there is nowhere i can win without a miracle from god. child of god, livestream a victory -- lets dream of victory. do something that is bigger than we are. inwe dream, god will step and bring our dream to pass. yes he will. tell your neighbor god is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we may ask, that we may think there are others who might say it is too late for the black race. we lost too much time. too much damage has been done, but i've just come back tonight to tell you it is not too late. on -- god never stops until it is too late. lazarus was sick, but god said he is not sick enough. lazarus die. jesus said he is not dead enough. lazarus had been dead for four long days. jesus, is too late. there is nothing you can do. jesus said i never stop until it's too late. lazarus will live again. somebody said jesus, no you can't. jesus said yes i can. he called lazarus after four days.

this morning we have been hearing from a solicitor representing sir cliff richard, gideon benaim. and after the bbc broadcast of that, that their workload increased massively after that. he said there we re massively after that. he said there were many online false allegations being made about stop cliff richard in connection with that and their workload increased massively. under cross—examination by the bbc barrister gavin miller qc he was asked, what do something particular that encouraged third parties to do that. he was referring to the false allegations online. he replied, the fa ct allegations online. he replied, the fact the investigation was given publicity led to a massive increase and gave an air of authority to conspiracy theorists and strolls to have a field day and make all sorts of spurious allegations. we know that the cliff richard is seeking damages from the bbc at the very top end, his lawyers are saying. the bbc though are defending their coverage and say that they acted in good faith that their reporting was accurate and they also say they issued the cliff ric

the basis of any international law gideon levy from the regime already thank you for being on the program tonight so appreciate it . thank you for shooting star cross or news so much more on the cloak and comit something going when if you want to check it out now for me kevin knowing this is not international. joining me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. stacey. on the. wall street hot thank you for. the story that's right. that's labor. for the mainstream media playing a role as found in the great russian novel the possessed voicing dissent against media orthodoxies has never been more dangerous and is peace breaking out on the korean peninsula. elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos remember wolf it was dismissive to do it like you know that this isn't my cup of tea is something going on no phil saviano maybe you know john i just hope. the only palestinians who gets the most help from his jerusalem counterparts i don

as well stressing that protesters should not be approaching that border but gideon levy a journalist for the correct snooze papers i spoke to says there is simply no need for soldiers to be using live ammunition on the border. is the biggest. and after eleven years living in this case there is this need to raise your voice and what other ways do they have to raise their voice nobody cares about gaza now that there were no and is nobody cares about the fact that two million people almost two million people are living in in a sea gene in the biggest gerry no. and that's their way to protest i mean there are most of them don't get closer than three hundred meters when they don't endanger the lives of anybody by the end of the day it's all about the means and there are other means to stop demonstrators that's the core of the issue stalk using life it will usually against people that's the basis of any international law . a saudi led coalition air strike has killed the political head of yemen's who's the rebels according to a statement from the rebels yemen is known to force. a year of ci

with the ad in the publications, all gideon welles needed was a group to review the plan. for this to be successful, he he needed a panel of people who were not -- who were familiar with warships. outboard did not find through a tweet. [laughter] >> though extremely it. the officers, these were bluewater sailors and not experts. yet here they were. over the course of the next , they would receive 16 proposals. were intriguing, but somewhat perplexing. some proposals came with a price tag and no plan. some came with plans and no price tag. some came with no armor. and one was a rubber clad vessel. which the ironclad board could not recommend. however two plans did show promise. one was the american sons of philadelphia. that had a very attractive price tag of $275,000. the other one was designed by samuel -- but happen to be backed by cornelius bushnell of thereprice tag $235,000. would be money left over. despite his insider knowledge and influence, the ironclad board had some questions. the main one being what it float , which is a concern if you are building an ironclad

stanton went back downstairs and with gideon welles, the two of them got into the carriage and came here to 10th street. the street was so crowded with people exchanging whatever rumors and news they had that they had to get out of their carriage and walk. i do not know how they learned that lincoln was no longer here in ford's in that box there, that he had been carried across the street to the peterson house. they did learn, and so they entered the peterson house and that is where my stanton book begins. with a short burly man pushing his way through the crowd, up the staircase, into the peterson house, into the back bedroom where lincoln is lying diagonally on a bed, dying. stanton learned from the doctors within one minute that lincoln would never open his eyes. rather than go to the war department, he decided to stay put. he went into the next room, he sat down at a small table and went to work. his first message was to general grant, who was on a train headed north to see his family in new jersey. he said come back to washington. following up with a message saying take care of your

gideon says hello. >> jon: oh, yeah, tell him i said hi. >> okay, i will. >> stephen: you're friends,stephen: that's great. it's always good to see you. we've spoken many times over the years. >> yes. >> stephen: and one of the things i like about you is how passionate louie burn. you're an incandescent talker, whether it's about the arts or a humanitarian cause or crisis that you think people should know about, or a way we can love each other in a different way. but i recently found out you have a passion i knew nothing about, and it's-- you're a model railroad enthusiast. >> i am. ( laughter ). >> stephen: is this-- is this something that you discovered with your-- some lionel fans out there tonight. is it something you discovered with your own family? was whicht a childhood thing? >> >> year, my dad, when in 1960, when i was eight years old-- he really bought it for himself-- bought the first set. i have every train and every car from that set. every one of those works to this day. >> stephen: you didn't break those trains as a six-year-old. >> my favorite train was i had it-- i ha

together on a variety of issues when we can agree over the years, and we have begun to meet regularly as gideon in my office with his staff. we are required, an andrea said, 16 members, four democrats and four republicans from each house, to get -- to move a bill forward. we will need five republicans and five democrats to move it out of committee. we're required to report a solution out by law by the end of the year. we've been given extraordinary powers in this committee. it is unlike any other committee i've ever been part of in the congress. as i said, you will need five votes from each party to pass it. it will then go directly to the senate floor, no committee, no other committee intervening, no amendments. it will go to the senate floor and the house floor for an up or down vote, assuming we get five republicans and five democrats on the committee, i think you can make the assumption we will pass it in the house and senate and go to the president if we get to that stage. we will hold a series of public hearings. we expect at least one of those hearings to be outside washington because no

i'm joined now by gideon falter, chairman of the charity — campaign against anti—semitism.ion that he did look at it properly and didn't understand what it was tom we know that the show, do we? he remarks that he made about the euro, and the critique he made of taking the mural down, specifically referred to things in the mirror. it is clear that he looked down, and did not see anti—semitism. so he says that this crisis has been going on since you seem to be leadership has all been about things where jeremy corbyn said he didn't realise, he didn't notice, so for example, before he was leader, he was defending people who said that israel was behind the 911 attacks. now, this event with this fringe jewish group, 911 attacks. now, this event with this fringejewish group, you might say, jeremy corbyn thought that he would engage with thejewish community, but why he chose an extreme fringe jewish group to community, but why he chose an extreme fringejewish group to do that with, i don't know. he went there because he was given a private invitation, it was in his constituency, pe

in their winning entry titled, undefends gideon vs. wainwright. take a look. >> i believe that this case dramatically illustrates that you cannot have a fair trial without counsel. then clarence earl gideon defends herself. >> on june 3, 1961 an unknown man broke into pool stole cigarette and coins. clarence earl gideon was arrested and charged on witness account. he could not afford a lawyer. because of the law, he a man of eighth grade education, was forced defend himself against a trained prosecutor. >> when gideon was brought to his trial he stood you and said your honor, i don't have a lawyer. the judge said i'm sorry mr. gideon. we can't appoint a lawyer >> he lost the trial and sentenced to five years in prison. but to gideon this was unjust. he believed under the sixth amendment he had the right to counsel. the rake to be provided an attorney. from jail he wrote a letter appealing to the supreme court. >> he appealed to the supreme court his argument was, i have been dooned my constitutional rights because i didn't have a lawyer to represe

the right to gideon -- upheld the the right to gideon. war on drugs arising arrest rate and mandatory minimums have caused state courts to be overloaded and our system to collapse. >> legal representation has been undermined by crushing caseloads , inadequate funding and other obstacles. offices, public defenders have hundreds of cases at a time and cannot investigate them. lawyers are only able to spend a couple hours per case. attorneys arented not experience, committed or competent. >> it is very shortsighted not to have it -- had a system in which every person can be adequately represented. >> a lot of people are sitting in prison. i as a former prosecutor would support virtually any increase in the resources that are given to criminal defendants. in some states, public defenders are understaffed and under resourced. many asyer may carry as two thousand 225 misdemeanor cases and 700s felony cases in just one year. meaningn does not have and individual -- if individual states, counties and cities don't fund their public offices. we nee

in the reality is, we continue to struggle to honor the right to counsel upheld in gideon. [indiscernible] >> mandatory minimum have caused state courts to be overloaded and our system to collapse.

gideon this was unjust. he believed under the sixth amendment he had the right to counsel. the rake to be provided an attorney. from jail he wrote a letter appealing to the supreme court. >> he appealed to the supreme court his argument was, i have been dooned my constitutional rights because i didn't have a lawyer to represent me. >> initially the sixth amendment right to counsel was not a right to a public defender. it was right to go out and hire your own lawyer and be assured that that lawyer would be allowed to represent you in court. >> a series of supreme court cases in the 1930's decided in all federal criminal cases court has to provide a lawyer to the accused if they could not afford one. >> in the state courts be there was no such requirement >> in 1942 decided that accused criminals did not have right to state appointed lawyer unless special circumstances applied. meaning if the supreme court from the defendant disabled, mentally ill or illiterate. >> no man, certainly plaintiff can conduct a trial in his own defense. so that the trial is a fair trial. >> a laym

in their winning entry titled, undefends gideon vs. wainwright. take a look. >> i believe that this case dramatically illustrates that you cannot have a fair