this program featuring matthew ifill is about one hour. matthew: we are in a building that was built in the 1730's, about 40 years before there was any such thing as the united states of america. pennsylvania was a british

so earlier today, i spoke with sherrilyn ifill of the naacp legal defense fund.t they're doing to help ensure a safe and fair election and so much more. check it out. sherrilyn ifill, welcome to "the daily social distancing show. >> thank you for having me. >> trevor: let's start with the name of your organization just so people don't get confused. there is the naacp and the naacp legal defense fund, both very similar sounding names, obviously, but two distinct and different organizations. what is the naacp legal defense fund? >> the naacp legal defense fund was formed in 1940 by thurgood marshall, the trail blazing lawyer, united states supreme court. we were part of the naacp. we were completely separated by 1957. we were the legal defense fund, we're sometimes called, which is the legal arm of the civil rights movement, represented john lewis, selma, freedom writers, rosa parks, mohamed ali when he wanted to get his license back. we have been the legal arm of the civil rights struggle. the naacp is a large membership mobilizing grassroots organization. we don'

you know, i just revered her because it was so exciting carole simpson and gwen ifill were the only blackthis space, i've always gravitated toward them i finally did get a chance to meet gwen ifill before she passed i was so excited i ran across the street in selma, alabama, and threw myself on top of her to give her a hug. she was very nice about it and let me take a selfie with her, which i treasure, so yeah it's big because for some little kid, some little black girl, i'm like that to them in a way like they're maybe seeing me and feeling like, okay, i can do this. this is something that i could do >> jimmy: that's exactly right i can do that. i can be that, yeah. we should talk about some of the news that's happening. obviously, today is the 19th anniversary of september 11th attacks were you working in news then? what do you remember about tha >> i was i mean, by then, we had three young kids but we were living in florida and i was now working for the nbc affiliate, wtvj in miami and i remember it was my day off, actually. 9/11, it was having an off day and my brother had come up fro

i want to bring in sherrilynn ifill, president director and counsel of the naacp legal defense fund. i have seen a lot of people say today is that the law as constituted gives police tremendously wide latitude to use lethal force against people, and this is the system that we have. >> well, i have talked for some time, chris, about what i call the regime of impunity that protects police officers and the entire apparatus from accountability, and we're seeing some of that today. i insist, chris, on reading something to you. based on my observations and supervision of this officer for the past calendar year, i would not recommend him for reemployment at any time in the future due to his actions in violation of standing orders, refusal to accept supervision and general poor attitude towards the division of policing and his commanding staff. that was written by the former supervisor of officer hankinson when he worked at the lexington police department, written a year before he joined the louisville police department. one area of impunity is the ability of unfit officers to go from depart

just about the suffering of the child but also the racism and kind of like the creeping suspicion ifill's which is also something faced by migrants i was aware of it when i saw the film within my chat it's quite clear that the congregation very suspicious of is this far and it's not over it's not a state whether he's jewish whether he's a gypsy i mean in my chapter it becomes clear at the end of the film but these are phobia towards the resentment of his presence is very clear and very troubling merits of mankind as this film yeah and i actually want to talk about the kind of the location in that the national asked i don't because the language in the film is into slavic which meant specifically to not tie it to any specific national identity to find that challenge to walk in that language there were many challenges the language was simple i have quite a good a for donna. and i was i was able to learn it. somewhere is that speaking in that dialogue. word has allowed me to get further away from myself and as it were yeah i just want to talk about the film's lineage in a way because it seems

>>we feel kind of like scared and mike ifill emotional because you don't know what's going to happen, you know what can happen like in the next hour words you don't know what's going on many people showing up here are bringing supplies for the evacuees even those. >>who were forced to leave their homes themselves saw that everyone is waiting out here in the heat, so we won't spend years safe leg on water got some protein bars. >>a little apple sauce treat and just some gift cards as well they told us that would be a big help some people to go and buy whatever toiletries they need underwear socks things like that. >>the county says a several nonprofits have gathered together to take in donations because of coronavirus though they really only want to be taking cash and gift cards that could be brought here to the crosswalk community church they're taking it also few other locations as well as online we have posted a link on how to help on our website kron 4 dot com catherine jonathan back to you all right maureen kelly, thank you very in sonoma county tonight, the sonoma raceway is bein

this program featuring matthew ifill is about one hour. matthew: we are in a buildin

this program featuring matthew ifill is about one hour. matthew: we are in a building 1730's, 48ilt in the years before there was any such thing as the united states pennsylvania was a british colony. this was its capital building. they would make laws for pennsylvania and each of the 13 colonies has its own government. these are the issues in a lot of ways that will lead to the creation of the united states, most of which will happen in this room, because the colonies starte goes forward will to grow dissatisfied with the way the british government is treating them, is affecting their lives locally. one of the other side issues is americans living in the colonies do not get to vote in british elections. when the parliament in london makes laws for americans, the most famous being various taxes you learned about in school, we will say this is taxation without representation. it is that idea you are not getting the voice. thomas jefferson would write that government existing with the consent of the governed and americans feel like they are

>>ifill emotional because you don't know what's going to happen while thousands more are on standby ready to leave at a moment's notice. >>a drill that's becoming all too familiar, normally it be prepared in october now it seems to be in prepared in august. good evening, everybody, i'm vicki liviakis in for pam moore and i'm ken wayne you're watching kron 4 news at 8 o'clock our big story tonight, the glass fire in senate. >>which is 3 fires burning across parts of napa and sonoma counties, the glass fire burning near napa valley the boysen fire near saint lena. and the shady fire in sonoma county together those fires have burned more than 36,000 acres. and our at 0% containment 50,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to this wildfire in parts of sonoma county napa county they are under evacuation orders tonight. including what we have been told us the entire city of calistoga so certainly if you need to leave that area, the open evacuation routes include route 29 south and north along with one 28 north for more on the evacuation orders for sonoma and napa counties we're jo

. >> >> sherrilyn ifill, the president and director counsel at the naacp legal defense fund, it is anhave you here tonight on this sad and pivotal night. thank you so much. >> thank you, rachel. >> i want to bring into the conversation now somebody who will herself be in a pivotal role as this moves forward. senator mazie hirono is a democratic senator from the great state of hawaii. she is a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator hirono, thank you for being with us tonight on short notice and on a sad occasion. thank you. first let me just ask your reaction to the passing of justice ginsburg tonight. >> it just struck me like a bolt of lightning and just so much sadness and regret for all the battles that she fought for so many of us. and she meant a lot to millions of us. and so it was just very shocking, but of course it didn't give mitch -- it didn't take long for mitch mcconnell to come right out of the box to say that he will fill this position. so the word hypocrisy means absolutely nothing to him. it is certainly up to the rest of us, and i'm glad that my friend and

and if it doesn't happen, we will keep fighting even then >> sherrilyn ifill, the president and directorel at the naacp legal defense fund, it is an honor to have you here tonight on this sad and pivotal night. thank you so much. >> thank you, rachel >> i want to bring into the conversation now somebody who will herself be in a pivotal role as this moves forward senator mazie hirono is a democratic senator from the great state of hawaii. she is a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator hirono, thank you for being with us tonight on short notice and on a sad occasion thank you. first let me just ask your reaction to the passing of justice ginsburg tonight >> it just struck me like a bolt of lightning and just so much sadness and regret for all the battles that she fought for so many of us and she meant a lot to millions of us. and so it was just very shocking, but of course it didn't give mitch -- it didn't take long for mitch mcconnell to come right out of the box to say that he will fill this position. so the word hypocrisy means absolutely nothing to him. it is certainly up t

. >> woodruff: and that was from an interview the justice did with our late colleague gwen ifill. as we'll hear tonight, many have described ruth bader ginsburg as a "trailblazer." amna nawaz focuses on where that began, the work she did before she joined the supreme court. >> nawaz: let's look now at some of the key ideas, the arguments and decisions ginsburg took on early in her career that helped shape history and our legal protections today. attorney brenda feigin co-founded the a.c.l.u. women's rights project with ruth bader ginsburg in 1972. that'shere ginsburg first worked on cases targeting discrimination on the basis of sex. and aclu attorney ria tabaccoma now heads the project. thanks to both of you for joining us today. brenda, i want to begin with u, because it was during that time when you were wh her there at the a.c.l.u. women's rights project that she argued her very first case before the supreme court. it was for air force lieutenant sharon frontiero arguing that federal benefits the laws there treated married female members of the armed forces differently than ma

>>ifill emotional because you don't know what's going to happen, you know what can happen like in thenext hour words you don't know what's going on many people showing up here are bringing supplies for the evacuees even those. >>who were forced to leave their homes themselves. it's nice to see the community coming together in times like this i mean you know is pretty close just a few weeks ago and as of last week. we're kind skies again and we're like you know it's coming going down now and it just shows that you can never really. >>planned for anything you know you have to be ready to adjust and adapt to any moment and not so we did and now we're just trying use our resources to help the greater community and people may not have as many resources as do. >>the county says several nonprofits are collaborating to help the evacuees but because of coronavirus they really only want to be accepting cash and gift cards they will accept those here at the crosswalk community church as well as a few other locations as well as online we posted a link on our website kron 4 dot com. maureen kelly