opening day, jackie robinson, april 15, 1947, who wouldn't want to be at that game, one of the greatcathedrals of baseball but it wasn't even a sellout. as i researched it, there were other players who were rookies and 47 who got more writeups and they sell well there was also this black player who might be the first, they weren't really sure if he was gonna make it and boy did he make it. he wasn't just about baseball. he changed america for the better. >> ed henry, thank you for a few minutes. >> thank you. >> thank you also much for your patience. we are delighted to all be gathered here today.

is jackie robinson becoming part of the dodgers? was it politicized at the time wasn't carried on the front pages? what i was struck by his it wasn't necessarily politicized because they researched it and not that many people really noticed it at first. some of the early gains, you now hear people saying there are millions of people who say they were at jackie's first game. i think the attendance was something like 25000 people, opening day, jackie robinson, april 15, 1947, who wouldn't want to be at that game in the great cathedrals of baseball, but wasn't even a sellout. as they researched it, there were other players who were rookies and 47 got more write-offs. they would say well, there was also this black player who might be the first, they were really sure if he's going to make it. and boy did he make it. he wasn't just about baseball, he is somebody who changed america for the better. >> at henry, thank you for a few minutes. i appreciate it. >> good evening everybody. welcome. thank you for joining us. i hope everyone is enj

jackie robinson breaks baseball's color barrier in 1947. but 13 years after jackie breaks the color barrier, the negro leagues are still operating and operating with a relatively good deal of success. because it took major league baseball 12 years before every major league team had at least one major black baseball player. but it was the legend, without question the greatest baseball mind this sport has ever seen and virtually no one knows anything about him, even though he is rightfully in the national baseball hall of fame. sometimes lost in the romantic nature of these heroic athletes and courageous athletes who overcame tremendous social adversity to go on to play this game that they loved is the fact that negro leagues baseball was thriving black business enterprise, third largest black on the other hand business in this country. but the impact that it had in spawning other businesses probably was greater than any other business during that time in the african american community. welcome to the street hotel, the prime example. the stree

people have been meeting reading it it's a story about coming together. >> was jackie robinson become part of the dodgers visit politicized at the time? >> it wasn't necessarily politicized. not that many people noticed it at first. similarly days to hear people say their millions of people saying there at jackie's first game. thing is like 25000 people. what i want to be at that came. but it wasn't a sellout. as i researched it there other players were bookies who said they were really sure if he was going to make it. and he wasn't just about baseball. he changed america for the better. >> you are watching book to be on c-span two book tv, television for serious readers. >> morning before we begin to ask you to turn off your self on and any other electronic devic devices. >> good morning. emjoi myers, director of public affairs program. on behalf of the

opening day, jackie robinson, april 15, 1947, who wouldn't want to be at that game, one of the great cathedrals of baseball but it wasn't even a sellout. as i researched it, there were other players who were rookies and 47 who got more writeups and they sell well there was also this black player who might be the first, they weren't really sure if he was gonna make it and boy did he make it. he wasn't just about baseball. he changed america for the better. >> ed henry, thank you for a few minutes. >> thank you. >> thank you also much for your patience. we are delighted to all be gathered here today. i don't want to slow us down, but i do want make sure that all of you know a little bit about where you are today. can i just get a sense of how many of you are at brooklyn historical society for the first time? >> wow. fantastic. welcome. welcome to all of our full timers as well. a few of our board members are in the audience so we are delighted by that as well. for those of you who have never been here before, i want to give you a sense of this institution which has been around for very

still say we should have called it viagra al dente. [ laughter ] >> seth: first black guy to boo jackie robinsoner ] >> right. first of all, it was february and i wanted a black history sketch, and i was like, "who was the first black guy to boo jackie robinson for a baseball play?" there had to be one, i mean, he -- i'm sure he had an error before. >> seth: uh-huh? >> yes. censor said no. >> seth: really? >> yeah, my favorite sketches are, like, really racially charged. >> seth: yeah. >> like chris hemsworth hosted and i wanted to do a sketch where the avengers save the day, but in the process thor accidentally kills an unarmed black teenager. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] >> he didn't think that was on brand? >> yeah, he said it wouldn't help with tickets. [ laughter ] >> seth: i think it would've helped with tickets. >> i thought it would help with tickets, too. >> seth: was it a cvs game show sketch? >> a game show that was set inside of a cvs that was called who works here? [ laughter ] >> that's a good one. >> contestants had to buzz in try and decide is that you know, an employee, or a dr

congressional gold medal joining the ranks of people like jack nicklaus, rosa parks, the dalai lama, jackie robinson. i know that neil is a lover of space, dozens have received this congressional gold medal. what an amazing scene for 94-year-old bob dole, the senator from kansas who spent 35 years in the senate representing his country and his constituents back home. i remember covering his presidential campaign in 1996. what a very special moment for his and liddy. no question about that, charles. >> absolutely wonderful, touching and a beautiful thing to see. thanks, john. i want to go to fox news senior capitol hill producer chad pergram for more. chad? >> this was a rather extraordinary service considering how the rotunda is to bob dole. he was here when the late senator from hawaii passed away. he laid in repose in the rotunda around christmas time and bob dole, having trouble walking, he got up and walked across the rotunda to with with his friend. he said he didn't want to see him in the state where he had to be pushed up in a wheelchair. daniel and bob were attached politically at the hip. t

. >> i wrote a sketch about the first black dude to boo jackie robinson. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: justbe one. >> jimmy: there's got to be one person. is your family psyched that you got this job? >> my family's psyched. i think they're more psyched that i have a job. [ laughter ] they don't know what head writer means. they don't care. >> jimmy: they don't care. >> my brother texts me every saturday at 11:30 and asks me what am i doing. [ laughter ] "i'm at work." he's like, "well, when?" i'm like, "it's in the name of the show." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: saturday night. >> "saturday night live." >> jimmy: i work at night on saturday. and it's live. >> it's live! [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that's hilarious. do they watch the show? >> they do. they watch the show all the time. and they have a lot of compliments for colin. [ light laughter ] they think colin's great. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they love colin jost. >> they love colin jost. they don't think i'm the funniest person in the family. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that's the greatest. >> i like the white dude. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. [

me too lucy flores, and finally he's here, chief national correspondent and the author of the jackie robinson story, foresaken tundra. >> ed henry. great to see you all. lisa, i want to see with you on the immigration story. take which aspect of it which you like, the president's remarks or the policy side. where do you think we are this weekend? >> i can touch on both. a lot of people on tv want to use it as an opportunity to curse. i've been watching the other networks. the point president trump was trying to makers you look at norway and he mentioned asian countries allegedly in the meeting. norway is one of the richest in the world. talking about haiti in reference to the fact. it's the poorest in the western hemisphere, that is what he was coming from, along with merit-based immigration and bringing people over here to the united states that can bring certain skill set to the country. i think that was the reference point of what he was talking about. of course, people that don't like the president or view him as racist is going to use an opportunity to extend that conversation. in regard

in patterson, new jersey, this is the home field of larry dauphine who integrated after jackie robinson. i'm proud to say that through the national treasure campaign we designated it as a national historic landmark and included it in the boundaries of the national park. it is preserved in perpetuity. founder library at howard university in washington, d.c. i love about this space is that it was designed by an early pioneering lack architect who architect forty decades at howard university. it has an unknown story of civil rights. at one point, howard's law school was housed inside this building. this is where charles hamilton houston and thurgood marshall devised a legal strategy that would lead to the integration of america's public schools. working with the university to develop a plan to reimagine this outdated library space. mary, how many of you have heard of it? i learned a polly mary two years ago. raised in, who was north carolina, would be a cofounder of the national organization of women, the first african-american episcopal site. thurgood marshall referred to bible of -- he a

sports writer who led the fight to integrate the major leagues and led the fight to introduce jackie robinson and to jazz musicians and those actors who came out of this pretty small c industrial town in pittsburgh. a there weret in other black re. communities like that inn detroit, in baltimore, chicago, cleveland, st. louis, et cetera, et cetera. at the moment, i won't get into all of the reason, obviously, that those cities in addition tn theeigh communities declined, b those neighborhoods now are vastly worse offp than they were 50 or 60 years ago which is really quite extraordinary whena you think of all of the progress that we have made in america generally in terms of economically in terms of the standard of living and so forth. so i think that you have to make a class distinction and sort of a location distinction between black folks who are still living in those communities where the situations are truly dire and the issues that confront the middle-class blacks although there is still racism in who hollywood, and still issues on the campus, and still, you know, problems sort of in pr

in patterson, new jersey, this is the home field of larry dauphine who integrated after jackie robinson. i'm proud to say that through the national treasure campaign we designated it as a national historic landmark and included it in the boundaries of the national park. it is preserved in perpetuity. founder library at howard university in washington, d.c. i love about this space is that it was designed by an early pioneering lack architect who architect forty decades at howard university. it has an unknown story of civil rights. at one point, howard's law school was housed inside this building. this is where charles hamilton houston and thurgood marshall devised a legal strategy that would lead to the integration of america's public schools. working with the university to develop a plan to reimagine this outdated library space. mary, how many of you have heard of it? i learned a polly mary two years ago. raised in, who was north carolina, would be a cofounder of the national organization of women, the first african-american episcopal site. thurgood marshall referred to bible of -- he a

a sportswriter who thought to introduce jackie robinson to the major leagues. the greatest black playwright came out of this relatively small industrial town in pittsburgh and there were other black communities like that in detroit and in baltimore. chicago, cleveland, st. louis, etc. i will not get into the reasons why tse cities declined but e neighborhoods now are v astly worse off than they were 50 or 60 years ago. which is amazing when it comes to the quality of living in america. you have to make a distinction between black folks living in y direities that are trul are issues and those who living in the middle class. there's problems on campus and in professional workplaces but it is hard to argue that the black middle class is worse off than it was in terms of opportunity. the discussion of race, let's have a conversation about race seems to forget the that theseems to think is theof black america same across all classes. there are horrible problems for lower class black america. but there are issues for the black middle class. jason: when we talk about

he was great as he played jackie robinson in "42." amazing actor. coming in, and you guys have to wait to see what the critics are saying about this movie. >> good buzz. >> big buzz. >>> some headlines right now. the president preparing to deliver his first state of the union address tonight expected to focus on the economy, immigration, infrastructure, national security, and trade. first lady melania trump will attend with him. >>> and take a look at this incredible rescue. army helicopters flying in to save more than 150 people trapped on a ski lift in austria on monday. they say a technical defect caused the lift to stop. thankfully, no one was injured. all worked out okay. >> scary moment for everybody. >>> we're going to begin this half hour with rose mcgowan. she is one of the women who ignited the me too movement calling out the man who she says sexually assaulted her. she says she is a victim, but also a survivor. we're going to speak to rose in just a moment. but first, her story. she was one of the first to sound the alarm in hollywood. >>

he was great as he played jackie robinson in "42".coming in and you guys have to wait to see what the critics are saying about this movie. >> good buzz. >> big buzz. >>> some headlines. the president preparing to deliver his first state of the union address tonight expected to focus on the economy, immigration and trade. >>> take a look at this rescue. army helicopters flying in to save more than 150 people trapped on a ski lift in austria on monday. they say a technical defect caused the lift to stop. thankfully no one was injured. >> scary moment for everybody. >>> we begin with rose mcgowan. she is one of the women who ignited the me too movement calling out the man who she says sexually assaulted her saying she is a victim but also a survivor and we'll speak to rose in a moment but first her story. she was one of the first to sound the alarm in hollywood. >> for weinstein it has been a swift and severe fall from grace. >> the new fallout from the harvey weinstein scandal. >> reporter: in a role she thought she'd never find herself

back with us, eugene robinson, jackie calmes and matthew miller.ther evidence of what was going on in june. because of the compression of time and space, look at this graphic. june 7, comey releases memo detailing interactions with trump. how did that get out? trump, june 8th, comey testifies before senate intel committee. 14th, possible obstruction of justice. 15th, trump tweets what we just read to you. just looking back at his twitter account is kind of a play-by-play of where his head was and where we knew the investigation was. >> right. you had had on june 14 that "washington post" story which was characterized -- the "washington post" story that said mueller was looking at trump himself an obstruction of justice. remember, one of the things he was obsessed about earlier in the year with jim comey when jim comey was still fbi director was the fact that he personally, donald trump, was not under investigation and jim comey has testified that he several times reassured the president. but that reassurance was only good for as long as jim comey w

>> here to talk about it with us tonight, eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist for the washington post and an msnbc political analyst. jackie calms is with us, white house editor for the los angeles times. and matthew miller is with us, msnbc justice and security analyst and former chief spokesman over at the department of justice. jackie, walk us through at least your view of the modern history of donald trump on the subject of loyalty. >> well, he's a man who literally grew up with expectations of loyalty to family. it's almost like the core ali owns. he grows up in the family business and he's been in family business his entire career. and his children now work for him. he's never had to answer to a board of directors. and so he's used to just having sicafans and loyalists around him tault. as president comes in and seems to expect the same of not only everyone in his cabinet including the attorney general who has a role to be very independent of the president, but he expects it of members of congress of his party, too, and treats them not as an independent branch of government, but as an arm of his presidency. and so it