james meredith is enrolled at the university of mississippi. the school is technically integrated at the cost of two lives, almost 200 injuries, and the reputation of a state. now the questions are, was it worth it? [music playing] ross barnett: i could not pass this platform without first reaffirming fully my absolute and unshakable for segregation of the races at all levels. [film reel] curtis wilkie: when he ran again in '67, i think, at the outset, people thought that he would be a hard figure to beat. [music playing - "let's roll again with ross"] all the reds in washington will say they hope ross will fall along the way. but we won't give our state to little bobby k. roll with ross, roll with ross, roll again with ross. who is the best man yet? ross barnett, ross barnett. curtis wilkie: barnett had a reputation of just kind of a blundering blunderbuss. and we all thought he was a complete buffoon, something of a fool. he was constantly doing goofy things. so he was a laughable figure of mythic proportions here in mississippi history. gera

meredith: the james webb space telescope is going to evolution as many different areas of science.hen we go to the edge of universe and the edge of time, one of the objects of the telescope is to look back at the early history of the universe. we want to see galaxies as they were first born early in the universe. the reason that james webb can do this is because -- there is actually a really tiny piece of what we call the electromagnetic spectrum. james webb is looking at the imprint wish -- which is just other bit longer. our bodies give off heat. everything in the universe gives off heat. as it turns out, the universe started with the big bang. it grew really quickly. you can think of the universe essentially like a loaf of raisin bread. you can put it in the oven and it starts to rise. the bread actually starts to stretch apart. they are growing apart from each other. if you think as the universe as the bread, the space between all of this -- the space between the galaxy actually starts to expand. it takes all the light and it actually stretches it. it goes from being visible li

: thanks to charlie day, colemman domingo, james domemy, and apologize to matt damon, we ran out of time for him. tomorrow night, johnny knoxville and mereditho better things." here with the song "obvious" with help from travis barker, iann dior! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ now can you hear me when i call your name it's kind of scary it's like i'm ♪ ♪ calling the dead and late at night when i'm thinking 'bout it i could choose this ♪ ♪ too hard to believe i could be a coward and run away this time i don't wanna ♪ ♪ i'm in your face i pull up on you i'm at your door ♪ ♪ you better answer i know you're home ♪ >> wait. hold up. play what you were playing again. ♪ ♪ can't be told what to do don't even give it a try i'm not the type to lose what was it in your eye ♪ ♪ when i walk in the room know you feeling my presence she don't like how i move leaving you was a blessing ♪ ♪ didn't want to bring it up but i feel it is obvious ♪ ♪ it's hard to be around someone tat never learned to love themselves ♪ ♪ already learned my lesson girl you know that we've been here before ♪ ♪ we've both been here before don't get too comfortable ♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da

results they're going to come out of the james webb telescope are things that i am not even sure i can tell you right now. >> planetary scientists nancy and meredith, tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app. >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we take your calls on air and discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, we talk about voting rights and state election laws with spencer overton, president of the joint center for political and economic studies and author of stealing democracy. then star parker, columnist and president of the urban renewal education talks about martin luther king day and race in america. and university of minnesota senator for infectious disease research and policy director michael posterhome. on the federal response to covid-19. watch washington journal on c-span or c-span now, our new mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook discussions, facebook messages and tweets. ♪ >> c-span offers a variety of podcasts that have something for every listener. weekdays, washington today gives you the latest fro

the james webb telescope which will study the origins of the universe and search for life beyond earth. sunday night on "q&a" we discussed those missions with nancy from the johns hopkins and meredithrom university of colorado boulder. >> it is not new, it has happened in the past and will happen in the future. there is no known threat to the earth right now from asteroids or comets. we are tracking things. there's nothing on the course to hit the earth. that said, we have not found all of the asteroids so this is an important part of the terry -- of planetary defense. we need to take the first steps to be ready before you need it. >> i love observational astronomy because you can point at any object and i get new data and i know i am the first person in the universe to see this. you cannot predict what you're going to find. we find completely new things. some of the most exciting science results coming out of webb i things i cannot even tell you yet. >> nancy should vote and meredith macgregor sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." you can listen to our podcasts on our new c-span now app. ♪ host: this is "washington journal" for january 15. that is a shot of the u.s. capitol