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 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. gerald

and nevertheless, molly went down to mississippi, she represented james meredith. it was a terribly difficult case for also it's of reasons. first of all, the fear and anxiety that was provoked by being a black person, coming down from new york, you know, the antithesis in many ways of mississippi. it was considered daring to come to a courtroom, a federal court room, and stand up. motley stood nearly six feet tall. and claimed that a black man should be able to enter the university of mississippi. and she did that and she did it despite hostility from her co- counsel who refused to recognize her. he would call her "that woman," and motley said to the judge, who himself was a segregationist but on the spectrum that even he knew that was wrong. so, he admonished the opposing counsel when motley said, he should call me by my name, mrs. motley. "the woman from new york" is what he ended up calling her. another point i want to make about the ways in which this was a difficult case, meger evers would pick motley up from the airport and he would take her to the courthous

she represented james meredith. it was a terribly difficult case for all sorts of reasons . first of all, the fear and anxiety that was provoked by being a black person, coming down from new york, the antithesis in many ways of mississippi. it was considered and daring to come into a courtroom, a federal courtroom and stand up and she stood nearly 6 feet tall. and claimed that a black man anshould be allowed to enter ole miss, university of old mississippi. and she did that and did it despite hostility from her cocounsel who refused to recognize her. he would call her that woman. and molly challenged it and said to the judge who himself was a segregationist but on the spectrum of segregationist even he knew that was wrong and so he admonished the opposing counsel when molly said he should call me by my name, mrs. molly. to at least call her, the woman from new york is what he ended up calling her.and another point i want to make about the ways in which the it was a difficult case.di mister evers who was the main operative in mississippi for the naacp would pick motley up fro

marshal signed the case to her and they were in the office from lds and received the letter from james meredith who said he wanted to challenge segregation at ole miss in his home state. thurgood marshal said this man has got to be crazy. that'ssa your case. nevertheless mottly went down to mississippi and represented james meredithpr and it was a terribly difficult case for all sorts of reasons. first of all, the fear and the anxiety that was provoked by being a black person coming down from new york, you know, the anticipation of it in many ways and cometl down to a courtroom d mottly stood nearly 6 feet tall and claim a black man be allowed to enter ole miss, the university of mississippi. he did that and she did it despite hostility from her co-council who refused to recognize her and he would call her that woman and mottly challenged itom and she said to the judge who himself was a segregationist but on the spectrum off segregation, even e knew that that was wrong so she admonished the opposing council when mottly said he should call me by my name, mrs. motley. the woman from new york is w

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everybody has a role or accepting people for who they are and not being the purest so, you know, the james meredith story right like again all these folks in there that people have to get this this book. i'm gonna have to go back through it because there are so many names so many pieces that you know folks are talking about the debate over critical race the what to talk about and where to talk about it and all of that a lot of this stuff, you know, i'm of a generation that if they didn't teach it to me in church, i didn't learn it right and so there's such richness here, but i really think this idea of the old school don't throw the baby out with the bathwater right? like how do we drill down on that more and more because the the lines i i thought about some parts of when you talked about narrative that it sounded like all lives matter, right but that you were saying like we're not going we can't get caught up on some of that because we can't erase the impact that he had on the movement. meredith did things that i may disagree with murder though came to new york and late 60s ran against adam creamp

the james meredith story, right, like you get all these folks in there that people have to get this booking to go back through it because there are so many names, so many pieces that folks are talking about the debate over critical race theory and what to talk about and what a talk by and all of that. a lot of this stuff i'm of a generation that if they didn't teach it to me in charge i didn't learn it. so they're such richness here but it really think this idea of the old-school don't of the baby out with the bathwater, right, i counted we drill down on that more and more? because the lines, i thought about some parts of when you talked about narrative that it sounded like all lies matter, right, but you are saying we can't get caught up on some of that because we can't erase the impact that he had on the movement. >> meredith did things that i may disagree with. meredith came to new york in the late '60s and ran against -- but that doesn't race effect this man with university of mississippi and broke down the walls of segregation with what he did. so he's not perfect and neither are yo

james, shy, i mean, meredith touched on on the fact that he has this kind of multiethnic coalition. but the opposition that he faces is, is quite strong as well. and it's rooted in this malay nationalism and conservative conservatism. how, how hard is it going to be to navigate that as he pursues these policies? so what i know a brain has to do, and i think this is something very rich, is the best way of actually acting against the rise of meliss naturally. but allow me, i mentioned before is to get defend the car in fever of the dispute. and the intersection between that conservatism and poverty is accurate. cost of living and therefore can meet its birth agenda. actually addressed the cost of living a including asking minister to what or sorry, i think it was a bit over time to set up specially things back to the soul that issue. because he knows that if he can address it and improve the life of people, what was the concern this site, he could actually draw them to the wall. the 2nd thing that i want you to do is that you would adjust the language they use and did something that i

james freeman from the "wall street journal." we begin with mark meredith on the news of the day. this and more. >> good morning. the clock is ticking. deadline to avert the potential strike 11 days away. economic experts are warning if a strike occurs, it cove a devastating impact on american consumers and every industry in the country will feel it. it remains unclear how involved the president plans to be or is. reporters asked him about the efforts while on vacations last week in massachusetts. >> can you talk about the hold-up is mr. president >> harris: i can't. we're in the middle of negotiations. my team has been in touch with all parties and i have -- i have not directly engaged yet. they are still talking. >> the president is under pressure to find a solution and so is congress. one republican congressman said it won't let a railroad strike hurt the u.s. economy and union negotiators who say they aren't eager to strike. >> we have no desire to strike or interrupt holidays. we want to be home on the holidays, too. this is not being used as leverage. >> the national retail

republican james comer saying that president biden's policies have fueled the amount of the deadly drug pouring into the country and promises to hold this administration accountable. mark meredith on that live in d.c. with us. good morning. >> good morning to you. fentanyl poisonings and deaths have been a problem for years. james comer says it is the biden administration's policies since january of last year which he believes have done little to address the crisis. on monday comer sent four letters to the four federal demands. department of homeland security, dea, drug control office and department of health and human services. he is demanding the departments turn over documents and information related to how border policies may have addressed or not addressed the ongoing drug crisis. congressman writes the american people have a right to know that their taxpayer dollars are fighting this opioid crisis caused by the broken border policies. one government agency told me yesterday if they were to respond it would be directly to the congressman. they won't do it through the media. when republicans gain control of the house early next year remember they will have considerable more

james chai, a visiting fellow at the i. c. s. use of is track institute and in singapore we have meredith weiss, a professor political science at the university of new york and opening good to have you all with us. so from if a deal, if i could start with you, is this a coalition that can work? i mean he's, he's got some tough challenges ahead. has in the way, but him it's quite strange bit a little, you know, i mean, strange strange menagerie if you would like to call it that we were just a few days ago fighting against each other and now we are in the same government together. i think the circumstances are such english, you know, when the king decrees that you, former unity government, most political parties, a baltic leaders will, will have to follow. i think the only exception is when he didn't party, which has decided to remain in opposition. so all right, now we're all listening to the key, meredith, why will he be able to unite the seemingly divided nation? i think so, if nothing else, i think that this is the more stable outcome than if this were indeed a unity government inclusive market in particular time. and so i agree

meredith in ohio. jack flock in pennsylvania. alexis mcadams in new york. >> dana: all-star lineup with analysis, james freeman. larry kudlow, jim mass in ing and martha maccallum. >> bill: the house and senate stand, there it is. mike emanuel chasing down the races in the battle for ultimate control. >> on the senate side it is a 48/48 balance of power so far with four races determining which party will be in charge. to be determined. arizona, republican blake masters versus incumbent mark kelly. kelly appears to be leading but too close to call so far. then there is georgia. push can challenger walker hoping to defeat incumbent democrat warnock. the winner needs 50% or there will be a runoff. nevada laxalt hoping to defeat catherine cortez masto. potential gop pickup but too close to call so far. then there is wisconsin. republican senator ron johnson is leading democrat mandela barnes but also very close. senate democratic leader chuck schumer is telling supporters what he intends to do if democrats control power. >> we want to protect a woman's right to choose. [cheers and applause] >> we want to protect th