on saturday, yale university president peter salovey said, "john c. calhoun's legacy as a white supremacist and a national leader who passionately promoted slavery as a 'positive good' fundamentally conflicts with yale's mission and values." over the summer, a yale university dishwasher broke a stained glass window at calhoun college addicting smiling enslaved africans carrying bales of cotton. here he is speaking about the window and his protest on democracy now! >> i noticed it was a picture that, as soon as you look at it, it just hurts, like, oh, man. here in the 21st century, you know, we are in a modern era. we should not have to be subjected to those primitive and degrading images. amy: the residential dorm, formally known as calhoun college, will be renamed for grace murray hopper, a groundbreaking computer scientist and yale alum. and last night were the 59th annual grammy awards. british singer adele won a total of five awards, including album of the year for "25" - even though many had expected beyonce to win the night's top award for her wildly popu

university announced it will change the name of calhoun college, one of its dormitories named after john c. calhoun. seventh vice president of the united states and yale graduate who supported slavery. >> this is a very, very happy moment for all of us. >> reporter: the billing will be renamed to honor grace murray hopper, a 1930 graduate and celebrated computer scientist. >> people are happy with this name. >> reporter: last april, yale's president said they wouldn't change the name because they didn't want to erase the university's past. now, ten months later, this statement. calhoun's legacy as a white supremacist and a national leader who passionately promoted slavery as a positive good fundamentally conflicts with yale's mission and values. >> they realized that they had made a mistake when they saw how angry all the students were that the name was staying, so ne they finally did the right thing. >> this comes after similar calls for change across the country. in 2015, the university of north carolina changed the name of saunders hall, originally named after a leader of the ku klux klan. that

the most outspoken was john c. calhoun when referencing our declaration of independence observed our nation had been founded on, his words, self-evident lies. the doctrine of nullification has been revised in the sanctuary cities movement and has now reared its head as state legislation. our constitution clearly gives congress the sole prerogative to make immigration law and it commands the president to faithfully execute these laws. our president is now doing so. yet, california's legislature is actively considering a bill that would assert an independent power to defy them. and this is not just happening in california. mr. speaker, states ought to be jealous guardians of their organic powers and the prerogatives against unwarranted encroachments by the federal government, but the supremacy clause binds the states to our federal laws. this is the very essence of constitutional federalism in article 6. this constitution and the laws of the united states which shall be made in pursuance thereof and to all treaties made or w

it's been on, i assume you support the banishment of john john c calhoun, correct?i support the renaming of the college. we are still going to be -- remember his legacy. we are not erasing him. i do support the renaming of the college. >> bill: you know there is a lot of thomas jefferson, george washington, they were slaveholders. a lot of things named after the them. what is the difference? >> he is not just a slaveholder. not just someone who was a racist. he really built his legacy around and equality. he is really an individual whose lifelong work was around any quality. he wasn't even really for the parts that say that all men are created equal. when you think about residential colleges, this is where the students are formed, a place of community. when you think about those names that we want on those institutions with those colleges within our institutions, it is important to think about that. >> bill: you are distinguishing between the legacy of calhoun and jefferson at washington. why do you think yale even name to the college after calhoun? surely, they kne

years of controversy, yale university is renaming a residential college that had been named after john c. calhoun, who advocated white supremacy and slavery. calhoun college will now bear the name of yale alumnus grace murray hopper. a navy admiral and pioneer in computer sciences in the 1950s. >>> and retired army general hal moore known for his heroism in the vietnam war has died. as a lieutenant colonel, he was credited with saving the lives of most of his men in battle in 1965. he co-wrote a book, "we were soldiers once and young." which became a movie with mel gibson playing him. general moore would have been 95 years of age tomorrow. >>> in northern california, for the first time, the oroville dams in their 50-year history, water now flowing into the rezer vary's emergency spillway. it's full of rain. damaged by erosion. officials saying there's no threat of flooding in neighboring towns. >>> finally, australia's east coast is under a catastrophic fire warning. facing what officials there are calling the worst possible fire conditions in its history. thousands of firefighters are battling d

john c calhoun's doctrine of nullification.n a state or city can simply refuse to obey federal law. the similarities between the democratic reaction to the election of 2016 and to the election of 1860 are starting to become pretty eerie. the riots in the streets. reful to accept the legitimacy of the election. secession movement burj i don't- burgeoning in california and reaser is of calhoun's doctrine. melissa: let me ask you, they want to use fund for people being victimized. they want to use taxpayer fund to defend themselves against the federal government which is amazing. executive order that seeks to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities is unconstitutional. how do you battle back against that? >> they have a right to challenge any federal order through the court system. they do not have any right under our constitution to defy that constitution. melissa: yeah. all right, congressman, thank you so much for coming on. i appreciate your time. i wish we had more. too much breaking news. >> my pleasures. thanks for hav

the opposing triumvirate of henry clay, daniel webster and john c calhoun, none having reached the presidency that each desperately sought, all ultimately victims of their own curdled hopes. with their passing the conflicts of political ages, faded like yelling newspapers. no one could have foreseen the surprising spiral of events that when zachary taylor, the victorious general -- of the mexican war was elected president as the whig party candidate. he was the hero of politics, a southern slaveholder with no decipherable record on any issue standing on no platform , whatsoever. old, rough, and ready was assumed to be the ideal wooden figurehead for the ship of state as intellectually opaque as an inanimate object. [laughter] and articulate in making what was perceived only to be creaking noises, he was utterly lacking in experience with the cunning men of the congress who expected to run the show. it was a revelation that taylor turned out to have clear and emphatic views and a shock that he was strongly against the extension of slavery in the territory he had seized as the price of the mexi

he wasn't talking this talk you hear now of practically john c. calhounratic side really started before the election with the civil rights act of 1964. what lyndon johnson did was say, "that's the first flag we're planting. there are a lot of more flags coming. and we are going to be the party that will end, end discrimination, whether it's in the voting booth, in public accommodations, in the workplace, in housing. and we're going to be the party that uses government to help the most vulnerable people in our society, and tries to use it to give them a hand up, not just a hand-out." >> four great bills in civil rights, 60 bills in education, medicare and medicaid... arts and the humanities, public broadcasting. so much was done. >> d. goodwin: he one time said, "some people want power just to march around to 'hail to the chief' and strut through the stage -- i want to do things." and so he used the power that he gained in that mandate as fully as he could. and had it not been for the war in vietnam, he would be still remembered as one of the most extraord

jackson is having provided the initial arguments against john c calhoun, who is the inspiration for this movement. >> could be also say just looking at recent decades that it is one thing to be making an opinion before you are the president. it is something else when you get into the office and suddenly look back and say maybe a look at -- maybe i look at that person or idea differently now that i'm in the office. >> one can hope. [laughter] we'll just do these four questions. >> i want to go back to the farewell address in springfield. it sounds to me national i remember reading if you did not understand the civil war, you did not understand the history of america. i'm wondering if lincoln maybe had an insight as to how big this deal was. again, i would agree that he was really talking about the situation, not about washington itself, but the situation he found himself in. , itis view of the civil war was this is going to be a big deal. i think he was right that he was facing a challenge big or biz are -- big or bigger than washington's. i would like your opinion on that. >> south carol

and so he regards jackson asing having provided the initial arguments against john c. calhoun who is the inspiration for this movement. >> could we also say that looking at the recent decades that it is one thing to stake out an opinion before you are president, but it is quite something else when you get into the office and look back and say, oh, my goodness, i look at the person or the business differently now that i am sitting in the office. >> one can hope. [ laughter ] >> well, just do these four questions, because we are running out of time. allen, you are first. >> okay. i want to go back to the farewell address in springfield, and i remember reading shelby foot who said that he felt that if you didn't understand the civil war, you didn't understand the history of america. i am wondering if lincoln maybe didn't have an insight as to the how big this deal was, and then in saying that, i again would agree that he was really talking about, about situation and not washington, itself, but the situation that he found himself in, and i guess that the view or the civil war it w

john c. calhoun was prominent segregationist.s about savory and african-americans, that is all true. to judge him in his great activities in the 1820s, to judge him by the standards of the 21st century, don't want his name on the college -- neil: been there forever,. >> forever. neil: did they ever try to remove it in prior years? >> negative done it. this started when one african-american student busted out a stained-glass window portrayed scenery or scenes obnoxious scenes with slaves in them from the 19th century. i shouldn't be forced to go to school under these circumstances. for the last two years. the university has been in turmoil. they finally as seeded to political correctness. my point, if you take john calhoun's name off calhoun college, what will you call washington, d.c.? washington was slaveholder. jefferson, had a whole african-american family. neil: in the south they're removing statues of southern generals. attorney mountain want to white on the leaders. >> the flying of the confederate battle flag is different