and when kennedy got shot in dallas, john connolly got shot two. and he became untouchable politically and so that made the coalition flounder in terms of writing an identifiable target. they worked on these down out things but the other thing that came with that was because they work so well, african-americans and mexican americans exerted new power in the city in a way that they wanted to put their priorities first, understandably and white activists were always ready for that. so the end result actually i get into great detail in the chapter, basically the coalition starts inviting again and white liberals decide to go it alone. they form a group called texas liberal democrats and they claim once again as they had 10 years earlier that they were going to create a group of individuals who are going to be colorblind, going to speak for everyone and that didn't work. it was a conflict over what the goals were. for white liberals, to win this internet fight within the democratic party. and to bring thegovernment to the states , and for most black an

connolly. they will sit this out. of course, many of these lawmakers say they are doing this to stand in solidarity with john lewis. saidabout a week ago, he he did not consider donald trump to be a legitimate president. that set donald trump often a twitter storm. really a lot of people saying that they will not come out. sitting out, a larger coming. -- elijah cummings. and more senators will be coming to the inauguration. autria: live for us in our abc 7 beer at the capital. 9:30 is the time everything gets underway. kicking things off or be the national cathedral choir of washington. larry: there we go. we will watch for that. in three hours. 6:09, let's get a look at other news with jummy olabanji. fewwe will talk to her in a moments. right now we take a quick break on "good morning washing autria: 6:12 on this inauguration. tracking rain today and also for the second half of your weekend on sunday. let's get to the hour by hour forecast. it is chilly outside but it is dry. we will stay cloudy tonight at. after about 11:00, showers developing. showers around lunchtime when the swearing-in ceremony is expected