others arrested included julian bond, bill mckibben, james hansen, robert f. kennedy jr., and daryl hannah. there were charged with failure to disperse and obey lawful orders, and released on $100 bond each. this is robert f. kennedy jr. and julian bond. >> i think president obama is going to kill the pipeline. >> why do you think? >> because it is the right thing to do and i think he knows that. he has a strong moral core and i think john kerry does, too. it ultimately, i think he would not do something that is this catastrophic and irresponsible and reckless. >> this is a decision that affects all americans and we want to make sure he does the right thing, which is to say no to the pipeline. it is a great deal for canada and mexico but does not do much for the u.s. >> that was julian bond, the former chair of the naacp. the protest outside the white house came one day after president obama addressed climate change during his state of the union >> if congress will not act soon to protect future generations, i will. i will direct -- [applause] i will direct my

as part of our the march goes on series i'm very pleased to welcome, julian bond he joins us today fromcola, florida of all places. thanks so much for coming back inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me, michael. >> michael: you were there in 2006. has anything changed since then that would make it no longer necessary? the >> things have changed marginally but nothing has changed that would make it no longer necessary in fact it needs to be necessary all over the united states. but what is at issue today is the supreme court will vm an activist court and over do what congress has already done. justice scalia is just terrible in this regard and justice roberts you know has race on his mind all the time. he is anti-racial -- racial this and that he would jump up and down if he could -- could convince at least four of his fellows to go with him and get rid of the voting right's act all together. so i don't think we should be surprised of what he said. but what we counted on one kennedy. but this was a disappointing day for him today. >> michael: it dawns on me that you have been fig

plus, julian bond joins me to talk keystone. plus, i have a panel of constitutional law experts. we are about to talk nerdland style. good morning, i'm melissa harris-perry. they don't call the supreme court the highest court in the land for nothing. it's the final say over disputes over law in the constitution. with cases on same-sex marriage and voting rights coming before the court, this could prove to be a landmark year. let's start with the big gi. on wednesday, the supreme court will hear arguments in shelby county, alabama versus holder. just in case you were wondering, yes, it's attorney general, eric older the named defendant in the case. they are asking the court to review the 2006 decision to reauthorize section five of the voting rights under the 14th and 15th amendments and violated the tenth amendment and article four of the constitution. it may sound like legal mumbo jumbo. nine of the states covered as a whole and most of those in the south to get federal approval before a new election law is imposed. they challenge whether such a provision is necessary. the plain

is julian bond, chairman of the naacp. nice to see you. >> pleasure to be here.earing you had been arrested, i thought this was an interesting moment. it wasn't over an obvious civil rights issue, but clearly there's a coalition mere who is beginning to understand this environmental question as a civil rights issue. >> it is a civil rights issue. people are affected by it more than other people in the country. the naacp whose board i used to chair has been on this issue for almost decades. any american who is cognizant of the weather and them, we flooded the biggest city in the country, we had the hottest year in history last year. i mean how can you deny these things are happening and need to be stopped? >> i want to ask you, this trade off between the idea of jobs for communities that are economically deprived and at a disadvantage. on the other hand, the environment meant that communities of color and poor communities have been set over and against the air they breathe and the water they drink. >> exactly. we'll give you the jobs if you put up with the trash.

it not only was produced by the getty museum, but it does have -- and paul spoke of julian bond who has produced the forward. dr. dyson has an essay in it, and taken by itself, you know, it is really a wonderful commemoration and event by itself that moves the thought forward as paul did at the end of his talk. the it's a truly -- it's a truly example of how a book can both be a catalyst, something beautiful in itself and a, if you will, a call to action in the spirit of the event and in the spirit of the best kind of collaborative publishing, publication event and just as this was, as verna said, a wonderful collaborative event on the part of many people at the library of congress and in the publishing world. so before i call you out to get your book, get it signed, meet each other and go down to the princeton photographs division just between 1 and 2:00 to see some of the photos and this wonderful gift to the library of congress -- thank you so much -- let's give our speakers and verna another round of applause. [applause] >> tell us what you think about our programming this weekend.

on our web site and here are some of the stories waiting there for you so we can leaks founder julian bond is completed step towards those trillion senate by submitting an application to enroll in elections just fine still being holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london so when the details on our website. on the world's second most powerful i spoke illegal looks set to expand towards the mediterranean and may soon even include a team from italy i don't know what european cities are in line to join the k. trial i challenge you don't. count or has confirmed it's hundred series embassy in the capital doe had to the sea were in opposition which has already appointed an ambassador the building had been closed about a year ago as the gulf nation was among the first to recognize the cedar a national coalition and political activist yes one of douglas says the move however will not make much difference. it's not an addition to the political weight of the syrian national coalition in my view this is a this is primarily a crime primarily to reinject some life into the syrian national coalitio

and julian bond who is one of my heros, he said it best when he was teaching college he found all ofknew who mar to inluther king was, but they saw him as sort of a fable, but he didn't know the other not quite so well-known people. i'm surprised that lil' wayne even knew who emmett till was or how to spell his name. it's people -- kids are googling emmett till who may not have known who he was, so that i will give lil' wayne credit for. >> michael: that's true, and the outrage of these kids once they realize the real story of lil' wayne -- of emmett till may be directed towards lil' wayne, and we have julian vaughn joining us on wednesday. >> oh, great. >> michael: thank you so much for coming. brett ehrlich didn't get to see the full presentation of the oscars last night, but good news is he is a twitter guy so he has the gist of the whole thing. he joins us next. we'll be right back. ♪ the bar harbor bake is really worth trying. [ male announcer ] get more during red lobster's lobsterfest. with the year's largest selection of mouth-watering lobster entrees. like our delicious lobs

wednesday, you know, i had the great honor of being handcuffed in the paddy wagon next to julian bondd he was telling stories about going to jail in 1960 in atlanta to desegregate lunch counters and he was saying this keystone fight is the same fight, same fight, the sierra club that day our oldest environmental organization for the first time in its history committed civil disobedience because of the keystone pipeline. this has become the rallying points now for people. if the president turns it down this will be the first time that a world leader has ever said i'm not going to build some big project because of its effect on the climate. if you want to talk about legacy, that's legacy and if you want to talk about the ability to try and leverage other countries to try to convince them to change their ways that's how we'll do it if we're ever going to do it. >> what's so important about what bill is talking about is that the movement is changing rapidly to rise to the challenge. you know, julian bond was there because he knows it's important to our community, important to our kids, im