but the kansas-nebraska act said settlers can decide for themselves whether slavery can be north of theine. >> it wasn't just talking about the modern day states of kansas and nebraska. it was talking about this immense territory that stretched all the way up to the canadian border, westward towards oregon. and the north goes ballistic, and lincoln goes ballistic too. >> lincoln says you can't have a democratic process to determine whether an undemocratic institution can exist. so lincoln recognizes that democracy can fail when the ideas of a society aren't founded on human equality. >> but the democrats doubled down. they are now the party of slavery. the kansas-nebraska act propels lincoln, an obscure prairie lawyer and a one-term congressman who considers himself a failure, back into politics. >> in the wake of the kansas-nebraska act, lincoln's whig party begins to unravel over the issue of slavery. >> the whigs and democrats were not liberals and conservatives precisely as we divide parties today. the whigs were pretty progressive on slavery. the democrats were liberal in terms of

in may, president pierce signs the kansas-nebraska act.ing american slavery the opportunity to expand throughout 500,000 square miles of new territory. >> the kansas-nebraska act repealed the missouri compromise which had said there can be no slavery north of the 3630 line. >> it wasn't just talking about the modern day states of kansas and nebraska. this immense territory, to the canadian border and west towards oregon. >> lincoln says, you can't have a democratic process to determine whether an unconstitutional process can exist. he had a good idea of when ideals weren't founded the right way. >> the kansas-nebraska act propels lincoln back into politics. >> in the wake of the kansas-nebraska act, lincoln's whig party begins to unravel over the issue of slavery. >> the whigs and democrats were not liberals and conservatives, precisely as we divide parties today. the whigs were pretty progressive on slavery. the democrats were liberal in terms of voting opportunities in terms of suspicion about immigration, but not liberal on southern sla

may, president franklin pearce signed the kansas nebraska act. >> there could be no slavery north ofhe 36/30 line. the kansas nebraska act says slaveries can decide themselves whether slavery can be north of the line. >> it was talking about this e l the way up to the canadian border west towards oregon. the north goes ballistic. lincoln says you can't have a democratic process to determine whether an undemocratic institution can exist. lincoln recognizes that democracy can fail when the idea of a society are not founded on human equality. >> democrats doubled down, they're now the party of slavery, it propels lincoln in a one-term congressman considers himself a failure back into politics. in the wake of the kansas' nebraska act, lincoln began to unravel over the issue of slavery. >> the democrats were not liberal and conservatives as we divide party today. the wigs were progressive about slaves. democrats were liberal in terms of voting opportunities and suspicion of immigration but not liberal when it came to protecting southern slavery because the south then was the democratic ba

what the kansas-nebraska act did on the ground though was to give both sides? pro slavery antislavery and opportunity to basically flex their muscles ahead of some sort of military conflict because the principle on which kansas kansas territory was open to settlement was what steven douglas called popular sovereignty and it sounds innocuous on its face. it's as democratic as can be so i've settlers from any states in the union can go into kansas territory and they can take their property with them or that property happens to be mules and horses or slaves so they can come in from the slaves out. they can come in from the free north and when kansas territory gets a population large enough to warrant a constitution estate constitution those people then resident in kansas territory will write a constitution and at that point they'll decide for slavery or against slavery. it's up to them. this is a democracy people ought to get the government they want who could argue with that. well, in fact lincoln argue with it because it overturned this basic principle of event a

declaration of independence, to the bill of rights, all through 1820 compromise, 1830 compromise, kansas nebraska act dred scott decision. and then, you see paired with those, actual at excerpts from speeches, sermons from newspaper articles all written by african americans speaking back to the moment. to my left, is the story of the domestic slave trade. again, remember. 1793, the -- 1803, the louisiana purchase takes place. that means, that there is more land to cultivate cotton, and cotton is in high demand. and it is being produced more efficiently, that demand has an impact on african american bodies. mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives, are all being sold away from the upper south, to the lower south. to produce more cotton in the field, down south. at the same time, remember, this is a story of slavery, and freedom. so, those same men women and children, are fighting for their freedom, all along the way, to -- defining freedom for this nation. one of the more pitiful stories and iconic stories is that of matt turner. we are fortunate to be able to feature a viable that we

douglas passed the kansas nebraska act in 1854. the republican party formed in opposition to steven a. douglas. the only thing they all had in common was they hated the idea of slavery extending into the terriers to. beyond that the party was hard to hold together. this is in the wings. now i want to talk about lincoln and the message. the republicans here and the democratics. the most extreme end of the republican party was the abolition wing. you are against slavery extending into the territories and you want an end to the fugitive slave eight law and abolished from the southern states. the problem was that was like being called a communist in the 1950s. you weren't going to win elections if you were tagged with that label. lincoln was not an abolitionist. the reason why he wasn't is because of the constitutionality. believe it or not in 1859 and 1860, lincoln was for the fugitive slave law, returning slaves to their owners. osteowith a not be a favorite of lincoln. ab litigationists really hated him when he espoused that positio

and nebraska -- passed the kansas and nebraska act. republican party forward -- formed in the main 1850's. the only thing they all had in common was they hated the idea of slavery extending in the territories. after that, there were so many differences the party was hard to hold together. i do not think about this as --, but i think about lincoln and the message. if you have the democratic party over here and the republican party here, the most extreme and -- end of the republican party was the abolition wing. you might say that is a good position, you are not only against slavery extending but you want and and -- an end to slave law. the problem with that is that a word, abolitionist was like being called a communist in the 1950's, you are not going to get in election with that label. lincoln was not an abolitionist and the reason is because of constitutionality. in those years, lincoln was for the fugitive slave law, returning slaves to their owners. abolitionists really hated him when he espoused that position because one of them, w

the 1854 compromise the kansas-nebraska act we do away with all the compromises we've had up into this point and now it is popular sovereignty determines whether a territory comes into slavery free this gives us things like bleeding kansas 1857 the dred scott decision which reaffirms that slaves will not be free even in free territory if you're a conspiracy theorist and you live in the north you believe washington dc is against your interest. 1859 that john brown rate now of a sudden it's not just about a slavery billion. it's about northern whites coming to incite a slavery billion. and then finally the straw that breaks the camels back is the 1860 election if you think we live in contentious political times abraham lincoln wins the 1860 election with 39.8% of the popular vote, which really isn't too bad if you consider that he's not on the ballot in 10 states in the south effectively. what happens back then is you are elected in november, but you didn't get inaugurated until march during that time lincoln gets elected in november seven states all in the deep, south, florida georgia,

nebraska, and part of colorado and utah. all of that had the threat of having slavery extending into it when stephen a. douglas passed the kansas and nebraska act. much like the whig party formed in opposition to andrew jackson, the republican party formed in 1856 in opposition to stephen a. douglas. the only thing they all had in common was they hated the idea of slavery extending in the territories. after that, there were so many differences the party was hard to hold together. i don't like to think about this as -- i think about lincoln and the message. if you have the democratic party over here in 1860, and the republican party here, the most extreme end of the republican party was the abolition wing. you might say that is a good position, you are not only against slavery extending but you want an end to slave law. you want slavery to be expelled from the southern states. the problem with that is that a word, abolitionist was like being called a communist in the 1950's, you are not going to get any election with that label. lincoln was not an abolitionist and the reason is because of the constitutionality. believe it or not

you see the compromise of 1850, which really only lasted about three years because kansas and nebraska broke that up as we were dividing up -- trying to decide about the projection of slavery. and you see this, not as an inevitable progression but points on a graph that led us to a cataclysm. an important cleansing cataclysm, but a cataclysm. and you can do that with the kennedy assassination in dallas. you can look at the fact that stevenson was jostled. they spit on lady bird johnson. the john burch society was raising all of these questions. when you step back from major events in american history, you can often see a chain of events. and to remove donald trump from the chain of events that led to the insurrection and terror attack on the capitol is not conceivable. and so once again this is a little bit like the phone call of a year ago. it is in fact, the case what what the united states senators are going to have to do is concede the facts but decide it doesn't matter. at a certain point, when does something matter? if it doesn't matter, why go to the trouble to seek statewide of

virtually the same thing that territorial delegates from many territories, nebraska, kansas, whereverired. that was infrastructure improvements. postal roads, railroads, improvements to airways and waterways. those things that would spur business and population growth and lead to stability in the territory and put it on the road to statehood. the one outlier in this story of territorial delegates is a california. he was the first hispanicób american to serve -- he also cheered the private land and the committee in his final term. like new mexican delegates, he is interested in internal improvements in california. it's important to realize that with pachinko, with the exception of pachinko, all of these delegates were constrained by these institutional most of their powers. they couldn't serve on a committee until the house changed its rules in 1871 and allow them onto one committee. the very prestigious waits committee. it made sense for a territory with a lot of mining interests but not exactly the most appropriate. they served brief terms in office. when someone decided that they wa

deprossry store chain and have stores in iowa and we have too many stores in iowa but stores in nebraska, most, kansas, wisconsin and wisconsin. president biden: i was teasing you. >> we are a great company and i appreciate the opportunity that i have to work for them. we employ over 88,000 employees and during this past year, the pandemic has challenged us to not only focus us on service to our customers and employees and service safety. we really had to shift our focus rapidly on how we take care of our customers and make sure they are safe when they come into the stores. we were one of the first stores to employ flexy glass and created social distancing. we also, in my store and all of our stores, we had employees from the moment we opened until we closed, all they did is sanitize and clean and clean contact areas just to make sure that the virus was limited in the possibility that it might spread. we installed a system that we can push our grocery carts through to san tides them and make sure our customers are safe. we mandated masks for all of our employees and we passed out millions of masks to

looking at wind chill alerts for 20 states i've never seen every county of texas, oklahoma, kansas, iowa, nebraska, the dakotas, and minnesota and wisconsin all have winter storm -- i should say, wind chill alerts. here are the impacts we're looking at severe storms, possibly tornadoes in the southeast today and hail then we move on to the tree damage, power outages, slick roads, and hazardous travel stretching from louisiana all the way into the northeast, with possibility of multiple day power outages. then there is the snow heavy snowfall with snow up to 1 inch falling per hour, making blowing snow and reducing visibility, causing driving hazards. 9 to 12 inches in parts of ohio. upwards of anywhere from 3 to 6 inches into the northeast. here comes the second storm wednesday, bringing snow from chicago to memphis snow and ice more likely again for texas. thursday, snow, sleet, freezing rain moves into the northeast from chicago to buffalo to new york look for heavy showers and thunderstorms making their way through the southeast. friday, the storm moves off the new england coast. the heaviest s

president, we have too many stores in iowa but we also have stores in nebraska, illinois, south dakota, missouri, kansas, wisconsin and minnesota. >> i was teasing you. >> i know, but it's -- we're a great company, and i really have appreciated the opportunity that i have to -- to work for them. we employ over 88,000 employees and during this past year the pandemic has really chang esed us not only to focus on service to our customers and employees but also safety. we really had to shift our focus rapidly on how we take care of our kers mers. how do we make sure they are safe. well were the first to infull airo and shields and ech we wanted to make sure people didn't crout and share the virus. >> we've had employees from the moment we've owned is all they have done is walk around and making sure that the virus was limited in the area is were it possibly might spread. we created a space that we could push our grocery carts through to ensure that our customers were safe. we mandated masks for all of our employees. we passed out millions -- i don't know about millions but thousand of masks to our customers

president we have too any stores in iowa but we also have stores in nebraska illinois south dakota missouri kansasconsin and minnesota. biden: i was teasing. jeff: i know but i appreciate the opportunity that i have to work for them. we employ over 80000 employees. during this pastt year, the pandemic has really challenged us too not only focus on service for our customers and our employees but also service safety. we really had a shift our focus rapidly on how we take care of our customers and how we make sure thatth are safe when they come in the stores . who one of the first stores to installs plexi class shield to protect their employees and customers we also put directional arrows to create social distancing so that people did not crowd and possibly spread the virus. and in my sword all of her stores, we have employees from the moment we open until when we closed, all they did was far from the store and sanitize and clean and clean contact areas that customers and employees touch to make sure the virus was limited. we installed the system called - we push our grocery carts through in order to

nebraska -30 believe lee cold temperatures. >>and there have been hundreds of cold temperatures broken around much of the united states, here's the very latest right now these temperatures you've got 18 degrees in kansas city still below freezing in dallas in fact they're setting records now for continuous days of freezing haven't gotten above freezing for the last 3 at least and that's still going so this what we can expect to see well as we take you through time here by tomorrow morning you're talking about 12 degrees to start your day in dallas about one in norman about 9 in wichita as we take the time that cold air is going to start to finally shift a little further the east so you're still below freezing at 30 degrees even friday afternoons they may have 5 days in a below freezing temperatures or so and then finally they're going to catch a little bit of a break over the weekend are heating up to 41. as we head in towards saturday and by sunday, maybe if you're lucky 58 degrees but this has been some kind of cold snap across the united states. so hopefully this thing comes to a close in because it's been deadly blame dangerous cold all around the united states really frightening looks like they'r

waking up across oklahoma and kansas to temperatures generally between 15 and 25 below and once again we are dealing with temperatures as cold as 25 to 30 below across nebraskathere's only so much you can do when it's not cold. lisa:'s has been thought of previously as a tail risk. how common are these extreme events getting? >> we knew there was going to be issues this winter because of two things that were going on in the atmosphere. first of all we had a la niÑa in the pacific so that exposes the central united states to a colder than normal weather pattern. so we knew the central and northern planes were susceptible. the second thing was we had a major disruption of the polar vortex started in december and continue through the month of january. we were fortunate here in the united states through january because the disruption put the cold air in siberia. a piece of the polar vortex was able to break free and drop our way and we have seen these exceptional cold temperatures this week. tom: rob carolan, thank you so much for the perspective on this ongoing storm. that italian headline speaks volumes. jonathan: italy with a 10 year bond option. draws a reco

of three and i am just thinking around us around nebraska, wyoming has one representative, south dakota has won a presented live, iowa has four, kansas has four, colorado, eight or nine. my point is things are different across various parts of america. i am curious and i am wondering if miss -- ms. miller could clarify something for me, can i ask her a question? is that possible? >> it is. rep. smith: my question is, i know my colleague from nevada said we want targeted resources, and also wanting to target the resources. my question for clarification, is there language in the bill that directs resources towards poverty reflected by the need? ms. miller: yes, and using a 50-50 formula. rep. smith: i was asking the committee staffer. ms. miller: sorry. >> we have missed that stage but i think we could revisit it for the purpose of having the question answered. rep. smith: any advocate of the bill, i would be curious to know what language actually targets the resources based on need. >> if the staff member would like to volunteer and answer, that would be fine, but i think maybe you should call the staff. rep. smith: it is something th