columbia university history professor eric foner and university of iowa history profession linda kerber argue discuss the 15th amendment and the birthright. they argue it changed history for the better and that it is unique to the united states. this is half an hour. >> american history tv is in milwaukee at the organization of american historians annual meeting and we're joined by professor eric foner from columbia university and linda kerber with the university of iowa. thanks to both of you for joining us. you'll be talking about at this conference about birthright citizenship and the 14th amendment. why don't you set the stage for us, mr. foner, and what is birthright citizenship? >> in a nutshell, this is the principle that any person born in the united states, regardless of the status of their parents, their ancestor, regardless of their race, gender, religion, any other category, is a citizen of the united states just by have i chew of being born here. of course you can also become a citizen by naturalization if you're an immigrant. but i think historically, the important point i

when in rome maria sharapova qualifies for her second successive italian open final donning kerber in straight sets. trying times following a less than stellar season in russia's rugby squad and their european nations cup campaign with victory over spain. but there's only one place to start tonight on the outs with the champions league final bar in munich chelsea beginning extra time in their class just moments ago as both squads seek to be crime kings of europe the greatest of spectacles in the first top of things certainly in the second thomas mueller scoring seven minutes from time on his home page before did drug to head home two minutes from time so one one was to score after ninety minutes the remaining extra time will be required to run two minutes into extra time remains. in. the game billed as the richest football match in the world also took place on saturday night's west ham united beating block pool in a play off to reach the english premier league pocket some seventy million dollars in the process incredible pressure and wembley but it was like altering the book that look

her italian open title the russian setting up a deciding clash against leno after beating angele kerber in rome earlier the per previously spitter other two meetings this year but it was the second suitor of a who was strongest audit of the gate on this occasion the twenty rule taking you think it's just six separate for the incoming to the german on able to from announcer to drop in the second either six three six for the final score of the spike the last kerber will now move into the world top ten to meet the semi's while trump will go up against leno for her second title of the year and. two basketball to the n.b.a. where the l.a. lakers have secured a much needed win in their western conference semifinal series with the oklahoma thunder kobe bryant and coding in our zero ninety nine ninety six home win in game three to half the deficit in the tie bryant himself scoring thirty six points turning eighteen free throw attempts from eighteen one hundred percent from the line the thunder now lead to series to one heading into game four later on some of it well the philadelphia seventy six

her italian open title the russian setting up a deciding clash against li na after beating angele kerber in the semifinals per previously spent the other two meetings this year but it was the second signature up of a stronger start of this occasion the twenty five year old taking the opener six three to set the tone for the encounter the german unable to find an answer to shore up of in the second either six three six for the final score of the spike the last. semi. pencil enough for her second title of the year on something. wasn't just football which had a european final taking place on saturday in rugby the biggest club game of the year occurred in london a historical first took the side of the time between two irish science for the first time proving themselves masters of europe once again by dominating northern neighbors ulster forty two fourteen brian o'driscoll and co remarkably clinching their third heineken cup probably in four years. and stay with russia have wrapped up their consul campaign this season the burrs securing third place in the european nations cup after beating sp

so the racial configuration of our country has changed enormously since that law. >> professor kerber mentioned that one senator from pennsylvania that vilified the chinese, have you found that through history, a new immigrant group comes along and is sill phied almost equally? >> yeah. we all know that. we all know that. and i think one of the things i conclude from that or i like to think about is that we've had conflicting and contesting traditions in the united states, so that we have principles which are grand and eloquent and ethical and capacious. and they're difficult to live by and in every decade, in every generation, if you want, there's resistant. they have to be argued about. people have to be persuaded of them over and over again. they don't -- they're not static. >> we have a couple of minutes left. and i will wrap up by asking each of you if in that the issue is still fairly current, if you were called before congress to testify on the importance of the 14th amendment, what are a couple of the things that you would say? >> well, i would say, first of all, as i mentione

greece is the latest to refuse to join a coalition that enforces more cuts political economist marcus kerber says even if our quits the euro it's still too late to save the currency the unconditional. euro savers as they are now prisoners of their own misjudgments their errors of judgment to also be fatal because the crisis about the euro is on far more than just a currency it's about the future integration of europe and we have come to a point where we can no longer solve the euro crisis by simply urging or pushing or requesting greece to opt out and to leave the eurozone because the problems are far beyond that we could have so some two years ago when the crisis was a very beginning so the discussion is no longer about greece the discussion is no longer about whether germany is profiting or benefiting less or more from the you from the eurozone the question is how we can get the problem solved as quickly as possible without damaging the european integration process. there's more on the cracks in europe's financial foundations at r.t. dot com here's what else is also online from the. it's a