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the way louisiana lawmakers created the gym. closure was in 1898. they wrote. our mission was to establish the supremacy of the right. right. that's what they wrote and it did what it was designed to do. we still have the highest incarceration rate in the world. the laws need to be changed. the are coming on, but i stand for 1000 the times, especially about 30 minutes to an hour for hawkins. the hello. how are you? well, thank you for giving us the hi. brandon has a non in history verdict, recently been pro and wanted an opportunity to talk on behalf of himself and the others to remain in louisiana. i received a life sentence for crime that i didn't commit 10 wide. you're responding to your to, to black. did i did 25 and have me as i watch all my family members that we can't confuse law. we just, we can't do that because we all are in agreement that this is, it raises lot the supreme court ruled or they went on constitution, but they will perspective, instead of who really rich were active, whatever's unconstitutional. should that be all caught the toughness bo

it is how important a topic is that they're in louisiana?- they're in louisiana?rtant topic and i very important topic and obviously there are people who have very strong opinions one way or another. there are a lot of people who are forming opinions, though, and i think it is very important for those people who are forming opinions to realise abortion means many different things and all of the utilisation of abortion, i think a lot of people think of it in one way only, in a very narrow constructed and it's just not that way. it's very complex. it can be very convoluted, it can be very challenging to put it into a box. americanjournalist evan gershkovich will stand trial in russia — on espionage charges. mr gershkovich was detained in the city of yekaterinburg in march last year while working for the wall street journal. russian prosecutors accuse him collecting secret information on a defence contractor for us intelligence officials. the us government says he was "wrongfully detained" and is working to secure his release. there is no word on when the trial will

and they do so based on louisiana's last jim crow law and we can fix that here. we're waiting on the today, louisiana supreme court heard they'd be radical, nearly a 100 years after the 1890 a constitutional convention matched for the purpose of insuring the supremacy of the white race in louisiana. and hopefully today were able to write that wrong. i feel like this is a case opportunity to, to really kill louisiana, the point of finding a abs and for as some of the things, you know, you only want to be a normal as why, you know, i shut down with their domain and i listen. i just look at that is strange, but i went well we get today. we got some old changes in their mind. there we go. you can. we don't have the tables, macaroni and cheese debris. that's the last 2 to 0, is better than being over the way i look at it. now. i get up and go to use my mom, make our coffee here for us that just mean that going to win the being able to a quite a guess a system that was already to stay to guess that means to were to meet i'm hoping that to fight it out to all makes a di

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. >> louisiana highway 66. it's beautiful countryside and undoubtedly not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they will most likely die. that road ends here. the louisiana state penitentiary, a former plantation. the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. most people call it angola named after the african country that was home to the slaves who once worked these very fields. now, angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the country where today, i will be housed with about 5500 men. i am heading into ground zero of mass incarceration. there is a heightened awareness as i walked through here with no guards. for the next couple of days, i will be staying here, exploring key issues of the person reform debate. juveniles sentenced to life without parole. >> we were children when we got incarcerated. >> the lasting effect of the war on drugs. the power of rehabilitation. >> your life is worthwhile. >> the demand by many for punishment. >> i think he's where he needs to be. >> i will stay in a cel

cut to this week, louisiana republican governor jeff landry took a shot. landry signed a new lot requiring all public classrooms to display the 10 commandments. even before signing the bill, the governor anticipated legal challenges. he told a room full of republican donors, i can't wait to be sued. his wish will soon come true. the aclu along with americans united for separation of church and state and freedom of religion foundation have announced they will sue louisiana over the, quote, blatantly unconstitutional law. in a joint statement, the organizations wrote, hb 71 would require school officials to promote specific religious beliefs to which people of many faiths and those of no faith do not subscribe. the government of louisiana should not be coercing students to submit day in and day out to unavoidable promotions of the doctrine. at first glance, it seems like a slam dunk case for the aclu. if the case makes it to the supreme court, the president set by jones versus graham should mean louisiana's new law is overturned, right? wrong, not so fast. t

is from louisiana. okay. the clerk of the congress is from louisiana.ing above our weight every day and if you want to see what donald trump will do to this country, look no further. >> this is, i think, a really important point. we have been talking about oligarchy and for it to work you have to have a population that essentially walks away from any resistance. so if you have this guy being elected by less than a quarter of the people in your state who are eligible to vote, in the second poorest state in the country, in one of the states with the largest prison population. angola prison which is essentially a plantation where they can force people to work. you have the second highest poverty rate in the country. a median income of $55,416, the third lowest in the nation. we see this consistently, gary, in southern states. states where you have a tiny number of superrich people, a large number of poor people and largely black people and the first thing they get rid of is your right to vote and the second thing they do is pass laws to lock you up. >> the

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. >>> plus, louisiana's governor forces the ten commandments into public school classrooms. when his state has far more pressing concerns. like its extremely low education rankings. >>> but we begin tonight a week out from the first and historically the earliest presidential debate between biden and trump, and how it will set the tone for the final months of the presidential campaign. over at "the new york times," trump whispering maggie haberman has new reporting on how trump is preparing or not to face president biden next week. cue the endless speculation of the media industry of trump's reported policy session, the lack of stands-ins and roll playing, who stands where, who has the last word or the last gaffe. there will be lots of talk about biden and trump making history in the first presidential debate between an incumbent and former president. but that's not the only historical tidbit to go in the books. i would argue that the most important piece of information leading up to this debate is that trump is an adjudicated criminal and sexual assaulter and he's running fo

and louisiana, _ plays out in the court. and louisiana, of— plays out in the court.e court. and louisiana, of course, is . plays out in the court. and| louisiana, of course, is the first us state to have a law like this potentially blurring the difference between church and state, as you have been outlining there. do you think other states might now follow suit? it other states might now follow suit? , , ., suit? it will be interesting to see if others _ suit? it will be interesting to see if others follow - suit? it will be interesting to see if others follow the - suit? it will be interesting to | see if others follow the lead. other states have attempted it previously but they haven't gotten legislation quite like this across the finish line. we have seen that in texas, we seen that in utah, so we will seen that in utah, so we will see if others try again. millions of people across the globe are facing extreme heat and dangerous weather this week — from the middle east and asia to north america. heat—related deaths and overwhelmed power grids have been reported wo

louisiana, (202) 748-8002. the buckeye state with linda. good morning on the those who support the new law. caller: yes, good morni. i don't understand what there is to oppose. i don't think it has anything necessarily to do just with the various religions. thou steal or kill. those are all things we should be living by serve or if we serve a god or not. i don't think it matters what god you serve or don't serve.yououldn't be breaking laws anyway. that is all the 10 commandments are. the laws of the land agree with it. host: linda, pennsylvania. carl in washington pennsylvania. good morning. i have a suggestion for the why not post the constitution in each classroom in louisiana rather than the 10 commandments? nation. we are based on the separation of church and state. ok? host: what do you think happens with this law? we noted lawsuits are already in the works. caller: dust. we have such a crooked supreme court they will rule in favor of anything, but we are not a christian nation. we are jewish. we are hindu

joining me now alana odom executive director of the aclu of louisiana.joining us chair of religious studies at the university of pennsylvania. two of the smartest women i know. thank you both so much for being here tonight. alana what's the impact of this law? >> hb71 being signed into law means that children all over the state of louisiana in every single classroom whether it be their math classroom, their art classroom will be subjected essentially to codified christianity. our schools are public schools are going to be turned into sunday schools. and throughout the time that we have been studying this law, we know one thing, that the first amendment and its free exercise clause which allows each and every united states citizen to choose their own faith or no faith at all, and the importance of the establishment cause which says the government should not interfere, coerce, or choose or give one particular religion preference over another. those two clauses are still incredibly important in the united states constitution and for the first amendment. and

kaila, the state of louisiana. i mean, part of the reason this is happening is it's true with the state is overwhelmingly christian. do you think that outside of your colleagues and some we've had a teacher on last night that there will be any blowback for all of this i think they will abbe and thank you for having me. so i was just made aware that the aclu has actually filed suit against house bill 71. and so what this bill seeks to do is to overturn the stone v. graham case, which was decided by the supreme court in 1980 which basically overruled what the state of kentucky attempted to do in having the ten commandments posted in her classroom. and the reason why they they basically shut kentucky down was because it said that it had no legislative secular purpose. >> and it also was plainly religious in nature. >> and so in louisiana, we know that this bill has no secular legislative purpose, and it is also plainly religious and we know that because of what the debate that occurred, both on the house house floor a

host: another state having insurance challenges is louisiana.ouisiana government -- governor jeff landry spoke about the coverage. re are his remarks. [video clip] >> we are experiencing an insurance crisis. the results of back-to-back hurricanes that have decimated our southern coast. the storms have overwhelmed the insurance industry. the delay of getting claims to the process has led to an unprecedented number of lawsuits that clogged the state and federal courts. many insurance companies have left us. those companies have -- those companies that remained raised rates to cover the losses. many homeowners and businesses the current environment. leading to mortgage disqualifications, the threat of losing one's home, business relocations or even business failures. the new insurance commissioner is working tirelessly to find solutions that make louisiana attractive to the insurance market so that more companies will come here. ree with him that the deregulatory measures will improve market conditions. there are several i edition -- additional ide

louisiana is 43 and 44th in math and reading. is this going to help what is a very big problem in louisiana? >> i think is part and parcel to helping kids anywhere around the country but at the same time we sign that deal into law we assign a string of others i signed 20 bills including this one to reform louisiana schools. look, 20 years ago the state of florida had the same statistics you just rattled off that louisiana now has. they went through a number of educational reforms. we took up some of the things that many of those things like florida have done and we signed those into law perry we believe displaying historical documents especially something as important as the ten commandments, look. when the supreme court meets the doors of the supreme courts on the backside have the ten commandments. moses faces the u.s. speaker of the house in the house of chamber. he is the original giver of law. most of our laws in this country are founded on the ten commandments. what is the big problem, sander questioned that's what i don't

suck it, louisiana! we read gooder. [laughter and applause] for more on louisiana's new ten commandments law and what it means for the separation of church and state, we go live to louisiana with michael kosta. [cheers and applause] michael, how can republicans justify religion in public schools? >> the ten commandments aren't religion, all right? just because they are in the bible doesn't mean they are religious, okay? the ten commandments are universal moral principles that these louisiana republicans want everybody to live by. just like the party does. >> desi: so they live up to these same moral standards? >> of course, it's not that hard. like "thou shalt not kill." pretty cut and dry, don't kill anybody. unless you are standing your ground, you've got to protect yourself. or if a protester is blocking traffic. i've got places i've got to -- you know what, let's forget about this one, it's complicated. [laughter and applause] but look, the rest of these are clear-cut. >> desi: sure, like "thou shalt not commit adul

i think louisiana prevails because of kennedy v.merton. >> if what you are saying is by being 49th in some of those areas of educational performance for the students in louisiana, if what you are saying is that they haven't tried many other things, pretty much they have tried everything else an nothing has helped. faith comes in and it comes in last in this is stance. as we pointed out and as emily did too, we have tried this in other school districts. we know we are in trouble. we know we are going to need something more than xs and os and we know it more intimately as parents than before the pandemic. we see the teaching and what's coming out of some of these classrooms. if you really want to move the needle ac dem cally, you may want to try every single option. >> the governor ran on that. he ran on this as the former ag and ran for governor. he made it very clear. i'm going to do things radically different in the state to get us from being at the bottom pf. >> try everything. >> this is one part of it. >> i have never heard of a

. >> and louisiana schools will soon have the ten commandments displayed in every classroom. it's the new law of the land in that state and the lawsuits are already beginning. >> we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central the stage is set for what could be the most consequential event in this year's presidential race. just one week from today, former president donald trump and president biden are gonna go head-to-head in atlanta on the cnn debate stage. it's gonna be historic. it'll be the first debate ever between a sitting president and a former president. and it could potentially define a race that still has no clear front runner right now, we're learning new details on how both candidates are preparing. and as you might imagine, it's in very different ways today, president biden is traveling to camp david, where he's going to huddle with a tight circle of advisers for several days of intense discussion and preparation, including mock debates. former president trump on the other hand, taking a less formal appr

it doesn't scare us in the state of louisiana. we say bring it on. >> what do you say to the parents of students or even teachers who don't share that, your religious views don't look at it let's turn now to ilana odom. >> she is the executive director of the aclu in louisiana, which is one of the groups planning to sue here okay. ilana, you heard that coauthor of the bill, don't look at it. she said to boris, why is it not that simple in your view requiring the ten commandments be posted in every classroom from preschool to college in the state of louisiana is religious indoctrination it's the codifying of christianity in the state of louisiana, and it clearly violate the first amendment both in its free exercise clause and all so when it's establishment clause. >> in the united states of america, based on our founding principles, we have the right to choose any faith that we want, or no faith at all. and that's free exercise. and the establishment clause also tells us that the government cannot favor one religion over another. a

part of louisiana also saw severe flooding.ll check today's forecast in just a few moments. >> a manhunt overnight for a violent felon accused of at least four murders. police warn stacey lee drake is armed and dangerous. he was last seen at a motel in morrilton, arkansas. police say he bought some camping gear. he may still be in that area now. drake has been linked to a homicide in his home state of alabama. he's also accused of killing three people in oklahoma. >> we turn now to the rising tensions between the white house and israel, amid allegations that the u.s. weapons shipments for the war in gaza are being delayed, the rising tensions come as we learn more about a disturbing series of anti-semitic attacks here at home and abroad. abc's em nguyen has details on that. and good morning. >> lionel. good morning. the white house is said to be enraged and frustrated by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's recent comments, which sources say appear to be driven more by politics than by reality. this morning, mounting ten

louisiana. and so they say to thomas, you want some land? and jefferson says, absolutely, i would love some land. there could be a lot of good stuff out there that this new country could use. there could be a lot of really interesting to be gained from going and exploring this place. all louisiana territory, you, napoleon and all ad 828,000 square miles of territory to the united states doubling in effect in one sort of purchase the entire extent of the country including a little bit of part of canada that got settled later and and maybe florida. jefferson right. as i've already told you all, is truly going to insist that the louisiana purchase included florida, spain and france both going to be like, we don't really think. so andrew jackson's going to go ahead and go take florida in 18 teens in what becomes known as the first seminole war so it's going hang in the balance but jefferson thinks he's one that as well florida is important for a number of reasons, but mainly because of its access to the caribbean. so napoleon, us, louisiana terr

this louisiana case is different. the state government is requiring that public school students must be exposed to the ten commandments in every classroom. no state has gone that far. if this case makes it to the supreme court, the big question is whether the court will respect precedent and say that the louisiana law's unconstitutional or whether it will reverse years of settled law like it's done in cases involving abortion, affirmative action, voting rights, this is an ultra conservative court that advances its right wing jurisprudence and sometimes doesn't seem to care about the impact of its ruling on real people. >> is the fifth circuit likely to uphold this? >> again, because this case is different from the precedent, it's quite difficult to predict. again, and the supreme court, now these cases take a conservative versus liberal vote. the fifth circuit is one of the more conservative courts. it might well uphold the louisiana law, which would send the case to the supreme court. >> paul butler, thank you very m

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soquestionably a part of the louisiana purchase. so. so most of texas not the what the, texas panhandle, but that's about it. and then that corner of new mexico. right. and this right where santa fe and albuquerque kind of are. so they were right skirting the edge of of what territory was. so, yeah they got when they went them, over to albuquerque. that's where they got themselves into trouble. happens, it was z06 for whatever reason i don't know louis clark. they end up in the san luis which is a massive mountain park where the great sand dunes are in winter year, and pike will literally write things in a journal like we didn' i don't like. i don't know why his expedition they just seemed more ill equipped than lewis clark. but they havteresting story, the kind of final leg ofring louisiana purchase is the long expedition, which fewer peoplees a little later in 1820. stephen h lg great and his job isof the rocky mountains trying to figure out now what are the mountains where are the places that we can cross these rocky mountains which

the louisiana territory now belonged to. the united and.inent, to trade■fhe horses, food, the protection that they needed to to cross these mountains and and rivers of the american west. job.hey have to learn on e but it's a very interesting kind of assumption. it's going to be no problem at all. always case in history, right. much more complicated than that. this a later painting, the 1880s, 1890s of the lewis and clark expeditionhas. lots of work hanging in the air and carter museum in fort worth. if you ever want to go see its wonderful museum, if you ever want to see art that is produced by these army exploring expeditions, thearr ways. so what are the lewis and clark expedition achieved? well, they made a lot of maps, about 140 of them to the best of their ability. so they had all these scientific, you know, compasses ways to draw, find longitude and so on. they tribes during the course of their expedition and their reports and journals describe more than 200 new plant and&qls species they caught or trapped as many as theyartifo thomas

this time in louisiana public school system.chool system. >> you are not worthy to receive these 10 commandments. . >>> conservatives have long been trying to be to liberals for decades with efforts to display the 10 commandments in public places. a big fight they pick centered around the constitutionality of putting the 10 commandments in public buildings. it was former alabama chief justice his entire stick. with the 6-3 court, they're confident they can go further. louisiana governor jeff landry signed a bill to require the 10 commandments in every school. not optional. required. he says he cannot wait to be sued because he is confident he has a trump court on his side. there's an amazing back story to this 10 commandments battle. princeton historian kevin kruse explains the campaign to get commandments into public buildings is a rehash of an effort developed as a promotional campaign for the block buster film the 10 commandments. the 1956 film starring charlton heston as moses. >> gut has set before you this day, his laws of

does louisiana's approach change anything in the eyes of federal judges on this?tting that the last big case in 2005 when the supreme court upheld a monument in a park. that reasoning gives us support for putting it up in every classroom. i don't see how they will make that case, and on the same day in 2005 the supreme court struck down two kentucky courthouse displays of the 10 commandments, saying that they promoted religion. so i think the court would be more likely to go with the kentucky decision, but they do not think so. geoff: there is similar legislation that pertain to the 10 commitments being proposed intact was -- being proposed in texas, oklahoma, utah. could this change out other states proceed especially as the religious right steps up its efforts to amplify expressions of public faith? >> i think those dates will wait to see how it fares in the courts. if it is struck down in the lower courts and does not go far or if it gets to the supreme court and they strike it down it will stop this movement. on the other hand if it makes it to the supreme cou

louisiana is 44th in math and reading. will this help what is a big problem in louisiana?we signed that bill into law we signed a string of others. i signed 20 bills including this one to reform louisiana schools. >> it is just amazing. that was jeff landry talking about a new law requiring the 10 commandments to be displayed in public schools. when you lose fox news on a cultural issue like that i think you have gone a little bit too far. joining me now is my friend eddie glaude. i've been looking forward to talking to you about this. you and i have had these questions and discussions around this for a while. do you get the sense that republicans members of the party are pressing their advantage here a little bit too much. they are going on the offense thinking they can pull the country into this form of violating the constitution? >> i don't know if they think they are getting ahead of their schemes. i think they see a window, an opportunity. when i say they i am talking about those that self identify as white christian nationalist. what is fascinating to me, and you tel

the latest we're hearing from officials and louisiana becomes the very first state to require public schools to display the ten in commandments in the classroom critics of this measure are already gearing up for a big legal fights. stay with us thanks, guys erin burnett out outfront tonight. it's seven odd cnn if you were moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you and you're tracks you still laura from the start and move toward relief after the first dose with injections every two months still army increase your risk of infections, some serious and cancer before treatment get tested for tb, tell your doctor if you've had an infection flu-like symptoms and source new skin growths have had cancer or if you need a vaccine premis, a rare potentially fatal brain condition may be possible. some serious allergic reactions and lung inflammation can occur. >> feel unstoppable ask your gun dr. how lasting remission can start with still laura johnson and johnson can help you explore cost support options. >> look cockroach resilient creatures, where there

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they brought about the death penalty in the state of louisiana., the kind of jesus that would require 10 commandments to be posted in the classroom would take free lunch out of the classroom is a kind of jesus and i don't think any of the believers i know of understand. >> thank you so much. i greatly appreciate your insights. we will continue to follow the story and bring any updates to it that we can. thank you so much. >>> next up, good news for undocumented spouses of u.s. citizens. citizens. you going. ♪ ♪ [ engine revving ] oh now we're torquin'! the dodge hornet r/t. the totally torqued-out crossover. here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. it's time. yes, the time has come for a fresh approach to dog food. everyday, more dog people are deciding it's time to quit the kibble and feed their dogs fresh food from the farmer's dog. made by vets and delivered right to your door pr

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louisiana is 43, 44th in math and reading.y big problem in louisiana? >> i think it's part and parcel to help the kids anywhere around the country if the states follow suit. but at the same time, we sign that bill into law and we signed a string of others. i signed 20 bills including this one to reform louisiana schools. >> it is just amazing, folks. that was jeff landry talking about a new law requiring the 10 commandments to be displayed in public schools in his state. and when you lose fox news on a cultural issue like that, i think maybe you got a little bit too far. eddie, i've really been looking forward to talking to you about this. you and i have had these questions and discussions around questions like this for a while. do you get the sense that republicans -- members of my party are pressing their advantage here a little bit too much? they are going on the offense thinking that they can pull the country into this form of violating of their constitutional rights. >> i don't know if they think that they are getting ahe

overwhelmed if hostilities with hezbollah boil over into a full scale war controversial new law in louisiana requires the ten commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. civil liberties groups are already calling it unconstitutional live from atlanta see cnn newsroom with kin group who were less than a week away from the high stakes debate between us president joe biden and former president donald trump happening right here on cnn. now ahead of that showdown, trump is looking to his vp hopefuls and other allies for help with messaging. but as advisers say, he doesn't need the kind of preparation that biden needs. meanwhile, biden is looking at several days of intense prep after months of suggesting americans have ignored the 2024 race, the biden camp sees this debate as a fresh start and the chance to show just how different the two candidates are in front of a new audience. >> the president is going to ask donald trump questions. he's going to want to know why he appointed three justices that he this aerated roe versus wade and put women's lives in danger. he's going to ask d

we'll keep you posted. >>> in louisiana today, there is growing uproar over a new state law that addst year's classroom supply list. the new louisiana law requires the ten commandments to be visibly displayed in all public school classrooms by 2025, making louisiana the only state to pass a ten commandments law which critics say violates separation of church and state. nbc's marissa parra is joining us with more on this. this is sure to face legal challenges. what are we expecting? >> hey, ana, we are already seeing the promise of exactly that. but i do want to run through some of those requirements, you mentioned one of them just now. so, according to this legislation which was just signed by the louisiana governor yesterday, this requires now on a poster size, some sort of poster size display large easily readable font and it requires this to be displayed in every classroom that is state publicly funded within the state of louisiana, whether it is kindergarten classroom, all the way through university classrooms. and opponents, of course, are bringing up the question of a wait a sec

stone versus graham is directly contradictory to what louisiana is trying to do, and yet louisiana understands that circumstances have changed in the court, that there is a different composition of this court, and so they are happy to test what anybody else would say just based on precedent alone is a flagrantly unconstitutional law. >> dahlia, you cover the supreme court so well. we're so happy to have you. what is your sense if this case were to get to the supreme court. what they would say about it, would it be the same as what the 1980 supreme court did with the acknowledgment that the chief justice did not agree with the majority opinion and in fact, sided with keeping the ten commandments in kentucky schools? >> i mean, i think lisa makes such an important point, katy, which is once the supreme court begins to signal as it did in dobbs two terms ago, the coach kennedy praying case, once the court starts to signal that precedent is more or less for suckers, what it really invites is for everybody at the state level, that the the federal trial court level, right, that's the mifepristone ca

the louisiana case is a perfect case in point. if you are a court that cares about precedent and the rules of law, what you stay with for a state legislature boldly and actively flatly unconstitutional provision under the current law is forget about it, that's the law on the land, you have to follow it, change it, we will see you then. until then, please follow the supremacy clause and the law of the land. the sponsor actually said she wants all children to look up and see what god says is right and what god says is wrong. it is really, in fact, a violation. it goes to show the repercussions of this hyper conservative court because this wasn't done with in the coronation with the courts, but the groups were there, and they were emboldened and enthusiastic. ring it on. is considered knowing that they can act directly contrary to the constitution, or at least as we now understand it, and that's just another court setting an agenda. we saw this very much in dobbs as well. was an just went the state actually changed as long and asked

bates leadership had effects in my home state, louisiana. and mrs. bates not helped organize the little rock nine and desegregate central high. ruby bridges could not have walked into the william france elementary school in new orleans because mrs. bates organized those nine students. ruby and minority boys and girls of louisiana began to be treated equally in the eyes of the law as well. i do hope that you all appreciate where mrs. bates is. situate it? this is one room over from president eisenhower. he sent the national guard to central high to protect the little rock nine. and that same room is dr. king. and cross from mrs. bates is rosa parks. and these three spoke at the march washington in 1963. and at that march, they fought for the right to vote and to live freely from blatant racial animus today, because mrs. held fast to her dream and used her to force us to stare at the opening words of america's story. all three of these great americans are now honored with great esteem here in our nation's. it really is hallowed and is this is an amazin

you're obviously in oklahoma, not louisiana but do you think the louisiana law is a good one?ma? >> absolutely. i'll tell you will be doing that here. we will have the ten commandments in every classroom. what we've seen in america are the democrats, the teachers unions have driven god out of schools and americans, oklahomans, president trump want god back in the classroom. reality is if you don't talk about our judeo-christian heritage, you're not teaching history. our kids have to know what made america great, what does principles were so that we can make america great again and part of that is understanding our history, absolutely competent them, -- ten commandments should be close -- displayed in every country in the country, we have to bring back got in the -- cannot allow the radical -- and we speak about our country without any kind of influence by their faith. >> jonathan: the obvious argument that will be made to groups like the aclu and the courts is that the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. this takes that hand commandments from one religion and imposes

i am proud louisiana is the first state in louisiana to take this step" and i want to say this is importantu have any doubt the doors to the courtroom are closed on the back of those doors is the tablet of the ten commandments in the u.s. house chamber in washington you will see the faces of noteworthy contributors to western civilization all except one placed directly above the speaker seat, moses." >> clearly this is information that is historical that leads to legal systems and that is the argument they are going to make that is not about religion it's about education, history, and the law. >> sandra: i want to ask you about the menendez brothers, convicted of plotting the execution of their parents, they are serving life or their parents a shotgun slayings. they came for a new transit freedom but can you tell us, judge? >> apparently there's a new california law which gives the district attorney the ability to resentence individuals were sentenced. so would they have life without parole for killing their mother and father? the truth is they will probably be released. i think one of the

the move coming just days after louisiana became the first state to require all public school classrooms to display the ten commandments. texas and utah weighing similar laws. civil liberties groups are already suing louisiana, arguing its new law is unconstitutional and violates the separation of church and state. the move by oklahoma, they say, is part of a larger trend. i think they are emboldened by this supreme court. >> i think the religious extremists saw the success they had with roe v wade and are feeling emboldened all around the country. that is one of the reasons you're seeing this wave of christian nationalism rising right now. >> oklahoma says it will provide instructions to its school districts on how to implement this policy in the upcoming school year, but the state superintendent says strict and immediate compliance is expected. matt rivers, abc news, los angeles. matt. >> thank you. some new york city streets are about to have speed limits as low as ten miles per hour. it's all part of a measure called sammy's law, named after 12 year old sammy cohen eckstine, who was

>> this happened in louisiana.wo boys, one water board and a whole lot of prepubescent energy that i don't have anymore. >> yeah, one boy running along a flooded street, pulling his friend behind him. the video was captured by the runner's dad, ryan inc, who called it the bayou olympics. do not try this at home. my friends. >> all right. by the way, louisiana. >> you know, it could be in that water. >> i'm just saying, maybe that's what they're running from so fast. >> there was a study that was released recently, do you know which is the loneliest bayou in louisiana? >> what's that by yourself? are you by yourself? >> next to a feat we all wish we could perform. well, i don't, but they do. >> all right, well, this happened at the euro 2024 in germany. how about this balancing act? a master showing off his ability to balance nine beers on his head in open cups and does not just the risk worth it though. >> i don't know, because he even doubles down. does a little shadow boxing with them on his head. still totally f

the state of louisiana is bracing for legal challenges over and unprecedented new mandate for public schools to display the ten commandments cnn's isabelle resolvers has more on the newly signed the law and the backlash that is a big deal. >> it's just great louisiana public schools are now required to display the ten commandments in all classrooms. >> a first in the nation republican governor jeff landry, calling it one of his favorite bills before signing it into law. >> this is one of the bills i got the press over year because if you want, to respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original law given which was moses, the new law requiring a poster-size display of the commandments by the sort of 2025. and every school that receives state funding from kindergarten through university level with the commandments as the central focus in large easily readable font. >> the law also specifies the exact abbreviated language that must be printed on classroom displays, which will be paid for through donations. and what a great day it is louisiana, it's like hello, the air everywhe

now, louisiana governor jeff landry signed house bill 71 into law just yesterday. >> it mandates post sure. >> size displays of the ten commandments in large, easily readable font. this is an all public classrooms. this is from kindergarten up until state funded universities. landry said that house bill 71 is one of his favorites. with respect to education bills that he has signed so far. here's what else he had to say during the bill signing just yesterday this is one of the bills i got the passover year this bill mandate the display of the ten commandments in every classroom in public elementary, secondary, and post education schools in a state of louisiana because if you want to respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original law giver which was moses and now for civil rights groups including the aclu, say that they are suing, saying that students because they have to go to school, they are essentially captive audiences to school spawn sort of religious messages we have this statement from the executive director of the aclu of louisiana saying the law violates longstandi