one was robert davis . >> coming up, now it would be robert davis's turn in the interrogation room whenne continues. dateline continues. [gum stretches] dang it. [tires pop] dang it. that's some bad luck brian. and i think i'm late on my car insurance. good thing the general gives you a break when you need it. yeah, with flexible payment options to keep you covered. so today is your lucky... oh! [crash] ...day. meteor! [screams] dangit. for a great low rate, go with the general. keith morrison (voiceover): by all accounts including his own robert davis was a mama's boy because of his childlike ways >>> by all accounts, including his own, robert davis was a mama's boy. because of his childlike ways perhaps or his learning disability. >> he is like me, he's got a kind heart and he is gullible. >> robbers seem to need his mother to protect them from the big, bad world when he's took care of her, medication of which tends to slur her speech. >> he is a big dude, he's a teddy bear. he also wanted to grow up and be in healthcare and nursing like i was. >> robert did get into trouble once over

that is what happened in robert davis's case. >> one not of your life made a heck of a difference. have you ever run into randy snee? >> if i were to see him walking down the street, i will probably keep walking. i don't really have nothing to say to him except for i told you that i was innocent. >> so he was, so he is. that is all for this episode. i am craig melvin. thank you for watching. n. thank you for watching. >> hello and welcome to the sunday edition of mornings or weekend. we have lots to get to. let's jump into some of the most important conversations we had this week. >> they were targeted systematically car by car. they kept trying. this happened over 1.8 kilometers. this was not bad luck situations where we dropped the bomb in the wrong place. every country that have nationals die in this attack we need to have an investigation that is neutral. many italians and civilians should never be paying the consequences of war. this is a basic principle of humanity. at the time this looks like it's not a war against the regime anymore, this seems this is a war against humanit

robert was always deeply to davis for what he did. and davis became a very prominent national figure, and he even was a presidential candidate at point. but he didn't. didn't go anywhere. so thank you. yes. john chamberlain. no relation as a former chicago and your description of davis behavior reminded of the dictum vote early and vote often which may have been by -- daley in 1960. thank you. yes. thank you for your book and your presentation. and i'm from studio city, california. and i wondered, mike, could go to the mike. i wonder if you could share with us your assessment of significance or the insignificance of mr. lincoln's speech in greenwich village, february 27th, 1860. i can't. he you know, in hindsight, often view that trip of lincoln's is propelling him to the presidency. and it it did in a way and made him look like he could be conceivably serious candidate but he still entered that convention. a total long shot and so you know i don't think that that visit was as influential as we tend to to look at it from the vantage p

been doing $27 million so far in similar of reparations because they were after all jefferson davis, robert e lee episcopalians right now, baptist. so know. and so i think i want i want to say is like it's a broader question then i think just as we often think of of church and state as you know, just this kind of establishment of a church or but i think it's a much it's seeped the dna of christianity in ways i think we all all of us claim that tradition have got some real soul searching to do. yeah. so i. am. oh, there we go. so i'm going to ask for a policy a policy prescription kind of tag. on to the last question is there would you recommend we oppose as in like from the left could we actually basically some of the tax breaks that some of these churches enjoy when when they're getting too deep into politics? is there an opportunity that is it wise or is there an opportunity to perhaps manipulate? can we manipulate it to get more a larger child tax break or something like that? so any policy prescriptions that way that the left could use, i would just say something that might be surprisin

in any of our homes in family or extended family, many aunts and uncles, a single of jefferson davis or robert e lee, and it took me many years starting at a very young age, to figure out why was. mm hmm. yeah. so your family were republicans from reconstruction down to nixon, if i'm not mistaken? yeah. what does it mean? be a republican in the old and not a democrat. well, in. in alabama to be from winston county meant that up. 1953, when i would visit my grandmother grandfather's farm, we went on dirt roads, western county in the village where my grandpa aunts live did not get telephone until i was a freshman in college. so this i saw a what one alabama historian called maroon frontier. they were systematically discriminated against in paving and education expenditures of supporting the union in the civil war. even those those events had been virtually written out of alabama history. but but the punitive attitude toward unionism persisted even into lifetime. and i think the incident edward in his wonderful book life of a klansman says to write a life story from scattered or thin sources like

linsey davis and robin roberts. streaming on abc news live. abc seven news starts right now. >> good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc seven mornings. let's see how traffic is doing. hi, gloria. >> good morning. well, it is starting to get busier out there on the roads this morning. we've got a live look right now from our richmond-san rafael bridge camera. and you can see right now the traffic is moving, but there is a little bit of kind of a slow down from canal boulevard approaching the toll plaza. and then we have a live look from our san mateo bridge camera. this is on westbound 92. traffic is stop and go heading towards foster city right now. it will take you about 16 minutes to get from the toll plaza to foster city. and there's also a two car crash on the san mateo bridge at the mid-span. so give yourself a little bit more time because of that crash. drew. hey, gloria. >> we'll go outside sutro tower showing you all that sunshine out there. we have an eclipse to talk about. that partial eclipse will hit maximum at 1113 this morning, an

robert e. lee was a pirate? "arrrgh, never fight uphill, me boys, or you'll walk the plank straight into davy jones' plantation. grab your cutlass and load the cannons, for we have to defeat the union scallywags and their leader: captain pegleg lincoln!" arrgh! we're about 100 days out from the summer olympics in paris, okay, just in time. [cheers] don't get too excited because it's not on cbs. for some fresh controversy, because olympians are criticizing nike for its new skimpy track and field women's uniforms. okay, let's take a look. okay, that is a high cut. explains nike's new slogan: "just ow! front wedgie!" multiple female athletes have complained about the bikini-esque bottoms, with one long jumper commenting, "wait. my hoo-ha is gonna be out." it's true. so, this year, you could literally win by a hair. [laughter] wow. i didn't design them. here's something, folks. you know i'm hesitant because i'm a company man. but today, i come to you with a heavy heart because a shocking scandal has hit cbs. last night, for many viewers, the broadcast of billy joel's landmark 100th concert of his madison square gar

the state celebrated confederate general robert e lee's birthday june alabama will have another tribute to the confederacy. this is a celebration of jefferson davis's birthday. he was the president of the confederate states well, there's a bill making its way through the state legislature to make juneteenth the state holiday. okay. june 19, the commemorate the end of slavery but but to pass the bill some house members required a compromise state employees would have to pick you, take off juneteenth or jefferson davis's birthday freedom or the confederacy joining me now to discuss is wanted linda van an alabama state representative and sponsor of the juneteenth bill, representative gov. >> and thank you for being with me and we were talking a little bit during the break. this is not the way you want it to be but there is no other federal paid holiday that is not an alabama state paid holiday. why does juneteenth get this treatment in alabama? >> well first of all, again, thank you, victor off for having me. i'm excited to be here, but very disheartened in a way. this is sweet home alabama as i said a moment ago, this is sometimes the best that you'r

robert hur all coming up with house oversight committee james comer. he'll join in the 8:00 a.m. hour. readily the conversation, former bush 43 white house official ashley davisk with us, president of maslansky and partners lee carter back with us and bullseye american ingenuity adam johnson is here. ♪. maria: time for the hot topic of the hour. while naked a campaign stop at a harlem bodega former president trump said his hush many cases having the reverse effect. watch. >> this is all politics coming out of the white house and it makes me campaign locally. i think were doing better than we've ever done. i think it's having to reverse effect. all i want is fairness. maria: trump raking in a million dollars in campaign fundraising after the first day of the criminal trial, the trial resuming with the proceedings resuming tomorrow. they're still in jury selection, seven of the 18 jurors has been selected now. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg filing a motion to hold trump and contempt of court claiming that trump violated his gag order after posting about witnesses in the trial on social media. alvin bragg urging the judge toward future violations of the