i was calling about the robert e lee statue. you have this guy on and he is so-called and collective in his demeanor and he is actually in agreements with keeping the statute. was -- inever said i never agreed the statue should be kept. i never said that. i did not want to weigh in on it. it is a complicated issue. i have not studied what is going on there. issue. that's my it is not complicated at all. i equate robert e. lee to a hitler. host: thank you. we get the point. is a: mitch landrieu friend of mine. i am not a honed in on that particular issue. sometimes memorials are part of a city ordinance. they get challenged in court's. i got a random phone call about that statue. i have not looked into it. mitch landrieu told me he is determined to make this a big part of his legacy. statuet mind if the comes down. au have to start having dialogue. is going onw what in new orleans. university of texas, they removed a statue from campus. it was done in a smart way and in a way ituseum, all makes sense. in each to be done in a way

and you can see on their calendar they actually put robert e. lee first. in alabama today is robert e. lee/martin luther king's birthday. and on the calendar actually right next to today's date that got a little thumbs up. in arkansas, and this is a particularly awkward listing, you can download the announcement of the joint holiday honoring both martin luther king and robert e. lee from the arkansas state website. and arkansas state government conveniently gives you the choice of downloading that holiday bulletin either in color or in black and white. maybe, you know, you can post them over the drinking fountain or whatever. today marks the 30th year that martin luther king's birthday has been honored as a federal holiday. president ronald reagan signed the holiday into federal law in 1983. it was observed for the first time federally in 1986. 30 years ago today. but because of ongoing conservative opposition to any sort of honor for dr. king, even though the federal observance technically started 30 years ago it was not until the year 2000 that every last

a birthday celebration for confederate general, robert e. lee hosted by the sons of confederate veterans. >> the reason i am here is because i love this country. and what's being said in the press is total lies about the flight. >> reporter: the confederate flags outside the capital and the general lee ceremony inside might appear discordant with a weekend of events honoring the keynote speaker for lisa service was african-american archivist for the daughters of the confederacy. >> he is as important as martin luther king. why can't we honor book. >> reporter: as for why they are confined to the sidewalk, capital police told me it's a permitting issue. any group that wants to demonstrate on capital grounds must get a permit first. these demonstrators did not get a permit. they stayed peaceful and people past of them mostly in peace. >> it doesn't bother me at all. i encourage people to stay happy and hummel. we all love each other. >> reporter: no matter how diversion the sentiments of the people might be. bryan mims, wral , raleigh. >>> the dem

this was robert e. lee's house. more precisely robert e. lee's wife's house. right across the river in virginia what is today arlington national cemetery. lee's wife leaves early in the course of the war and the federal government moves on to the property and uses it as a headquarters building. they begin burying troops there. 1864 federal government officially takes title to the property. why? robert e. lee's wife had not paid her taxes. they had to pay them in person. she failed to comply with that. so the government takes over her property in 1864. then we get the beginnings of arlington national cemetery. even 1863 the federal government had erected a number of buildings as a so-called contraband camp. one of the larger buildings, can you see what those folks have in their hands? stephen west: they are reading. they have hospitals, schools, churches. this is one of the more high-profile ones the cousin is right outside washington. according to a government estimate in september 1863 there , are about 900 former slaves on the property living at this camp. on

i equate robert e. lee to a hitler. guest: the mayor is a friend of mine in new orleans but i have f.d.r. ting a book on the reason i say it's complicated, memorials are part of a city, they all have legalities to them and get challenged in court and i got a random call about that statue. the likelihood but the mayor told me that he is determined to make this a big part of his legacy. i don't mind if the statue comes down. but it is the approach -- you have to start trying to have a big dialogue of all of this and i don't know what is going on in new orleans. university of texas, i live in austin, they recently removed a statue from campus and done it in a smart way and put in a museum in austin. so i think these things can be done but need to be done but doesn't create acrimony. guest: eric, you there? ller: i hope you all new year's really good. and i wanted to know something. there are two points i would like to make, mr. brinkley. first of all, you being ap presidential historian, the big thing is, have you seen thr

the fight to change the name of robert e. lee elementary started after the charleston church shooting. the school board still has to consider the name change. there are 19 schools in texas named after robert e. lee. some are going through the same process. the water rushing from niagara falls could slow to a trickle. at least for a short time. the parks department wants to temporarily reroute water from the american side of the falls so crews can replace two 115- year-old stone bridges. that could take as long as nine months. the so called "dewatering" wouldn't happen for at least another two years. the falls were dried in 1969 so the u.s. army corps of engineers could study how the falls were eroding. check out this tornado big rigs, pickup trucks and buses are on their side. cars are on top of each other. emergency management crews say strong winds picked up a car on the southbound lanes of the turnpike and tossed it into the northbound lanes. trees are down. buildings have damage. at least one person is injured. anchors ad-lib

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action is being taken in arkansas. legacy of confederate commander robert-e-lee is celebrated on the same day as martin luther king. however, the arkansas governor says she is working to separate those celebrations, to fully honor dr. king. an amazing sight popping up in st. louis, after a car crashed into a fire hydrant. take a look at this...icicles coating a powerline. it almost looks like an ice, christmas tree from far away. it's so cold...there's not much crews could do about it, so for now, the plan is to just let the problem "melt" away. a movement is growing this morning, to of diversity.. spike lee and jada pinkett smith both announced they will be boycotting the academy awards next month... because of the lack of diversity among the nominees. this follows a lot of outrage online...with the "oscars so white" hashtag trending. lee says this is the second year in a row that all 20 nominees for the actor categories are white. in a video posted to facebook - smith also said she would neither attend or watch at home, due to the lack of color. begging for acknowlement, or even as

i was calling about the robert e lee statue.ou have this guy on and he is so-called and collective in his demeanor and he is actually in agreements with keeping the statute. was -- inever said i never agreed the statue should be kept. i never said that. i did not want to weigh in on it. it is a complicated issue. i have not studied what is going on there. issue. that's my it is not complicated at all. i equate robert e. lee to a hitler. host: thank you. we get the point. is a: mitch landrieu friend of mine. i am not a honed in on that particular issue. sometimes memorials are part of a city ordinance. they get challenged in court's. i got a random phone call about that statue. i have not looked into it. mitch landrieu told me he is determined to make this a big part of his legacy. statuet mind if the comes down. au have to start having dialogue. is going onw what in new orleans. university of texas, they removed a statue from campus. it was done in a smart way and in a way ituseum, all makes sense. in each to be done in a way th

i was calling about the robert e lee statue. you have this guy on and he is so-called and collective in his demeanor and he is actually in agreements with keeping the statute. was -- inever said i never agreed the statue should be kept. i never said that. i did not want to weigh in on it. it is a complicated issue. i have not studied what is going on there. issue. that's my it is not complicated at all. i equate robert e. lee to a hitler. host: thank you. we get the point. is a: mitch landrieu friend of mine. i am not a honed in on that particular issue. sometimes memorials are part of a city ordinance. they get challenged in court's. i got a random phone call about that statue. i have not looked into it. mitch landrieu told me he is determined to make this a big part of his legacy. statuet mind if the comes down. au have to start having dialogue. is going onw what in new orleans. university of texas, they removed a statue from campus. it was done in a smart way and in a way ituseum, all makes sense. in each to be done in a way

and confederate general robert e. lee share a holiday today. their birthdays are four days apart.owever, the governor of arkansas wants to end this practice he called the joint holiday and insult to dr. king to have to share a day with a man who fought to preserve slavery. we are putting all the stories about the holiday on the nbc news washington app. and where you can go to honor >>> check this out, new video showing a major setback in relanding rockets from space. the spacex rocket had delivered an ocean monitoring satellite into space. and elon musk said a piece didn't latch, leading to the explosion. ice build-up from liftoff may be to blame. >>> right now, the winds are blowing, we can see that in this live view from the storm team 4 capitol hill camera. the flag is flapping in a stiff wind. that wind has been gusting up to around 25 miles an hour throughout the morning. it is not going to be settling down for the rest of the day. by 2:00, we may be in the upper 20s. bright sunshine through the afternoon. but those winds will stay gusting through this evening and into tomorr

. >> we havling everyth in here from presidential letters to robert e. leee to look first. there's so much memorabilia. >> you canelly take a week and never everything in this room. >> are you on the wheati serks box? >> actuahat's me on thewheaties box. >> your turning your house into a museum for the world to tsee >> my wife said to me one day did you ever think about opening this up to the public? and it hit me likeon of bricks. the happiest i am in life is sharing. so why not share one of things that you love the most. >> what a thouse. now it's open public so you can go and check out his swimming p his horses. >> don't we have >>> travel considerations provided by. >> look at all those star with birthdays this weekend. eli m as good turning35. dax sheppard is 41 andtay digs is 35. which star did not come up with his most quoted moline. >> it was in the script. all the stuff i said was th i gave the character the walk and the atti >> that of course is cuba gooding jr. celebrating turning 48 weekend. >> and the oscar goes to. >> can you believe >> i need

mississippi, today is actually a dual holiday, honoring martin luther king, junior and robert e. lee, the commander of confend rit forces during the civil -- confederate forces during the civil. >>> the big stars boycotting the oscars because of the lack of diversity in the nomination. >>> scrambling before safety. right. scientists reveal high-tech help for fertility will it help. >>> his word are not comcal, they are not funny. his words are poisonous. >> a fight over donald trump in the british parliament. why they took time to debate this presidential candidate. >>> and a snow squall on the horizon? there could be snow on the way. the common core rollout was a disaster. parents knew it. teachers knew it. and now, governor cuomo's task force is doing what's right. state tests don't unfairly count against students. and test scores won't be used in teacher evaluations. less testing. greater focus on learning. that's a start, but there's more to do. let's work together to support sensible and fair learning standards that help every child -- in every neighborhood -- succeed. >>> it wa

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and king shares the day with civil war general robert e. lee in three southern state, arkansas, mississippi and alabama. the governor of arkansas is pushing for a separate day for lee who could soon be honored in november. in an earlier interview this month asa hutchinson says both men need to be distinguished and separated. >>> right now springfield residents are concerned about a peeping tom who is apparently on the prowl. the incidents began back on december 29, and most recently, it was actually one reported just this past friday. the prowler has been spotted a few times in the area of gloucester avenue and zyls place. in each of incidents, the creeper looks into occupied homes and then took off. the suspect is in his late teens or early 20s. about 5'6", 150 pounds, and call crime solvers with the number on the screen, if you have any information that can lead police to make an arrest. >>> no foul play is suspected in the disappearance of a 2- year-old boy in tennessee. >> noah chamberlain went missing while on a walk in the woods with his

are a resident of mississippi, alabama, or arkansas, technically i should also wish you happy robert e. lee day. i'm not kidding. in those three states they have decided to celebrate their official state observance of martin luther king's birthday coincident with an additional state holiday celebrated on the same day to commemorate one of the confederate generals from the american civil war. people don't believe me -- i try to say this every year. i try to do this as a little public service reminder. people do not believe me. but look.

but there is going to be a communication that goes out from robert e. lee in 1862 telling his people, don't send messages in the clear over the telegraph because they can be intercepted. one of the more famous cases is albert sydney johnson who at that time is going to be headquartered in bowling green, kentucky, is going to have all of his communications for a several month period intercepted and translated. this is befored battle of shilo. so the stylistic picture here of the guy sitting in the tent actually having gotten a wire off the pole and they're putting it in the tent because it's a lot more comfortable than doing what the other guy is, this not actu might not be what's real. it might be a post-car of what you could do. encryptions and ciphers. the confederates will use an enkrimgs system. not too wisely they'll use one invented in france. it's a key word that is set up to a matrix in which each letter is acquired a different equivalent each time it was used in a message. the system is widely known throughout europe and the united states. it's ver

are a resident of mississippi, alabama, or arkansas, technically i should also wish you happy robert e. leeecided to celebrate

speech, two days after robert e lee surrendered lincoln explicitly rejected , senator sumner's argumento confederate states. doing so fit with his generally lenient rican section -- reconstruction policy. by giving southern whites a voice in the process, he hoped to ease their hostility to evolution. rights endorse political for black men in the speech, announcing, "i would myself would prefer that it would be conferred on the very intelligent and those we call our soldiers." john wilkes booth stood in the audience into -- and promised that is the last speech he will ever make it up -- make. with congress out of session the , question of which states could participate in ratification became a moot point. they accepted the ratification. andrew johnson accepted other confederate states. when georgia ratified, three fourths of the states it done so and the 13th amendment was adopted. after his assassination, some argued for an expansion of what freedom would mean under the 13th amendment to the wording is -- remember, the amendments language is vague. it does not describe what freedom woul

what is your view about taking ton the lee circle statue robert e. leend confederate statues and commemorations throughout the south. guest: i have a great connection to new orleans. i am worried about the city because of the recent winter in theg that has gone on missouri river in the midwest. i worry about flooding in the mississippi delta. complicated issue. think things have to be done on a case-by-case basis. the edmund pettus bridge in alabama, should be named after john lewis. sometimes i think those changes are appropriate. go way too, people far. everyone to look like they did today. we have to sloth of that down some of theous on tearing down of statues and a renaming everything. in new orleans, i am an advocate that we need to do a statue for ruby bridges. people.onoring ruby bridges, being one of many. as a way to outrace the confederate memorials. tearing downto statues, we have to be careful on doing that. heritage, connect culture, what does it all mean. lee was a great west point cadet. host: bob, great falls. i hope my mom is listening.

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e sons of jewish immigrants. >> reporter: so some cloaked themselves, changing their names to fit in and get published. stanley lieber became stan lee. jacob kirtzberg transformed to jack kirby. robert kahn disguised himself as bob kane. and jerry siegal, who conceived used more than one pseudonym. from this first superman cartoon in 1941, super heroes would take flight as the gravity defies media juggernaut we know today. comics have proven so commercially indestructible, disney bought marvel and rival d.c. comics has five tv shows on now, including "super girl" about superman's cousin. and the comic-coneic conventions known as comic-con. >> we want younger people who point to realize that it's possible and everyone has to start somewhere. >> reporter: even this daydreaming 9-year-old, who drew batman in his hebrew school book. 75 years later, that book is in the exhibit, and a grownup mark gergberg is a new yorker. >> become a super hero in my own way. you never losee that initial fascination with cartoons. >> reporter: and those adults are passing that fascination onto their kids who, perhaps for the first time, realized you don't need super powers to change the world. >> i do fe