directly outside is the statue of roger brook tawny. it wassed installed? 1872. designed a memorial to be chief justice roger brooke tawny before he was supreme court justice was attorney general of maryland. placement of the monument directly outside the original front entrance of the statehouse over time has become an increasingly dwief symbol because of the dread scott decision. the placement of the the marshall statute was plalsed to represent two pieces of important history. it allows us to talk about who tawny was and what the significance of the dread scott edition was that meant for people inslafrd in maryland and throughout the united states. the two bronze figures in the memorial are designed to be two children representing the school children affected by the brown versus board of ed decision. the two statues allow to us talk about the changes and that the citizens in the maryland and around the united states needed to address in the 19th and 20th century. the martin luther king jr. memorial plaque installed a few years ago is a way of paying tribute to

the chief justice of the united states supreme court, roger brook taney. appointed to the supreme court by andrew jackson. taney had been a faithful jacksonian servant as secretary of the treasury. in fact, when jackson made his war upon the bank of the united states, the hatchet man, so to speak, was roger brook taney. jackson appoints taney to the supreme court to succeed the famous john marshall. for more than 20 years, taney had been chief justice of the united states supreme court. it is to taney court that the dred scott case comes, is argued and heard and on march 6th, 1857, a decision is handed down. it's a clear-cut majority decision, 7-2, and the opinion in this case is written by taney, himself. what does he say? he says, basically, two things. "dred scott must stay a slave because he has no standing to sue in federal court. it's a question of jurisdiction. this is a technicality. it's an important technicality. taney writes "the question before us is whether the class of person described in the plea and abatement compose a portion of his people

. >> as brook said, the naacp has asked to meet with nfl commissioner roger good toll discuss the player'sbility to exercise their first amendment rights. so far there has been no response from roger goodell. >>> president trump back at the white house tonight after two rallies in the west in two days. today the president spent the day in reno, nevada where he spoke to veterans and tried to unite america. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. >> well, the president stuck to the script today but yesterday a different story. he went off the cuff at a rally in phoenix agressively blasting the media saying news outlets misrepresented his response to the protest in charlottesville, virginia over a week ago. >>> a uc-berkeley professor is resigning from his volunteer post with the state department. here's is the resignation letter from professor and former science envoy daniel kammen. the first letter of each paragraph spells out the word "impeach." >> the president has an opportunity to promote international partnership

brooks who won a title in houston. >>> switching gears, prince georges county's own francis on a big stage, make that a huge stage. he'll be taking on 19-time major champ roger federer in the first round. there has been rain up there, all day. so there's a likelihood this match could be delayed, but, jim, i hear you aing and awing. >> i'm putting some money. he beat the guy who beat federer two weeks ago and he's taking him to a tie breaker. >> that will be huge. >> inside information right there. >> you too have all the good stuff. >> we'll see you back at 11:00 tonight. >> we'll check it out tonight on news 4 at 11:00. we hope to see you then. ♪ ♪ >>> tonight, a new emergency in houston, as critical infrastructure begins to buckle. and massive reservoirs overflow for the first time in their history. the nation's fourth largest city blowing past a record-shattering 51 inches of rain. opening new mega shelters for thousands with nowhere to go. and tonight, word of a tragedy of the police force. an officer dies in the floods while trying to get to work to help others. >> we couldn't find him. it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. >> president t