south. not only maryland and virginia, but north carolina, kentucky, arkansas, virginia, missouri. try to prevent them from seceding. two, he wants to protect federal property in the south. southerners, confederates, had already taken over many federal forts. there were two chief ones left. three, lincoln wanted to buy time and in a sense cool passions. and this notion of having used the inaugural address or his inaugural address to cool passions and buy time reflects a number of assumptions. one is linking and many northerners believe that the secessionists were bluffing. from the missouri crisis, southerners had threatened to secede. they threatened to secede over the missouri crisis. they threatened to secede during the controversy over the status of the territories acquired from the mexican war. they threatened to seed in 1850, threatened to secede if nebraska and kansas were not passed. that was their main source of really getting what they wanted, this threat to secede. and so there was a long tradition of basically accommodating these southern views. and third -- second is th

south. not only maryland and virginia but north carolina, kentucky, arkansas, virginia. try to prevent them from seceding. he tries to prevent it in the south. southerners, confederates already had taken over many federal forts. there were two chief ones left. this notion of using the inaugural address or his to buy time reflects a number of assumptions. one, is lincoln and many northerners believe that the secessionists were bluffing. from the mexican war. they threatened to secede if the kansas and -- were not passed. that was the main source of getting what they wanted. a long tradition of accommodating these southern views. the second is the majority of southerners, lincoln himself opposed secession. there was only one state, texas, in which secession was by referendum. one of, if not the most noted authority on the south and secession, almost freeling in the road to secession -- or disunion volume 2 argues if southerners voted two thirds were nonslave owning southerners. earn understood the dire risks that one took by seceding. lincoln in his inaugust rat made it cle

one of the major events during his visit was the nullification crisis in which the south carolina legislature encouraged by vice president john c. calhoun, south carolinian, declared that it had the right to nullify a tariff law passed by congress. president andrew jackson reacted furiously. moving it -- he was not fond of his vice president at all. and he moved troops in place to enforce the law. outside south carolina while at the same time moving it congress toward a compromise position on the tariff which addressed some of south carolina's grievances. toqueville described some of this process in "democracy in america." toqueville also cone coincided with another national policy that had a significant regional effect and that was andrew jackson's indian removal policy, something he considered very important. the forced movement of what we now call the five civilized tribes over what has come to be called the trail of tears to what is now oklahoma and tocqueville on his western travels actually witnessed some of the indians moving west in this movement and he wrote a chapter at the end of t

south. not only maryland and virginia but north carolina, kentucky, arkansas, virginia. try to prevent them from seceding. he tries to prevent it in the south. southerners, confederates already had taken over many federal forts.re two chief ones. this notion of using the inaugural address or his to buy time reflea assumptions. one, is lincoln and many northerners believe that the secessionists were bluffing. from the mexican war. they threatened to secede kansas and -- were not passed. that was the maiurce of ing gettat they wanted. a long tradition of accommodating these utrn views. the second is the majority of southerners, lincoln himself believed the majority of southerners opposed secession. that there was only a minority that voted for it 6789. as i mentioned there was only one state, texas, that was by popular vote and other cases by delegat delegates. one of, if not the most noted authority on the south and secession, william freeling in "the road to secession," argued if southerners had voted for secession via referendum, they wouldn't have voted. that the majori

outside south carolina. while at the same time moving it congress toward a compromise position on the tariff which addressed some of south carolina's grievances. tocquevilles describes some of this processes in "democracy in america." he also coincided with another national policy that had a significant regional effect and that was andrew jackson's indian removal policy, something he considered very important. the forced movement of what we now call the five civilized tribes over what has come to be tears from the southwest to what is call ed the trail of tears t what is now oklahoma and tocqueville on his western travels actually witnessed some of the indians moving west in this movement and he wrote a chapter at the end of the first volume of "democracy in america" on the position of indians and blacks in america and what the problems that posed for the country. these issues foreshadowed crises that came later and illustrated problems which tocqueville addressed in the last chapters of the first volume of

that is forbidden by south carolina law. this screaming, the sky is falling and this is racial profiling is a red herring and doesn't address the real issue, which is giving law enforcement the tools they need to do their jobs. which the state department is already allowing. >> attorney general, i can say this, i don't know -- and i've not spoken with the people in south carolina, but i personally interviewed law enforcement personnel out of arizona, who were concerned about their role in this, many of which came out against the legislation in arizona. that is a fact. let me bring in joan walsh to talk about the politics of this, joan. we're waiting president obama is set to speak. we should hear his first live remarks on this. governor mitt romney came out with a very vague statement regarding this. he's been criticized already for not taking a hard line. i'm going to pull up his statement here. let's talk about the politics of it first, joan. >> sure. well, you know, i mean, i saw his statement. and no one can really parse

to us by south carolina. did not feel that the evidence about voter fraud was substantial enough to overcome the disproportionate impact that the changes in their voting procedures had on minorities, older people, young people. it was on that basis and under section five of the voting rights act that we decided to file suit. >> so basically you were stating or you've stated that the reason that south carolina gave for making it tougher to vote through voter i.d. requirements, the reason that they did that which is to get at voter fraud did not hold any water. in other words, there was insufficient evidence of voter fraud and so therefore there must have been some other intention behind their legislation to make it more difficult to vote. would you agree with me on that? >> the initial material that we got from them did not have any statistical proof. we got a submission from them later on that there were perhaps 900 people who were dead on voter rolls. that was disputed by another south carolina official. thi

south carolina, always south carolina. south carolinians start weren't have to fight. [laughter] [laughter] i'm entrusted tomorrow. i am testing that theory out. they were that close, as wellington said of waterloo. john see calhoun wanted to nullify the literal tear it. they believed that federal taxation was a vintage, to use a more modern formulation, it would allow abolition. jackson said i expect an extermination of civil war to commence. he dispatched cutters, he dispatched winfield scott. and he issued a proclamation that lincoln summoned, which he called for in 1861. let me read one bit of it. he was addressing the people of south carolina. ultimately stern and soft, jackson, again, he was acting at two levels. the mock him he was trying to cut a deal in the back. some people might call that hypocrisy. i call that statecraft. that is what great politicians do. it is what that's quick and contemporary -- what ronald reagan did with the soviet union. from 1981, two or three days after reagan's inauguration, preferring to the soviet union as the focus of evil in t

my friends from south carolina referenced the wiretap applications. i read through them yesterday and i would say, without -- since we can't talk about what was in them that my perception of what they would imply was far different than my friend from south carolina's perception. the whole point being that what the public is left with is nothing but a default position. those who tend to be republicans or oppose the administration are going to default in support of the contempt action. those who support the president of the administration are going to tend to default to support -- to the opposition of the citation and those who are independent are going just say this is another partisan activity on both of you. the vote on the meyer's and bolton contempt citation was, and there were three republicans that voted for the contempt sightation and every other vote cast on the house floor was a partisan vote. so i'm very much concerned about the impact of this action that is proposed today on the perception of the public that everything in this body has to be

in south carolina, the key islands of south carolina, which are islands off the eastern coast of southlanters, white planters leave, and most slaves stay, and so you have interactions between union army and the slave people in those key islands from november of 1861 on. and there are some great stories surrounding the sea islands occupation. a fellow named robert small, you can see him up at the top here. robert smalls was a slave, bument he was not a field hand. he was an enslaved man whose job was to pilot a steamer. steamer is owned by confederates. this steamer called the planter is running arms and ammunition among confederate forces. smalls in 1861, i forget the exact date, early on, smalls gets the idea that i steer the boat. and there are some union ships block aiding the coast not too far away, and i can go pretty fast. i'm going to give it a shot. so smalls and his crew, also slaves, smalls and the crew run the boat to union lines. and it's accepted as a prize of war. he gets half the prize, and he continues to pilot boats for the union navy now, for the rest of the war. you

south carolina has become a perennial power house.or 3 straight tonight tonight but arizona won the opener in the best of 3 children worked so he was in you gut 200 beach ball. quite an effort. ferret ball and he does with floor. bottom 9 south carolina loads bases for greek and fwrivr. and he opened it up. arizona. capture the first college world series 26 years. am oh, you was crime sprim 400 have it necessarily take the lease in the 5. back in command on the brett stroke cut ago full bank lead on thursday. 1-2 with a 2 spot on t usa in the 400 miami heat. share the title with tups of thousands

south carolina has become a perennial power house. game talk going for 3 straight tonight tonight but arizona won the opener in the best of 3 children worked so he was in you gut 200 beach ball. quite an effort. ferret ball and he does with floor. bottom 9 south carolina loads bases for greek and fwrivr. and he opened it up. arizona. capture the first college world series 26 years. am oh, you was crime sprim 400 have it necessarily take the lease in the 5. back in command on the brett stroke cut ago full bank lead on thursday. 1-2 with a 2 spot on t usa in the 400 miami heat. share the title with tups of thousands whose salute the bron and company defeated the sum intersome spots open the wait rain. is. >> some ticker tape looked like snow in. miami. >> exactly. next corn contain for watching. 7 news 9

he was then chief justice of his state supreme court in south carolina. and to show you what george washington thought of rutledge, he got the letter from rutledge one day and by return mail the next day he wrote out a letter saying, yes, you're my chief justice. he had that high regard for rutledge. while the letters were crossing, the jay treaty came out, a treaty negotiated with britain, which is controversial, not terribly advantageous for the country but something we needed to make peace with britain on these issues, and rutledge made a rip snorting speech denouncing the jay treaty, a stoop thing to do, trying to get president washington to make him supreme court justice of the supreme court. so it was just a symptom of how uncentered he was and he tried to take over as interim chief justice and actually sat for a couple of months in philadelphia, but the senate refused to confirm him, partly because they thought he was crazy, there really was the currency, and partly because of his opposition of the jay treaty. they just thought it was unthinkable h

last chance for south carolina. sacks full for grayson greiner. hit one high and deep, but not deep enough. arizona held on to win 4-1 and capture their first national title since 1986. >>> now to the bigs, cards and marlins needed extra innings. rafael furcal, a double just inside the third baseline. tyler greene hustled all the way around from first to score. marlins blew a four-run lead in the ninth, and the cards won it, 8-7 in ten. robinson cano continues to hit the cover off the ball, smashed his 17th homer of the year. he's now had six in the last eight games. yanks had their way with the indians, 7-1. >>> the nats' stephen strasburg was cruising, along and then this happened. nailed mark scutaro in the head with a fastball. thankfully scutaro was okay, but strasburg wasn't. clearly rattled, he gave up a pair of runs in the inning, and the rockies won it, 4-2. >>> tough day to be an american at wimbledon. five-time champ venus williams lost her opening round match, and on the men's side, the highest ranking american john isner is also headi

he headed to south carolina. he was put up in a confiscated house of a confederate official. very soon after he arrived in south carolina, the war ended, and he transferred to the freed men bureau. there was the bureau of refugees and abandoned lands. really it was the first big government agency in american history. >> whose role was to sbeg grate former slaves into society. >> there was the emancipation proclamation and the 13th amendment declared that african-americans were slaves no more and they were free. the big question for everyone is how free is free. what the freed man's bureau tried to do is give meaning to freedom and give meaning to give new meaning to and new meaning to what government could do for its citizens. wahl worked in south carolina for the freeds man bureau they wound up coming and ran for the territorial legislature in washington. was elected twice from a majority white district. taken way from african-americans, and he -- he studied at howard university law skoochlt school. for him, he moved to washington, d.c. and he had his children educated in ho

notify the south carolina governor in advance. just to let you know we are seeing food because the men are starving. this is not an act of belligerence. they are starving to death. they are in a federal fort. that way it's on them for starting the war. it's a brilliant war. south carolinans refused to allow this aide of food to reach fort sumner. on april 12th at 4:30 a.m. they begin bombing fort sumter for 33 hours until the surrender. there is a perspective from harper's weekly. they had sketch artists, the precursors of photo journalists on site. they draw the sketch. send it to head quarters. they were cutting from the sketch. lincoln calls for 75,000 troops for 90 days. northerners and southerners both thought the war would last no more than three months. both sides thought the war would end quickly. southerners felt because of their long tradition of marshal ideas of fighting which was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the south. duels were common. southerners thought it would take ten northerners to defeat o

arizona and the two-time defending champ, south carolina tied at 1-1 in the ninth.as put into the game for his glove, came up with a huge at bat. ripped a double down the line and scored the go-ahead run. dixon with his first hit of the college world series, twa as big one. that opened the floodgates, wild carts exploded for three in the ninth. bottom of the inning, last chance for south carolina, sacks full for grayson grider, hit one high and deep, but not deep enough. arizona held on to win 4-1 and capturedheir first national title since 1986. rafael furcal, a double just inside the third baseline, tyler green hustled around from first to score. marlins blew a four-run lead in the ninth. robinson cano continues to hit the cover off the ball. yanks had their win with the indians, 7-1. >>> the nats steven strasburg was cruising along and this happened. nailed mark scutaro in the head with a fastball. scutaro was okay, but strasburg wasn't, the rockies won it 4-. tough day to be an american at wimbledon. five-time champ, venus williams lost her opening-round match a

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wahl worked in south carolina for the friedman's bureau. he wound up running for the legislature, the territorial legislature in washington. was elected twice from a majority white district. then in 1874 the vote was taken away from african-americans and he -- he studied at howard university law school and spent the rest of his life as a lawyer. now, for him, he moved to washington, d.c. and he had his children educated in howard university's lab schools, which were the only integrated schools in washington. he raised his children. he raised steven wahl, raised stephen wahl's brother and sisters to expect any kind of -- any right, any opportunity that any other american could expect. >> another parenthetical, we have this gentleman -- i have to go back, because you skipped one of my favorite parts. o.s.b. wahl, an abolitionist, they're risking their lives and not to mention their livelihoods to rescue escaped slaves. when these guys back in overland rescued this one slave, they become kind of celebrities. who shows up in jail to visit them?

south carolina has become a perennial power house.t tonight but arizona won the opener in the best of 3 children worked so he was in you gut 200 beach ball. quite an effort. ferret ball and he does with floor. bottom 9 south carolina loads bases for greek and fwrivr. and he opened it up. arizona. capture the first college world series 26 years. am oh, you was crime sprim 400 have it necessarily take the lease in the 5. back in command on the brett stroke cut ago full bank lead on thursday. 1-2 with a 2 spot on t usa in the 400 miami e heat. share the title with tups of thousands whose salute the bron and company defeated the sum intersome spots open the wait rain is. . is. >> some ticker tape looked like snow in. miami. >> exactly. next corn contain for watching. 7 news 9 so... [ gasps ] these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? maybe. rich chocolate chips... i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and, and...and then the awards started coming in, and i became addicted to the fame. topped with

gentleman from south carolina. >> you made a reference to the clapper case. i don't have my notes in front of me. what was the break down? >> it was 6-6. in total eight judges agreed that our plaintiffs had standing and six disagreed. >> i thought it was six and six. it just threw me off when you said the second surrogate agreed with you the some people claim ties as victories and some people thought. i guess if you prevailed in the three judge panel, you're entitled to claim victory. >> the full court decided not to re-hear the case. there were eight judges that agreed with us. of the full court, two of them didn't participate. >> does the fourth amendment apply to foreign targets in foreign lands? >> i don't think that's the question presented by -- >> that's my question. promise you it's the right question because that's my question. does it apply? >> i don't think it does. >> when you say you don't think it does. >> in the circumstance of the statute, i don't think it does. we haven't made the argument that it does. >> does the fourth amendment, i'm not t

insurance figures, now 930,000 people in south carolina, they don't have insurance.30% of your state's population, one of the highest rates in the country. do you, alan, fine those figures embarrassing? >> well, listen, i'm obviously concerned that anybody that doesn't have access to affordable health care, but when you have a federal government that is trying to centralize control over something that is supposed to be in the free market system and claiming that anybody that stands in your way is against people getting affordable health care, i find that very disturbing. what you're going to have happen is you're going to have health care costs skyrocket for young, healthy americans, and more specifically, south carolinians. you're going to have medicaid rolls expand with the inability of south carolina and other states to be able to meet the needs of funding those requirements. so i see a lot of problems coming in the future, and i see that number growing. and i'm very concerned about the number of people who are going to lose access to affordable health care. i mea

folks, now mi from the palmetto state but south carolina's neighbor north carolina is also worried. because their state appointed coastal resources commission has projected a 39 inch rise in sea level by the year 2100. that would devastate the coastal real estate market. and folks, it would be a tragedy to lose precious coastal wildlife habitats to flooding. those habitats should be lost to developers bulldozers. now folks, fortunately, fortunately, folks, north carolina republicans have drawn a line in the soon to be underwater sand. they have written a new bill that would immediately address the crisis predicted by these climate models by outlawing the climate models. here's how it works. here's how it works. the law makes it illegal for north carolina to consider scenarios of accelerating rates of sea level rise due to global warming. you see right now all the scientists sea level predictions look like this. that he's steep curve, that's bad. that's-- that is predicting that things are going to get worse and worse in a feedback loop that accelerates. no politician wants that. so

drivers in south carolina, mississippi and alabama are paying the least. whether it's a vacation or a stay-cation, chances are you will save a few bucks. we are back here at the same station. the cheapest price of gas is down to $4.69, still expense i. but these days, we'll take what we can get out here in los angeles. one other bit of good news, economists say as the gas prices continue to fall, it is gives americans extra cash to spend on other things, like cars and furniture, and that, diane, is giving a much-needed boost to the economy. >> let's hope they drop fast. thank you, cecilia vega in california. >>> we turn next to the huge blow tonight to the man who inspired millions by beating cancer and winning the tour de france seven times. the biggest watchdog organization in sports announced late today they now have cold, hard proof that lance armstrong was doping to win, which could cost him all his medals and his athletic future. here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: for the first time, the nation's top cops for drugs and sport allege that lance

vice chairman, public service commission of south carolina. nice to see you. welcome. mr. eric howes? director of government and public affairs maine yankee. and daniel s. metlee, senior professional staff, u.s. nuclear waste tactical review board. dr. metlay, good to see you. is it mr. or doctor? which do you like to be called? all right. mr. it is. mr. andrew -- and is it orel? with the emphasis on the first or second syllable? orel. like oral surgery? all right. we'll alternate that. dr. andrew arel, director of nuclear energy and fuel cycle programs, sandia national laboratories. we'll ask you to hold your statements to about five minutes. if you go way beyond that we'll have to rein you in. we're glad you're here. appreciate your participation and preparation. mr. fettus. [ inaudible ] >> there you go. might want to turn that mike on so we can hear you. >> i thank the chairman and ranking member for inviting nrdc to share its views on the potential legislative outcomes of the president's blue ribbon commission. i've submitted written testimony to be submitted in the r

and trent gilbert puts arizona up 4-1 on south carolina. the wildcats are the national champions. caveat, south carolina had won the last two years so arizona, upset, they are the champions. 4-1. tuning up for the olympics. one of the legendary athletes. michael phelps, ryan lochte. and michael phelps comes in second for the first time. both swimmers qualify for the olympics and they move on. michael phelps claimed his second olympic spot, you remember he insisted i won't go to the trouble again but the competition too great. he will be at it again. second tonight but qualifies in the race. and track and field qualifies tonight in the 800-meter. she is on to the olympics. one-and-done for venus williams. this young lady turned professional at age 14. close to 20 years ago here in oakland and 5 time champion but she has been struggling. all sorts of things going against her. somebody talk too slow tonight. who is the producer? call him up. >> my lips are sealed. >> what is his name? >> i don't know. but good night everybody.

no thunderstorm action until you get well south, back through south carolina. that's where we have the more significant weather tonight. an area of low pressure sitting off of cape hatteras southwesterlying in the northeasterly winds. cool dry weather the theme into the early part of the day. most of the day will be dry. we'll have the chance for a pop-up rain shower. now the more significant chance for showers and thunder showers will come with a disturbance on thursday. the bottom line is hit or miss showers, maybe a rain shower tomorrow afternoon. overnight 52. partly cloudy. your two degree guarantee 74. sun, clouds, cooler than average but more normal for early june. tomorrow night down to 55, partly cloudy. your seven-day forecast. we look ahead. the chances for any thunderstorm activity really confined at this point thursday afternoon and nothing that would indicate that that would be severe weather. we think the weather is relatively quiet. big change in temperatures friday into the weekend. we'll shoot back up to 90 degrees. en joy the cool break in th

that was then disputed by another south carolina official. this is all a matter that is now before the court and will be ultimately decided by a court here in washington, d.c.. >> and then as i stated earlier, the house commerce justice -- >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> -- funding to bring actions against states for their voter identification laws. and i'll yield back the balance of my time. but i would like to make a unanimous consent request -- >> without objection, what document does the gentleman wish to enter into the record? >> there are ten letters of support for attorney general holder praising his leadership from the national fraternal order of police, from patricia -- [inaudible] the tucson shooting survivor, a letter from the leadership conference to chairman issa, a letter from commissioner ramsey to chairman issa, a letter from the national action network to chairman issa, a letter from the leadership conference to speaker boehner, a letter from the national women's law center to speaker boehner, a letter from the nation

. >>> in south carolina, they charged a baltimore man with murder. he shot and killed his girlfriend. he has an early sunday morning to pick up their son. he's charged with murder and held in the lexington county murder jail. >>> burnt land. fire in the woods under control but it kept swelling up the land. you can see it from the river to the bay bridge and families saw it coming closer and closer, too close for comfort so they had to high tail it for safer ground. >> somebody beating on our door and then opening our door, saying is anybody here? is anybody here? so i quickly put on a pair of trousers and ran downstairs and here's the firemen telling me to evacuate. >> did saturday night fireworks set this off? you'll want to go to the stand to buy legal fireworks for the fourth. abc2 news preston mitchum jr. was working on why we all need to be careful. >> fourth of july, the birthday of the united states of america is a parade of picnics and fireworks. families will take part in patriotic festivities. the dazzling fireworks show will be the main at

and i rejoice, led by the sound of a black smith's hammer, i travel to charleston, south carolina, john shannon, black smith. a large european with red hair, comfortable. they were apprentices to all africans new and old, familiar yet fresh. i have sold another of your beautiful gape with the rice design, how did you learn to craft so well? a young man stepped into the light. i learned by reaching back with one hand and stretching forward with the other he said. people said you are a genius. my father dinka was the genius replied the apprentice. he taught me what 7 generations have learned, i am the 8th. i had bound [inaudible] who answers to moses shannon. both mean safe water. he seems more confident now, wiser. playful mostafa. i had so much to tell him, he could not see me. he could not see me or hear me in this strange land. he touched the spotting smiles. [inaudible] with birds, flowers and animals inspired. i turned to someone tell moses, shannon is going to free you one day. they can find joy, [inaudible] in my mind, i have always been free. free as the wind, thank you so much.

there are two units in the field, one in kansas, one in south carolina but it's really the emancipation proclamation that makes clear this is official union policy now. we've got a couple of questions on our hands. we should have a great new pool of recruits but would black men enlist? yeah. would black men enlist? there is a sort of -- there is a pretty wide swath of white opinion which says no, they are cowards, they will never enlist. we can discount that obviously. what we need to think about is what about some free northern black opposition? why would you, if you were a plaque man in 1862, 3, want to enlist in the union army? you tried it in 1861, they said no. this is a white man's war. the united states government has legalized slavery its entire existence, there is no state where you are treated equally. you have been listening to all of this about a white man's war. the black families seemed to be closer to the economic margins. your family will probably face hardship and you might be discriminated against. why would you want to enlist and some say don't for all of those reason

last chance for south carolina. hit one high and deep but not deep enough. arizona held on to win 4-1 and capture their first national title since 1986. >>> now to the bigs, cards and marlins needed extra inning. rafael furcal inside the baseline. tyler greene hustled all the way around. the cards won it 8-7 in ten. robinson cano continues to hit the cover off the ball, smashed his 17th homer off the year. he's now had six in the last eight games. >>> the gnats' stephen strasburg was cruising along and then this one. nailed mark scutaro in the head with a fastball. thankfully scutaro was okay but strasburg wasn't. the rockies won it, 4-2. >>> tough day to be an american at wimbledon. venus williams lost and on the men's side john isner is also heading home after losing in five setses. >> the heat celebrated in miami with a ticker tape parade. hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of dwyane wade and company. right now they're the favorites in vegas to win it again. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm forget roggin well,