although southerners, white southerners believes that slavery was an institution ordained by the united states constitution, divinely ordained by god, so they defended the institution but, the civil war was not about slavery so much as it was about this issue of states rights. the act of secession was a constitutional right of the state, the union was a compact so individual should have the right to secede if they chose to do so. the cause of the confederacy, lost cause champions argued, was a righteous one. it was very important to white southerners into the 20th century that they not be seen as traitors. let's keep that in mind. sometimes, the topic of civil war causation involved individuals changing their points of view or opinions. the classic example is cited is alexander great stevens, the vice president of the confederacy. in march 1861, just weeks before the out break of the conflict tests even said that slavery was the immediate cause of the late rapture and present resolution. pretty straightforward, but then in his ponderous, enormous, two-volume tone that he wrote between 1

southern illinois is behind. i don't think southern illinois has to be behind.here are lots of people with lots of good ideas, very progressive ideas, the kinds of ideas that will take us into the future right here in southern illinois and those are the folks who need to be listened to. i'm not sure getting the money out of politics is going to be possible for either of my opponents. as far as i can tell it takes a lot of money to get the money out of politics if you listen to either of them. i think i can get the money out of politics and i can listen to you because the green party accepts no corporate donations would only your donations that paid for my campaign and i believe the message is getting out and people are hearing that you have a genuine alternative this time in this election and you don't need to do the same thing again. this time you have a choice. >> moderator: thank you. >> thank you for hosting this tonight and thank you for watching at home. it has been an honor of my life to serve you. i was born in southern illinois. got married, raise a fam

another southerner, not just a southerner, but a southerner from georgia.my carter, and this is a time magazine cover from 1971, he had been in the united states navy. he was from plains, georgia, grew up on a farm. in the navy, he had been an engineer, done submarine duty. and he would do when he gets back, he decides he has a responsibility to run for office. his early campaigns are notable. first, he runs for state office in georgia, and then in the 1960s he decides to make a run for the governorship of georgia, and he is essentially defeated in the democratic primary by lester maddox. maddox runs a fairly racial campaign. that left carter on the outside as a moderate. in 1970 though, when carter comes back running against karl sanders, it is carter in the campaign takes the more extreme position. in fact, carter will draw off voters that had voted for wallace, nixon, and others. it looks as if he will represent the more traditional segregationist element in georgia, and he wins.>> notably, when he becomes governor, he takes a buried different position,

they are opposed to southern illinois. i think we need to invest in carbon capture and will reduce the co2 emission and we do need to invest in solar and if there's not a lot of wind in southern illinois if you look at the one map there's not much wind but there is a lot of fun and a lot of opportunity for solar here as well. if you make that happen we have to pass an infrastructure bill. the people that are in power now including mr. bost the control the house and senate and white house and still have an instructor build on if we have an environmentally friendly transportation system whether it's better roads we get better gas mileage and our cars not being torn up or environment of the efficient water system that people are so desperate for here in southern illinois or have access to solar we have to do the research or investment to update our electrical grid and that is not happening. the power they now have no excuse for it but instead of putting 2 trillion into our impish lecture that will be good for the environment

southern illinois belong to the code behind and i don't think southern illinois has to be.here were lots of people with good ideas, progressive ideas that will take us into the future right here in southern illinois and those are the folks who need to be listened to. i'm not sure getting the money out of politics is going to be possible for either one of my opponents. it takes a lot of money to get out of politics if you listen to either of them. the green party accepts no corporate donations only yours that have paid for my campaign, and i believe the message is getting out and people believe you have a general alternative and is election and you don't need to do the same thing again. this time you have a choice but. >> thank you for hosting this tonight and thank you for watching here at home. it's been the honor of my life to serve you. i was born in southern illinois. raised a family here and served as a firefighter, owned a small business in my hometown of murphysboro. this district means the world to me. i'm running for congress to make it better and more secure futur

is not working for people in southern illinois. i hear over and over people see the stock market going up but also the cost of their health care going up, their prescriptions, medication, and gas. all of those things are going up but what is not going up is one -- what is not going up his people's wages. this is one of the worst places for wage growth in the entire united states and over and over again are current represented is -- representative is not listening to people in southern illinois. who is he listening to? he is listening to big banks and big pharmaceutical companies these are behind the flood of money into our political system. it is tearing us apart. that is why i am committed to do everything i possibly can to restore our faith in democracy, save what we love about southern illinois and do that by listening to you. randy auxier: all of the sponsors for this debate especially to your commitment to balance. i am the green party candidate for the 12th district in the us house of representatives the green party is establ

-- white southern. it was in the hands of those who would use it during the war itself third man like this. his battle flag at which he marched he lost in the war. the 1896 veterans reunion in richmond. used inrans themselves parades like this in association with jefferson davis and the jeb stuart monument. their union flags on buildings and bishop of buildings. unveiling of the -- statue in 1907. it was a major part of the civic life of the south in the 75 years after the end of reconstruction heard it was at a restricted role associated with the confederacy, with the veterans the confederacy, the keepers of the confederate plane. had a very logical -- to demoralize. and memorial day activities, how they would elsewhere. it was broadly used in a restricted with you could understand, a clear reference to the confederacy. it was essentially owned as symbolism. it was essentially owned by --se who revered it very revered it. they essentially owned it for all intensive purposes. then something happened. we

the we in this is white southerners. there is this huge move by democrats against the republican party to bring power back to the same people who just lost this war. very confusing and chaotic time and also a very violent time. one of the byproducts of this whole process is that the moonshiner comes a sort of full care -- folk hero of the -- they are basically outlaws standing up for white southerners and home rule. they are protecting their immunity from oppressive national government, it's not a coincidence that this story about moonshiners -- these are people who are just turning the corner into whiskey right? it's a story that they tell about themselves and other people start to tell about them. it's a story that gets very -- with former democrats in the party are trying to -- by the entire self. -- entire self. to the changes that were wrought by the civil war. moonshiners themselves encouraged by democratic politicians, some of these groups overlap a lot, start to adopt this language that will become very popular i

that reflect with southern minnesotans. they don't want this actuary politics that you are talking about. on the record saying that the federal government to do its job and immigration in the states and the communities, they shouldn't have anything to do with it. you make minnesota think of a state, like you are talking about, you're going to have illegal aliens from his penn state region rolling interior, driving up crimes and process. not good for the people. we need to protect them. that's why they endorsed me because they know i am on their side. we want to make sure we have our community safe. >> would you do anything on immigration reform? >> absolutely. we have to have a verifiable work for program. so people can come to the united states, fill jobs in order to help farmers and others. they come here on a temporary basis, if they want to go to and from, that's fine. maybe we set it up so they can build credit, get citizenship. we should do that. i support that bill. it was voting on many multiple. make sure we are go

i'm trying to represent all of southern minnesota. i am trying to represent everyone there because time spent as a soldier, a teacher, working in the pentagon taught me you have to work with people that you don't agree with. that is what hard work is. jim hagedorn: can i answer that? here is how my experience in washington converts to this job. i worked for a minnesota congressman for seven years. we carried in a bipartisan many bills in a bipartisan fashion. a welfare bill we need to reinstate. we also worked with the nra to make sure that we got rid of the 1968 gun control act, which was restricting firearms rights to the american people. we worked on a number of issues for rural enterprise zones to push that idea when people were doing it for urban areas. i understand how the congress works out there. i have been in the middle of it. i was also a treasury congressional relations officer. you know what i did with my job? i downsized my own federal agency. it is unheard of. we put a bill together, it closed four check writing centers

as such, southern action fueled the northern response. and intervention, which southerners scorned. republicans in the midterm elections of 1866 made large gains. they then passed the civil rights act of 1866 and began by declaring african americans be citizens of the united states, reversing the ruling in the 1867 dred scott case. the 1866 act went on to ban racial discrimination and making and enforcing contracts, buying and selling property, testifying and suing in court, and generally guaranteeing to african americans the full and equal benefit of all law and protection against unequal punishment, pain, and penalties. the new act raised questions. was it constitutional? to eliminate this question, congress set to work on another constitutional amendment. the so-called runt congress proposed the 14th amendment and democrats voting no, and sent it to the states for ratification. i wish we had time to discuss john bingham, the chief drafter of the 14th amendment. he deserves to be better known to everyone, certainly historians. there's a lot to be said there. let's take a quick loo

my great grandfather grew up southern minnesota farmer. committee,n the ag believe it or not, i would be the closest thing to a farmer on the committee because they don't have any anymore on the ag committee and there are no republicans from minnesota in the house and the senate on the committee. i would work with all the folks from different parts of the country, different parties to make sure all of agriculture was successful. that has been my background and i worked for a minnesota ag committee. the we did good things in washington and i won't take issue with you demeaning my service. i won't demean yours. i get confused on how you forget the 30 years he spent in washington, d.c. leading soldiers in wartime, leading students in the classroom. in action is in washington, d.c., hyper bipartisanship which my opponent represents. i am trying to represent minnesota. i am trying to represent everyone there because time spent as a soldier, a teacher, working in the pentagon taught me you have to work with people that you don't agree with. that

that was bipartisan so we have to do what we have to do for southern minnesota i would represent our interest every day on the job. >> what about tariffs and trade and the tpp? . >> this idea of checks and balances that my opponent is different from the president his is to be a rubber stamp i sat next to him in august as he told farmers of our district to be patient with their paychecks because he wanted to support the president's policy executed without any role of congress to be a part of it. and his entire career is based in washington d.c.. there are some openings in the trump administration. . >> before i was in washington i grew up on a farm in southern minnesota. >> you did not grow up in the 21 counties in this district. where were you? . >> i was in the first district. >> hold on. the first district change 20 years ago. the 21 counties you never lived in. i grew up on a farm in my great-grandfather and grandfather all southern minnesota farmers i really want to be on the ag committee believe it or not i would be the closest thing to a farmer because they don't have farmers a

they went for all the fops down at the southern border a couple months ago. they are completely radio silent on this. secretary pompeo is absolutely right. we are the world's most generous nation. 33 million people have immigrated here legally. many we all know and people should try to do that legally. brian: senator schumer talked in the past about the need to stop illegal aliens from coming in here. senator harry reid talked about the idiocy of chain migration how ridiculous it is. barack obama in 2005 talked about you can't just walk into our country unincumbered because it's not fair to people here. what happened? did people not know vcrs were rolling that we knew where they stood? what changed? >> it's delicious. do you know what changed? donald trump got elected and got elected overwhelmingly in some states because of issues like this. he is saying that we're a sovereign nation. we need physical borders. and we need to know who is here. you can imgrate legally. and, also, this president has been very forth right for over three years now talking about no

southern states run with that in the aftermath of the war. historians are increasingly arguing that slavery persisted under another name, that the institution of slavery, even if it is not called slavery anymore, continued and -- under the convict-lease labor system. one of the things we will talk about later this up -- this semester is that confederate armies laid down their arms in 1865. the fight for national independence is over. but, national independence, confederates sought national independence because they perceived this threat to the social order. they saw slavery based on white supremacy. that fight for white supremacy did not stop at appomattox. one of the things we see during the reese construction period -- during the reconstruction period is that they tried to recover as much of the prewar social order as much as possible. one thing we see are the black codes passed in the aftermath of the civil war. this is during presidential reconstruction that gave black men and women certain rights like the right to own property or the rig

their southern roots. and this continued into the era right after world war two and the korean war era. this was the dixie division in camp jackson, south carolina, that used the confederate battle flag as part of their official symbolism. and a soldier in korea in 1951 with his proper square confederate battle flag. i received quite a few photos in response to an ad i put in a magazine for korean war veterans about stories and the use of the confederate flag in korea because americans were fighting under the u.n. banner and not the stars and stripes. the confederate flag was the most popular "american" flag in korea. the mayor of new york city sent 100 of them to give the korean flag a healthy competition. but it was another kind of warfare that brought the flag into popular culture, the football field. the gridiron. this is the field at ole miss which has been closely associated with the battle flag. beginning in 1948, a very crucial year, when the school was 100 years old. most of the student body of ol

brian: why were southerners bullies?nne: i think on a basic level, the slave regime is grounded on violence. these are people who as leaders have to be violent. that's just the nature of a slave regime. they also knew that dueling and dueling culture, and it was beginning to seem very much like southern things, and northerners were beginning to call it barbaric. they knew they could play with that and throw out the threat of duel challenges and northerners were not going to know what to do. what do i do? if i move into a duel, my constituents will ostracize me, i will lose my standing back home. if i turn my back, i look like a coward and i will humiliate my constituents and my region. it is the northern congressman's dilemma. southerners knew they had advantage because of the 3/5 compromise. they had a cultural advantage because of the culture of violence. they deployed that to manipulate what happened on the floor. a lot of what the book shows is southerners kind of stampeding over the rules and bullying northerners in

transitional council as we just heard is calling for the independence of southern yemen but one more division just deepen the crisis within the country. you know. we already saw all the once the many people rose up and took over the capitals on the previous puppet government backed by saudi arabia president hadi retreated to a did where they currently are trying to. direct this war particularly the effort to take retake the city hold data but while prevent a. government in exile that only is recognized by saudi arabia and its allies this is really angered the locals. they or back to. some sort of opposition against president hadi and the saudi coalition so they have now been transitional council the now but there are. want to have an uprising against president hadi. and that is what. nucleus is doing now the question is who's going to back. this group and will they be able to work with the. movement. which is controlling most of the western part of the of. now in the sound of the separatists in the south of the country are being backed by the u.a.e. what could be their in a sense if

military and close our southern border. the united states faces without any doubt historic immigration crisis as a result of the open border policies of former presidents bush and obama. the latest study puts the number of the illegal immigrants now in the united states higher. twice as high in fact. as previous estimates. the yale m.i.t. study estimating more than 22 million illegal immigrants are now in this country. perhaps as many as 30 million. this is according to the yale m.i.t. study. the first done in a decade. the president is ready to act alone, obviously, if mexico doesn't take responsibility for assuring the integrity of the own borders. and the safety of its own citizens. this crisis created by our radical dimms who insist on open borders. crime. coexistence with a mexican drug cartel that smuggle drugs to america, killing tens of thousands of americans. crisis everyone should consider as we vote on november 6. 19 days from now. the first guest tonight to discuss the breakdown of border security, enforcement o

or, building the wall on our southern border, that migrant caravan is headed straight for the southern border of the u.s. as we speak they are marching through mexico and growing in size and we have estimates now of more than 14,000 people planning to pass through the u.s. port of entry, or maybe not point of entry. coming up, we will show you how the president is responding tonight and he has a message for those in the caravan. also american troops are headed to the border and also we will have an important election updates from all across the country including some extremely interesting and good poll numbers for republicans. one state west virginia, another state believe it or not at play in the senate might be the state of new jersey. also tonight, the mail bomb scare continues and two more suspected. we will show you how sadly people in this country are on the left in the media trying to use it to bludgeon as usual president trump. and anyone who supports him. it's a very busy night and we start with our breaking news opening monologue. ♪ less than two weeks until the midterms and

eisenhower did not want to pick fights with southerners. he would not even concede that what was going on in the south in massive resistance to brown versus board was basically nullification revisited under the new phrase, interposition, that the two were effectively the same thing. he would never acknowledge that was the case because he did not want to pour any oil on flames. he wanted to emphasize national unity. let me move on to talk a little bit about eisenhower and the centennial commission, and then his final effort to grapple with the civil war in 1963 at the centennial, and then we can have some questions. briefly about the centennial commission, not only did he use the phrase war between the states, but he actually tells the centennial commission when he beat the commissioners that he feels like a southern man because his mother had been born in virginia and because he had served for so long primarily with southern officers. he says i do have a special affection for the south. again, i think there is a bit of politics in that, try

southern border. these are honduras el salvador wat a mullah governments demonstrated any inclination to hault the caravan and the mexican government appears to be aiding the growing caravan rather than slowing or stopping it as a pledge to do. president trump standing strong in the face of a whole national security crisis. the president saying the administration will be cutting off aid to the central american countries for their failure to stop the caravan. president trump obviously disappointed and deeply concerned that mexico now clearly supports and is assisting the thousands of migrants as they travel toward our border. >> they could do a lot better job. if you look at the three countries in particular and i don't know what's going on with mexico. i guess it looks like people are walking through the middle of mexico so i'm not exactly thrilled there either. lou: tonight president trump's in the great state of texas for a massive crowd has assembled. look at all of these people. thousands have wai

says it will send xor troops to its southern border some americans offer a helping hand. hello there we've got huge amounts of rain over parts of north america at the moment we take a look at the satellite picture we can see this huge blanket of cloud it's actually the remains of all storm willa and it's working its way steadily east with the heaviest of the downpours there around the southern part so we'll see that in the southeast as we head through the day on friday that will push up that eastern coast as we head into saturday so new york is looking at a very wet day meanwhile towards the west generally a lot calmer for us here l.a. is at thirty degrees so quite a woman for us not as warm in seattle fourteen will be our maximum but at least the rain should have cleared a bit further towards the south i'm at the moment the wettest of the weather is in the southern parts of our map here and further north there's more in the way of drawing fine bright weather however they'll be a few more showers i think as we head through the day on friday particularly over parts of cuba

i will call it the us military and close the southern border.ing payments to those countries as well. >> we cannot count on mexico to help with our immigration law and enforcement. on the other hand developing greater strides and opportunities, will prevent the next generation of immigrants in the united states. the real question is if it is sustainable, these families are feeling persecution, murders happening and being facilitated not just by government but cartels. heather: that is true, but the thing is if that is true why not stop in mexico? why come to america? why do you have to get to america? >> i don't know that mexico can sustain itself is why aren't they applying for political asylum in mexico? if the family is in jeopardy and they are safe in mexico why not establish themselves there? if it comes to economic reasons, not political reasons, it is more than what our law can sustain. our founding fathers, mothers and documents set america up for ourselves as a safe haven and we have to pay that forward to the next generation it be judi

military and close our southern border. united states faces without any doubt a historic immigration crisis. as a result of the open border policies of form ar former press bush and obama, latest study number of illegal immigrant in united states higher, twice as high as previous estimates, yale m.i.t. study, estimating over 22 million illegal ill grand immigw in the country, perhaps as many as 30 according to yale m.i.t. study, first done in almost a decade. the president with ready to act alone if mexico does not take responsibility for assuring integrity of its borders and safety of its own citizens. this crisis created by our radical dimms who insist on open borders, amnesty, crime, and coexisting with mexican dug drug cartels, a crisis everyone should consider as we vote november 6, 19 days from now. first guest, to discuss break down of border security, enforcement of our immigration laws or failure to do so, national security threat, and the crisis of sovereignty for this country, joining us congressman andy biggs of

military and close our southern border. the assault on our country at or southern border including the criminal elements and drugs pouring in is more important to me as president than trade and the usmca, which is the new mexico and canada deal with the u.s. hopefully mexico will stop this at their northern border. all democrats fault for weak laws. the president talking about the

what he said there about the southern border, it wasn't about the southern border but for all ports of entry. she also repeated the vice president's claim without offering evidence that it's inconceivable the caravan has not been infalterated by individuals with ties to extremism. and if you're at a loss of what to make of that and are ready to punt, so are members of the president's own team. one senior officials telling us, i'm going to have to refer to the mexican authorities on the current construction of the caravan. which brings us back to this. >> there's no proof of anything. there's no proof of anything. but they could very well be. >> there could be flying monkeys somewhere in the planet, but there's just no proof of that. we don't see it. with that, let's go to cnn's jim acosta who did much of the questioning you heard there. jim, the president very clearly and very directly there saying there is no proof of anything referring to the stuff he has been saying. >> that's right, anderson. ee should point out of our viewers, and you know, this shouldn't be pointed out but it has

one third of the economy in southern arizona comes from mexico. i visited with the mayor's of douglas, sierra vista, even republican business people. so they do not want a wall.a wall is not the answer. when a company has of immigration reform that protects dreamers and daca recipients but not a wall. >> thank you very much. our next question is from joe ferguson of the arizona daily star. this is for ms. kirkpatrick. >> miss kirkpatrick, in 2012 you are running and saying -- had not spent his life in the district that you had. now why shouldn't voters look at this is you being opportunist? >> right after the 2016 election, my daughter, who was in residency here at university medical center, gave birth to my second grandson one month early. and he had to be in the newborn icu. my daughter and her husband were able to spend time in the hospital. but that left me taking care of his 18 month old brother. i always said to people you know, running a competitive senate race pales in comparison to running after an 18 month old toddler. so we came down he

at least seven people have died after flash flooding in the southern region in france.ake it almost impossible for emergency workers to access the area. we will be getting the latest from our correspondent. german chancellor angela merkel's has suffered a setback in the elections. syria failed to zone the planned buffer around the rebel-held stronghold. ♪ >> we begin with with a developing story. authorities in southern france say at l least 13 people have bn killed in violence storms and that gave several months of rainfall in just hours. around aed in the area popular tourist destination in the south of the country. the prime minister is on his way to the affected region. one of the victims was a woman swept away by the waters, while two others were found dead in another town. another individual was injured as his house collapsed. one river rose by more than six meters. the floodwaters in some cases were t too powowerful for emergy services to get through. joining us is our southern regional correspondent. we have just had an updated figure of 13. whatat more can you

joining me right now is richard cohen, the president of the southern poverty law center. richard, i want to share with you some sentiments from those that are in the squirrel hill community there in pittsburgh in which the tree of life synagogue resides. some 80% of those residents said they have been very concerned about an increase florida state anti-semitism verbiage, the concern about attacks they've had their own anti-and he

community members have fought in southern arizona.he community support group here, you need community outreach and support. we need to do all we can to support and protect davis-monthan. moderator: our next question for miss marquez. it comes from joe ferguson. >> we all know the history of the a-10. what will you do to protect the a-10 after it is no longer funded? >> good question. we need to continue to fight for any additional resources while we can. you are right. we need to continue to look at additional missions at davis-monthan air force base. that is something i would do. ms. kirkpatrick: i have talked to pilots and they tell me that the a-10 is one of the best that they have flown. it is more agile in the air than the f-35. i also believe we should keep it in the fleet. it is a big part of what davis-monthan does, and i want to keep that base open. i will continue the fight gabby giffords started over keeping that. moderator: thank you. the next question comes to you, ms. kirkpatrick, and it comes from ron hansen. ron: we ha

part of the caravans make their way toward southern border.e'll be joined with angel mother mary ann mendoza. lou: president trump reemphasizing the radical left's plan to keep our borders wide open and assure open borders if they take back control of congress. president trump: the democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens into our country. and they want to sign them up for free healthcare, free welfare, free education, and for the right to vote. they want to sign them for the right to vote. what's that all about? lou: joining us miry ann mendoza and angel dad, steve rodebek. first your reaction to these care vans of migrants saying point blank they are going to do whatever is necessary to get across the border. the president says it will not happen. your thoughts? mary ann, let's begin with you. >> it's something this country cannot handle anymore. economically we are being overburdened by these people. that's why steve and i are taking time tomorrow to go down to southern arizona where there is just barbed wire, and no

today he ordered at least 800 more troops to our southern border to help with security.e also issued this morning to the caravan on twitter, writingi "to those of my caravan, turn around. we are not planning people into the u.s. illegally. go back to your country if you want you can apply for citizenship, like millions of og currently." as we speak, the caravan seemingly has no plans to turn around, which would set up a very serious confrontation if they choose at the u.s.-mexico border. coming up tonight, sara carter will join us with well analysis of all the risk here, including she met some people, members of ms-13, and she just returned from central america where she was tracking and investigating the caravan. only 12 days until what could be the most important midterm election in our life. this could be a tipping point for america. issues like our borders, due process, the presumption of innocence, the growing economy that is creating so many millions of jobs, our safety come our security from all over the world, so much at stake in 12 days. it's up to you to make y

they've now been confronted at that southern border in mexico.t sounds like there has been tear gas now deployed to try to do some kind of crowd control. we'll check back in with bill as we get an opportunity to talk to him, make sure he stays safe. in the meantime, i want to tell you what's happening at the university of southern california. the university is now tentatively offering a $215 million settlement with former patients of a university gynecologist after 93 more women came forward with allegations. we have the latest on the accusations and the lawsuits just ahead. face the world as a face to be reckoned with. only botox® cosmetic is fda approved to temporarily make moderate to severe frown lines, crow's feet and forehead lines look better. it's a quick 10 minute cosmetic treatment given by a doctor to reduce those lines. there's only one botox® cosmetic. ask for it by name. the effects of botox® cosmetic, may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking