how the gay men learned about stonewall new orleans. they didn't talk about it. but the gay press talked about it. so gay newspapers carried the story from new york to a place like new orleans, and gay men gathered on june 241973 to celebrate the anniversary of stonewall, but after the beer bus ended everyone left and went home, people hooked up and partied , members of the metropolitan community church sprinted the 2nd room floor of the bar. and they gathered around a white piano. i think that is his name, he crossed the street from the holiday inn where he worked late. they began singing his song united we stand, divided we fall, if our back should ever be up against the wall we will be together. someone knocked on the door to get into the gay bar. in the 1970s gay bars and i have openwindows like this you had to buzz the buzzer and the bartender opened up a patch like a prohibition speakeasy and goes condo, we and ask for a. and then he heard a noise and someone took a fireball and threw it on the 2nd floor of the church, the bar converted into a church. these

stonewall was great about this. he actually said ladies, ladies, this is the first time i was ever surrounded by the enemy. [laughter] belle was obsessed with him. she said she wanted to occupy his tent and share his dangers. she spent quite a bit of time going after that goal. denise: belle had another idol in her life, rose. rose is another one of the main characters, another key figure in the confederate side of the story. talk about rose. karen: rose was an interesting woman who was in a difficult position when the war broke out. she lost five children in four years, she lost her husband in a freak accident. she lost her financial stability. she lost her access to the white house. in the 20 years prior to the war, she had access to democratic politicians. she'd been an advisor to james buchanan. with the election of lincoln that disappeared. she was desperate to regain this position with influence she had wielded. when a confederate captain approached her and said would you be interested in running a spy ring in

denise: we have a request for the description of stonewall jackson. i will remind people this is belle's imagined love. i don't think his feet were as pretty as hers. ok. stumble jackson had just turned 38 years old and looked more scarecrow than human, eerily bright blue eyes and a mangy brown mass of beard. uniform, a single breasted coat left over from his , andce in the mexican war oversized pair of boots for his size 14 feet. stood 15 handsy, high. jackson wrote him with his feet held up. he spoke to sell and almost never laugh. when he did he toss back his head, let his mouth gape open and made no sound one soever -- whatsoever. once he asked to catch a glimpse exclaimed ohl he my god, let me down. jackson was as idiosyncratic as he was brilliant. this took earlier hypochondria became a skill on the battlefield. he thought of himself as being out of balance and would stop to raise one arm waiting for the blood to rush down his body and establish it will librium. pepper, a to make partial deafness made it difficult for him to detect distant artil

these units gained immortality as part of the stonewall brigade. in all during the war, 6000 men would serve in the stonewall brigade and at appomattox, 210 were left, none above the rank of captain. every regiment went off with a flag. nationalwas not a banner. those flags borne by the 18th virginia, 26 new york, fifth alabama -- were insignia of state allegiance and state esteem. i think state pride, state existence has to be a player here. people were actually surprised this can drive sometimes reasonable folks to the point of reaction. that explains the reaction to the confederate flag. folks don't understand its meaning. the biggest mistake made by those today who want to interpret history is that they view the past with the lens of the present. you cannot do that. to truly understand it events of yesteryear, likewise one to look .hrough those blinders i'm an agreeable guy, but what gets against me is what people say, generally had not done that at gettysburg, things would have been different. if lee had had 150 years to think about it differe

and it's turned out to be the most stonewalling. none of that would be necessary if the administration would just comply with congressional subpoenas and the freedom of information act. that's the way to save money. and, by the way, i'd like to ask how much taxpayers money does senator reid spend having his staff write daily speeches trying to undermine the work of the judiciary committee. secretary reid also fails -- senator reid also fails to understand that we are not only focused on secretary clinton. the committee is conducting dozens of investigations on a broad range of issues under the jurisdiction of the committee. some of the executive branch agencies have complained about the amount of oversight work that the committee does on other matters. mr. president, to justify my statements for this part of my remarks, i'd like to submit two letters for the record. the first is from the department of homeland security. the second is from the department of justice. both note that many dozens of letters and hundreds of requests that

. >> you can find the family at the stonewall made of marked plaques.ost forgotten about until a few years ago. it is now 85 years since the last burial took place. letting the parties celebrate a much the dead. bill: people book weddings? [laughter] >> it makes you like it more, i guess. >> and there is something else. it also happens to be home, and they are not cheap. each going for $350,000. >> already knows what kind of buyer she is looking for. >> a wall street hedge fund manager and we would like to be part of this beautiful garden. >> a $300,000 grave. ♪ >> how are we going to enjoy the scenery? can't even pay enough to live there. >> people come there to celebrate other activities and events. bill: someone is going to buy. there clearly is no renting. that is the side of the story. thanks. all right, guys, some of you have some point have been speeding. so it has happened to me a couple of times. here is what we learned. they are essentially set by politicians. a lot of people started to say, designed as revenue generators which is why the spee

and others breaking their promise to uncover what happened in charkh, and with the us military stonewalling us, it felt like neither the afghans or the us were interested in getting to the truth. us congressman alan grayson sits on the house foreign affairs committee. he agreed to talk with me over the phone to discuss my findings. >> the un they've reported that there were fifteen civilian deaths in this area according to the sources that we spoke to, the civilians that weren't killed in crossfire. >> you understand that by the time of last summer, generally speaking, the americans weren't involved in any live fire incidents, that they had delegated that to the afghans and as you explained earlier in this call were simply acting as quote advisors. >> i told him about mohammad razeq's case: that us forces were allegedly watching as mohammad razeq was beaten to death, but did not intervene to stop it. >> normally when such an incident occurs there is in fact an investigation by the us military. whoever the witnesses were, were they us forces or otherwise, it's tragic that no one intervened b

italy accuses egypt of stonewalling for the last couple of months.y threatened to pull their ambassador out of egypt. the e-mails would fast-track -- italianatic route authorities point the finger at the egyptian chief of police, abi.ral shal he may be sacrificed in order for egypt to restore diplomatic relations with italy. convicted ofs been murder found a new career as a murder expert. >> he was convicted and later acquitted. he was the former boyfriend of sun is knox -- the reporting this. acquitted -- he spent four years behind bars and was widely believed to have played a part in the murder. his experience as a former jailbird has come in handy for his new career as a murder expert on an italian tv show called the mystery of the week where he lends his so-called expertise to real-life murder cases. >> thank you for watching "france 24." for a closer look, you can check out france24.com. coming up in the next half hour, we will zoom in on the most controversial political party in france come of the far right national front. -- party in france, t

independent report examining the disappearance of 43 students in mexico flames mexican government for stonewalling the investigation. the report says the government failed to cooperate with the team of independent experts looking into the incident. it also blames the mexican government for torturing confessions out of suspects rather than using scientific evidence to investigate. the 43 students are presumed dead. one of those students is 19-year-old israel lugardo from san jose. >>> a police helicopter pilot is credited with preventing a tragedy on the railroad tracks. look at this image. a truck was involved in a roll-over accident and toppled on to the tracks. a speeding freight train was heading right for it. the pilot now above the train and used the helicopter's spotlight to signal thening near to stop the train. i worked. the train stopped 40 feet short of the stalled track. >> last night a solar flame lighted one step closer to the record books before the golden gate bridge. this is exclusive video of the flight from sky 7h. pilots are on theground today. cornell bernard talked to them abo

independent report examining the disappearance of 43 students in mexico flames mexican government for stonewalling the investigation. the report says the government failed to cooperate with the team of independent experts looking into the incident. it also blames the mexican government for torturing confessions out of suspects rather than using scientific evidence to investigat the 43 students are presumed dead. one of those students is 19-year-old israel lugardo from san jose. >>> a police helicopter pilot is credited with preventing a tragedy on the railroad tracks. look at this image. a truck was involved in a roll-over accident and toppled on to the tracks. a speeding freight train was heading right for it. the pilot now above the train and used the helicopter's spotlight to signal thening near to stop the train. i worked. the train stopped 40 feet short of the stalled track. >> last night a solar flame lighted one step closer to the record books before the golden gate bridge. this is exclusive video of the flight from sky 7h. pilots are on theground today. cornell bernard talked to them about

. >> how did stonewall transform the gay rights movement? >> it gave us courage to go on. >> the gay community in particular was being portrayed incredibly negatively. >> a lot of people's lives have been put on hold. >> we're prepared for the fight that we know we're facing. >> twenty-one people were killed, nearly all of them transgender women of color. >> we have a reason to wake up and live just like everybody else. >> it's easy to demonize something that you don't know. >> they forget that you're human and everyone deserves some respect. >> one woman, one man! >> marriage is a civil right! >> if they redefine marriage, what is it to be? >> they are pushing social change on some people who are still very resistant. >> i'm willing to face my consequences as you all will face your consequences. >> the next big day in the battle for gay rights at the supreme court. >> we absolutely believe this is a state's right issue. >> all we're asking for are the same rights everyone else has. >> gay marriage is legal. >> this momentous, historic, land

michal neuvirth is played in two of the five playoff games of been impressive in both and he is stonewall the capitals his former team. the capital shot the puck 44 times in the flyers just 11 a franchise low yet somehow they won. stands out in force tonight hoping to see the capitals finish in the series and acrobatics, bringing the energy and 10 seconds in a payback for crosscheck in game there and a reoccurring problem for the capitals in this series too many penalties. justin williams with his third penalty of the game and after the penalty expired fires on the board. obfuscate and into the net makes it 1-0 flyers and once again michal neuvirth on his head and torments his former team stopping 44 and would less than a minute to go flyers couldn't help the caps and the capitals lose 2-0 as their lead in the series is now 3-2. live from the verizon center not the way people hoped the night would go. the consensus in locker room? >> still optimistic and very competent. this is a team up 3-0 and stuck with their game plan against the flyers was too good as capitals fans are anxious becaus

. >> how did stonewall transform the gay rights movement? >> it gave us courage to go on. >> the gay community in particular was being portrayed incredibly negatively. >> a lot of people's lives have been put on hold. >> we're prepared for the fight that we know we're facing. >> twenty-one people were killed, nearly all of them transgender women of color. >> we have a reason to wake up and live just like everybody else. >> it's easy to demonize something that you don't know. >> they forget that you're human and everyone deserves some respect. >> one woman, one man! >> marriage is a civil right! >> if they redefine marriage, what is it to be? >> they are pushing social change on some people who are still very resistant. >> i'm willing to face my consequences as you all will face your consequences. >> the next big day in the battle for gay rights at the supreme court. >> we absolutely believe this is a state's right issue. >> all we're asking for are the same rights everyone else has. >> gay marriage is legal. >> this momentous, historic, land

chief robert hannigan told a conference hosted by the human rights group "stonewall" yesterday that barringgays from working at the agency until the 1990's had been wrong, and was" the nation's loss." hannigan paid special tribute to alan turing, who helped break the nazi "enigma" code during world war two and was the subject of the 2014 movie, "the imitation game." turing committed suicide after being outed, convicted of indecency in 1952 and losing his security clearance to do his job. hannigan said the agency's treatment of the computer genius had been "horrifying." one of africa's greatest photographers, malick sidibe, has died. the artist began his career in the late 1950s, during the final years of french colonial rule in mali. he went on to capture the youthful nightlife, fashion, and culture of an independent nation in the 1960s. sidibe would go on to display his black and white photos around the world, including at the grand palais in paris. he received the venice biennale golden lion award for lifetime achievement in 2007-- the first awarded to a photographer or african artist. si

stonewall, 1969. >> right. >> and i filed the first gay rights bill in massachusetts in 1972. by the way, i was still then closeted. i made a decision early on when i went in the public life -- >> right. and you write about that quite extensively in here. >> i made two decisions. first of all, i would be a coward. i would not be honest about being gay. secondly, i would not be a hypocrite. i would not withhold my support from efforts to treat gay people fairly. >> right. >> i have only contempt for gay men. nobody has had to come out. >> right. >> but to be a gay person or a lesbian, except the lesbians didn't do that. it was only the gay guys. >> in fact, you seem more contemptuous -- i don't mean to digress. you seem more contemptuous in this book of hypocrisy than you do of just straight ahead homophobia. >> oh, absolutely, yeah. because it's an undermining of democracy. if you are making rules for other people that you then don't follow yourself you have undermined the fundamental core principle of democracy. that goes back to john locke's treatise on civil government whic

its school textbooks -- [laughter] saidshed the book that foughtcks -- blacks under the command of stonewall jackson. confronted with this, the writer of the text said that was on the internet. [laughter] could have at least said it was wikipedia. so that was the source of that. >> you can watch the entire event tonight, 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. >> up next, university of toledo history lecturer chelsea griffis talks about how conservative women reacted to the introduction of equal rights amendment in the 1970's. we interviewed ms. griffis at the meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 50 minutes. >> chelsea griffis, for those who have forgotten or never knew, what is the equal rights amendment? ms. griffis: a failed constitutional amendment that would have legally ft

stonewall jackson at first manassas is also a tale of an american iliad. what kind of tales do we have that touch upon the things we've been discussing today -- reconstruction and the ugliness of it. these are stories that we don't want to look at in a mythic kind of way. the exception to this would be sherman's marches. people do know about sheridan in 1804. if people know anything the hard war operations, it's sherman's madge to the sea. and we all know that it was a december lating march, 220 miles from atlanta to savannah, 60 miles wide in which sherman's troops destroyed absolutely everything in their path. and there is a thriving folklore business in georgia there to explain why, given that this occurred, why the particular town that so and so, that a certain person lives in, you know, why that particular town was spared when every other town was annihilated. and these folklore tales usually have something to do with sherman had an old girlfriend in town. and maybe. sherman was a mason and somebody gaye t save the masonic sign of distress and the tow

and of course the story of stonewall jackson at the first manassas. what kind of tales do we have that touch upon the things we're discussing today? reconstruction and the ugliness of it. i think those things lie largely outside of the american iliad. these are stories that we do not look at in a mythical or mythic kind of way. the exception to this would be sherman's marches. people do know about the raising of the shenandoah valley. i think ed ayers was right to quote the importance. but if people know anything about what i call the heart operations of the civil war, it is the march to the sea. and we all know that it was a desolating march, 220 miles from atlanta to savannah, 60 miles wide. in which the troops destroyed absolutely everything in their path. and there is a thriving folklore business in georgia there to explain why, given that this occurred, why the particular town that so and so lives in, why that particular town was spared, when every other town was annihilated. and these folklore tales usually have something to do with sherman had

. >> how did stonewall transform the gay rights movement? >> it gave us courage to go on. >> the gay community in particular was being portrayed incredibly negatively. >> a lot of people's lives have been put on hold. >> we're prepared for the fight that we know we're facing. >> twenty-one people were killed, nearly all of them transgender women of color. >> we have a reason to wake up and live just like everybody else. >> it's easy to demonize something that you don't know. >> they forget that you're human and everyone deserves some respect. >> one woman, one man! >> marriage is a civil right! >> if they redefine marriage, what is it to be? >> they are pushing social change on some people who are still very resistant. >> i'm willing to face my consequences as you all will face your consequences. >> the next big day in the battle for gay rights at the supreme court. >> we absolutely believe this is a state's right issue. >> all we're asking for are the same rights everyone else has. >> gay marriage is legal. >> this momentous, historic, land

but the fact is and i'm cynical enough to believe this, this is further proof that stonewalling works we can't even remember what the scandal was about. they haveko succeeded four years this stuff. it now has come out about nine months to go in the administration, this will get the minimal coverage in the mainstream media the story will be gone in a few days, and it%-o wil[( have zero effect on what happens in the real world between now and the next election as was just indicated the fact is the president is supporting a candidate who deliberately created an email system so that it would never be found. and that's what we are living. and the reason they do it is because it works. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned for your voice to our [plumber] i need to be where the pipes are. so i use quickbooks and run my entire business from the cloud. i keep an eye on sales and expenses from anywhere. even down here in the dark i can still see test this week's result from the "special report" con tender's app. the statement will government waste most agreed with quote it's time to return

. >> the case launched a firestorm because of the extraordinary stonewalling by fairfax police who refused to cooperate with state and federal prosecutors. >> i've never seen anything -- anything like -- anything like that. of never seen anyone act withhold information like that. i hope nothing like that ever happens again. it was dead wrong. >>reporter: in court, adam tauris said he was sorry for his actions and heartbroken for john geer's children. sentencing is on the 24th. of the judge rejects the 12 month sentence, adam tauris can withdraw his plea and go to trial under a different judge. live from fairfax, andrea mccarren, wusa9. >>> the police chief issued a statement saying his thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends and added that the adult -- the action of one employee is not reflective of the honorable work with don day in day out by all the members of our department. >>> we are following breaking news out of dc and you won't believe it. a frightening incident involving a gun that happened with the police roll call meeting. garrett hank is with us live with the deta

but the fact is and i'm cynical enough to believe this, this is further proof that stonewalling works what the scandal was about. they haveko succeeded four years this stuff. it now has come out about nine months to go in the administration, this will get the minimal coverage in the mainstream media the story will be gone in a few days, and it%-o wil[( have zero effect on what happens in the real world between now and the next election as was just indicated the fact is the president is supporting a candidate who deliberately created an email system so that it would never be found. and that's what we are living. and the reason they do it is because it works. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned for your voice to our contenders app. i thought i married an italian. did the ancestrydna to find out i'm only 16% italian. so i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors was eastern european. this is my ancestor who i didn't know about. but directv has been number one in customer over cable for . (son) pa, i know we settle for cable... (father) how 'bout over 15 satisfying

the white house and the justice department successfully stonewalling congress on this for four years. we have yet to see the impact of these developments on the benghazi investigation or the clinton e-mail investigation. be sure to vote in our poll tonight, we wanted to have a little fun with our question tonight. forget how it worked last time. just go along with us. cast your vote on twitter on lou dobbs. and follow me on twitter -- links to everything at loudobbs.com. >>> now, let's turn to a video that you're going to -- it's incredible. two california criminals turned their getaway into a joyride. this is, yep, that's their car and that's them. evading police, doing doughnuts in ford mustang convertible along l.a. freeways, taking a tour through hollywood. rainstorm and conflicts over jurisdiction between the los angeles police department and the los angeles sheriff's department allowed that chase to go on. they were having some fun for nearly two hours, until a flat tire slowed them down. they pulled over. met with a group of fans following the chase on television and on twitter

my fear is they will stonewall what the fbi is trying to do. here's the thing. either we all live under the same laws or we don't and if somebody just because they are a high official is able to get away with something that maybe a junior officer in the military wouldn't be able to get away with, well that's just not the type of country we're supposed to be. >> so far, though, as this investigation has played out from what we have heard reported the fbi is taking this seriously, 100 plus agents looked into this. one person was given immunity. that came from the justice department. is there any evidence so far that she's being treated differently than anybody else? >> i think that it's good. the fbi is looking at it. i expressed confidence that they will do a good job. the problem is that the fbi, they could have an air tight case. they cannot initiate any charges ultimately and that's going to be done by loretta lynch and the department of justice and potentially with input from the white house or direction from the white house and that's been the angle that i'v

we want to know what hillary clinton said and why she is continuing to stonewall 70 days later is justounding to me. >> is she stuck in a position where she can't without losing too much face? >> i think that might be part of it, but she asked for the other candidates to do the same thing. initially i thought it was a bernie sanders request. now they have broadened it to the gop as well. the problem is on bernie sanders' side, bernie sanders is elected to the united states senate. there is a code of ethics in the united states senate. you are banned from receiving honorary speeches. >> right. >> and they can't get paid for them is the point. >> right, right. >> we talk about party unity. i take exception to that premispre premise. the fact is when bernie was asked to name one instance where hillary made a decision or the secretary made a decision that was beneficial or was influenced by wall street -- >> well, she voted against a bill for unions -- >> she voted for it. >> i'm sorry. on this issue of wall street, this is a serious issue on both sides. bill clinton is going to the mat fo

this is the most difficult administration to get information from, there are stonewalls at every turnthere's going to be another attack and the intelligence community. >> there telling us where they're going. we know they're coming correct. >> question mark. >> their killers, their savages. you want to have the best intel to fight them. more outnumbered, stay with us. don't let dust and allergies get between you and life's beautiful moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. flonase changes everything. voters hitting the polls in wisconsin today and we are all over the results . at 8:50 p.m. eastern, megan kelly and brett behr with our special coverage as

the mexican government's account of what happened to the students and accusing the government of stonewalling and retaliating against investigators. speaking in geneva tuesday, un human rights spokesperson rupert colville expressed concern. >> we are, however, concerned about the milley challenges and obstacles reported i the experts that may have prevented certain lines of inquiries from being further explored. including regarding the roles and responsibilities of the military and other official authorities. amy: meanwhile, a mexican journalist has been shot to death in front of his home in guerrero state, the same state where the students disappeared. francisco pacheco beltran worked as a correspondent for the daily newspaper sol de acapulco, edited a weekly magazine, contributed to a local radio broadcaster, and ran a website with articles on crime. local news reports said pacheco's work was critical of local authorities, including the mayor of his city, taxco. in luxembourg, two former pricewaterhouse cooper employees and a journalist have gone on trial over a massive leak that exposed co

a group of independent experts have accused the mexican government of stonewalling their investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in september, 2014. mexican authorities have claimed lice turd the stents ove to drug gang members, who killed them and incinerated their bodies. but the experts, appointed by the inter-american commission on human rights, concluded there was no such burning. the experts also found evidence state, federal, and military personl were psent on e night the disappearanceand eviden that suects who confsions we used toolster the gornment's accot were rtured. the experts said they faced obstacles from the mexican government, including the withholding of documents and even a retaliatory criminal probe into one of the officials who appointed the panel. in washington, d.c., antonio tizapa, the father of one of the missing students, joined a demonstration in support of the panel. he spoke to democracy now! by phone. >> it is not a protest. it is a major sorrow of support for this great work they have done. this is the way to show our support so they continue.

as it has become abundantly clear, commissioner has failed the american people by stonewalling congressional investigations into the i.r.s. targeting scandal. conservative organizations were intentionally targeted by our federal government simply because they believed and expressed message that was in opposition to the administration. now, while i may disagree with many on the left, i would never seek to threaten them by use of government force and coercion and take away their freedom of speech. moreover, what is truly disturbing about the i.r.s. scandal is that chairman -- the commissioner has violated the public trust. as a commissioner, he failed to comply with a congressional subpoena, failed to ensure that evidence was preserved, failed to testify truthfully, and failed to notify congress when he learned that thousands of emails were missing. our constituents expect congress to exercise oversight of this administration and to demands accountability. we know the i.r.s. commissioner cannot be trusted. impeachment would help rectify this sorry situation. and would go a long way toward show

the new garage door, the owner of the small business who resurfaced your driveway or worked on the stonewalldoor. nice people, right? you smile and wave at them, and they wave back. they're trump guys. and those trump guys have been -- people act like this is new. those were the core of the people who supported me in 1994. they were the core of the people who supported my 74 classmates in 1994. they are the core of the people that were the backbone to elect george w. bush in 2000 and 2004. and they are now behind trump. this is not a part of the party that the washington establishment can just dismiss. >> i agree completely. >> they are the base. they have been our base. they were newt gingrich's base -- >> they delivered a republican house and republican senate and they're the ones who are upset that nothing's happening. >> in 2010, in 2014, and they will be the base that helps get republicans back to the white house, unless we piss them off. i'm sorry, there was no other expression. >> that could happen. >> yes, it could. so is this the tea party or is it different? >> that's not right. >>

holmes -- led by stonewall jackson. holmes was shot in the fleshy part of the shoulder, the neck.ssed any vital organs or blood vessels, and his family learned of it and they received a telegram from an --y surgeon le name named leduc, who said, captain holmes wounded, through the neck, not mortal. holmes had a severe case of what i believe to be survivors guilt, that is when one says i am glad i survived but i don't deserve to have survived. there were so many other people who died. at the other end -- the very end newly life, when inaugurated president franklin d roosevelt was arranged to see him, roosevelt said to holmes, what advice can you give me? follow what the soldier does. form your battalions and fight. >> so here we have the justice assigned to write the opinion in the case, a twice wounded civil war veteran who believes man's destiny is to fight. but this is a case about draft evasion. tom: you can imagine, this is a man who has really seen the need to raise and mobilize an army, and what it has meant to liberty. he has seen theevasion. tom: you can imagine, turmoil t

its school textbooks -- [laughter] saidshed the book that 2000 blacks fought under the command of stonewall jackson. the challenged on it, department person who came up with this addition to the text said, oh, that was on the internet. [laughter] it sounds like a good source. they could've at least that it was wikipedia. it was on the internet. that was the source of that. admitwill be the first to that there are probably several thousand blacks who went with her masters to war because the masters were not used to pressing their close, doing their laundry, and all those wonderful little things that slaves could do. a lot of officers in the confederacy took one slave with them to the battlefield. there were instances with a master is killed or wounded in the slate picks up a gun and fires it or takes care of the master and gets them home with a master's body home. appearance of in slate participation. in addition there is no doubt that tens of thousands of slaves were used as slaves to build fortifications and to do monday things which are part -- mundane things which are part of military li

his case at an old stomping ground in chicago while republicans on capitol hill step up their stonewalling saenz has details. >> reporter: president obama hits the road today to make a supreme court sales pitch. the president will travel to the university of chicago, where he taught constitutional law for over a decade. that's where he'll make his case for confirming merrick garland. three weeks after nominating him to the nation's highest court. >> i ask that they confirm merrick garland now to the supreme court. he is the right man for the job. he deserves to be confirmed. >> reporter: garland's nomination remains embroiled in politics in the senate. the 63-year-old harvard educated federal judge is making the rounds on capitol hill. meeting with senators on both sides of the aisle. >> how do you feel, judge garland? >> reporter: over the past 20 days, garland met with 14 democrats, but only 3 republicans. senate republican leadership is holding firm on their vow not to hold hearings or a vote on his nomination. >> i think it's safe to say that there will be not be hearings or votes. >>

for the 2000 blacks fought under the command of stonewall jackson.t person who had come up with this addition to the text said, that was on the internet. you could at least have said it was wikipedia. was on the internet, that was the source of that. >> you can watch the entire event tonight on the civil war. this is american history tv only on c-span3. night, historian -- talks about the plot of the musical hamilton, that is based on his biography of alexander hamilton. them as i was reading it, -- a world-class ignoramus. he said to me, can hip-hop be the vehicle if you want this large and complex story. he did it on the spot. information inre the lyrics than any other form. it has internal rhymes. all these different devices that are really important for the success. >> sunday night on q&a. >> up next, author kathleen bartoloni-tuazon talks about her book "for fear of an elective king: george washington and the presidential title controversy of 1789." when washington was elected chief executive that year, congress was unsure how you should be addr

yet the senate majority's continued stonewalling of the president's nominee threatens to throw the system into imbalance. the president, of course is the constitutional authority -- has the constitutional authority and only fwation to appoint justices to the supreme court, pursuant to article 2, section 2, and he has fulfilled this duty with his nomination of judge garland. and the senate has both the authority and the duty to provide advice and consent on the president's nominee. yet, the senate has thus far refused to doits job, which is simply unacceptable. it is clear that the constitution requires that both the president and the senate fulfill their respective roles in the supreme court nomination process in order for the supreme court to be able to fully perform its constitutional role. otherwise, what's to stop the senate from simply granting the court a co-equal branch -- branch of government, i remind you, to a halt, by simply refusing to consider any nominees to fill any vacancies on the court? there is no merit to the argument that we have to wait until we elect a new president

they have stonewalled this most basic issue of fairness, blocking senator mikulski's legislation five times in recent years, five filibusters. and when republicans finally get around to offering legislation that they claim will address this important economic issue, it's anemic and devoid of actual form. bills offered by the junior senators from new hampshire and nebraska are a case in point. because that legislation does nothing to close loopholes that employers use to justify paying discriminatory wages. they do nothing to help victims of wage discrimination recoup lost income and it does nothing to incentivize employers to follow the law. these are only pieces of legislation to look good, to say they're trying to do something about this when, in fact, it's nothing. just about the only thing that the ayotte and fischer bills actually do is make it harder for women to discuss wage discrimination at work. the respective bills so narrowly define what a woman can and can't say about wage discrimination that it completely ignores the reality of the situation. factually, many women learn

due to the president's policy of stonewalling congress, the legislation that we have passed has no chance of gaining his signature. compromise once accepted as a means to accomplish the greater good seems to be a thing of the past. the executive branch, whether held by democrats or republicans, has grown accustomed to exercising unilateral power to reinterpret existing law and twist it to fit its own ideology. i want to repeat, the executive branch, whether held by republicans or democrats, has used that power and twisted it to fit its own ideology. congress has no answer to the authoritative rule making process used by government agencies today. madam speaker, we need to re-establish a check on those agencies that are willingly disrupting business across america. and i'm not talking about rules that were crafted with an understanding of the industry and a truly thoughtful process which included all stakeholders. i'm talking about the rules like the clean power plan endorsed by radical environmental groups with no reasonable knowledge of what affordable energy means to people who live pay

regrettably and inexcusably, the treasury department, for over two years, has stonewalled and obfuscated and misled congress. contingency planning for the debt ceiling. why we recently issued a staff report entitled the obama administration's debt ceiling subterfuge. i believe the report clearly shows treasure has sought to withhold from congress and american people information about their contingency plans for the purpose of pressuring congress to acquiesce to the administration's position that there only be a naked debt ceiling increase. or in other words to hasten our national bankruptcy. will include doubt, decline and debt. and his documents continue to be withheld. let us hope that deception will not be added to the list. chair now recognizes the gentle lady from wisconsin. miss moore. ranking member on monetary policy and trade subcommittee for two minutes. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. welcome back, secretary. i think i ought to begin my comments by bashing my republican colleagues and defaming them in the worst way they know and that is to thank them for working with you a

overturning that office of legal counsel opinion is another day that watchdogs across the country can be stonewalled. i ask for 30 more seconds, mr. president. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. grassley: let me be clear then in closing. only one senator is publicly standing in the way of fixing this problem. who is the obstructionist here? who's not doing their jobs? we need to find a way to get this bill done, especially now. we need to focus on things that we can agree on. but p when there is something -- but when there is something with this much -- when there is something with this much bipartisan support, it should be a no-brainer. one or two senators should not be allowed to stand in the way of good governance. so i urge my colleagues to work with me to get s. 379 passed---- s. 579 passed so that i.g.'s can resume doing their work that we asked them to do way back in 1978. i yield the floor and -- i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i rise today to speak in support of the defend trades secret

office of inspector general has tried to stonewall my investigation in the tragedies at the toma v.a. medical facility. it's actions have shown that under acting leadership, the v.a. office of inspector general has become too close to the v.a. the agency it is charged with overseeing. the acting leadership lacked the fundamental tenets of transparency and accountability that all inspectors general should have and that can literally mean the difference between life and death. i was forced to resort to a subpoena to obtain the information about the tomah v.a. office of inspector general investigation and there are still some documents they have refisserefis -- refused to prod. for over a year i have urged president obama to appoint a permanent inspector general. i was pleased that president obama finally heeded my calls and quite honestly the calls of many of my colleagues when he nominated michael missile for the position late last year. the senate knee on homeland security and governmental affairs moved his nomination quickly after carefully considering his qualifications and we repor

what is she waiting on and will she keep stonewalling. >> it depends if you want to get technical ors she will release the transcripts as long as everybody else does. her immediate opponent bernie sanders says wall street doesn't love him. they haven't invited him to do many paid speeches. that's kind of out of the picture. ing will at the republicans or owe opponents. kasich says he has no transcripts to release. unclear if cruz was given many speeches. he was in the bush white house. prince secretary brian fallon says trump is the one they are really pointing this comment towards because they have reason to believe that trump has given speeches, highly paid speeches and it seemed like they are sort of hinting that trump should release his transcripts. so we heard him unveil his nickname for hillary last weekend crooked hillary clinton. >> yep. >> i imagine we will continue to hear that what does he need to do to fight back if they both end up taking the nomination. >> difficult to see. trump played the same game on the other side. he hasn't released his tax returns which is not som

there was just no question about their status in terms of being deported and to have other countries stonewall our efforts and to say that the state department's best efforts right now is just to meet with i.c.e. and send out warning telegrams to embassies, there are other options we have available to us and we need to exercise those. ms. saldana: withholding aid and the sanctions i mentioned but i want to be sure, i'm doing the best i can to try to persuade state. state is the most appropriate witness to explain to you why they make the decisions they do. i can't speak for them. mr. courtney: if i could have another 30 seconds. again, we experienced in this case where the government of haiti, again, for paper worg reasons, stone walled mr. jacques' deportation. i.c.e. can do more in terms of creating a record of country of origin in terms of interviewing witnesses in the u.s., this guy had been here for over 20 years, there were other ways verification of country of origin could have taken place on state side in addition to have the state department apply levers of pressure which again i thin

again, we experience in this case with the government of haiti, again for paperwork reasons, stonewalled jean jacques' deportation. i.c.e. can do more in terms of creating a record of country of origin in terms of interviewing witnesses in the u.s. this guy had been here for over 20 years. there were other ways, verification of country of origin could have taken place on the stateside in addition to the state department apply lovers of pressure which again i think should have been exercise at the greatest and highest level. to this discussion, trying to i want to continue with you and the members here about the fact that the response so far has not been satisfactory. i would ask a letter q. and mr. cummings setting for the ig -- >> is already been submitted into the record. i appreciate your commitment on this issue. the director has agreed within a weeks time to give us all the letters anletters and correspons had with state department making his request. because the statute is clear, once the signature receipts that this is the secretary shall. and will be fascinated and i think you're