as the democrats were split with the dixiecrats and strom thurmond. it was critical that truman carry texas, but nobody gave him a chance. that is when this visit with garner, as you are you mentioned, was so important. there was some question -- garner was not, he actually left the new deal, split with roosevelt when he left washington. he was a guest social security. he was against labor unions. he was very unhappy with the second video, the so-called more liberal new deal. he was very supported of the reforms of wall street and banking in this country. he was a small-town banker himself. there was some question about whether garner would be that active in supporting truman because of the democrats coming back to the white house. there was never a question. garner was absolutely a huge fan. governor brisco was the host. he was in the state legislature at this time. they concocted this harebrained scheme with garner, this is she and goat country in southwest texas. they were all sheep and goat razors. they did not raise cattle. they put clothing on t

well, we laugh about strom thurmond, but it was strom thurmond who made calls and my mom got a job shortly thereafter. my mom never forgot that. because the most important thing to her was her little baby boy. and this politician helped her be able to take care of him. that is what we have to get back to in the democratic party. so when i became chair understanding that connection, again, it's all about trust. understanding that connection i decided to launch a program. we call it south carolina democrats care. so on inauguration day, instead of just rallies and protests, what did we do? we went out all across the state of south carolina doing service efforts. service activities across the state. from blankets for the homeless to tutoring of young kids, homeowner workshops, resume building skills. when we are able to prove to people democrats aren't in power in south carolina but when , people see that we're in their communities helping them address the issues that are pressing and in front of them, that is how you change the minds. that is how you change the hearts of people. so when we t

again, that letter that strom thurmond did not enter into the congressional record but that carruthersot king wrote opposing sessions' judgeship nomination in 1986. i'm sure you know the case, reverend barber, of the marion three very well, close allies of dr. king, the turners, gone after by u.s. attorney at the time, jeff sessions in alabama. ultimately, they were acquitted. >> i do. there are several things that were so striking and hypocritical at that hearing yesterday. you know, when senator sessions klan, thoseounced the are common phrases to say, i did this, he said he did not call the naacp un-american, basically, saying "i did these things, you heard it, but you did not hear what you heard or seen what you saw." in a sense he is calling criticized the a liar. -- carruthers got king a liar. he is even calling ms. turner a liar. she is still a liar. she said, the leopard has not changed his spot. jailhe tried to put her in for 250 years. that is the same time that black people were enslaved in this country. was all over a fraudulent case. he claims to have worked on cases, but

the committee chairman at the time, clong time segregationist strom thurmond never submitted her letter to the congressional record. buzz feed posted this piece about the missing letter from martin luther king's wids doe. by 6:00 p.m. tonight the "washington post" had gotten ahold of the letter. it is devastating. "anyone who has used the power of his office as united states attorney intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by free citizens should not be elevated to our courts. for this reprehensible conduct he should not be rewarded with a federal judgeship. a person that exhibited to much hostility to the enforcement laws and the exercise of those rights by black people should not be elevated to the federal bench. jeff sessions sought to punish activists, adviser and columnists of my husbands who had been key figures of the civil rights movement in the '60s. the only sin they committed is being too successful in gaining votes. the irony of jeff sessions nomination is if confirmed he will be given life tenure for doing what a federal prosecution what the local sheriffs acco

the committee chairman at the time, clong time segregationist strom thurmond never submitted her letter to the congressional record. buzz feed posted this piece about the missing letter from martin luther king's wids doe. by 6:00 p.m. tonight the "washington post" had gotten ahold of the letter. it is devastating. "anyone who has used the power of his office as united states attorney intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by free citizens should not be elevated to our courts. for this reprehensible conduct he should not be rewarded with a federal judgeship. a person that exhibited to much hostility to the enforcement laws and the exercise of those rights by black people should not be elevated to the federal bench. jeff sessions sought to punish activists, adviser and columnists of my husbands who had been key figures of the civil rights movement in the '60s. the only sin they committed is being too successful in gaining votes. the irony of jeff sessions nomination is if confirmed he will be given life tenure for doing what a federal prosecution what the local sheriffs acco

she reached out to both of our senators at the time, fred thomas and strom thurmond. we laugh about strom thurmond, but it was his office who made some calls, and my mom got a job shortly thereafter. my mom never forgot that. because the most important thing to her was her little baby boy. this politician helped her be able to take care of him. that is what we have to get back to in the democratic party. ,hen i became chair understanding that connection, it's all about trust. understanding that connection, i decided to launch a program called south carolina democrats care. on inauguration day, instead of just the rallies and protests, what do we do? we went out all across the state of south carolina doing service efforts, service activities across the state. from blankets for the homeless to tutoring of young kids, homeowner workshops, resume building skills. when we are able to prove to , democrats are in power in south carolina, but when people see we are in their communities, helping them addressed the issues that are pressing and in front of them, that is how you

on strom thurmond's death that he asked me to do the eulogy which i did. it really is something. mean this sincerely. i didn't want to come to the senate because my wife and daughter had just been killed, elected the seventh of november and at the 18th of december by wife and children were killed. at the time it wasn't so certain and so i didn't want to come down working on the replacement. if ted kennedy and a republican from ohio came to me and convinced me that your wife and family worked so hard and you have an obligation, and just stay six months. i didn't know any better, so i would go tuesday somethings wednesday at three of clock and he would give me an assignment. it wasn't until about three months in their taking my pulse seeing how i was doing and jesse helms was excoriating and ted kennedy introducing the precursor to the americans with disabilities act and it wasn't the government's obligation to care on and on and on. thank god i had at the meeting and i didn't stop on the floor to talk. i sat down with my weekly meeting and they could tell i was upset about somethi

we could be here all night trying to break senator strom thurmond's filibuster record going country by country, case by case and it it still wouldn't be enough time to do justice to all the heroic figures around the world. but it is my hope that more of my colleagues will join me in doing so over time because it is important. our voices here in the u.s. senate give people all over the world confidence and motivation to stay the course. as famed soaf yacht dissident sharasnsky had said of them, he said, quote, we never could survive even one day in the soviet union if our struggle was not the strug of the free -- struggle of the free world, end quote. he's saying that these tyrants and dictators when they jail these people, the first thing they tell them is no one even remembers you anymore. no one talks about you anymore. you've been abandoned. today i want to highlight one particular human rights case as part of the weekly social media campaign my office has been doing the last couple of years. it's called expression, not oppression. here you see a picture of a named dr. eduardo carde

this man sounds just like strom thurmond. the american people.hat american people are you talking about? he's talking about white america. host: the president did say he wanted unity, he wanted prosperity for americans, whether they are black, brown or white. part of the speech convince you at all? host: if you believe that, you're crazy. movie "roots" came out in the 1970's, it was some mad black people in the 1970's. what you will see is the exact same thing. it is just not right. host: a little more about yesterday's inaugural festivities which saw the installation of a new president and the departure of another president, former president barack obama said his goodbyes yesterday. "the new york times" talks about the ceremonies. the president gathered on friday with 2000 political appointees at joint base andrews where the truest of believers during eight years in which hope was repeatedly tested and change often proved difficult. jeff is calling in from colorado. do you think the president can unite people, especially folks like those who jus

there was something called the thurmond rule named after strom thurmond where judicial confirmationsld stop the summer of a presidential election. that has been the case, but this was two years. two years of no confirmations and that was without precedent. that's why there are double the number of vacancies for president trump than thereere for president obama. >> but jeffrey, to be fair, you should keep in mind in the context of this, this was a president that violated the recess appointments claus. it was absolutely warfare in terms of presidential power versus congressional power on a dozen different fronts. a lot of stuff stopped because of those conflicts. >> just in terms of the supreme court, jeff, which obviously is probably foremost on so many people's minds, is there a clearer sense of who trump may look to? >> well, he's done something unusual and kind of positive in that he has announced the group of people from which he will choose his candidate. so we know unless he violates what he said, that he is going to choose from the 20 people that he's named. all of them are ver

this committee, republicans in the majority, was chaired by republican strom thurmond. but the committee on a bipartisan basis rejected his nomination. we're not confident that he would be a fair judge. i'm not basing my decisions on that case. that was then. we were talking about something different. today we're considering senator sessions for a different role. he's nominated to be the chief law enforcement officer of united states, not the chief law enforcement officer of the president, but the chief law enforcement officer of the united states, that includes every one of us. attorney general has to be independent, he must faithfully serve all americans. and i carefully view -- in fact, i find it hard to remember when i reviewed a nominee's record so thoroughly as i have this. reviewed his extensive record, i reviewed his responses to serious questions asked by this committee, i'm not convinced he meets the threshold standard. and so i have to oppose this nomination. nothing to do with friendship with senator sessions, somebody i've known. but has to do with whether