weapons out and put it on their desks in the senate floor obviously there was the caning of senator sumner and whatnot between say in south carolina massachusetts and i guess levi and obviously with this animosity we see today's defeat different it seems that after the civil war obviously there was a bit of acrimony between both sides but people seem to be able to talk to one another now there's a certain sense of disrespect the fact that congressmen and senators have to focus more on raising funds and going back to their home districts between thursday monday and thursday of every week they're focused on legislation here the rest of time they're raising funds and that seems to have taken a bit away from from what's important which is relationships with you know the in washington and presidents usually with the visionaries and pushing in that direction and sadly we're missing that's what i think a little less acrimony a little bit a little bit more of practicality on both sides and the congress and in this in the executive would be an important thing right now. to get something done you kn

weapons out and put it on their desks in the senate floor obviously there was the caning of senator sumner and what not between say in south carolina massachusetts and i want to get a file and obviously with this animosity we see today's duffy different it seems that after the civil war obviously there was a bit of acrimony between both sides but people seem to be able to talk to one another now there's a certain sense of disrespect the fact that congressmen and senators have to focus more on raising funds and going back to their home districts between thursday monday and thursday of every week they're focused on legislation here the rest of time they're raising funds and that seems to have taken a bit away from from.

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weapons out and put it on their desks in the senate floor obviously there was the caning of senator sumner and what not between in south carolina massachusetts and i guess you file and obviously with this animosity we see today's definite different it seems that after the civil war obviously there was a bit of acrimony between both sides but people seem to be able to talk to one another now there's a certain sense of disrespect the fact that congressmen and senators have to focus more on raising funds and going back to their home districts between thursday monday and thursday of every week they're focused on legislation here the rest of time they're raising funds and that seems to have taken a bit away from from what's important which is relationships with you know the in washington and presidents usually with the visionaries and pushing in that direction and sadly we're missing that's what i think a little less acrimony a little bit a little bit more of practicality on both sides and the congress and in this in the executive would be an important thing right now. to get something done you

sumner fights those attempts time and again in congress. today, these questions are of course cloaked in 21st century terms, a movement called black lives matter, controversy over the flying of the confederate flag in the united states, and taney's likeness is once again said by some to symbolize or glorify a past that should not be honored in this public way. at this statehouse in maryland, we have dueling monuments, if you will, because in 1996, we get thurgood marshall. and so now, the two of marilyn's great supreme court justices are side-by-side, but clearly somebody over the weekend in frederick had a different idea about how to publicly enact their critique. host: what should his legacy be? christopher: he doesn't have a choice in the matter. after dred scott, he has tied himself to this pro-slavery nationalist movement so tightly, that movement dies with the confederacy and so these are forever linked. roger taney engaged in fairly dishonest representations of history at the highest levels of government, at the highest level of the

sumner is so committed to this bill which would forbid discrimination in places of public accommodation that on his deathbed, he says, my bill! my bill! them forget my bill! ah... expires.he just a few years later, in 1883, the supreme court strikes it itn and holds unconstitutionally exceeds congress's authority under the 14th amendment. there's an amazing human story in this case that i'm sure we'll series.the but justice harlan, who writes writer'ss dissent, has block. he doesn't know what to say although he's so upset by this 14theration of the amendment. his wife finds that the supreme court, the silver inkwell, where tawny wrote the dread scott saying thatfamously african-americans have no rights bound tote people are respect. she puts the inkwell on harlan's deathbed. church.me from he realizes that it's taney's. overcome by if spirit, he writes this spectacular dissent and predicts willsome day the decision be viewed in infamy. that's the civil rights case. much to say about this. but i want the audience to understand the legal stakes. what grounds did the majority hold that con

charles sumner, the author of the bill, is so committed to this bill, on his deathbed he , my bill, my bill. in 1883ew years later the supreme court strikes down and holds it unconstitutional, that it exceeds congress's authority under the 14th amendment. there is an amazing human story in this case. justice holland has writers block. he does not know what to say. he is so upset by this. the silvernds , she puts the info on his desk, they come home from church and he finds the inkwell, and suddenly as a overcome by spirit, he writes this spectacular document. that is a civil rights case. there are some much to say about this, but i want the audience to understand the legality. what was the grounds for the dissent? >> let's start with harlan's dissent. think the dissent channeled john marshall, because what did john marshall say? congress should have brought power. the constitution does not say bank, air force, individual mandate, but that congress should have broad power when implementing the great purposes for which the constitution was established. all,nal security, above and a bank

that's why, in my lifetime, in the lifetime of some of you, congress in effect needed to re-pass sumner's bill that civil rights act of 1875 basically becomes the civil rights act of 1964. that lyndon johnson helps push through, in honor of martin king and the martyr, john kennedy. and this time, the supreme court upholds it in the 1960's. akhil just described so well how the citizen clause doesn't have a state requirement. he also says that public accommodations essentially have the nature of quasi-public entities even though they're privately owned. do conservatives believe that the majority was rights or harlan was right in these civil rights cases? michael: i don't know that i can speak for all conservatives here, because i actually think that the civil rights cases were wrongly decided. i'm with akhil on that. i have a more hamiltonian view of the powers. here is the argument that's usually raised. captured this pretty well, is that the 14th amendment is a restriction on what state governments can do. ok? the 13th amendment prohibited slavery and could reach private conduct. one of t

a couple of times over the holidays or when president obama might have been on vacation, over the sumner august with his family where we may not have done a briefing for a week, but typically that was because there wasn't that much controversy in the world. there wasn't that much that the white house had to account for directly. and that clearly is not the case for what's transpired in the last week. and it's put the trump white house in a very uncomfortable position. for a white house that is focused on optics and projecting strength, they look to everybody who's watching, scared to answer any questions. it's not a good look for the leader of the free world and his team. >> david fromm is the veteran of a republican white house yourself. i want to get your reaction to what you saw in that briefing room. >> you are right about the power of the change the subject messaging method. but you do run out of rope if your plan is to distract attention from scandals with more scandals because evenly you just have a big bag of a lot of scandals. white houses don't do these things because they are

as you might remember, they were split apart by sumner redstone about a decade ago. melissa? bombshell memo could be made public as soon as tomorrow morning. sources telling fox news that president trump will declassify a controversial memo about alleged surveillance abuses at the fbi against the trump campaign. >> white house official says the president has read the memo, though it remain under review once the president approves its release, the white house will send the memo back to the house intel committee which has the authority to release it to the public, but again, they will probably find certain issues they have to redact. certain issues they have to black out before they release it. but finally, the public will have a chance to see for themselves what all political sides have a different opinion on. >> yeah, some of the interviewing today, have you congress people saying people at the top of the fbi, multiple people could be embarrassed by this. we will see. tune in. >> we'll be talking about it tomorrow. >> yeah, "risk & reward" starts now. >> these corporations gi

as mentioned, more than ten years ago, sumner redstone split the companies.t his family still owns both companies, just to make it nice and simple, through a third holding company. kind of a reuniting of a family there as well. >> bill marks, live from london, thank you so much. >>> coming up next on "morning joe," a growing divide over the nunes intel memo as the white house prepares to release the document. the latest on the brewing backlash ahead of the memo's release. senate democrat richard blumenthal weighs in. >>> and former new york city police commissioner bill bratton joins the conversation to discuss his time in minneapolis, helping officials gear up for a safe and secure super bowl sunday. so a few years ago, me and my wife were actually saving for a house. but one day we were sitting there and we decided that, you know what? something needed to be done about what was going on in our inner-city. instead of buying a house, we decided to form this youth league. what is he doing wrong? he should shed the block. exactly. it's volunteer, we don't get a

sumner's like this do not just happened by themselves. like this do not just happened by themselves. there is a lot of behind the scenes planning. we also rely on the financial support of a number of groups. one piece of business, if you've got one of these devices that is not already on vibrate or silent, i would ask that you do so now. choked -- now, my cochair will introduce our speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm supposed to fill the shoes of christian. those of you who have been here know that is impossible. i will step in. , who i am glad to welcome back is a professor at the university of virginia and works at the miller center. who was compton? he said, a rich guy. is the author of numerous books and one of his books is " ."preponderance of power the reason i emphasize that is he won a trifecta on that. you know in this room, that is not usual. for, he received awards "the soul of mankind." he has co-edited numerous volumes on foreign-policy. office of thehe secretary of defense during the carter administration. he has been president

this would be a process of reuniting the two media companies that were split by sumner redstone moreing the cbs network with viacom's nickelodeon and mtv networks and the paramount film studio. scarlet: it is time now for the newsflash of some of the biggest news. negotiations to acquire buzzfeed news, according to a person familiar with the matter says talks are the latest of the struggling publishing industry. its workforce after missing revenue targets last year. rough start for detroit three. general motors deliveries increased but missed estimates. tesla will test renewable energy products and whether they have mainstream appeal. elon musk told bloomberg a half major expansion at home depot spacesby tesla selling of solar powers and power while batteries. guess could be the latest to be hit i the #metoo movement. kate upton use the hashtag and said that their ceo shouldn't use power to sexually harass women. he stepped down as ceo, but is still a major influence at the company. that is your business flash update. "what'd you miss?" retreat toholding a discuss strategy. themdent

example how companies can really engage in this issue, when rotary national had our convention in the sumner, we had more than the survivor exhibit, had ska exhibit of survivors that tells a story of hope. that's what this panel offers is hope to survivors. well, we already had it down there so i called allison, chair of the steering committee for delta, i said would you like to disflay? it's already down here. and she not only display today, she put it in the main rotunda in the atlanta airport. it was supposed to there a week, she kept it there a month. hundreds of people saw the stories. i would go down to the airport just to see and watch people read the stories. so the impact that a company is have is enormous and i appreciate what you all -- and the willingness to do something new, i mean, you call them and, yeah, we'd be glad do it. so i really appreciate that. i'm going to turn to shelly. if you would expand a little bit on the freedom council, the little bit about the work had you done with rotary in minnesota for the super bowl and we'll talk more about what we're going to do in at

. >> reporter: we first witnessed the knierim's connection last sumner colorado.love. >> reporter: the couple first met in 2012 when they tried out together and forged an instant bond. >> when i picked her up, i don't know what the deal was but i just kept talking. >> was he more talkative because you were flirting with him? >> i was definitely flirting. he was really cute and picked me up in his black camaro and he opened the door for me. >> reporter: they married in 2016 but were immediately tested in sickness and in health. for months, alexa suffered from uncontrollable vomiting and excruciating stomach pains. she was diagnosed with a rare stomach illness that required three surgeries. >> i spent like so many days in bed because i was too weak to stand up. >> reporter: for chris, it was a helpless feeling. >> i can lift her, throw her, catch her, but there was nothing that i could do to help her even though that's all i wanted to do. >> reporter: she missed months of training and even had to relearn how to skate. yet now they are competing on olympic ice overco

charles sumner is so committed to this to for bid discrimination, that on his deathbed he said my bill, my bill, don't let them forget my bill. then he expired. he passes, and yet a few years later in 1883, the supreme court strikes it down and hold its unconstitutional. it exceeds congress's authority under the 14th amendment. it is an amazing human story in this case. justice john marshall harlan who writes the dissent does not know what to say here, he is so upset by this evisceration of the 14th amendment. at the supreme court the sinker -- silver ink well where roger tawney wrote the dred scott decision, infamously saying that african-americans have no rights that white people are about desk bound to respect. she puts the inkwell on his desk , they come home from church and he finds it, realizes it is tawney and suddenly he writes the spectacular dissent and predicts that someday the decision will be viewed in infamy. that is the civil rights case. i want the audience to understand the legal stakes. on what grounds does the majority hold the congress allowed to pass the civil righ

charles sumner, the author of the bill is so committed to this bill which will for bid discrimination in places of public accommodation that on his deathbed he says my bill, my bill, don't let them forget my bill. the bill passes and yet just a few years later in 1883, the supreme court strikes it down and hold it unconstitutionally exceeding congress authority under the 14th amendment. this is an amazing human story in this case that i'm sure we will tell in the series but justice john marshall who writes a famous dissent has riders block. he doesn't know what to say pretty so upset by this evisceration and his wife finds that the supreme court, this sober. [inaudible] where chief justice wrote this got decision saying african-americans have no rights which white people are bound to respect, the case that the amendment was designed to repudiate. she puts on helen's desk, she comes home from church and realizes it's him and suddenly as if overcome by spirit, he writes the spectacular dissent and predicts that someday the decision will be viewed in infamy. that's the civil right cases.

this is a potential recombination for the two media giants by sherry and sumner redstone sherry redstoneer national amusements, owns viacom and cbs called on the two companies to explore a merger by december of that year they had called off that plan national amusement saying it was confident that the under valued assets of viacom could be unleashed under a new management team landed by the new ceo at the time bob backish they have lost 5%. viacom shares are down 12% many have wondered if a merged company would better compete in a quickly consolidating landscape. with disney's acquisition of fox just the latest and if less nunez could benefit viacom 18%. cbs defying expectations now national amusements wants to see if the time is right saying it, quote, supports the processes announced by cbs and viacom to evaluate a combination of the two companies which we believe has the potential for significant long term value. they have said repeatedly that a deal would have to benefit cbs shareholders we will have to see what kind of terms they discuss and whether or not they can find something th