he said that chief justice taney's opinion is wrong. he said right makes light. in essence, secession became unconstitutional because might made right. after the civil war it became clear that secession or disunion was wrong. that becomes a supreme court ruling in texas v. wyatt in 1868 which explicitly declares secession to be unconstitutional. so lincoln's inaugural address is profoundly progressive in which he establishes far more than any document had the notion that secession is wrong. that at the time was widely debated. now when texas governor suggested secession he was mostly just laughed at. that goes back to the influence of this first inaugural. it's also conservative. y is it? forces fugitive slave act. supprevesses snsurrections and protects slavery in states. he's explicitly hears fr lincoln's inaugural. i have no purpose directly or directly to interfere with avery ins erit exists. abolitioded nis resp saying, what about your platform of gradual abolion with the goal of ultimate extinctio i believe i have no lawful right to do so. that was true. re

today, taney sits in baltimore harbor, the last ship afloat that saw action in the attack on pearl harborbut i want to tell you about another veteran of world war ii who holds the distinction of being present both at pearl harbor and at midway. he is retired marine corps aviator major albert rocelli, one of the veterans who connor us with their presence here today. you see, major drocelli is an extended member of our coast guard family. his son nick, a coast guard veteran, is serving as a civilian here with us in d.c. now, as a young enlisted marine major droceli navigated a team of vindicators which were carrier-based dive bombers, to midway before the battle. he is, in fact, one of the very first ever designated aerial nav gators in the united states marine corps. during the battle of midway, he participated in the flights that brought ammunition in and wounded service men out during the battle. towards the end of world war ii, he was selected for flight training and subsequently commissioned where he earned his coveted wings of gold as a pilot. he had a remarkable career of military se

become the first place in what labor in one nine hundred sixty nine to hold all four grand slam simle taney asli however the spaniard is aiming for a record breaking the seventh roland garros title the australian open final between the pair in january lasted six hours and is widely regarded as one of the greatest much of all time but nidal says he can't necessarily expect to repeat. it now before the final difficult to imagine how much of six hours. you know michael i guess but. i will be there if i think everybody you cannot predict what's going on now the thing that i have to believe that this is going well. playing with confidence and i have to play aggressive i have to play my game now to football where the second day of euro two thousand and twelve ilda the first major upset of the competition denmark overcoming the odds to shock the netherlands one nil beating the two thousand and ten world cup runners up for the first time in forty five years kate partridge watched the rain stunning victory and live off. so here we are on day two zero two thousand and twelve and the second day is pro

on tight up the top rory samba taney leads by a solitary stroke at the halfway stage of the memorial tournament but a selected including four time winner tiger woods. football first for russia will enter next week's european championships in the most confident of moods advocates charges based on art of sorts in their final friendly before euro two thousand and twelve and leave those simply a team in disarray the country ingolf in a much fixing scandal which led to peers being dropped from the sport including snit's in petersburg delmonico chris chito be there for missed his teammate alex krycek off open the scoring injury right on the hour mark. for the fences mix resulting goal number two and miller's an eight man ramond shirokov mopping up the mess and me a tongue and box hero. shook up second on russia's third step and put the icing on the cake of minutes from time at klia pale reflection of themselves but dicks only on the other hand will march on with renewed hope for europe to try. to overcome and italy are far from an amateur team and created plenty of chances against us they

. -- on taney ln.commotion from inside his house. >> by the time i got to my front window, the car was tipped over. i ran out of the house with the neighbors and we tried to help him. the man was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. he is expected to recover. some neighbors are devastated a such a kind and friendly man was attacked. it's not clear of the teenager is intended to rob a man, but they did not take any money. from member county teacher who was cleared of having a sexual relationship with a student has resigned. scott spear was arrested in february and was suspended from his job for having sex with a 16-year- old female student. he taught middle school and was a part-time coach and a girls high school. prosecutors dropped the charges noting that he was not her primary teacher. he denies any wrongdoing. >> in prince george's county you will not able to place your bets anytime soon. plans to build a casino at the national harbor were scrapped after they cannot reach an agreement on ex

you're roger taney if you kill that.o be the second chief justice that's catholic and do the dastardly deed. >> warren came in, everybody, this great conservative. i think you're looking at a new updated version. >> we have a long way to go. >> unfortunately -- >> you have george w. down there putting away the -- >> we're going to talk -- >> wondering if he did the wrong thing. >> we are going to have analysis on the relationship between president obama and justice john roberts. we have to let lawrence o'donnell go. his opinions have shaped this half hour and no means been ignored. lawrence is, of course, host of "the last word" on tonight at 10:00 p.m. on msnbc. make sure to catch it. joining us now, former white house press secretary for president clinton deedee myers, and in austin, texas, mark mckinnon, co-founder of no labels. mark, great to see you. >> thanks, alex. >> i'm going to start with you, first, because you've been sitting on this panel as we've been discussing something without being able to say anything.