the platform declared the party a was to preserve the federal union and the rights of the states unimpaired. it demanded immediate efforts to be made for secession of hostilities and called for the restoration of peace at the earliest practical moment on the basis of the federal union of the states. the presidential election was far from won in the summer of 18 city four. -- 1864. the traditional democratic party candidate, former union general george mcclellan, the guy who never wanted to advance because he never felt he had the advantage, remained a serious threat. mcclellan was supported by democrats although he was not himself a piece democrat and by those who apparently believed state rights should try over human rights, at least in regard to african americans. mcclellan's willingness to negotiate a less restrictive agreement in contrast to lincoln's insistence, made the president's reelection less likely and convinced even his most ardent supporters that republican defeat was imminent. despite pessimistic forecasts, lincoln prevailed, winning with a stunning electoral college victory

the platform declared the parties aimed was to preserve the federal union and the right of the state unimpaired. it demanded immediate effects -- efforts to be made forces stationed of hostilities and called for the restoration of peace at the earliest practical moment from the basis of the federal union and they -- of the state. the presidential election was far from one in the summer of 1864, although opposition from john c fremont, nominee of the newly formed democracy party had fizzled, the traditional democratic party hinted it, former union general george b mcclellan, the guys who never wanted to advance because he never felt the -- guilty have the advantage remained a serious threat. mcclellan was supported by democrats but not insult of peace democrat. five is apparently believed states rights should triumph over human rights, at least in regard to african-americans. his willingness to negotiate a less restricting piece of agreement with the confederacy in contrast to lincoln's insistence that peace can be had only of slavery were destroyed made the president reelection less

and then we go to a higher level, to the states and then to the union, the federal union. here's the key idea. we'll throw this back at you. equality is crucial. we talked before about you can't have consent without equality. and every -- >> you cannot have coercion. >> no. every level of union, whether it be on the town level the union of families or the county level, the union of towns, those unions exist to preserve and perpetuate the equality of their constituent units. do you follow me? that's pretty straightforward. the legitimacy, the value of the union of the town is that all families will be treated equally and have an equal voice in their own government. >> and you move up the ladder that imperative remains. and that is union depends on preserving equality of constituent units, because otherwise, some are benefiting at the expense of other -- that's another way of saying that some are ruling others. you know, the great problem with unions throughout our periods is the fear that it's going to be captured by the bad guys. and one thing americans produce in great abu

and yet it's all about the cash. 86% of all the state politicians in illinois are paid by unions so they're just giving pay back. >> it happens in the federal level, you have the national treasury employees union rooting for president obama and those are the people who work at the irs and the treasury. the problem is you can't vote out the bureaucrats. we've got -- this is the true entitlement state, these are the guys a lot of these workers watching porn at work or doing full time union work and we're also seeing, watch had this, the geo has recommended 9,000 different ways that these guys can cut waste, fraud and abuse they've ignored it through the decades and now the gao has raised a number of federal programs to 32 including tax enforcement. >> and, mike the reason we're not making any progress in can you get our debt our national debt from what is it now 18.1 trillion dollars is because of this, because politicians in the past have made unrealistic promises to public sector unions. >> the public sector government unions, david have become sort of this form of welfare. i mean, you know, they only have to contribute, for instance 6% of

the platform declared the parties aim was to reserve the federal union and the rights of the states. it demanded immediate effect -- efforts to be made for secession of has five buddies and -- of hostilities. the presidential election was far from one. although opposition from john c fremont had fizzled, the traditional democratic party candidate, george b maclennan remained a serious threat. mcclellan ordered by the east democrat and those who apparently leave state rights should triumph over human rights , at least in regard to african-americans. cleland's willingness to negotiate -- in contrast to lincoln's insist that these could be had only if slavery were destroyed made resident's reelection last likely -- less likely. despite pessimistic forecasts lincoln prevailed, winning with a stunning electoral college victory of 212-21. 50 -- aided by the support of union soldiers and sailors who were allowed to cast absentee ballots or were for load home. -- furloughed home. he could play the game as good as any of them could. when the election -- with the election behind him, he can re

more than 100,000 employees would have to go to work without getting paid and by the way, the federal unionit may be 200,000, as many as 200,000 workers with no pay. this affects border security. this affects the secret service. this affects the tsa, which is why the dhs secretary jeh johnson was saying we can't do this with this kind of funding shortage. here's what he had to say. >> if our headquarter staff is cut back to a skeleton, that inhibits our ability to stay on top of a lot of the existing situations and challenges to homeland security right now. >> reporter: so all of this is really going to hinge on the house because the thinking is that mitch mcconnell can get this clean funding bill out of the senate. the question is whether or not it can get out of the house and that's something we'll have to watch for later on this week. carol, we've seen brinkmanship before in washington. here we go. >> are you a betting man? >> caller: i am not. not in this town. no way. not on something like this. you know in all seriousness, this is something we have not seen before with respect to the

the month. >>> 5:36 right now. septa and one of the unions goes before a federal official today as union officials believe certain rules are putting workers and riders at risk. here's the issue, all of septa's train engineers work more than 40 hours a week and most work six days a week. they can do that as septa requested and got a waiver from the government on certain safety rules. well engineers say the waiver results in tired workers and a culture trending toward minimum safety standards. >>> a confrontation caught on camera. >> stop touching me. >> this scene from the atlantic city boat show has filed a complaint because of what happened in this video. we'll have both sides of the story this morning. >>> and a slippery morning ahead. the freezing rain sleet and snow has ended in philadelphia but it's still falling in delaware. right now 20s for most of the area. we'll improve this afternoon. >>> a slippery morning with more sleet, snow and freezing rain. that's happening in south jersey. the rest of the area is seeing ice already on the ground. this afternoon, the ice will melt and the weekend turns much colder. a

the federal district court. can you imagine the emotions that generated? by then the arlington estate was the how the grounds of arlington national cemetery with many union dead from the civil war. the arlington estate had been seized by the federal government for the nonpayment of taxes. the catch is that it was tough to pay because you have to pay them in person. [laughter] there were not many that wanted to show up in arlington to pay their taxes at the time so they went unpaid at and the federal government seized property. in actuality the court ultimately ruled in favor of the family but congress found that to be unacceptable and had to result in a congressional settlement where the federal government actually acquired the title after paying the family compensation from the property. >> john davis in the eastern district of virginia would be complete without talking about john underwood. >> we got federal judges who had been heroes and federal judges who had been controversial but no federal judge in the history of virginia has ever been so controversial than john curtis underwood. he was appointed by lincoln to be the federal judge in alexandria and thr

federal credit union. pink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. >> the u.s. summary forcece has prided itselff on being the best, with the best ships, trainings and tactics. top analysts like brbrian clark say that advantage is in jeopardy, as nations like china and russia invest in quieter sounds better underwater sensors, and tactics that leverage the data principles. is america's dominance below the seas coming to aend? is it time for this sub forced to retnk how it dodoes business? a rered ficer and submariner clark was a former aide to chief of naval operations, and admiral who was also a submariner. i think this was the aim of your product, but what makes you say that u.s. undersea dominance that has been so assured for so long is now in jeopardy? >> there is data coming from the commercial industry, and new miniaturized sensors, that will enable us to look for summaries in a way different from what we are used to doing. we are used to passive sensors that rely onh

it's not just the federal side. the union side. it's what the confederates went through. i'm familiar with what happened down here in franklin. i had to learn my way through that years ago. and i still find it fascinating. battle of nashville spring hill, the river warfare on the cumberland. there's so much here that i think a lot of people take for granted and it makes a difference when you go there and you take your book with you, which i've done eyewitness accounts. i'm really learning what i'm seeing. i know what happened there. the battle of gettysburg. i took my wife to gettysburg. i've been there several times in several events. but to walk across the field from seminary ridge during pickets charge. and stop and knowing in that exact spot what occurred all across to the other side, i had the profound experience of going to charleston, south carolina with my friend, norm, here. and he and i were at morris island where our parent regiment, 54th massachusetts attacked ft. wagner, which is an experience in itself. brother norm can attest to it. and to be there and what

union in making a toast while he looked right at john c. calhoun during the nullification crisis on jefferson's birthday in 1832. he said our federal union must be preserved, to which, as many of you know, calhoun replied the union next to our liberty most dear. during the election of 1860 when four candidates ran for the presidency under four party standards, all of them talked about

federal credit union. pink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. >> we are back discussing the obama administration's $588 billion bget defense request for 2016, as well as savings initiatives. you have participated in every one of the saving initiatives. we have a lot t of panels making big projections. what are some of the kethings to remember when you are trying to s save money, given howw difficult it is? >> we are a big organization. it makes sense to come at us more than one way. personal opinion, the best way to makake savings in the defense partnt is to start with requiremts. what could we stop doing or do differently? that is probably the biggest hangup of trying to find something the department thinks we could do less of or that the white house agrees and the congress agrees. the circle is credibly small over these years. pele aren't willing to givup a task. and then you start try to figure out how to do it less. that is the best way to approach the problem. the

i look at the aspect of both sides, you know, it is not just the federal side, the union side. it is what the confederates went through. i am familiar with what happened down here in franklin. i had to learn my way through that years ago, and i still find it fascinating, the battle of nashville, springhill, river warfare on the cumberland. there is so much here that i think a lot of people take for granted, and it makes a difference when you go there and you take your book with you which i have done. eyewitness accounts, different battles, and i am walking in really learning and seeing. i know what happened here, ok? the battle of gettysburg. i took my wife to gettysburg. i have been there several times and several events, but to walk across the field from seminary ridge during the charge and then stop and knowing that at that exact spot, what occurred, all of the way across to the other side, i had a profound experience of going to charleston, south carolina with my friend norman here, and he and i were at the island, where our parent regiment from massachusetts, attack fort w

. >> well -- [laughter] the federal employees' union is so protective of its charges that they literallys to ever discipline any federal employee, ever garnishing their wages doing anything. it would cost you more in legal fees to try to get those bonuses back. what we really need to do is go look at the federal employment rolls and say, you know, if it's easy to hire and fire in the public sector, why shouldn't the government resemble it? gerri: if you don't pay your taxes boy, nobody's forgiving it, nobody's walking away because it's too expensive to collect. john thanks for coming on. >> thank you. gerri: coming up, is the world ignoring the war on christians? isis terrorists are attacking christians all over the middle east, but what's being done about it? where is the world's outrage? pastor john mcarthur weighs in coming up. there he is right there. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ tigers, both of you. tigers? don't be modest. i see how you've been investing. setting long term goals. diversifying. dip! you got our attention. we did? of course. you're type e* well, i have been researching retirement

the banking industry. credit unions have leveraged their subsidy to aggressively grow. it does so at the expense of all taxpayers. i have to admit, i just paid off a car loan from the federalhter] brendan: i might have a bit of a bias. it is true. you have to admit, from your perch at the head of the credit union national association what we have in mind of what credit union is is not accurate anymore. jim: that is not true. most people do not know what a credit union is. it may look like a bank on the outside. how we do -- what we do may look like a bank, but how we do it and w is complete we different. we are not-for-profit. all the banks are for-profit. it is fascinating to me. they are more worried about their market share than the are about tax reform. how we do it is different because it is not for profit. who we do it for is also different because we serve underserved banking populations. often middle america middle-class. this is the first car loan, the first home loan, the first checking account. it typically is not the wall street, money center. even with navy federal, they are serving that kind of the population in a different way than any bank. brendan: huntsma

. >> if you were president would you do the same thing for federal unions? r power through the arcane rules that deal with federal employees and the things that happen. the federal things that happen under these arcane rules you can't hold people accountable. that is frustrating for people who say i pay a lot for my government and i expect something in return. we cut down on overtime abuse and other abuses to provide better, more effective government. medicaid i did not set up a state exchange because the federal government ultimately is make a promise it can't deliver on. it hasn't in the past. it is not going to in the future but we have no insurance gap. why? because we did something creative. we provided health care for everyone living in poverty and those living above we transition them to the marketplace. >> as governor you cut taxes. as president would you do the same? >> absolutely. i want to bring american jobs back from overseas and part of that means having a reasonable tax structure. >> immigration? >> we have to secure our border not just because

police say a man held up the teller and took cash from the apple federal credit union. police didn't say how much money was taken. >>> happening today, a group of people say they will march to stop d.c. police from using the so-called jump-out tactic. that's when police are in an unmarked police vehicle and they jump out to go after someone t. group is march the congress heights metro station to the 7th district police station at 6:00 tonight. organizers say they're creating awareness about the 2011 death of rafael briscoe shot and killed by police while running from an unmarked car. >>> police transparency coming under scrutiny in fairfax county. leaders there say they're creating a new panel to examine police shootings, how they're talked about and investigated. a few months ago we told you at one man county officers killed in 2013. the department then kept its investigation secret for more than a year. >>> today several community groups will hold a forum on what they are calling the barry farm displacement. community leaders are concerned about the future of plans for

the amount of $599777.77. union square is a plaza in the city of san francisco. supervisorial district 3. in 2007 there was a lawsuit that was filed -- the conditions at union square plaza and garage by federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities. the lawsuit was settled in 2009 and the settlement agreement required to remediate specific barriers to access to the plaza and garage. this was the work. the mayor's office of disability at that time requested that the department undertake additional disability access enhancements at union square plaza in order to respond to subsequent public complaints. this is called the enhancement award presented at this time. the recreation and park department secured funding for the work and the settlement work was completed by recreation and park in 2013. and also work at the garage was completed by the non-profit corporation that operated the garage with the contract administered by sfmta. the enhancement work is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2015. so in your handout, i included -- i'm going to put it here -- the scope of work. >> powerpoint, please. >> i included -- before getting into that, in your w

the cause of that fire is also under investigation. >>> and happening today, septa and one of its unions go before a federal official. at issue the suspended work rules that union officials believe puts safety at risk for workers and passengers. nbc 10's jesse gary is live in center city. explain the suspended work rules. what is this about? >> reporter: well, i just talked to steve bruno with the brotherhood of locomotive engineers and training and he says septa is in a worse position related to other regional train providers based on the safety waiver in place. the union wants to convince the multi-person federal rail panel today to remove suspended safety rules from the past three years. all of septa's train engineers work more than 40 hours a week. most work six days a week. the waiver results in fatigued workers that can create a scenario similar to the one that led to a fatal metro and north commuter train in new york last year. >> when you assign the waiver benefits or the waiver changes that septa is taking here to that work they can expend out to 17 to 18 hours, that leaves very little time for meaningful sle

the amount of $599777.77. union square is a plaza in the city of san francisco. supervisorial district 3. in 2007 there was a lawsuit that was filed -- the conditions at union square plaza and garage by federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities. the lawsuit was settled in 2009 and the settlement agreement required to remediate specific barriers to access to the plaza and garage. this was the work. the mayor's office of disability at that time requested that the department undertake additional disability access enhancements at union square plaza in order to respond to subsequent public complaints.

federal credit union. pink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. >> in march, our military publicatioion will launch their first evever movie brackets in competitionith march madness. they will pit some of the great movies ever madede against each other until they crown a champion. the list will include apocalypse now, patton a and ner films like zero dark 30 as well as comedies like stripes and tropic thunder, which i am ad to see on the list. a committee of film buffs and active-duty service members will pick the winners. they want readers to submit to their own favorites. you can send all of your angry letters to the same address after the choices are made and you don't find your favorites in there. here to tell us about the competition is tony lombardo, editor of "army times," who is helping to oveversee this. where didid this idea come from and how is the process going to work? >> the way the process is working and the way it began is "american sniper." everyone love

appointed by lincoln to be the federal judge in alexandria and throughout the war he was engaged mostly in cases to confiscate the property of the rebels whose property the union could reach. after the war john curtis underwood was the federal judge who spearheaded the efforts to prosecute jefferson davis and approximately 30 other confederate leaders including many generals including jubal early and james longstreet and a number of others for treason. he was the one who forced through the indictments. as you all know the proceedings against jefferson davis lasted for several years. ultimately they went away. they were not all prosecuted by the federal government. the proceedings against robert e. lee and the other confederate leaders went nowhere because we appeal to general grant on the basis that it was his understanding and grants as well that the terms of surrender had incorporated a provision that there would be no retribution. to make a long story short general grant interceded with president johnson and he threatened to resign his commission if those proceedings were pursued and they were not pursued. there's no record of any further proceedings beyond

the longshoreman's union. the national retail federation warns full blown shutdown could cost the economy some $2 billion a day. retailers and other companies have cited their earnings report but firms may be able to ship more cargo by air. and be careful what you say around your tv. smt the small print of samsung's pry vase is po the company warns voice recognition feature could capture your conversation including personal information fasting that on to third parties. the feature normally captures voice commands to improve your viewing experience. samsung says data is only shared if consumers consent and if they turn on the voice feature. back to you. >> watch what you say around the tv now. wow. okay. >> in your own living room. >> landon dowdy, thank you. >>> this morning chipotle is apologizing for a series of offensive tweets. their twitter was hacked early this morning. the hackers tweeted racist insults at president obama and homophobic slurs. it also changed their profile photo to an image of swastika. the food chain got control after about an hour of hacker tweets. >>> jcpenney is teaming up with in-s

i testified that in the wake of the financial crisis the federal reserve has spent the past several years revising our community banks & credit unions refining training program and developing automated tools for examiners to focus their attention on areas of higher risk reducing some of the work at low risk while managed community banks. furthermore we developed programs to conduct more examination work offsite such as the loan review to reduce the time the examiners spend physically in the bank. we also have an initiative under way to use forward looking risk analytics to better identify high risk areas within community and regional banks which would allow examiners to focus their examination final on the areas of highest risk and reduce burden on the low risk institutions. in january of this year the federal reserve responded to legislation passed by congress in december of 2014 related to the scope of the federal reserve small bank holding company policy statement. specifically the federal reserve board issued an interim final rule and a proposed rule to implement the public law 113-250. effective immediately the interim rule ado

believed in strong states, the dominance of the states and those who increasingly saw the necessity of a stronger federal union, if indeed the united states was going to survive. in early june 1783, while it was sitting in philadelphia, congress had not sat since 1774 except on two occasions, when it fled to baltimore and then to lancaster to avoid the british army. congress invited these states to submit proposals for a place within their boundaries that might be the seat of federal governments. -- federal government. the offers came quickly. there is going to be eventually 50 places between newport news and norfolk, virginia that were either mentioned in the newspapers as possibilities are actually offered by states. the offers that came in in the summer of 1783 were very limited in size and jurisdiction. from one-mile square, over which congress would have limited jurisdiction but with places like princeton and new brunswick and newark, new jersey and williamsburg and annapolis. each offer trying to top the previous offer so that by the end of the summer, they were talking about 36 square miles. congress wa

. >> the teamsters union tells us it was able to help improve pay an benefits for facebook shuttle drivers after they unionized. >>> new at noon, the federal communications commission has passed a historic measure to strictly regulate the internet. the new rules known as net neutrality will provide equal opportunity for internet speeds and website access. that means internet provides won't be able to block or slow down apps, websites or online services. >>> the fda could be facing an investigation in connection with that deadly bacterial superbug. nine patients infected with a drug-resistant bacteria after endoscopic procedures at ucla medical center in los angeles. two people died. it was related to scopes difficult to clean and disinfect. california lawmakers calling for an investigation. >> i want to know what did the agency know, what are they doing about it and what are they going to do to prevent future occurrences. >> congressman ted lieu says there were reports of such problems almost 30 years. yet a safety warning from the fda was just issued last week. >>> a landmark san jose fire station is on its way to becoming a museum. the f

the philadelphia federation of teachers. it happens at the sheet metal workers union hall on columbus boulevard at 4:30 p.m. >>> a north philadelphiaily is hoping someone can bring their dog home. they believe it was stolen right from their front steps. seven-year-old chauncey is a missing pet there. farrah samuels says she let the pomeranian out on thursday at their home on the 1400 block of north seventh street. chauncey disappeared. a check of the landlord surveillance footage shows a woman carrying the dog away. >> we just wish that whoever has our dog would bring him home because he means everything to us and he's our family and he doesn't deserve to be stolen like that. you can't steal's family. >> the samuels' say chauncey has a health issue and needs constant care. he was micro chipped and was wearing an aqua collar with scooby doo on it. if you have seen chauncey call the 26th police district. >> a popular brand of dry dog food is coming under fire after allegations surface that it could be dangerous or even deadly. >> a florida police officer is facing possible criminal charges for what he was caught doing to a homeless m

he also served as a member of the committee for the victor valley federal credit union. and was currently serving as president of the board of directors for a charter school. for many years, willie would help serve meals to the homeless, with the salvation army. and recently he was recognized by the los angeles county alliance the california alliance, and national alliance of black school educators for his service as a school board member. in 2009, victor valley college presented him with a distinguished service award. willie was a lot more to that than many of us students. the 33 years he spent there, he was a friend, he was a mentor, he would talk to you as you walked through the campus. he would recognize if you weren't in class that day. many times he would seek you out in the community to make sure that you were staying out of trouble. this mentor meant so much to so many of us that he's going to be sorely missed. in december victor valley college officials hosted a dedication ceremony in honor of the 33-year college employee. naming the college's athletic training r

. >>> the american civil liberties union calling it a great day for the state of alabama. the federal judge has ordered to issue same-sex marriage licenses. most alabama counties are still complying with roy moore's issue. >>> breaking news overnight. david carr has died. times editor says carr collapsed in the newsroom on thursday night. bill carter tweeted his tribute. saying david carr was funny and generous. my heart breaks for his family and legion of friends. he is proud to be one of those friends. david carr was 58 years old. >>> more alleged exaggeration coming to light as nbc news investigates now suspended nightly news anchor brian williams. new questions about williams claimings about flying to baghdad with s.e.a.l. team six. among them a knife. sources tell us here at cnn it would be impossible for williams to have traveled with s.e.a.l. team six. questions surfacing about the brush with pope john paul ii as a university student. more on that later in the show. >>> let's get an early start on your money. cristina alesci joins us now. >> we are looking at a good week for st

to deplete the democratic base and getting to the unions is what it is all about and that's what walker has been able to do. let's go to ruth conniff and the president of the american federation of teachers. your union in wisconsin has lost membership since walker has come in. i know there's an effort to try to reinvigorate the membership. what's the state of the nva in wisconsin? >> thank you for having me on. when you talk to people all throughout the country, our members want unions. in fact our union, even with everything that's happened in wisconsin, has actually grown in the last two years because people want a voice, but they want a real voice. what happened is walker basically pulled the rug out from everybody. people were used to bargaining in wisconsin and he made it so hard that you saw a huge drop in membership. that's exactly what he wanted. what we're seeing is that people really want a voice, so that we're starting to slowly gain ground again. >> his mission to reduce union membership, that's really what he wanted to do. >> totally. >> obviously, he has the legislature to help him on that. >> remember ed as you so well covered, the unions in 2010 when he was fi

the speaker pro tempore: without obctn. mr. wso mr. speaker congratulations to safe federal credit union which on january 14 celebrated its 60th anniversary of a federal charter. in january, 1955, 15 civilian employees at the air force base organized the safe federal credit union. the membership has expanded to 500 additional groups and eight underserved communities. headquartered in sumpter, south carolina, is now the largest credit union with 108,000 members and $903 million in assets. i'm grateful for the work of safe employees who have developed a reputation of exemplary service, knowledge and trust under the leadership of safe c.e.o. and president beverly gagney. they have also been on the cutting edge of fraud prevention, which is critical as we address new cybercases of crime. with their professionalism in lending practices, members have created many opportunities and prompted thousands of new jobs. i know firsthand as a real estate attorney closing loans for safe. in conclusion, god bless our troops and may the president, by his actions, never forget september 11 and the global w

. >>> this morning, the american civil liberties union calling it a great day for the state of alabama. the federal judge who struck down the state's ban on gay marriage has now ordered a mobile county probate court to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. this is in defiance of the order from the alabama chief justice roy moore. most counties are complying with moore's ruling. >>> very sad news to tell you about breaking overnight. another blow to the world of journalism. david carr has died. carr collapsed suddenly in the newsroom around 9:00 eastern last night. bill carter tweeted, david carr was brilliant and funny and generous. my heart breaks for his family and legion of friends. he is proud to have been one of his friends. david carr was 58 years old. >>> more alleged exaggeration coming to light and suspended news anchor brian williams is being investigated. new claims of flying in baghdad with s.e.a.l. team six and war memorabilia he received as gifts. among them a s.e.a.l. team knife. sources in the s.e.a.l. community tell cnn it is impossible for williams to travel with s.e.a.l. t

he said, our federal union, it must be preserved. which as you know calhoun replied, the union to our liberty most dear. in 1816 when four candidates ran for the presidency under four-party standards, all of them talked about union. all of them wanted to be right with the union. for lincoln and most republicans, the union was a sort of mystical perpetual, indivisible, eternal thing. steven douglas, who was the regular democratic candidate, stated over and over that whatever happened, the union must be preserved after the election of 1860. john c. breckenridge who was the southern democratic candidate, said the constitution and the equality of the states are symbols of everlasting union. and the fourth candidate, old john bell, who ran as the candidate of the constitutional union party didn't talk about anything else. they didn't even have a platform. their platform was in their title. it was union. and the constitution. union comes up so often during this century which is not peter's perfect century but it's his second favorite century after the late 18th century. lincoln

i remember standing in oatland with the port saying there should be a deal done with the union and port operators. that was months ago. a federal mediator was brought on board. no progress, so president obama decided to send the labour secretary here. we are hoping to see a resolution soon. >> the iconic washington monument is shorter. government surveillance say it's stands 554 feet 7 inches, 10 inches shorter than what has been on record. it doesn't mean it's shrinking, but construction and a plaza raised the ground level. i'm antonio mora head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. on the subject of law enforcement, the director of the fbi speaks with one of the biggest megaphones in america. and james comey says the country's police officers sometimes do their jobs in a way unduly influenced by racial bias. >> at many points in american history law enforcement enforced the status quo, one that is often brutally

septa asked federal regulators to renew a waiver that allow companies to sidestep rest time rules for engineers. but the engineers say they're tired, working 12-hour days six days a week. union members told federal railway administration that extending this waiver will risk passenger safety. so far the federal railway administration has not ruled on this waiver extension. >>> new at 6:00 the chicago little league team that knocked the taney dragons out of theless league. jackie robinson west went on to be little league champs in the world series. now league officials are questioning whether the team used players who lived outside of the team's local area. if so that is a violation. espn reports the investigation is already complete. we could hearing results as soon as tomorrow. >>> a higher minimum wage in pennsylvania. governor tom wolf says he wants it and will push for it in coming weeks. he said he suspectspports a bill that would raise it to $10.10 an hour over the next two years. he says higher wagesed three a stronger economy and a better free market. pennsylvania's minimum wage has been as $7.25 for years. new jersey's is $8.25 an hour. dell passed an increase. it's

police say a man took cash from the apple federal credit union on west broad street. was taken. >>> a group of people say they will march to stop d.c. police from using the so-called jump-out tactic. that's when police are in an unmarked police vehicle and jump out after someone. the group is marching from the congress heights metro station to the seventh disce n at 6:00 tonight. organizers say they're creating awareness about the 2011 death of 18-year-old raf yell briscoe who was shot and killed by police while running from an unmarked car. >> polic are coming uchb der scrutiny. in fairfax county a new system is being put in place to see how they're reviewed. the new panel will examine any police shootings, how they're talked about and how they're investigated as well. >> today several community groups will hold a forum on what they're calling the barry farm displacement. community lead rs are concerned about the future plans of the barry farm public housing community in ward 8. the meeting is from 2:00 to 5:00 at the anacostia library on good hope road in southeast.

the federal bureau of investigation. >> not double. here's where it gets interesting. the credits union executive, mr. yussman was taken to the hospital in handcuffs. investigators are trying to find out whether or not he was actually a willing participant >>> you're not going to believe this video. waf the car on the rate go over the embankment and down to the highway below outside of boston. the 33-year-old was behind the wheel. this pickup truck hit the barrier and dropped like a rock to the deck below and just missed another vehicle by seconds. his parents are thankful he survived. >> he said, i'm in an accident. i'm okay but i get black eyes and collar bone swollen. >> very fortunate to be alive. he will be charged with driving drunk and negligent operation of a motor vehicle after he gets out of the hospital. >>> the veterans affairs secretary admits now he lied about his military service. robert mcdonald appointed to the administration last year to clean up the agency after a series of scandals. as cbs cameras were rolling he claimed last month he served in special forces. turns out it was not

president spoke during the state of the union address, he said the united states must aim higher than a single pipeline. under his policies domestic production has shut down on federal lands, yet has increased by 35% everywhere else. that has led to more money in the pockets of hard-working americans. the keystone pipeline would go through western south dakota. for those counties it would be a good shot in the arm. for many the property taxes would fund schools. it would fund schools, roads and bridges. it would give the opportunity to transport the supplies they need so desperately in a safer manner and take care of their environment as all studies have proven. what he is saying is no to safety no to the environment no to funding schools, and no to safer roads and bridges. i'm determined to do all i can to get this bill signed into law so we can build this pipeline. >> i want to start out by thanking the house for passing the senate bill so we do not have to go to conference and the bill can now go to the president. this really is about energy and jobs. it's about national security through our country. 62 votes in the senate. i partisan majorities. all the states a

i think it is certainly possible that the federal pressure that came into play and all the grease they get from the labor unions constantly protesting against them. >> let the protests happen now. >> the combo of the labor unions and the government this is all walmart's spin they weren't brought in to. the stock went down because of it. this is a dangerous president when government and unions work together, which they are, the yy are working very close. but when they have a company do this that's almost fascism. but i feel bad for walmart workers, but here's the compelling part of this. there's no -- we don't have a need for unskilled labor. they don't have to raise the minimum wage here. they were raising it for one reason and one reason only. the government. >> so you don't -- >> i believe their turnover -- >> i believe they are losing in this because being a walmart shopper, when you go in and they have problems with turnover people don't know where anything is in the store. >> i think if they can't train another guy to fold shirts, i mean think about this. >> ben stein? >> charles with all due respect, it i