plus, the ku klux klan came to his town and clashed with protestors over confederate symbols, then trolled the mayor in tweets. >> the only victory a troll has is pulling you down. >> has this southern mayor found a civil solution or set off another civil war? and, who should get credit for inventing the all american sport? a civil war hero? or a cricketer? why major league baseball's official historian says history ran afoul? soledad: i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact." while the health care debate has been divisive to say the least -- the american public is pretty clear on what they'd like to see. a little unity. a new kaiser family foundation poll shows 71% of the public want a bi- partisan solution to that break down includes 41% of, and 72% of independents. hope of a gop only bill is fading away despite the efforts of senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. showing his frustration, mcconnell delayed the start of the august recess by two weeks in hopes of getting to a cons >> we simply, as a result of all this obstructionism, don't have enough time to address all of thes

q: the ku klux klan rally, chaotic. thousands of protesters descended on justice park in charlottesville, virginia. forral of them arrested preventing kkk members from practicing their first amendment right. kept thein riot gear groups apart amid heckling from the masses. kkkore than 40 armed members showed up, but their message was heard loud and clear. at the center of the lee statue. there is a push to have it torn down. the ku klux klan don't want to happen. >> people don't like our history, we kindly ask you to leave america. q: in the crowd, opinions about the statue were split. >> i think the statue should stay. >> i don't agree with anything they have to say. q: what opinion on the clan was unanimous. >> it's really dangerous. statue,it comes to the the people here are fighting over it. there will be a hearing in september, at which point it will be decided whether to tear it down or leave it in place. from charlottesville, virginia, q mccray, abc 7 news. kimberly: city crew spent the scrubbing the statue. someb

started out as the ku klux klan and capable of the liberal justices of the supreme court showing that people can grow and he was an incredible justice of the supreme court. this writer, william thrilling, this is the second about the road of the union, the civil war, vietnam, american civil war. extraordinary writing and very complex. there was a lot more complexity and nuance to the south before the breakout of the war but one might have suspected. he draws the distinction between the border states and the northern part of the southern states into the deep south but shows the attitude toward slavery and what was happening in the institution. it was buying out in a lot of the border states and the northern part of my states like virginia. great history documented loss of data. the new biography for the character who influenced the last czar of russia is an incredible biography. the rest of history takes a little getting used to because the names are daunting and long. it kind of debunks the mysticism. he stopped his character he was made out to be. a lot of people were either anti-cza

know if he was kidding around or serious but he came up to me and said charley pride, said i'm with the kuecause it happened. he could have said anything, when you get through, i'm the grand wizard of the ku klux klan when we get through we're going to get you he could have said that i didn't have any guards or security around. so people say why you think that you didn't have -- and like i said -- when i say to a reporter i've had not one iota of calls out of my audience and he will give me that, i can't believe you got to be lying look. so i start naming my accomplishments. i say star on the hollywood walk of fame between gladys knight and leonard bernstein. sometimes you might get a star and it will be on the side street or over there, you never know what happened to it. i said three grammys. i can start naming. now grand ole opry. i'm second only to elvis presley to sell most records on rca. he said oh, well you do a lot. i said now you gave me that i can't believe you're lying look. if i am lying it won't help me get more grammys or another star on the hollywood walk of fame so why sho

and an angry confrontation between the ku klux klan and its opponents. >>> great escape. a dangerous inmate breaks out again from a maximum security prison. this time with some high-tech help, maybe even a drone that flew in tools. >>> and "inspiring america." he's one of the boys of summer, excelling at the game he loves. his disability, no challenge to him. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with kate snow. >> good evening. with the close of the g20 summit in germany, what is clearer tonight is just how much the international landscape has shifted since president trump took office. president trump departed on air force one this afternoon. white house officials on the plane called the trip a great success. the president himself saying his meeting with vladimir putin was tremendous. but perhaps the biggest headline was how the u.s. stood alone, challenging global leaders on key issues. we begin with hallie jackson in hamburg. >> reporter: heading from hamburg home, president trump leaving a g20

. >> from abc 7 news., this is a breaking news alert kimberly: breaking right now, members of the ku klux klan meet resistance their planned rally in charlottesville. at the center of it all come a statue to confederate icons. q mccray joins us at the rally. a lot of concern, but things have calmed down? q: the protests and rally ended about an hour ago. is this robert edward lee statue. before the statue, some chaos. look and listen. >> please move from the front of the statue. you will be arrested. [yelling] q: you are looking at some of the counter protesters here today. of them were arrested for prohibiting the kkk from rallying and protesting at a park two blocks away called justice park. we are still trying to find out how many people were arrested. as for the protests itself, there were about 3, 4 dozen ku klux klan members, but there were about a thousand if not more counter protesters from black lives matter and other religious groups in charlottesville. the reason for all of this, one side wants the robert e lee statue taken down, the other does not. what's listen. if people

plus, the ku klux klan came to his town and clashed with protestors over confederate symbols, then trolledmayor in tweets. >> the only victory a troll has is pulling you down. >> has this southern mayor found a civil solution or set off another civil war? and, who should get credit for inventing the all american sport? a civil war hero? or a cricketer? why major league baseball's official historian says history ran afoul?

members of the ku klux klan and counterprotesters clashed in charlottesville, virginia. fighting back against the city ordered to take down a statue of robert e. lee, a general who led the confederate army. >> time to take that monument down. >> it's a monument of peace. >> the virginia decision follows the new orleans removal of a general lee statue back in may. the push to remove celebratory symbols of the civil war south heated up a couple years ago when nine african-americans were murder in a south carolina church. >>> we're following a developing story out of venezuela, that's where the country's most well-known political prisoner is now out of prison. leopoldo lopez was transferred to house arrest today. he was sentenced to 13 years in prison back in 2015 for inciting violent protests. the white house praised the move today, but says his house arrest is still unacceptable. >>> a young tennis fan from chester county was sought out by a player after being robbed of a sweaty souvenir at wimbledon. american tennis pro jack sock just won his match tuesday when a young f

anti-immigrant campaign -- that anti-radical and anti-immigrant and benefiteded by the popularity of the ku klux klan in the 1920's. the first klan had died out in the late 19th century, but the late -- new klan had organized in the 20th century, and it came into incredible prominence, and even electoral legitimacy, really, in the 1920's. women were both active in the clam -- clan and active in fighting the ku klux klan. we will talk about that a little bit later. this anti-immigrant, anti-radical climate that was dominant during and after world in a verylted in 1924 restrictive immigration law that was known as the johnson read acts, in 1924. that normalized -- formalized the already existing ban on immigration from asia, and it dramatically introduced -- reduced immigration from europe. it was a bit immigrants from eastern europe and southern europe, italians, slobs, greeks slavs, greeks are the targets of that law in 1924. previous, millions of immigrants have been flooding to american shores. american immigration is cut down to a trickle after 1920 four. immigration from central america

plus, the ku klux klan came to his town and clashed with protestors over confederate symbols, then trolledayor in tweets. >> the only victory a troll has is pulling you down. >> has this southern mayor found a civil solution or set off another civil war? and, who should get credit for inventing the all american sport? a civil war hero? or a cricketer? why major league baseball's official historian says history ran afoul?

the anti-radical and anti-immigrant campaign was benefited from the popularity of the ku klux klan. the first klan had died out. incredibleo prominence. legitimacy in the 1920's. and women who are active in the clan and active in fighting the , and i will talk more about that a little bit later. this anti-immigrant anti-radical climate that was dominant during and after world war i resulted in 1924 in a very restrictive immigration law. act formalizeed the ban, and already existing informal ban from asia. and it dramatically reduced immigration from europe. was aimed at immigrants from eastern and central europe. they are the target of that .nti-immigrant law millions of immigrants have been flooding into america shares. the immigration from central america is not touched by johnson reed. nothing like the kind of numbers you're seeing before the 1920's. the result of this anti-immigrant campaign. wayhey needed to find their to middle-of-the-road politics. many of whom were anarchists in the teens. the patterson strike as well. massive numbers of women who were involved in politics an

here in the u.s., groups clashed this weekend over the removal of confederate statues, members of the kund counterprotesters came face-to-face in virginia. the kkk members are fighting back against the city order to take down a statue of confederate army general robert e. lee. >> time to take that monument down. >> it's a monument of peace. >> the decision in virginia follows the new orleans decision to remove the city's statue of general lee back in may. the push to take down symbols celebrating the confederacy heated up two years ago after a white supremacist murdered nine african-americans in a south carolina church. >>> reminders of the opioid epidemic are on display in south philadelphia. these brown and white pom-poms are hanging on stoops of more than 50 houses. they represent anyone who has lost a loved one to heroin. a restaurant owner started the brown and white campaign after his son died from an overdose in march. >>> take a look at this. it's called a hay devil and caught on camera swirling over a road in oregon. it's like a mini tornado that slowly churned hay. the couple w

up to twenty three people have been detained by police in virginia after the ku klux klan faced off with supporters from black lives matter members of the extremist group also known as the k.k.k. came out to protest against the removal of a confederate general statue counter-protest is then oppose them with police aiming to separate the two groups images from the scene appear to show a take s. canister being used by police. in other news this hour after a novice refugees trying to get into europe the use migration chief admits the situation is getting worse. you said two thousand and ten you know are that that and now rice has taught them how to stay between thirty to almost twenty percent means t.t.s. meant because of that training they will yet also tell you. who's to go through it should they get smugly. we need more of that in the national level to grade the smugglers before. putting more people in the boat there will certainly go full boat those most of january february tend to be very slow and instead. of themselves every day in both they were taking more people than they really sh

welcome back now up to twenty three people have been detained by police in virginia after the ku klux klan faced off with supporters from black lives matter members of the extremist group also known as the k.k.k. came out to protest against the removal of a confederate general statue counter protesters appeared to oppose them with police aiming to separate the two groups images from the scene appeared to show a take ass calloused a big used by police. in albany's this hour after a surge in refugees trying to get into europe the news migration chief admits the situation is getting worse. he said two thousand and thirteen are less and now rights have gone out that have a steady thirty to almost twenty percent between the fia because of that train and they will yet also try to. boost the cooperation against smuggling drugs. we need more from the international level to break the smuggling business model. putting more people in the boat they were sending out gold boat those monsoon january february tend to be very slow and instead we had incidents almost every day in boats that were taking

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police in virginia when a klux klan creep faced off with black lives matter supporters members of the ku klux klan group came out in charlottesville to protest against the removal of a confederate general statue meanwhile can't break tess's it paid to pose that great police also arrived yet plaister strain both sides reportedly pepper spray was dispersed see. things up so fast that i hear and i say i'm back with more news for you in just over half an hour's time up next we've got going underground and that is the growing backlash against globalization if you're watching stay in the u.k. right and it is time. i'm larry king you are watching our t.v. amount per student more. for decades the american middle class has been railroaded by washington politics. big money corporate interests that's thrown down a lot of voices that's how it is in the news culture in this country now that's where i come in. i mean it's still fun our to you america i'll make sure you don't get railroaded if you'll get the straight talk in the straight news. to me elite. here's what people have been saying about reda

supporters of the ku klux klan have had a protest against the planned removal of a statue of 6eneralfrom the civil war. they we re general lee from the civil war. they were met by hundreds of counter protesters. the web and agency unesco has added a new site to its list. —— the united nations. venezuelan opposition leader leopoldo lopez has been moved to house arrest after more than three yea rs house arrest after more than three years injail. mr lopez had been sentenced to 1a years in prison for leading anti—government protests in 2014. pascale davies reports. a small slice of liberty for venezuela's most famous political prisoner. leopoldo lopez will now complete a 1a—year sentence at home with his family. the last three years were spent in jail for leading anti—government protests in 2014. now out from behind bars, he is determined to continue the fight against president maduro's government. translation: venezuela, i am speaking on behalf of leopoldo. this is a step towards freedom. i don't have any resentment, nor any desire to end my fight. i maintain my firm opposition to this

not terrorism from abroad, but terrorism, the ku klux klan, and organizations founded in reconstruction. what is the relationship between political democracy and economic democracy. that is a reconstruction question that is maybe being debated more now than it has for a while in our country. one other thing before i get into the actual history of reconstruction -- this era is a prime example of what we sometimes called the politics of history. i'm not talking about whether a historian is a republican or a democrat. what i mean is the way historical interpretation reflects and helps to shape the politics of the present. writing about reconstruction often tells us as much about the moment the historian is writing period.e historical whatost of the 20 century, we call the old or standard or dunning school view of reconstruction, after my predecessor at columbia university a long, long time ago, william a. dunning, who taught the civil war there -- the dunning school dominated historical writing and popular images of reconstruction, and in a nutshell in that view, reconstruction was the low

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i didn't see the ku klux klan i didn't see all the stuff that they always being told what you know what these commentators coming in over over and over again what i saw was kind of middle america and then you know being insulted like that you're you're redeemable i think that is what was the thumb on the scale i think that made the biggest difference all this other stuff we keep leaks russia e-mails it's i think it's fluff i don't think it changed anyone's mind or very few people go ahead steve. well i agree with you and i think i think the media would focus on one rowdy person or what donald trump would say get him out you know hit him whatever and they say oh my god but hillary did a good job of getting donald trump elected by the basketful the deplorable and ignoring the states the fly over states as you alluded to look at the georgia special election a couple of weeks ago they had a count down of course c.n.n. has a countdown for everything and they they couldn't wait couldn't wait couldn't wait and when that election was over there was a screen shot that went around they looked lik

the ku klux klan held a rally in charlottesville virginia protesting against the removal of a robert e. lee's statue the statue of a confederate general which for many stands as a symbol of state sponsored and sanctioned racism virginia is an open carry state so the k.k.k. came on armed and advised the public they would defend themselves against any thread charlottesville authorities asked residents to stay home in order to avoid any violent confrontations with the k.k.k. but our very own ashley banks was there. from the only white knights located in pelham north carolina are here in charlottesville virginia protesting against the removal of the robert e. stock you know they're arguing that if. it's removing the white history however counter protesters are saying that's not true needs to be removed because it stands on white supremacy and it has no place in this city. in february the city council intro let's build voted three to two to remove the robert e. lee statue for many of the. actually represents america's dark past with the racism a part of the vote was also to rename the par

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the ku klux klan was very active in border states, states like illinois and indiana. illinois building was in the haven that it was thought to be. when st.ot to say that louis did except black refugees and took care of them, it was welcoming. at about that. of time, the voters of st. louis passed a law that essentially entity whereegated lines were drawn on the map and blacks and whites cannot move across those lines. they can later. -- they could later declared unconstitutional. it was about the time of the right. i believe the lowest passed the same year as the right. i don't believe the right had anything to do with it. the campaign had started in about 1950. >> i heard your interview on ksw kwnu.u -- was asking your questions, one was about the harbors perpetuated against blacks. he didn't want to go into specificity about it. i think there is a pattern of wherever it comes to the horrors against african-americans. could you speak a little bit to some of the horse perpetuated against the black community? were there other specific things that stand out? at least two

he was the attorney general and the deep south state of alabama, prosecuted the ku klux klan, desegregated the schools, and beginningats have with chuck schumer called him a racist and repeated it and elizabeth warren got shut up for doing it because she violated senate rules. it is a disgrace. they know he is not a racist. distressing what has happened in this country. i think it is very important for conservatives, conservatives are very well-meaning. -- well-meaning people, very decent. i say this as some buddy came out of the radical left so can i -- i can appreciate this and oo well mannered. they are willing to give the benefit of the doubt and not think the worst of people. in political war, you cannot do that. what i like about donald trump. there is no other republican i can think of, not one who on national tv in front of 50 million people can look hillary clinton in the eye and say you are a liar and a crook. which he is both. are -- your masthead for your magazine, there is a quote that said inside every liberal is a to tell terry and screaming to get out -- a totalitarian scre

whether they were sporting the ku klux klan in the 1800s or weather underground or occupy wall street, this is a philosophy that carries with it a gene of violence, they do this all the time. it does make a distinct difference. >> does it make a difference, david? >> look, jeffrey, my brother, you know i love you like a play step cousin, but come on, we are talking about what the president of the united states have -- >> humor, that's good, david. >> we are talking about what the president of the united states tweeted today, and tweeted for the last several days, let's focus on that, if the word presidential has any meaning left in it, he so far has not met that standard, maybe he will in the future, but -- you know, you're talking -- there is violence in a comes from the left, and that should be condemned. i think people on the left, i think people on the democratic party have condemned it, there was violence toward republican congressmen, i don't know any reasonable person who in anyway would condone that. that was reprehensible. . jeffrey, you worked for ronald reagan. you're a con

investigations of organized crime, union busting, union corruption, wall street banking practices, the ku klux klan and vietnam are but a few areas in which the important societal changes have resulted from congressional inquiries. as such, i have a great appreciation for the invaluable benefit to our society of congressional inquiries that have allowed disinfecting some might into dark corners that otherwise might remain hidden from the view. and of course it is in regards to the congress's oversight responsibilities that there is sometimes a bit of bumping and even bruising with prosecutors function of bringing the lawbreakers to justice while ensuring the due process of the law is observed and the rights of individuals are respected. sometimes in high-profile investigations the prosecution has been too focused on protecting prosecutorial options to appreciate the larger issues of the public's right to know. it is little remembered that the watergate special prosecutor archibald cox went to court to try to block the senate watergate committee from granting immunity to john dean. this wa

they are really of a piece with what we see after the war with the ku klux klan. the fact we see lynchings in new york city and 1863. you look at those prints and a look about what the photographic all the way into the 1930's of lynchings in the south. there is a story there that i think is very little-known, the democratic party in new york under tweet and others -- tweed and others, becomes the engine for the democratic party nationally. win go so far as to almost the white house by 1876. and of course, there is a deal that is cut in a disputed election. richard: and that is the end of reconstruction. barnet: the deal is, you take the last troops out of the south and we give you the white house. that forknow presidents have been killed. most of us remember kennedy. but lincoln was the first one. this had never happened. richard: so surely this had to have been an extraordinary psychic event for much of the country. including new york, because new york is part of the country. would beon't think -- impossible to judge appeared all of new york came out for the funer

top it says power shift, the letter o is replaced by a sun cross which is a symbol commonly used by the kund other groups, below that an image of the grim replier. at the bottom. let me see that waistband joe. the statement reads in part the message conveyed does not represent npd values, we understand the trust of the community is critical to our ongoing work and take seriously any incident that may undermine the confidence the community has in our members >> there's a group call black lives dc they filed a former complaint claiming he wore the shirt three times last month. of one time allegedly inside of a dc courthouse. they placed the officer on desk duty. the investigation >>> a large fleet of ford vehicles being taken off the street, the concerns deadly carbon monoxide >> a man emptying a gas can inside an lgbt center then setting it on fire. back after this. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs -