as folks who have joined us before know, we begin our programs by reciting together the national constitution center's inspiring mission so we can prepare ourselves for the learning ahead, so here we go. recite virtually after me. the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the u.s. constitution among the american people on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. that is a wonderful recitation, and before we begin, i want to provide a quick plug for our next town hall on august 4. please join us for the 2020 annual supreme court review in partnership with the antidefamation league, and it will feature the distinguished .egal scholars it will be a wonderful discussion of the most important cases of the term. i must tell you with great 26th,re that on august circumstances permitting, the national constitution center will open our new exhibit, how vote, about the 19th amendment. it is very relevant to today's topic. it is an exhibit about the history of the expansion of women's suffrage. our team is hard at work to

. >>> next, the national constitution center hosts a discussion on congress, political parties and polarization from the time of america's founding through the civil war and today. this event took place online due to the coronavirus and the national constitution center provided the video. >>> now it is a great honor to introduce our guests. what an amazing panel. america's most distinguished historians and scholars of congress to help us understand our current vexations. edward ayres is president emeritus at the university of richmond. he is the author of many books on the civil war and reconstruction, including, i will highlight one of his many award winning books "the thin light of freedom: the civil war and emancipation in the part of america," which he discussed at the national constitution center in 2017. his forthwomaning do ining book "southern journey." welcome, it is an honor to have you. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> and joanne freeman is 1954 graduate of yale university and is a professor of american history and american studies at yale university, where she specializes in the politi

he discussed at the national constitution center in 2017. his forthcoming book is southern journey, the migrations of the american south, 1790 to 2020. edward ayers, welcome. it is a pleasure to have you. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> joanne freeman this professor of american history and american studies at yale university. she specializes in the politics and political culture of the revolutionary and early national periods. she is cohost with edward ayers of the popular american history podcast, back story. it's great to unite these coal pot castor's together. she is the author of many books as well. pat breaking, affairs of honor, national politics in the new republics. as well as field of blood, violence in congress and the road to the civil war. joanne, it is such an honor to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> norman ornstein is residents collar at the american enterprise institute where he studies politics, elections and the u.s. congress. his books include one nation after trump, a guide for the perplexed, the disillusioned,

the electoral college. and a link to a proposal the constitutional amendment and in practice because it's hard to pass constitutional amendments and the alternative is the national popular vote interstate compact tell us about that do you support that it would it be consistent with the constitutio constitution? >> the national popular vote initiative is among states that pledge their popular vote so right now they are signed on for 196 electoral votes the compact will go into effect when they reach 270 which is necessary to in the presidency. i support it in theory and i recognize the electoral college is a problem. but it's difficult to think about changing the structure. and that's the struggle that i t have. the electoral college is they are so the question is do we come up with work around? because on one hand i look if they have control over how they allocate their electors. some could say it's in the context of the constitution to join the compact that is way of how they were their electors but it is conceivable they could have an election and candidate a win the election that the gets the votes because they won the national vote. if bush versus gore taugh

next, the national constitution center post the discussion on congress, political parties and polarization from the time of america's founding through the civil war and today. this event took place online due to the coronavirus and the national constitution center provided the video. >> now, it is a great honor to introduce our guest. what an amazing panel. america's most distinguished historians and scholars of congress to help us understand our current vexation's. edward ayers, is professor of the humanities and president americas at the university of richmond. he is the author of many books on the civil war and reconstruction, including, i will just highlight one of his many award-winning bikes, deep in light of freedom, the civil war and the emancipation on

and martha jones, welcome. >> thank you. >> i have to thank you for your great advice with the national constitution center's new exhibit on the 19th amendment, how women won the vote. it's that beautiful building which is on the backdrop behind me that's going to open on august 26 which is the actual 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. today of course we're talking to our friends on august 6, the 100th anniversary of the voting rights act of 1965, or rather, the day of the anniversary. you, in your great book about seneca falls, the myth of seneca falls, memory and the women's suffrage movement, argue that seneca falls was not the beginning of the women's suffrage movement which in fact began far earlier. tell us about the origin story of the fight for women's suffrage. >> i think the first point, jeffrey, is that there is no single fight. it is many, many, many fights, so it depends which strand of the story you pick up and then where you trace it back to. we have contained a story from 1848 to 1920 but that was really a product of white suffragists themselves who were trying to elevate their p

. >>> next, the national constitution center hosts a discussion on congress, political parties and polarizationm the time of america's founding through the civil war and today. this event took place online due to the coronavirus and the national constitution center provided the video.

the better angels and grow together in wisdom. i'm so grateful to all of you for having spread so much historical and constitutional light. on behalf of the national constitution center, youthank y so much for a wonderful discussion. see you on june 30th for the battle of the constitution and the future of policing. thanks to all. have a good night. >> thank you so much. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. c-span3, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >>> we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight a look at programs from the kansas city public library in kansas city, missouri. we begin with a talk about the life of millicent patrick. mali o'meara will discuss her book "life of hollywood artist millicent patrick" and watch american history tv this weekend and every weekend on c-span3. >>> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs prog

the one you just heard. i'm so grateful to all of them for having spread so much historical and constitutional light. joanne, norm, ed. on behalf of the national constitution center, thank you so much for a wonderful discussion. french, thank you for joining us and see you on june 30th for battle for the constitution and the future of policing. thanks to all. have a good night. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. you >> are watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span three explore our nations past. cspan3 created by americas people television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> weeknights this month we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span three. tonight a, look at programs from the kansas city public library. we begin with a talk of hollywood artist medicine patrick. arthur and filmmaker mallory o'meara discusses her book the lady from the black lagoon. hollywood monsters in the lost legacy of melissa patrick. watch tonight beginning at 8 pm eastern enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span three. ♪

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>> the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been named this year's recipient of the national constitution liberty medal. justice ginsburg, is being honored for what is being called the campaign for liberty for all americans. she will receive a medal during an elaborate virtual ceremony for september 17, which is constitution day. >>> downtown sacramento, and a show of support for demonstrators, sacramento police in riot gear clashed with the black lives matter protesters. police report widespread vandalism with some of the vandals targeting government buildings as well as banks and other businesses. harris scheduled and placed in several cities around the bay area, and in a similar sharp support with the demonstrations in wisconsin, business ownersa against the shooting of jacob lake turning violent wednesday night. parked cars and trash cans, and several downtown businesses were damaged. they spray-painted anti-police messages on downtown buildings. >> i think that you can distrust the police, or have a lot of different feelings, but, when you take the conversation to that level, it is n

joining us now is jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the national constitution center and the professort the university of washington school of law, and also the author of the book "turnout," and jeffrey, so this is not a thing, the president cannot really delay the election, drag this out? i know that we have had a lot of conversations about the constitutional norms being violated, and to me, this is feeling like the most farfetched of the norms to actually violate practically, but how do you see it? >> absolutely right, jonathan, and as you can say, there are a lot of the tough constitutional questions, but this is not one of them. your summary is perfect, article 4 and clause 12 and so congress shall determine, and if there is an 1845 law that fixes the first tuesday in november, congress can change that, but the president has no power to change that which is why mitch mcconnell to everyone from the right to the left shot that one down from the right to the left. >> and members of congress actually agreeing to a new date of election when they cannot agree on the benefits of unemploye

firsthand knowledge of madison, the leather jacket -- this is from the national constitution center. this photo was taken when i taught in the spring. my students have been using it ever since. alsoth high school reunion from last fall. [indiscernible] this of course is independence hall at the pennsylvania state house i think it is really important to understand at the outset that it was not said ab initio, from the beginning, exactly what the constitution was going to do. there wasn't circulation of ideas. a little bit, but no circulation as to what the real agenda for philadelphia was going to be. madison and the acting secretary of war had sent a plan of his own to george washington, the little circle of army officers who have their own notion of what might be gone, but there is not extensive public discussion about exactly what it is the convention was going to do. and we can imagine speaking retrospectively that there were any number of possibilities that might have been available. you could do something like what the new jersey plan, which was introduced in mid-june 1787 by wil

the national stage. with that -- without the right to vote, they were citizenship. they could exert influence on elected officials and lobbies officials important to. them as guaranteed in the constitution. a sign of her surrey reminds us that the right to vote is not always guaranteed but is a work of generations of tireless activists. >> we are honored -- we want the american people to join our commemoration virtually. please join us this month that archive .gov slash women as we highlight records of our holdings and examine the fight for women's voting rights to virtual public programs for all ages. >> thank you david and deborah. now from the past to the president on our keynote conversation. the president and ceo of the lbj foundation, my close collaborator on this program speaks with the most powerful women in america today. speaker nancy pelosi needs a little introduction. she is of course speaker of the house of representatives, the first woman speaker in american history, and only the second person in 60 years to hold that position twice. a member of congress for more than 30 years and a member of the national women's hall of fame. grandmother tonight grandchildren. she is the

that was at the national constitution center in philadelphia on january 16. i just wanted to know if anybody has worked with you at this smithsonian? guest: i am so grateful for your call, and if you had not brought up alice paul, i would have. one of the things that we have, and maybe you can show it to our viewers, is a remarkable pin that alice paul and others who were imprisoned for their advocacy literally trying just to get the vote, sent to prison -- you know alice's story is so powerful -- but brought attention to the incredible lengths to which women would go. host: you are seeing that on your screen now. guest: isn't that amazing? we have an amazing collection from alice paul's family, including her suffrage bracelet. she lived a long life, so every time a state would ratify the 19th amendment, she would add it to her charm bracelet. it is one of my favorite things here. thank you. you live on hallowed ground for the suffrage movement. host: i want to talk about the suffragettes serving in prison, showing a new story from san francisco, touring coun

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saikrishna prakash says in the book whether we like or not we live under a regime of informal constitutional and legal change, with the text of our federal constitution and national laws may not change that often. their meanings can and do. this is an accurate statement of the way executive power has gone over the centuries but i want to emphasize this is not a recent phenomenon. this is the way constitutional interpretation and change happen from the beginning. saikrishna prakash is critical of executive agreement in the book, these are substitutes for treaty power, statutory authorization for the president to make executive agreements which make it easier to make executive agreements than treaty power. it seems pretty obvious the framers thought international agreements would have to go through the senate process, in 1792, an agreement that authorized the post office to make agreements for international postal -- another example is george washington in 1793 asserted very broad conception, impishly very broad conception of executive power in declaring neutrality in the european war and in claiming the ability to prosecute those who violated the statute even with

one roaming territory. >> the national american association will continue to focus on gaining women's suffrage at the state level, the national women's party wanted constitutional amendment, throughout the u.s. their strategy would include into your protest in front of the white house from 1917 to 1919, one of these protesters was a 23-year-old from montana, hazel. >> a tiny great haired woman with a feminist vocabulary and notorious in a really surprising sharp tongue, hazel grew up in colorado, came to billings in 1903 and becomes one of the better students at billings senior high he was actually voted most popular second smartest and third most conced conceded, in 1908 she makes her weight off to college, get the chemistry degree and works in chemistry labs until 1916, she goes back home to care for her ailing mother and when her mother starts feeling better, she starts applying for more jobs, for chemistry labs, she is told several times you are qualified but we really don't want a woman working in our lives and she decided that is what i'm going to do, i'm going to get involved with women's fights and one of the first things that her inner comrades did was

territory. >> the national american women's suffrage association would continue to focus on gaining women's suffrage at the state level. the national women's party wanted a constitutional amendment. their strategy included a two-year protest in front of the white house from 1917 to 1919. one of the protesters was hazel hunkens halinan from billings, montana. >> a tiny, gray-haired woman with a feminist vocabulary, a notorious arrest record, and a surprisingly sharp tongue. hazel hunkens halinan grew up in colorado and came to billings in 1903, and becomes one of the better students of billings senior high. she was voted most popular, second smartest, third most conceited. she makes her way to college, gets a chemistry degree, and works in chemistry labs until 1916. she comes back home to care for her ailing mother, and when her mother starts feeling better, she starts applying for more jobs for chemistry labs. she is told several times, you are qualified, but we don't really want a woman working in our labs, and she decides, that is what i am going to do. i am going to get involved with the women's fight. so one of the first things she and her comrades did was protest

kong too and act national security laws on our own why did they object to that and in the course of the public scrutiny i gave them many concessions now the article 23 imposes a constitutional duty on the us to prohibit certain national security over instance but it does not preclude the p.r.c. of origins from acting under their constitution the problem with our parcels here is that it ignores the laws of china only focuses on the basic law of hong kong which is weird it which sets out a constitution or arrangements for hong kong but the national people's congress is the highest of already in mainland china and the bars so haitian have persisted in persisted in ignoring these realities so the national people's congress can just sweep aside the basic laws it feels like the bar association says it would appear that the national people's congress has no power to the national security law that it's proposing. on the article 23 the n.p.c. has not swept away the powers of our our under the basic law the decision the decision of the n.p.c. the 7 point assertion in 2 of the points day urged the hong kong government to get on with and acting legislation locally on our own to fulfill

virginia as well as a senior fellow for the study of the presidency and he's one of the nation's leading constitutional scholars especially with regard to presidential powers in the author of an equally excellent previous book imperial from the beginning, the constitution of the original executive. jack goldsmith is the professor of law at harvard and someone who you're probably aware of has seen the executive branch from the inside during a high profile, extremely tense tenure in the bush administration office of legal counsel during an early. on the war on terror, jack is one of our most thoughtful commentators on the modern presidency in venues like the atlantic on the blog and books like the terror presidency and power in constraint. his latest book also highly recommended is in half a shadow, also the subject for one of the last in person public events that we had at cato in early march before the lockdown, jack, thank you for coming back so soon if only virtually. i am also a great admirer of your previous book imperial from the beginning but if you will forgive me for saying so, i think it's one

present and future of the fight for the right to vote and look forward to seeing all of you at the national constitution center and online at stu constitutioncenter.org. lisa tetrault, martha jones, thank you so much for joining us. >> good to be with you. ♪ >> thank you, jeff. now please welcome david, the tenth archy vist of the united states and deborah wall, the deputy archivist of the united states. >> the national archives is home to some of the most important records of a women's suffrage story including the 19th amendment. 100 years ago the 19th amendment became law prohibiting states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the united states on the basis of sex. our records, such as petitions, legislation and court cases, tell the story of the struggle for voting rights as a critical step toward equal citizenship. the passage of the 19th amendment was made possible by decades of suffragists political engagement. americans across the spectrum of race, ethnicity and class krad vanced the cause of suffrage and even though we are comment rating the centennial, the st

indeed the primary constitutional function of the national government is ensuring that your family and mine are safe and enjoy the freedom to live to work to learn and to worship as they choose to living on this duty to keep us safe and our freedoms intact this president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world in china he's pulled back the curtain on the predatory go.

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nine in new york city, elizabeth cady stanton and susan b anthony founded the national women's suffrage movement for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote. however, much of the women's movement's progress came in the west. , dunaway, who established a pro-suffrage it newspaper, became active in the movement. a goodamin dunaway was husband and father to the children. be the levelve may of business skills that somebody should have in managing a farm. because of his kindness and generosity, he cosigned a loan for a friend, and the friend defaulted on that loan, and as a uniways loss to their farm. that was in the midnight -- that 1860's.the mid- benjamin had a farming accident and became disabled. it therefore fell to abigail to become the breadwinner for the family. she eventually decided to move to albany, oregon, a little town further south in the willamette valley and she set up a milliner shop, a hat shop. apparently, she was quite successful in that business. she traveled to san francisco to get supplies for her business. when women traveled to her hat shop, she became aware of difficulties in

system leading to systematic by lesions of the economic and social rights that the other your constitution and the national affect. public anger over austerity hasn't seen people take to the streets even during the pandemic has students and civil servants and police on. officers are mung those voicing their anger over budget cuts sergio chup arrow hernandez again says that the i.m.f. intervention needs at reassessing. their you really want to support it but there are yes it's got these. measures 1st it's probably says this human rights they can. it's loans and policies that impose a cost on them must be said bend the sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolutely. it should respect democratic processes for economic decision making agreements must be negotiated. and this means refraining from any influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country. donald trump has cut into joe biden's lead in the polls in the wake of last week's republican party convention the latest survey gives the democratic nominee a 6 percentage point lead down from 10 a week earlier but candidates are hoping to reel in afr

in the national emergencies act and then once there is a national emergency there is another law that says the president can transfer between the building account essentially and is a the constitutional question is a statutory question can the president declared a national emergency with border immigration is the kind of national emergency congress had in mind. the a specific entity or problem is more like a problem i admit dan a country on the other hand the past presidents have done the same. sometimes people make arguments against trump that they didn't make with past presidents. president reagan declared a national emergency is what he said at the national emergency if i cannot control the exports abroad. the presidents have already in the past used this. would this be over climate change itself it seems to me when you look how they've used this power and repeatedly do not try to divide the national power is going to be more flexible with you for the next president. you said immigration at the border. i can say climate change. >> precedents create a presumption of legality as he said that they've done similar things. what is the standing in the constitutional wall of precedence t

leading to systematic by all the shots of the economic and social rights that the other young constitution and the national love effect. across the pond think public anger over austerity so people taking to the streets students civil service. and police officers were among those who took part in antigovernment actions so your power numbers again says that they are a mess intervention needs reassessing. their you may really want to support it but there are yes it's least the following we measures 1st it's probably ourselves the human rights impacts of the conditions attached to its loans and policies that impose a cost on that must be said bent the sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolutely. it should respect democratic processes for economic decision making agreements must be negotiated transpired. and this means refraining from exerting any influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country. in terms of maybe tough in ecuador but one couple there is celebrating because they've just been crowned the world's 'd oldest married couple after being together for nearly 18 years. but. i have this

by one man undermining a government agency that has been around since the beginning of the nation and the constitutionful to the men and women who are letter carriers and postal employees to undermine their work. it's voter suppression at the highest levels. it's as though there's a conspiracy, a one-man conspiracy to prevent people from voting. it's outrageous. we've got to challenge it. it cannot stand. >> all right, my friend. thank you for being with us, marc morial. stay with us. marc morial. stay with us uh uh, no way come on, no no n-n-n-no-no only discover has no annual fee on any card. n-n-n-no-no ♪ ♪ we've always put safety first. ♪ ♪ and we always will. ♪ ♪ for people. ♪ ♪ for the future. ♪ ♪ and there has never been a summer when it's mattered more. wherever you go, summer safely. get 0% apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. here's your iced coffee! ♪ america runs on dunkin' -always have been. -and always will be. never letting anything get in my way. not the doubts, distractions, or voice in my head. and certainly not arthritis. new voltaren provi

system leading to systematic by lesions of the economic and social rights that the other your constitution and the national protect public anger over austerity has seen people take to the streets even during the pandemic students civil servants and place officers are mung those who took part in anti-government actions. again says the i.m.f. intervention means reassessing. their you've never really wanted to support it but there are yes it's true they've got the least bit following measures 1st it should properly assess this human rights impacts of the conditions attached to its loans and policies that impose a cost on their must these are the best sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolute. second it should respect the democratic process for economic decision making agreements must be negotiated just part but actually this means refraining from excerpting any influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country that's been your global news update for this hour for further details on all those stories and countless more articles at our website r.t. dot com. seems wrong. just don't hold. the worl

system leading to systematic by lesions of the economic and social rights that the other your constitution and the national effect. over austerity has seen people take to the streets even during the pen down students civil servants and. police officers are among those who took part in anti-government actions shapiro hernandez again says the i am us intervention needs reassessing. their you really wanted to support it but there are yes least. following measures 1st it's probably us says this human rights impacts of the conditions of its loans and policies that impose a cost on the must these are bent the sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolutely. second it should respect democratic processes for economic decision making agreements must be negotiated transpire. and this means refraining from exerting any and you influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country. times may be tough in ecuador but one couple there is celebrating they have just been crowned the world all this married couple after being together for nearly 80 years. but. i have this image of the united couple of dad and mom doi

and how to protect the national security. and for the constitution to save us and to distribute and allocate those powers that then for example after the commutation of roger stone, nancy pelosi said congress will pass a law to make sure that can happen in the future. that's not possible. congress cannot limit the power in that way the supreme court said so seven times before. so what is the limit on abuse? don't you say presidential power is subject to impeachment cracks the president can be removed if the house and senate agree preventing that from becoming a partisan into all the framers that the removal bar very high at two thirds. look at the founding debates they expected check on this abuse of power of politics. talking about this reform policy president trump reduces the troop presence in germany. and congress cannot command the troops that use their own constitutional powers and to set the size of the military incapability. that's of the founder expected the supreme court which is everybody's preference. to say food gets to decide where they

leading to systematic by all the shots of the economic and social rights that the other your constitution and the national affect public anger over austerity has seen people take to the streets even during the pen demick students civil servants and police officers are my. those who took part in anti-government actions there go shop are going on this again says the i.m.f. intervention needs reassessing. there you may have really wanted to support it but the organs they've got these. following we measure it's 1st it's sort of properly says this human rights impacts of the conditions of its lungs and policies that impose a cost on them must these are the best sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolutely. it should respect democratic process for economic decision making agreements must be negotiated on spark. and this means refraining from exerting any influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country that's been our breakdown of the day's top headlines here on our team as always thanks for tuning in. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us on the world of pol

recognized the national emergencies act and once there is a national emergency, there's another law this is the president can transfer money between building accounts essentially, the constitutional question is really a statutory question, can the president declare a national emergency with border immigration, is that the national emergency that congress had in mind, we have had national emergency in a specific event or a specific entity rather than a problem. immigration is more like a problem i admit that a country or an event, on the other hand, past presidents have done the same, sometimes i feel like people make arguments against trump that they did not make with past presidents. for example president reagan declared a national emergency when the laws expire, he said it's a national emergency if i cannot control exports of sensitive technology abroad, president obama declared a national emergency over the swine flu, presidents have already in the past use the national emergency. people say does that mean president biden could declare a national emergency over climate change itself? it seems to me when you look at how presidents have used this power and how congress has repea

ourselves or for our children the securing of peace is the 1st requisite indeed the primary constitutional function of the national government is ensuring that your family and mine are safe and enjoy the freedom to live to work to learn and to worship as they choose. delivering on this duty to keep us safe and our freedoms intact this president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world and china has pulled back the curtain on the predatory aggression of the chinese communist party the president has held china accountable for covering up the china virus and allowing it to spread death and economic destruction in america and around the world and he will not rest until justice is done he has ensured that the chinese communist party spies posing as diplomats in america are jailed or sent back to china and he has ended the ridiculously unfair trade arrangement with china that punched a hole in our economy those jobs those jobs are coming back home. in north korea the president lowered the temperature and against all odds got the north korean leadership to the table no nuclear tests no longer range mi

many, many diplomats in the east you and the united nations she is the constitution as i write in mybook rather than the leaders of a country having dominion over the population, infected people have dominion in the united states they have new leaders think about the problem and bring forth new solutions. and so i think we are going to see what i would call political warfare. at a hyper scale going forward. but it is important to note that here in the united states the new not become partisan between the right and they (in fact between this idea of a constitutional democracy the more that we understand it's not a partisan how we should govern ourselves rather than governance governing people. i look forward to the discussion that follows steve at great thanks so much. great point. general spalding was very instrumental about bringing the awareness of the 5g issue. most important confrontations the country is facing right now. he was really a hero at the white house in alerting the world to that problem. i would like to spend a few minutes talking about what i called china threat. i w

what the secret powers are, is suspension of the constitution, basically. and that's what is worrying particularly on the eve of the national election. >>> these are essentially presidential orders that are drafted in anticipation of a range of hypothetical worse cases scenarios. >> the brendan research that was referred to has been spear headed by elizabeth g oimptoiti. >>> several times, during his administration president trump has made elusions to secret powers that he has that we don't knab is he makinghaup >> not exactly. and what's alarming about that is that no one really knows what the limits of those claimed authorities might be. because they are often developed and kept in secret. >> goitin said what little we do know about it, comes from references to them in other do you wants. some of which are now declassified. >>. they originated in the eisenhower administration, as an effort to plan for a potential soviet nuclear attack. since then they have expanded to address other types of emergencies as well. no presidential emergency action document has ever been released or even leaked. not even congress has access to

the united states constitution? i will -- i will gladly lend you my copy. >> in 2016, khizr khan lit up the democratic national conventionhat pocket constitution offering it to donald trump. he was speaking as the father of a fallen soldier. back in 2004, a car bomb killed his son as he tried to save his fellow troops. this year khizr khan returned to the convention representing virginia in the roll call to elect joe biden and he joins us now. mr. khan, good evening. >> good evening, joshua. i am so delighted. your word and your voice have raised our hearts and our homes for the longest time, so congratulations moving forward and continuing to hearten us. thank you. so good to be with you. >> that is very, very kind of you, sir, i really appreciate that. thank you very much. let me play one more clip of what you said at this year's convention or play a clip from the 2020 convention and i'd like to know some of why you expressed what you chose to express. listen. >> three years ago, my beloved city, charlottesville, virginia, was attacked by white supremacists and a young woman was killed. we were attacked again when dona

are the norm for blacks across america white supremacy is embedded in the nation's founding the architects of america's constitution and racism itself permeates through our health care system schools criminal justice and finally in 2020 there seems to be a glimmer of hope but can america live up to its ideals of freedom and justice for all or even unity inequity with mounting calls to end state sanctioned police violence and a litany of hashtags of murder blacks whose lives were snuffed out with no regard for their humanity what message is america sending the disparities are glaring predominately black us counties are experiencing a 3 fold higher coby $1000.00 infection rate in predominantly white counties blacks still basic living in hurdles and access to voting rights and president trump and the republicans assault on the post office is just another lever in full scale voter disenfranchisement and even though many businesses have suffered due to code 19 black businesses were hit the hardest the national bureau of economic research found that 41 percent of black owned businesses that's 444000 enterprises have been