good to have you with me, i'm thomas roberts from msnbc headquarters in new york.gin this hour with a call for an investigation into russia and it's coming from one of president trump's biggest supporters in congress. here's what congressman darrell issa, who used to chair the house oversight committee, he said this last night on "realtime with bill maher." >> we're going to ask the intelligence committees of the house and senate to investigate within the special areas -- >> an independent prosecutor. >> you're right that you can not have somebody, a friends of mine, jeff sessions, who was on the campaign and was an appointee. you're going to need to use the special prosecutor's statute and office. now, we have to work with them. we don't have to trust them. and we need to investigate their activities and we need tdo it because they are bad people. >> so his comments follow in line with the new nbc news/wall street journal poll on the trump administration's alleged ties with russia. 53% say congress should investigate alleged contact between the russian government

i'm thomas roberts here at msnbc world headquarters in new york. you caught up on what we're monitoring for you this morning, starting off with concerns about new international conflicts after north korea launched a ballistic missile last night. and this launch drew sharp condemnation from japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, who is visiting president trump at mar-a-lago as that news broke. u.s. officials are saying the missile traveled more than 300 miles. as you can see there, it landed in the sea of japan. n janice is in china, and janice, china has yet to react on the news of the launch. why do you think they're waiting? >> reporter: there hasn't been an official comment yet and china is japan's main ally, but increasingly, beijing has been frustrated with the regime. under kim jong-un, beijing has had less influence to be able to curtail some of these provocations, let alone rein him in. there is the sense that there won't be any outright condemnation here because under kim jong-un there are still some allies within china's government who lean

. >>> thomas roberts is up next.ction to the late-night blow to president trump's travel ban. ed because, actually there's 5. aaaahh!! ooohh!! uh! holy mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. which one's your favorite? come home with me! it's truck month! find your tag for an average total value over $11,000 on chevy silverado all star editions when you finance through gm financial. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. they carry your fans shpassions, hopes, and dreams.s. and maybe, a chance at greatness because shoulders were made for greatness. not dandruff. >>> about a fight, the white house says it's going to the courthouse to battle a federal judge's ruling that put a stop to the president's immigration ban. hi, everybody, i'm thomas roberts and it really is a tug of war over the president's executive order about immigrants and refugees that could escalate this morning and

i'm thomas roberts here at msnbc world headquarters in new york. at the half hour here is what we're watching for you. the very latest from london. a big protest happening over there. thousands gathering to demonstrate near the u.s. embassy against president trump's travel ban. now, the plan was for protesters to rally at the embassy and then start marching toward prime minister theresa may's residence at 10 downing street. meanwhile here at home, there are marches expected as well and the white house is saying that it's going to move immediately to stop the lifting of the immigration travel ban. overnight a federal judge said that the executive order violated the constitution. right now visas are in the process of beingeinstate and people with those visas are being allowed on u.s.-bound flights. nbc's tom costello is in washington for us. tom, break down what this means for airports around the country and also you're in place for a march that is anticipated for early this afternoon in washington. >> reporter: yeah, we should explain why we're just

i'm thomas roberts here at msnbc world headquarters in new york. at the half hour, here's what we're watching for you. the latest out of london. take a peek at this, these are protesters that have taken to the streets in that city. thousands gathering to demonstrate near the u.s. embassy against president trump's travel ban. the plan was for protesters to rally outside the embassy before heg to prime minister theresa may's residence at 10 downing street. so that protest in london, just one of many that will be happening today around the globe. this as u.s. visa holders from those seven countries impacted by president trump's travel ban can reportedly begin flying to the u.s. tom costello joins us now from washington. tom, what do we know from airlines as they move forward with trying to make this a smooth day for travelers? >> good morning, thomas. in fact they're moving very quickly trying to react to that. we're in downtown washington because we are also expecting protesters here. we're about a block from the white house and all of this is expect

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i'm thomas roberts at msnbc headquarters in new york.ll be voting in about two and a half hours for a new party leader of the dnc. former labor secretary tom perez reportedly has the largest share of supporters going into that vote. we'll bring you the results of that election and take a look at what it means for the opposition to president trump's polical agenda. >>> now to the otherig story of the day. we're following the fallout after several news organizations were excluded from a white house press briefing yesterday. now here you see one of the cell phones used by reporters from those banned outlets to listen to the briefing, all thanks to reporters who were allowed in. now, the white house briefing room was practically empty as press secretary sean spice er m with reporters in his office. the move is being viewed as retaliation against those who criticized the president in their reporting. because the press pool was present, every media format had access to the information that came out of the briefing so no organization was barred

i'm thomas roberts. good to have you with me.s afternoon, donald trump takes to the road in orlando holding another campaign-style rally, and there he will once again be amongst folks that are out to support him. but look at this. here are opposition rallies that are going to be taking place today in los angeles and dallas. we've also been monitoring the schedule of the vice president, mike pence, at the munich security conference where he spoke earlier this morning fpg vice president h mtings scheduled with leaderses from several allied nations this morning. also keeping close watch on the latest governments on one of the worst storms to hit southern california in years. it is deadly, and the worst may yet be to come. we begin with that breaking news from out west and that storm killing at least two people in southern california. take a look at that. a massive sinkhole swallowing two cars in studio city. earlier, crews were able to lift both cars out. one woman had to be rescued. she wasn't injured. nbc's steve patterson is on t

i'm thomas roberts here at msnbc world headquarters in new york. at the half hour, here is what we are watching for you. game day in houston as the atlanta falcons get ready to take on the new england patriots. later today, though, anti-president trump protesters are expected to gather at a nearby park and then march toward nrg stadium. nbc's ron mott is there live for us. we'll check in with ron in a few minutes. looks a little cloudy there in houston. >>> to get back to politics and new reaction from vice president mike pence following the administration's latest obstacle in restoring its travel ban. and here's what he told my colleague, chuck todd, moments ago on "meet the press." >> many republicans in congress believe it was done hastily. you have an opportunity now for a do-over. why not? >> it was not done hastily. there may have been some leaders on capitol hill that were not informed in the usual niceties of washington, d.c. but look, we live in a very dangerous world. the reality is there are people around the globe who have inspired viol

i'm thomas roberts here at msnbc world headquarters in new york.nd at the half hour, here's what we're watching for you. new reaction from the newly elected dnc chair, tom perez, responding to a tweet from president trump calling yesterday's election rigged. here's what chairman perez said just moments ago. >> congressman ellison and i got a good kick out of that. donald trump up again in the morning tweeting about us. you know, our unit y as a party is our greatest strength, and it's his worst nightmare. and frankly, what we need to be looking at is whether this election was rigged by donald trump and his buddy, vladimir putin. and i'll tell you, having jeff sessions oversee such an investigation, it's really unfair to any foxes across america to say that that would be the fox guarding the hen house. we need an independent investigation, because that is a serious, serious issue, and the american people need to understand whether the russians in cahoots with the trump folks and others rigged the election. >> all right, so, meanwhile on that point,

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there was the tough time for clarence thomas, robert bourque, those were exceptions but that proved the more general rule. if you get to the point where the president is nominating you to be a supreme court justice and the senate is considering your nomination to be a supreme court justice you are likely to get through. look at the justices confirmed in the late 20th century. anthony kennedy, 1987. the vote on him was 97-0. david souter, approved in 1990. the vote on him was 90-9. ruth bader ginsburg, approved in 1993. 96-3. stephen breyer, the following year, his vote was 87-9. that's how the last century ended. overwhelming votes on what supreme court nominees huge votes, 90-vote margins. that's what they used to get. liberals, conservative, didn't matter. everybody got those overwhelming numbers. then we hit the millennium. this century kicked off with bush v. gore. with the bush v. gore decision in the year 2000, the immensely controversial decision in which the supreme court actually chose the president in a 5-4 vote where the votes lined up precisely on ideological lines, conserva

. >> on that note, then, earlier this morning my colleague thomas roberts talked to jill abramson, hers one of those not invited yesterday morning. >> things like the white house gaggle, like staged press conferences, i wish more reporters in washington were out doing their own enterprise story than focusing so much on what is essentially often spoon-if he had, spin-room-type information. >> peter, it sounds kind of like what elise was just saying. what's your response to that? >> it's partially correct, jill's got it right, the white house briefing room is just a cage, and once you're in there you're just waiting for some meat to be thrown out to the cages. i'm not that concerned about what spicer did, because in every administration, you want to punish those that you feel have ininaccurately reported what your boss has done. but what trump and his team have done is taken it public. usually those things happen behind closed doors, they're done and handled much more elegantly. but there's a whole concept here i'm starting to call cluster bombing, where as elise says, they start to dist

there was the tough time for clarence thomas, robert bourque, those were exceptions but that proved the more general rule. if you get to the point where the president is nominating you to be a supreme court justice and the senate is considering your nomination to be a supreme court justice you are likely to get through. look at the justices confirmed in the late 20th century. anthony kennedy, 1987. the vote on him was 97-0. david souter, approved in 1990. the vote on him was 90-9. ruth bader ginsburg, approved in 1993. 96-3. stephen breyer, the following year, his vote was 87-9. that's how the last century ended. overwhelming votes on what supreme court nominees huge votes, 90-vote margins. that's what they used to get. liberals, conservative, didn't matter. everybody got those overwhelming numbers. then we hit the millennium. this century kicked off with bush v. gore. with the bush v. gore decision in t year 2000, the immensely controversial decision in which the supreme court actually chose the president in a 5-4 vote where the votes lined up precisely on ideological lines, conservati

i'm thomas roberts in new york at msnbc world headquarters. 9:00 a.m. here in the east, 6:00 a.m., critical overnight developments to talk about. day 16 of the trump administration, the white house striking back, but it was in the early-morning hours east coast time that a court denied a request to reinstate president trump's travel ban. meanwhile, in florida, the president is weighing in on what he thinks will happen in the end to his executive order. however, the immediate effect of friday's court ruling, which lifted the ban for travelers, is now reuniting family members who thought they w

i'm thomas roberts in new york at msnbc world headquarters. 9:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00 a.m.ministration. and we start with a big break with tradition. president trump makes a decision to do something that hasn't been done in decades in washington, and it has to do with the media, but there are new poll numbers out this hour, some up, some down, and at least one that tells us whether the president is winning his battle with reporters. >>> and then, where's the bar? what are the expectations on capitol hill as president trump prepares to speak before a joint session of congresn

i'm thomas roberts at msnbc world headquarters in new york. 9:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00 a.m.23 of the trump administration, and the first big international test for this white house with north korea launching a ballistic missile. and in minutes, we're going to get new reaction to the timing and the threat that the country could pose to the u.s. and to the impromptu statements from president trump and the japanese leader as they summit togethern

morris did , thomas jefferson wondered aloud to his friend james madison about the possibility of robert morris serving as secretary of the navy under thomas jefferson . but jefferson acknowledged that morris was still and depraved and would be roughly impossible to his cabinet but it's interesting that there's some good feelings toward morris's abilities from his reputation and the state. it's a weird moment for robert morris in that his protcgc, alexander hamilton who we all know about, the broadway play has been spectacular, it's created interest in alexander hamilton and the nation's early finances and yet there in the shadows remains robert morris. there hasn't been a lot of studies about him. that's one of the things that drew me to a study of morris and to his health which no one had spent much time studying either. so i had to focus on a particular element of the last part , in the house as a lens through which we can understand not only morris but the challenges that america faced overall in 1792. it is likely that we still face them today, this question of what's the richest am

i'm thomas roberts. here's what we're watching for you this morning.n the west coast, a powerful storm killing at least two people in southern california. a massi sinkhole swallowing two cars in studio city. just earlier crews lifted both of those cars out. one woman being rescued, un uninjured. steve patterson is at the scene. explain what you're seeing. how difficult was this for them to retrieve those vehicles from the sinkhole? >> reporter: it was incredibly difficult because of the nature of sinkholes. it's hard to get equipment around that sinkhole when you don't know what is safe, what particular situation or amount of work or amount of crews is a good amount to pull people out of there. so first they had to obviously rescue that woman, and then those two cars that were in there, had an incredible time hoisting both cars out. at some points we watched the cars kind of sink back in the hole, so that work is always -- it's an unusual situation, always very dramatic, and that's what we saw just moments ago. now crews kind of focused on cleaning up

i'm thomas roberts at msnbc world headquarters in new york.orking weekend of diplomacy for president trump, mixing it in a little golf. he and the japanese prime minister ship sow abe will hit the links later this morning before the president speaks by phone with the presidents of tunisia and colombia. they are at one of the trump resorts in florida. here's a map at some of the larger cities where rallies for defunding planned parenthood are expected to be held today. at least 225 rallies will be held in 45 different states. >>> now we move to this mounting outrage in arizona after an undocumented mom of two was arrested and deported to mexico. the garcia de rayos family split between two borders. for more, gadi schwartz is in arizona. how is this family reacting to the administration? >> reporter: let me explain how border crossings work. if you're born in the united states, you have a valid passport or even a birth certificate, you can pass through the ports of entry down there very freely, go into mexico and pass back into the united states

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thomas jefferson, you support satan. there is not much new wants here. there is not much nuance here either. [laughter] robert: this is a later cartoon. this time, jefferson is not being supported by the devil. in this depiction thomas there for sin -- thomas jefferson is the devil and is helping tom payne pulled down the government that was erected under george washington and john adams. we have a subsequent cartoon in the run-up to the election of 1800. here thomas jefferson is trying to burn on an altar of french despotism. the constitution of the united states of america. the flames are being kindled by a number of incendiary tracks, including the philadelphia over aurora. the chief jeffersonian republican newspaper. we see jefferson dropping from his right-hand a letter he has written to a man named philip. a back story about jefferson and philip. philip was an italian who brought a farm. when philip returned back to italy he asked jefferson to look after his farm. he would communicate with him periodically about the financial transactions of the farm. jefferson did. in 1796, to take a bit of the dryness

he was joined by justices thomas, ginsburg hit sotomayor. chief justice roberts was joined by justice stevens, scalia, and kennedy. as a lineup that the public does not often hear about. the vast majority of disputes are that all judges agree on the outcome. intense focus on a few cases where we disagree suffers from a serious selection effect problem. that's pretty typical of the federal courts. 40% of the supreme court cases are unanimous to. they face the toughest assignments and nine, not three judges have to vote in every dispute. you don't hear that. despite the fact that in 1945 were of the nine justices appointed by a single presence. today's are 20 by five. >> he was one in denver and is 49 years old. he is a graduate of harvard law school. he cooked for work and kennedy has been on the court of appeals since 2006. >> washington journal live every day with news that interests you. liberty news supreme court -- ther will discuss impact going on cases. talking about how democrats could respond. be sure to watch washington journal beginning life cannot join

is the city's famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ash added to the collection. conversations about monument avenue in which statues should be added, changed or removed continued today. next, we speak with kristen green on the fight to desegregate prince edward county virginia. >> i think a lot of people believed that that's what i thought of it as. and i also think that people believed that as soon as the decision was handed to the court in 1954 that it was implemented and also it's not really. so while i am working on the research for the book is that

isn't the city is famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996 african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ashe was added to the collection. conversations about monument avenue and which statutes should be added, changed or removed continue today. up next we speak with kristen green on trying to desegregate greene county -- prince edward kennett virginia. >> i think people believe that as soon as the decision was handed down by the supreme court in 1954 that it was immediately implemented and that also is not true. what i learned working on research for the book was that since edward county that are literally affected by the brown v. board of education decision but it was actually one of the five cases that was rolled into an umbrella brown case. the reason that prince edward was part of the brown v. board of education decision was a young woman named barbara, a high school junior, lead and walk out to protest the conditions of her school. that walkout attracted the attention of naacp att

justice breyer was joined by justices thomas, ginsberg, leado and sotomayor. chief justice roberts was joined by stevens, scale yeah and kennedy. that's a line thaup the public doesn't hear about. but it's the sort of thing that happens quietly day in and day out in courts around our country. as you understand the vast majority of disputes are ones that all judges agree on the outcome in few case it suffers from a serious selection effect problem. ver 90% of our desyses are unanimous. 40% of the supreme court cases are unanimous too. even though they face the toughest assignments and all three judges have to vote in every single dispute. >> it's been largely stable for 70 years. i don't know you don't hear that this despite the fact that back in 1945 eight of the nine justices have been appointed by a single president and today's single justices were appointed by five different presidents. announcer: the judge was born in denver and is 49 years old. he is a 1991 graduate of harvard law school. he's been on the 10th circuit of court appeals since 2006. announcer: greg store will dis

is the city's famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ash added to the collection. conversations about monument avenue in which statues should be added, changed or removed continued today. next, we speak with kristen green on the fight to desegregate prince edward county virginia. >> i think a lot of people believed that that's what i thought of it as. and i also think that people believed that as soon as the decision was handed to the court in 1954 that it was implemented and also it's not really. so while i am working on the research for the book is that not only it was really affected by the brown versus board of education but it was actually one of five cases that was ruled into an umbrella brown case. the reason that, because it was part of the progress of brown b board of education was the one young woman named robert johns junior led a walkout to protest the conditions of her school in farmville virginia in 1965 and that walkout

is the city's famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e. lee, thomas stonewall jackson, and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american star -- tennis star in virginia and natives arthur ash was added to the collection. of next, our visit to richmond continues as we travel to the virginia historical society to learn about the state's history. welcome to the virginia historical society. we are standing at the entrance to the story of virginia, which is our long-term exhibition that covers all of virginia history from prehistory to the present day. this is an exhibit meant to show visitors how virginia plays into the broader narrative of american history and international history as well. we're going to begin by looking at a can knew that is roughly 300 years old. this is a symbol of the collision of the two cultures that make up

is the cities famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomas stonewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ashe was added to the conversation. -- up next, we speak with kristen green on the right to desegregate prince edward county virginia. >> i think a lot of people believe it is just one court case. that's what i thought of it as. growing up. and i also think that people believe that as soon as the decision was handed down by the supreme court in 1954, that it was immediately implement it. that also is not true. what i learned working on research for the book was that prince edward county that only was affected by the education decision but it was also one of five cases that was rolled into an umbrella case. and the the reason this was part of the decision was a woman, a high school junior and did a walk out. in 1951. that walk out capture the attention of the naacp attorneys in richmond. and they agreed to come meet with barbara john's and fellow students and their parents. but that

thomas. >> kennedy and roberts less so? >> yes, less so of kennedy and roberts. there are also some difrences. and the reason i say that is having spent many, many hours pouring over the opinions of judge gorsuch, i see an unmistakable quality that focuses on the text. it's a textualist approach. this is hard to fake, it's also hard to do. it's hard to be a textualist. and it relates to something that judge gorsuch said last night in his speech. show me a judge that agrees with every decision he's ever rendered and the outcome in every case is handled. and i'll show you a bad judge. >> i think we'd see a lot of that from judge gorsuch, once he's confirmed. >> what -- if we end up in a position where this so-called nuclear option is invoked and senator mcconnell decides to do. he basically said, that's it. senate's broken. if this happens that the world's greatest deliverive body is in the past tense. that moniker, you really no longer can apply to it. is he wrong? >> secondly, it's not all clear to me that that's even going to become necessary. there are a lot of

is the cities famed monument avenue with statues honoring confederate war heroes including robert e lee, thomasnewall jackson and jefferson davis. in 1996, african-american tennis star and richmond native arthur ashe was added to the conversation. -- up next, we speak with kristen green on the right to desegregate prince edward

he was joined by justices thomas, ginsburg, alito, and so the mayor. chief justice roberts dissented and was joined by scalia and kennedy. that is a lineup that the public is not often hear about. it is the sort of thing that happens quietly day in and day out in courts throughout our country. if you know that the legal cynic overlooks the vast majority of disputes are ones in which all judges agree on the outcome. intense focus on a few courses where we disagree suffers from a problem. decisions issued were unanimous. 40% of the supreme courts cases are unanimous to, even though they face the top is assigned. the supremes court rate of the same has been largely stable for 70 years. you do not hear that. this despite the fact that back in 1945, these nine justices were appointed by a single president. today sitting justices were appointed by five sitting presidents. announcer: judge gore was born in 1967 and attended harvard want school. harvard law school. he clicked for justice white and kennedy. coming up wednesday morning, bloomberg news supreme court reporter greg stor

thomas. >> reporter: the fbi claims robert hester jr.is a would-be terrorist planning a bombing sca spree ten times bigger than the boston marathon attack. >> not robert. he is a loving father. >> reporter: the mission of a u.s. citizen with a brief stint in the army a presidents' day massacre. but it was all a sting. after he allegedly began posting isis propaganda and declarations of jihad on social media using a number of aliases including junaid muhammad. >> he opened himself up to being contacted. was anxious to be recognized and walked into the trap set by him for the fbi. >> reporter: pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> pierre will have more on that on "good morning america." >>> the charleston church shooter may have been planning a second attack. we're learning from newly released documents from the federal trial of dylann roof that they show i stopped at another black church that night after killing nine people. the data from his gps was not presented during the trial but wciv told the roof he was too tired after the first

. >> author robert mcdonald explains why thomas jefferson was a polarizing figure. and describes how his actions and writings led him to be revered by his contemporaries or portrayed as dangerously radical and un-american. this talk was hosted by the virginia historical society. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. robert: of all the founding fathers, thomas jefferson stood out as the most controversial and confounding. loved and hated, revered and reviled, during his lifetime, he served as a lightning rod for dispute. and even today, he serves as a lightning rod for dispute. few major figures in american history provoke such a polarization of public opinion. while jefferson's supporters organized festivals in his honor where they praise commenced beaches and song his detractors , portrayed him as a dilettante and a demagogue. double-faced and dangerously radical. an atheist, hostile to christianity. characterizing his beliefs as himearredn, they with the extremism of the french revolution. his allies call him the formerly anonymous author of the declaration of indep

we're looking at a sword that was presented to henry thomas who, unlike famous people like robert e. lee, who believed in their identities as virginians first. henry believed in his identity as an american first. this is a sword given to henry by the people a system of segregation that essentially divided virginia's population into two groups. it was a very vibrant community of african-americans living in richmond. the hearse is a symbol of these two parallel economies that were created between the white population that was served by the white-only businesses and companies, that existed in a place like richmond. and then the black-owned businesses that served the african-american community. because of the jim crow laws and because of segregation, these dual economies were essential. people like maggie walker who helped create the nation of banks and service foundations and newspapers. specifically for the black community. it meant that even if an afri n african-american wouldn't be able to be served by the white companies that existed, there would be a distem in place that would allo

robert steadman. greg james. john block on. michael taylor. jim willis. john thomas p. william weaver. james holland. arlton patterson. dennis brandon. gary drennan. we have made it to the last page. john keyes. robert hensley. don mathis. john mckinney. richard written. tomas bo. walter. thank you. [laughter] edward cal sawyer. john morris. david sherman. donald sherman. >> we are going to leave the american legion conference at this point. you can watch the earlier speeches by senator mccain and secretary david shulkin. i've american legion and the search bar. the u.s. senate is about to gavel and for debate for congressman ryan zinke to be secretary. the confirmation about the comments the confirmation vote could come as late as 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. senators will be joining house members tonight to air president chun's first address to congress. later in the week in the senate, work on hud and energy secretary nomination. now to live coverage of the u.s. senate huron

i covered robert bork, clarence thomas, we have seen how ugly this process can be. we both know and understand this. this is justice scalia's seat. i wouldn't expect anything less from the democrats than a fight. the bigger picture, we have seen a lot of presidents too, have you ever witnessed the president checking off promise after promise as quickly as this one? >> the shock of this is somebody doing what he said he's doing is remarkable. my gosh, he is fulfilling campaign promises. i want to say something else about gorsuch. people are making out a lot about columbia, harvard, oxford. i went to harvard law, i bet you the formative education experience was georgetown preparatory school, a catholic school. i bet you that's where that comes from.pr >> sean: why am i not shocked to hear that? >> you know what i believe, a formation of character. the history at that school. you look into it, you will find out. i think the democrats would be wise to just let this oneil through. i don't think they will be able to touch him. >> sean: i see joe, maybe claire -- she's afr

thomas. >> reporter: the fbi claims robert hester jr.is a would-be terrorist planning a bombing spree on a scale he believed was ten times bigger than the boston marathon attack. >> not robert jr. no way. he is a loving father. >> reporter: the alleged mission of a u.s. citizen with a brief stint in the u.s. army, a presidents' day terror massacre targeting buses, trains and a train station in kansas city. but it was all a sting. the fbi locked in on hester after he allegedly began posting isis propaganda and declarations of jihad on social media using a number of aliases including junaid muhammad. >> he opened himself up to being contacted. was very anxious to be recognized and kind of walked right into this trap set for him by the fbi. >> reporter: pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> pierre will have a little bit more on that on "good morning america." >>> the charleston church shooter may have been planning a second attack. we're learning from newly released documents from the federal trial of dylann roof that they show he stopped

lee,es of general robert e thomas j stonewall jackson, je b stewart provided over the landscape, grand equestrian form. richmond still looks like a national capital. on monument avenue, -- beyond monument avenue virginia monuments frequently defined the war in non-nationalistic terms of virginia's who fought for virginia -- virginians who fought for virginia, not for the confederacy. the lancaster county and northumberland county courthouse monuments east of richmond, do not mention the confederacy. even the war is not mentioned. the focus is on quotes. for who gave their lives the cause of their native state and the south. addition, we use the term confederate monument were confederate soldier, but many monument inscriptions deliberately avoid the use of the word "confederate." many do but many do not. at stonewall cemetery in winchester, the virginia obelisks remembers "398 virginia soldiers who fell in defense of the constitutional liberty and the sovereignty of their state. ,hey fought for virginia virginians fighting for virginia. furthermore, we speak of the lost cause but the mo

considered progressive, ruth bader ginsberg, steven pryor, three conservative chief justice john robert, lauren thomas, samuel alito, justin anthony ken dip, although republicans, is considered a swing vote. by the way you can read more about the life and career of neil gorsuch, what brought him to this historic nomination, we invite you to visit our website: fox29.com. >> federal jurors will continue their deliberations in the bribery case against pennsylvania state senator, larry barnice. they say he used $6,000 in campaign money to bribe the democratic ward committee woman. he is charged with mail and wire fraud. his lawyers say the payment was good deed for deserving constituent. four years after six people died in the center city building collapse jury has found every defendant in the civil trial liable. now, that same jury had decide just how much those defendant will have to pay in damages. >>> panel decided yesterday that the salvation army, the owner of a building in the middle of the demolition, and architect and two contractors, all have some responsibility. in june of 2013, that building c

john roberts, clarence thomas and samuel alito justice anthony kennedy a republican is considered a swing vote. >>> if the senate approves gorsuch there will be a full bench of nine justices they've got important cases on deck. the first gloucester county school board versus gigi look at transgender rights stems from federal court ruling that gave a transgender boy the right to use his school's bathroom. that alliance with his gender identity as opposed to the sex he was assigned at birth. the second los angeles county versus mendez will look at police involved shootings and officers legal immunity when they use excessive force and finally microsoft versus baker about the ex box 360 an class act lawsuit filed by people who bought it. >>> you can read more about neil gorsuch live and career and what brought him to this historic nomination. just head to our website fox29.com. >> breaking right now the city's port richmond neighborhood. that is where police say two men grabbed a woman and shoved in her own car then sped off with her in inside of it. skyfox over the scene along the 2600 block

we are looking at a sword that was presented to george henry thomas, who unlike famous civil war figures like robert e. lee who believed in their identity as virginians first, he believed in his identity as an american first. this is a sword he was given by the people of southampton county. he was born and raised there. they gave this to him for his service in war just to show their love for their native son. he left this in southampton county when he married a woman from new york and relocated his family to the northern part of the country. however, when the civil war broke out, he wrote home to his family asking for this sword to be sent to him. he was a well-regarded military figure and felt that it was his duty as someone who had taken an oath to uphold the constitution and defend the nation to basically report to duty, to serve the nation as a member of the union army. his sisters who held the sword in southampton county wrote back that in no uncertain terms would he be receiving his sword and that he could essentially consider them no longer related. that they were dissolving their relationshi

ironically, justice thomas dissented, disagreed with justice roberts. lito agreed with justice thomas. this individual will now have an opportunity to plead for his life not based on the fact that someone believes statistically he was going to commit another crime because he's black. >> katon dawson? >> thank you for being on this morning and i appreciate your friendship. what i've got is not as deep as michelle's. steve nn, navy veteran, came out to the white house, went to cpac, not one of his favorite places, and did a pretty good job. the second is the beautiful kellyanne conway who laid it all on the table, mother of four, came out from the week both with personal sides and i think for me, those were the winners of the week. >> karine jean-pierre? >> the resistance won the week. he saw town halls flooded by constituents who showed up to tell their stories as to why losing obamacare would really hurt them personally or their families, or their kids. and i think we saw something that is just the beginning, which is the majority of americans out there

we have chief justice roberts, justice thomas, justice on the conservative, justice con did i, conservative but little more in the middle. then the liberal justices we have justices ginsburg, briar pryor, soto mayor, kagan. >> put them up in a little bitty guess. so where would this guy stand? let's start with abortion? >> right. one of the most hot topic issues this supreme court decides, he has never decided a case specifically talking about abortion. >> well, he was young, 49. >> only been doing this for short periods every time. but he has said some things that make people concerned, who are support abortion rights, interpreting the constitution as original is, like we talked about. he's written against contraception, written against planned parenthood. and he said we shouldn't use courts for social change. which is conservative code words for things like anti-abortion. >> whether you say contraception, a lot of people bringing up the hob inch lobby case? >> he was actually on the court that decided hobby lobby before it got to the supreme court. and he decided hobby lobby has religious

his latest role is soon to be ex-husband robert dufresne on the hbo comedy, divorce. he's thomasurch, this is overheard. (pleasant music) let's be honest, is this about your ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa-- hate to say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on.

his latest role is soon to be ex-husband robert dufresne on the hbo comedy, divorce. he's thomas haden church, this is overheard. (pleasant music) let's be honest, is this about your ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa-- hate to say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? just got an f from you actually. (applause) thomas haden church, nice to see you. - thank you evan. - may i say it is nice to see your mug back on television. - oh, in a, in a-- - [evan] in a series. - weekly fashion. - in a weekly fashion. - thank you. - 'cause you were there and then you left us and went into the big fancy hollywood thing and then you came back to tv. - yeah, a number of people have commented to me about that, that they're enjoying seeing me on a weekly basis. - right. - and hbo you know, it's sort of the premiere place-- - it's not tv, it's