>> the real vanderbilt house.he side doors, so it's all handmade, and they're all installed with screws. they didn't have welding in those days. >> and there are more treasures inside. as if the outside of this house wasn't enough, the inside's taking my breath away.what's th? >> this room is called the "favor room", which was anderbiy received guests. it was located on the second floor of the house, and today it's our dining room. >> that chandelier is spectacular. >> yes, it is. and this is my favorite piece in the house. >> wow! >> and i just really love it, and i think it sets everything >> it's off. all the light that streams through is great. there are even more opulent treasures upstairs in the restored ballroom. for real? a ballroom? >> yes. this room actually was pretty much the way you see it. we did move the wall sconces, which are all vanderbilt. >> and this fireplace? historic? >> yes, that also is vanderbilt with the mirror. this room pretty much was the way it was when we got it. >> why is the ballr

currently serves as a professor of law at the vanderbilt research law school. professor fitzpatrick joined vanderbilt's faculty in 2007 after serving at the fellow at nyu school of law and went onto clerk for judge oscanlen on the ninth circuit and then justice scalia on the supreme court. after his clerkships professor fitzpatrick practiced for several years in sydney austin, in washington, d.c. and served on the supreme court nominations process for senator cornyn. before earning his law degree he earned -- and next we will hear from judge dermot oscanlen, and he assumed senior status on december 31st of 2016. his chambers are in the pioneer courthouse in portland. and judge oscanlen has participated in over 6,000 federal cases and has written hundreds of published opinions on a broad range of subjects including constitutional law, international law, securities law, administrative law and criminal law. before his appointment to the federal bench judge oscanlen was primarily engaged in private law practice and between 1969 and 1974 he served as the deputy atto

with the departures of pachulia and mcgee, turning to new center, damian jones out of vanderbilt getting the starting nod. coach kerr. >> he'll start opening night. won't commit more than that. he'll start opening night and we'll see, hopefully we're healthy enough to have everybody ready to go. i think we will be. draymond needs time to get in shape but k.d., steph, klay, they should be fine. that would be the lineup. >>> 49ers are taking on the packers on "monday night football," san francisco's defense has not played well. 29.2 points per game, 29th in nfl. defensive coordinator robert saleh gave his thoughts on how the defense can improve. >> been ups and downs. overall can do better. lot of things we're doing well. most important is continue to preach get better at techniques, assignments and everything we teach. trust the process we go through week to week, trust if we do exactly what we're supposed to do, 100 miles an hour, all through the week, the result will take care of itself. obviously things we're doing good, could be a lot better also. >>> raiders in london for the game ag

he joined vanderbilt's faculty in 2007 after serving as a fellow at nyu's school of law. he graduated 1st in his class in harvard's law school and clerked for judge oscanlan and justice scalia on the supreme court. after his clerkships he practiced commercial and appellate litigation for several years at sidly austin in washington, d.c. and served as a special counsel for the supreme court nominations process for senator cornyn. before earning his law degree, professor graduated summa cum laude from the university of notre dame and he will be serving as a visiting professor at harvard law school. next we'll hear from judge dearmud o'scannlain. he was appointed ninth circuit judge by president reagan in 1986 and assumed senior status on december 21st of 2016. his chambererize in the pioneer courthouse in portland and as a judge on the ninth circuit, he has participated in over 6,000 federal cases and has written hundreds of published opinions on a broad range of subjects including constitutional law, international law, and criminal law. before his appointment to the federa

buddy creech from the vanderbilt vaccine research program says it's hitting the market at a good time. >> it's really important as we gear up for a new influenza season where we may see an increased amounting as well as influenza that's harder to tweet. >> reporter: more than 80,000 died from the flu last season and more than 100,000 were in the hospital. this drug will cost you $150 but may be available for $30 with a coupon. also important to note that the new flu drug is not a replacement for the vaccine, so doctors still urging the public to get a flu shot. reporting live in palo alto, now back to you. >>> san francisco's d.a. says a 21st century problem doesn't need a 20th century solution, which is why san francisco will not be building a new jail. at least not for now. d.a. george gascone wants to build something else, a research project to find a bteion will a the city to >> at the courts and identifying where are the pressure points that we can impact based on good data that will reduce our jail population. >> gascon says when the old jail was built, san francisco's populatio

christian abercrombie, a sophomore at tennesseestate, had also walked off the field while playing vanderbilt, telling trainers he had a headache. minutes later he collapsed due to a heard injury. >> safety has improved over the years but it's still with risk. every year we normally have three to four deaths because ten times as many people play at the high school level as the college level. >> reporter: back in georgia, dylan thomas had no known prior medical conditions. school officials are now reviewing game footage to find out what happened. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, georgia. >>> many questions this evening after a dramatic and mysterious car explosion killed three people in allentown, pennsylvania. and now investigators are desperately searching for clues. nbc's morgan radford is there with more. >> reporter: a deadly explosion. >> we just had an explosion south of chew street. >> reporter: a car suddenly bursting into flames saturday in allentown, pennsylvania. >> i ran up to the car and i saw a leg by the car and i ran away. >> reporter: the blast leaving three dead. david hallman, jac

percent of the vote but they don't want anybody american there they go in march in front of the vanderbilt and say yankee go home and you know that that's unfortunately been sort of the loudest voice whenever they ask for an opinion from the other side both of the major parties have been very supportive both the party that they voted in fact former secretary economic development alberto bakos going to be a keynote at our coin agenda global event in las vegas october twenty third twenty fifth right after money two thousand and twenty and so. i believe that puerto rico has a unique opportunity to be a leader they were kind of waiting for the wyoming build to be passed. and i'm still a proponent that they need to kind of copy and paste wyoming is done cable along who started that will also be a keynote speaker and that's where the states say we have the rights and i think it's even more to fight in the territory to be a basically say we want this here now you are big in the i.c.l. space the initial point offer you mentioned tokens get tokens here and that certainly had a small choice year the

. >> reporter: christian abercrombie had alsoalked off the field playing vanderbilt telling trainers he had a headache. he collapsed. the 4 million young people who playedan oed people last died from the sport four were from direct causes like head trauma, the other nine from indirect trauma lik heat stroke. back in georgia dillan thomas had no known prior medical conditions. the shock is sinking in today. >> he died doing what he loved to do. >> i'm really goingis to him but he's always going to be a part of this time. >> here at pike county high school, the players have decided they will play tir nex game on friday in dillan's hono >> this morning the family of taquan have more answers in their son's murder. his family said the 18-year-old went to buy a soda at a cner store and never came home. d.c. police arrested elijah harmon. >> today an fbi agent who tracked the cell phone of the victims of the manchin murders will be back on the stand. hair found on bedding recovered from the mansionld c be that of darren wynn. the brother also took the stand yesterday. he was grilled about w

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me, we have historian, author of the soul of america and rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbilt university john meachum. he is an nbc news and msnbc contributor. professor at princeton university, eddie glaud jr.er and washington anchor for bb c r world news america caddie kay is with us. >> john, there is so much the to talk about. it is so easy to get distracted. but i want to for a second talk about the fact that i think a lot of americans agreed with the republicans that brett kavanaugh deserved due process. you just can't say some guy did something and have nobody there verifying. have one story after another story after another story coming out and not a single person to corroborate. and i think a lot of americans said, wait a second, that's not right. that doesn't fit my idea of fair play. somebody should be able to face the accusers, there should be evidence, etcetera, etcetera. that's a way, we're a country with a rule of law. then a week later, you have republicans running around saying lock up their political opponents. now, i know they think this is all funny, but it

chabot: the university of virginia and vanderbilt studied with republicans and democrats and on the seventh most effective out of 240 and with all the charges my opponent has made were true that would not be the case. a lot of elected officials came out yesterday saying they were against issue number one my opponent has been silent this is a good time for him to indicate where he is that. pureval: this election provides a very clear distinction between two different visions for our district and country. representative chabot had chance in congress 22 years and running for office and we have very little to show for it. with health care, education and infrastructure and the economy. i went to offer something better, more positive to create real change at the first congressional district he is more the same we are offering something new and something better. >> host: thank you to all the candidates for participating to. . . . . brenton in indiana's u.s. senate race. >> live tuesday at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. >> this week on "the communicators," cybersec

kirk sadowski, documentarian, producer foreplay town. [ applause ] >> james vanderbilt, writer, director, producer and screenwriter and producer of white house down. [ applause ] mr. rubenstein, the stage is yours. >> so, mac, let's start with you, you been chief of staff at the white house, so when you see all of these movies or tv shows that portray the chief of staff of the white house, do they make him handsome enough do you think ? [ laughter ] >> some are to tell and to handsome . >> thank you. but when you look at them on tv, when you watch various shows, do you think they are reasonably accurate in the way they portray what goes on in the white house or is it too dramatic? >> i think largely it does capture the white house, the ups and downs and the challenges in the fast paced -- pace. it is obviously dramatize, i was wished we had a script like west wing or survivor, that would have helped . >> you served as social secretary and is head of protocol. as you heard earlier, house of cards advisor, so, when they're doing house of cards, did they call you up and say is this possible

on the tennessee senate race side where a poll of registered voters conducted for vanderbilt university democrat with a one point lead over the republican 44-43%. >>> balook at those numbers fro new jersey in particular. you look at someone like menendez, who certainly has his share of controversy over the years and his lack of personal popularity and yet he is soaring in popularity. >> in a very blue state, you can win on that. what's kept his numbers down was not only his own personal issues. it's that he hasn't been able to raise money. he just got an infusion of about $3 million in the last week from the national committee. so that has made a difference. he's gotten his ads up. his ads are only attacking the president and that allows him to hit 49%. but he's still not at 50. i would argue that with 18 days to go and his republican opponent having a lot of money, anything can happen. >> i go back to that "washington post"/abc news poll last weekend. health care is associated with the democrats and yet you hear the president talking about this more and more as the week wears on. is he

. >> the university at vanderbilt had a study the most effective member of congress was republicans and democrats and the seventh most effective out of 240 republicans in congress and if all of the charges my opponent has made against me were true a lot of elected officials said they were against issue number one but i am against it. >> a 32nd close. >> ladies and gentlemen, the selection has a clear distinction between two different visions for our country and our district in congress 22 years running for office 40 years we have very little to show for it what is worse he is wrong on those big issues health care and education and infrastructure and the economy. i want to offer something more positive to bring us together to create real change he is more of the same we have something new and something better. >> thank you to all the candidates for participating tonight with the county board of elections and to have complete coverage election night thanks to the jewish community relations council good night. [applause] but political report lists the election s. likely democrat. your prim

presidential historian, msnbc contributor john meacham, professor at vanderbilt university. moments from now we're going to cover it closely when susan collins takes the floor of the united states senate to announce her decision. chris, it will come in the form of a speech. she may not say it off the top. why do you think it is happening this way, what do you think she will do? >> i don't know why she's stretched it out like this. she voted for cloture. looks like the republicans will add two seats to the supreme court, and probably have an opportunity next two years to do it again. looks like the senate will hold. they're in very strong position to really give the shape of the supreme court for years and decades to come. that's the big trump victory. >> chris, your surprise will come if susan collins says she will not support brett kavanaugh. >> that would be calamitous for every republican. that would mean joe manchin is in play. i don't think he wants to be the decisive vote for confirmation as a democrat. it is one thing to be an outlier, but to be the one that puts him

. >> my childhood when the morguens and vanderbilts and the melons, transports were very important.the dow theory still hold water in an environment where they're not nearly as important as they were 100 years ago >> confirmation concept, right, that things have to get hauled or trucked around if the goods and services are not confirming or vice versa that you have a dispersion or -- that will lead to trouble. what we had this time was this, that only two sectors made new highs in september and august. so the thought is the market made the new high, it never d. that's an illusion. the fact that we made new highs in august and september while only two sectors could or the new york stock exchange never could, basically that's the bull trap. that's the sort of dispersion that ends up setting the trouble we have now. >> just roughly, what do you see in the charts? you think we finish higher or lower? >> i would think lower. >> by the end of the year. >> if there's any trouble in the numbers, i can only think lower. >> carter, thank you. >>> coming up, pot stocks getting smoked. we'll te

have two new polls, and one putting marsha blackburn, the republican ahead, and another one from vanderbilt that came out that has bredesen moving ahead by one, and the range in tennessee is basically now this month anywhere from the one poll with bredesen up to blackburn at 14, and to the other extreme, and the average of it and the total the ti is blackburn moving ahead in the mid-single digits when you add it together. and this is hot off of the press, new jersey who was not supposed to be in anybody's r radar, but bob menendez had the hung jury rye, and this week, the democrats got nervous about this the race to pour in $3 million the make sure that he hangs on. this is a new poll showing him leading by actually nine points in the likely voter model there, and this is quinnipiac, but the new one is nine points. sorry, thought we had a different one up there. and in texas, ted cruz is in the lead. in the battleground, if new jersey is going into the democratic kcolumn, there are three that we should show you if you have any chance and heidi heitkampp is struggling there, and if i can get

chabot: the university of virginia and vanderbilt, studied the most effective method of congress, republicans and democrats and they found me to be the seventh most effective out of 240 republicans in congress. of all the charges my opponent made against me were true, that wouldn't be the case. drugs are a big problem. a lot of elected officials came out yesterday and said they were against issue one. my opponent has been silent on that. this would be a good time for him to indicate where he is. i'm against it. >> moderator: this is your 30-2nd close. pureval: a clear distinction between two different visions for our country and our district. steve chabot had his chance. he's been in congress 22 years and running for office for 40 years and we have little to show for it and what is worse is he is wrong on the big issues facing our community, healthcare, education and the economy and i want to offer something better, more positive. i want to bring us together and create real change in the first congressional district. he is more of the same and we are offering something new and better. >> mode

i worked on unabomb when he sent a bomb to vanderbilt and his secretary opened it up and was severelyed. i've worked all these bombers. when that man opened a package, most bombs like this would be set to detonate upon opening the package. bombs in the mail stream like this normally aren't set on a timer, they're not a lit fuse. they're set with some type of booby trap, either to detonate when you open the package or somehow manipulate what's inside. so it's possible that the the bomb bomb at the soros property malfunctioned or it's possible that the person who opened it just didn't do the mechanism or whatever he was supposed to move or touch to get the thing to detonate. the other two bombs to the clintons and the obamas, which were taken by the secret service, they never had a chance to detonate because they were x-rayed, discovered, and rendered safe by the bomb squad. so there's lots of evidence here that can be tracked back. cnn's got one. you know, that whole building, these are small bombs in an envelope. the first one was described as small. this is going to be the damage, yo

there is a gu guvanotorial candidate, there is a vanderbilt fan base and a ut fan base.tells you a lot. i think that there are some republics who voted for trump because they couldn't stand voting for secretary clinton who, if they can vote for a republican for governor may vote for bredesen and may not be telling people that. it's interesting to live in a place where voting for a pro business sensible former governor for the united states senate is a source of embarrassment, but that's kind of where we are in 2018. if governor bredesen wins this. i think that is a signal that the democratic wins will be even larger. >> ahead, with we'll talk to congressman steve king's challenger, j.d. scholten. >>> also, attorney general jeff sessions could soon be out in a new apparent plot to discredit the special prosecutor. that is next on "morning joe." so a tree falls on your brand new car and totals it. and as if that wasn't bad enough, now your insurance won't replace it outright because of depreciation. if your insurance won't replace your car, what good is it? you'd be better

. >> my name is george ill from vanderbilt university, and i want to come back to what ken frazier said as we wrap up, and that is the patient. throughout today we talked a lot about and we've heard a lot about the disparity that occur with one population versus racial disparities. i wonder for the congressman, i'm sorry, for the senator and four can fraser and representative from hhs, and i'm thinking in terms of somebody that is on market street, philadelphia or canal street in new orleans, what is it you would say the individuals who say that the issue of health disparities and issues of different in terms of how care or incidence of disease is that something that individuals like yourself think about? how do you respond to that? >> first of all i think it is all of our collective responsibility. we put a lot on the government. government is just a word that we use in our society to decide what of the things we want to do together. i don't think it's just these officials. it's what we care about. as a company we think those are major issues. one example is we have spent in the last f

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they were down like two touch downs in the first half against vanderbilt.o to nashville, vanderbilt is not usually a threat to florida. they barely one this one. >>> to a fox news alert. the search for survivorrers ramped up in the panhandle in the wake of michael. >> the storm claiming 19 lives as that could change dramatically as 2,000 are still mismissing or stranded. what do you see in there? reporter: this is where the 155-mile-per-hour winds and a 9-foot storm surge swept off of the gulf through town, block after block of homes fltened, shoved off of their foundations, turned into kindling and crumbling on top of each other. everything still standing has been ripped open and it's all ruined as it is still standing up. the top priorities are continuing the search and rescue, trying to locate these 2150200 people that remain unscd for. unaccounted for. there is poor cell service if you have it and getting ahold of people or communicat communicatn challenging. we're going to have the sun rise and it will be post-hurricane michael day four. you can see me

. >> christian abercrombie had also walked off the field while playing vanderbilt telling trainers hee, minutes later he collapsed. death on the football field is rare. four million people that played aorganized football, 13 died from the sport, four were from direct causes like head trauma, the other nine from indirect causes like heat stroke. >> he's a really good, kind hearted kid. loves to laugh and play football. >> reporter: back in georgia, dylan thomas had no known prior medical conditions. the shock is still sinking in today. >> he died doing what he loved to do and rarely people get that blessing. >>him. but he's always going to be a part of this team. >> gabe, the team obvious will you mourning the loss of dylan. what have they decided to do about the rest of their season? >> craig, it's been a very emotional time here at pike county high school. the players just had a team meeting where they decided that they will play their nexton fda. craig? >> all right. gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> we're going to switch gears now, get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> we're m

stacey was in nashville watching her 20-year-old son, a linebacker for tennessee state take on vanderbilt life changed. >> i can't even play it back in my head. i didn't see anything. >> reporter: you don't even know what play it was? >> no. no one does. they've reviewed the film. everyone has reviewed the film. tsu. no one can say it was that hit. all of them were clean, normal hits. >> reporter: christian walked to the sidelines in the second quarter telling medical staff he had a headache. as he walked to the locker room at halftime, he suddenly collapsed. >> when did you find out how serious this was? >> reporter: as we. >> as we got on the sideline the police escorted us and tsu officials gathered around. they said your son has gone to the hospital, and i said what's wrong? is he dehydrated? no. it's a little more serious. i said is he alert? they said no, he's unconscious. >> reporter: dis-christian was a rising star in high school and played at the university of illinois before transferring to tennessee state. how is he doing? >> he's in critical condition. i can't say that he's do

. >> my name is george hill from vanderbilt university and i want to come back to what ken said as we wrap up, that is patience. today, we have heard a lot today about the disparities that occur with one population, racial disparities. for the congressman -- senator, and for ken frazier and the representative of hhs, i am somebodyin terms of that is on market street in philadelphia or canal street in the world aims. that's in new orleans. -- in new orleans. what would you say to people who say the issue of health disparity are issues of difference in terms of health ise or incidence of disease not something individuals like yourself -- care about? >> it is all of our collective responsibilities. we put a lot on the government. i do not think it is just -- it is what we care about. as a company, we think those are major issues. committed half $1 billion about maternal mortality . an afghan american woman in new york city is 12 times more likely to die in childbirth than a white counterpart. does not matter education level or economic situation. that is a crime. if you look at heterosex

abercrombie remains in critical condition at vanderbilt university medical center. he is resting and fighting for his life this morning. his coach says the injury had happened on a routine play. it wasn't malicious. it wasn't dirty but knew something was wrong right away because he complained of a headache and, of course, headache, dizziness, confusion, all classic signs of a head injury or concussion. >> so hard to hear that. all right, thanks for sharing. appreciate it -- paula. >>> coming up, we have that abc news exclusive. "cosby show" actor geoffrey owens back on set taking us behind the scenes with tyler perry. "cosby show" actor geoffrey owens back onset taking us behind the scenes with tyler perry. ready to juvÉderm it? correct age-related volume loss in cheeks with juvÉderm voluma xc, add fullness to lips with juvÉderm ultra xc and smooth moderate to severe lines around the nose and mouth with juvÉderm xc. tell your doctor if you have a history of scarring or are taking medicines that decrease the body's immune response or that can prolong blding. swelling

and an mba from vanderbilt university. dr. clint flanagan is a board certified family medicine practitioner with over 14 years experience as an emergency room physician and certified -- and maintains certificates in advanced cardiac and advanced trauma life support. he kbragraduated from the univey of nebraska medical center and then completed his residency at st. mary's medical program in grand junction, colorado. he is serving on the steering committee to the direct primary care coalition in washington and is a leading advocate for direct primary care across the board. he is here representing his company, which is nexterra primary care. hassan azar serves as the senior vice president of total rewards at u.s. foods. he is responsible for the strategic direction and management of u.s. foods employee compensation and benefit programs and employee service center, human resources information systems, executive compensation and stock programs, and he has long experience in the employee benefit realm, managing that portfolio for a

alabama didn't have vanderbilt on its schedule.ouse and president trump looks at this mid-term election, two partner for you. has it conceded that the house is going to go and they are trying to shore up the senate by sending the president to places like montana. number two, what is the white house's greatest fear if they lose the house? is it the subpoena power of the house? is at any time idea of impeachment? >> there's actually a very neat answer to your question and it's the same answer. yes. the evidence that they are preparing for or believe that the democrats are going to take the house is that they are now preparing for life under that scenario. we first reported at axios a couple of weeks ago, john kelley has formed a small working group with the white house counsel's office involved to prepare, to start to prepare for what it looks like life under democratic control. and the thing they are most concerned about, most alert to is democrats taking over these key investigative committees like oversight, house intelligence, an

and historian and author of the soul of america and rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbiltam. he's an nbc news and msnbc contributor. thank you all for being with us this hour. >> so, peggy, let's jump right into it. i want to know what your thoughts are, somebody who helped president reagan to find the words after the challenger tragedy. so many other critical moments in american history. what was your reaction to what happened this weekend, the president's reaction to it specifically. >> well, what happened was quite dreadful, i think. gave a pretty strong feeling of national dread. there was -- joe, you may have seen it. mika, perhaps you did. all over the internet in the past 36 hours or so was a longish clip of president reagan talking in the 1980s, i believe, about bigotry, and giving a statement about how he felt about it. and saying very clearly and thoughtfully and in a very sincere way but a textured way, that he felt bigotry was out of step with the american way, but more pointedly bigots themselves who thought they were the country were apart from the country an

and historian and author of "the soul of america," rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbilt universityographer there when he won his the list zero prize. he's the co-author of the new book out tomorrow entitled "impeachment" an american history. what interesting timing. we'll get to that in just a moment. >> john, all morning we've been talking about donald trump's "60 minutes" interview, especially when he was asked about allies. and eu. and nato. let's listen to what donald trump had to say and then get your learned response. >> you have also slapped some tariffs on our allies. >> i mean what's an ally? we have wonderful relationships with a lot of people. nobody treats us much worse than the european union. the european union was formed in order to take advantage of us on trade. >> are you willing to disrupt the western alliance, it's been going for 70 years, it's kept the peace for 70 years. >> you don't know that. >> i don't know what? >> you don't know that. >> isn't it true general mattis said to you the reason for nato and all these alliances is to prevent world war iii. >> i l

vanderbilt university poll, margin of error race, bredesen with a one-point lead.s to what we were saying was an outliar poll. >> let's see. this could be an outliar. here's what you got for a month. >> this is the taylor swift effect. >> you have bredesen plus one. so i tend to say average those together and i still think there's a shift in tennessee that we've seen being consistent in these other red states. i will say, there have been two polls since labor day inton that put bredesen ahead. one pollster found bredesen ahead in two polls. >> the last couple of days we've seen a real tightening in this race, which we predicted of going to happen post-kavanaugh. one week out from kavanaugh democrats, let not your hearts be troubled. two weeks out you're going to see even more of a snap back, especially with all the horrors that are happening in u.s. foreign policy. but when we talk about tennessee, he can win. the democrat can win in tennessee. beto, a little tougher. what's getting in both of their days when they are clearly superior candidates, tribalism and you

the real clear politics average has it at six, a recent vanderbilt poll shows your opponent up one.very day, and we know that they want to send a conservative to the senate, and we're asking for those votes. so it's going great, pete. pete: your ear is to the ground, you're on the campaign trail. what are you hearing, what's most passionately on the minds of votersesome. >> they the talk a lot about kavanaugh hearings and how they felt like this was something that the, you know, a picture's worth a thousand words. they watch this play out in realtime and could not believe, they were appall with how the democrats acts. so we also hear a lot about immigration, and you all have talked so much about that this morning. people say there's a right way and a wrong way to come to the country, and they want to see our immigration laws enforced and our borders secured and end the entry of illegal aliens, drugs, traffickers, smugglers and secure that the border. we also hear a lot about the tax cuts. they're working, and people want to keep those tax cults. pete: you say there's a right way and

john heilman and historian, author, msnbc contributor and rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbilt university, john meechul. john, we'll start with you. context, parallels and history, pull back to 20,000 feet. what are we looking at here? >> it's, i think, the most widespread attempt of lives on american officials since -- and may, in fact, exceed the scope since the assassination plot against abraham lincoln in 1865. it's the potential for disaster was enormous. the scope of it is fascinating. and i think that what it tells us is that in every era of great political strife in this country, there has been some manifestation of that strife in terms of violence. whether it's the attempt on andrew jackson's line, the caning of a congressman, the terrible jostlings and protests of adelaid stephenson, the terrible cataclysmic violence of 1968. so this is a last not surprising and i think when you step back, one of the things we have to figure out is is the climate a symptom or a cause of an attack like this. and make no mistake, this was a terrorist attack on america in great scope. wh

but justice vanderbilt of the supreme court of new jersey made that famous statement, saying that judicial administration is no sport for the long-wind the, excuse me, for the shord-winded, for the short-winded. >> it may not be a sport for long-winded either. >> right, okay. >> but the logic, if we are measuring, if we apply those metrics, could apply, maybe not to an overall complete reorganization, but to other circuits as well, and maybe if we are going to do one, why not do another? >> well, in the sense you have done that with the dc circuit. it was observed quite properly, if i may say, that the dc circuit had more judges than was necessary. and it was decided to take one of those judges and transfer it, judgeships, transfer it to the ninth circuit. >> let me ask you, and i just want to say, i have said it before, for the record, that i think when the history of this era is written, the heroes will be our independent judiciary and our free press. not necessarily anybody in this body. but i think they are the bullwarks of our democracy in this very difficult and challenging era. and