most notable is a call to change the name of jefferson davis highway. tim barber has what they are recommending and responsible stop the is live in old town. tim? there will be a lot more meetings and public input before any of this, if any of this gets approved by the city council. if the group that submitted the final report gets its way tonight, jefferson davis' name could be removed from the sign and replaced with somebody else's name. this confederate statue towers over traffic. this person finds it intimidating. racialeels a lot like terrorism. tim: last year the city of alexandria created a counsel to look into possible changes to flags, memorials, and roads named after co changing the name of jefferson davis highway. it would leave the statue one south washington street, but add context to its story. >> is a sad history our country had. but it's also a symbol. these young people died for what they believed, whether it is right or wrong. tim: the city council will look at the report next month and discuss it during a public hearing on september 1

many of you know jefferson davis later became the president of the confederacy. i start with that very small story to say that to a certain extent that was indicative of the long and lingering history of racist ideas, that you essentially over the course of american history had racist policies put in place, or you had individuals who did not want antiracist policies to be put in place like a bill that would provide education to black children in washington dc, in the same manner that educational funds were being provided to white children. then you had individuals like jefferson davis produce, reproduce racist ideas to challenge those antiracist bills or to defend existing racist bills, to defend existing racist policies. what i am saying in a nutshell is typically we have been taught in history that ignorance and hate have led to racist ideas and individuals who have these racist ideas are the ones who essentially have created these viciously racist policies that have impacted the lives of people over the course of american history and what i found from studying

it should've been that man lodged in fortress monroe, confederate president jefferson davis. waging war on the united states is what the treason clause is all about. two years after the end of the war, jefferson davis walks free, never to find himself in prison again. by bill money was raised editors of "the new york tribune ," a voice of equal rights. there's an impulse to bring us together, and that impulse is crucial. it's an impulse that allows jefferson davis to be free to give speeches, an impulse that allows alexander stevens to become a congressman and later government of the state of georgia, free of all penalties or inconvenience, a reconciliation out there that amendment, that denies the vote to know buddy -- nobody. most of them will have those disabilities removed within a decade. we had better see that. we had better understand this world. we had better understand this society. it's why a man like wade hampton could end up being a governor and then a senator for the state of south carolina. it's why a confederate general could end up on the united states supreme

in this cartoon, here is lincoln inviting jefferson davis and robert e. lee and the confederate states back to the table of the, you know we look at it right there, and it is clear this vision of a reunited country has deep resonance with the very cartoonist who will be defending black civil rights, the vision of the prodigal son returning to the fold, the vision, in fact, of all people being able to toast the cause again as we can see it. now the terms of peace are clear, they are submission, an unconditional surrender, not a give and take, not a negotiated settlement out there. but the terms are those of welcome, and those terms are critical to understand. if anyone deserved to be hanged as a war criminal, to be hanged as a traitor, it should have been that man lodged in fortress monroe, confederate president jefferson davis, for the waging of war on the united states is quite specifically what the treason clause is all about. and yet two years after the end of the war, jefferson davis walks free, never to find himself in prison again. and the bail mone

davis, who at the time was one of the u.s. senators from mississippi of stood before her colleagues at the senate and uttered the phrase the inequality between the black-and-white races stamped from the beginning. and so ironically my book came out the very day. he made that statement because there was a bill on the floor that was considering a educating black people in dc and of course he got out and argued against it and many of you would know he became the president of theter e confederacy, and i start with that story to say it was indicative of the history of racist ideas that you essentially over the course of racist policies put in place or you have individuals who didn't want antiracist policies to be put in place like a bill that would provide education to children in washington, d.c. in the same manner that educational funds were being provided white children, and then you have individuals like jefferson davis present, produce, reproduce racist ideas to either challengi those bills or existing bills to defend existing

a sentiment that confederate president jefferson davis appeared to have shared. for those who saw the writing on the wall, however, they began to calculate how they could end the war without bringing dishonor on themselves and their countrymen. was it possible, they asked them selves, to be defeated without sacrificing their honor? abraham lincoln was cognizant that defeating the confederacy and bringing the war to conclusion required appealing to confederate sense of honor. if they could be persuaded that ending the war was more honorable than continuing to fight, thousands of lives could be saved. when lincoln met with grant and sherman aboard the river queen at city point in march of 1865, he instructed them to offer generous terms that would not compromise confederate honor. let them surrender and go home, lincoln told them. they will not take up arms again. let them all go, officers and all. let them have their horses with them to plow with. and if you like, their guns to shoot crows with. give them the most liberal and honorable of terms. many confederates

at it allows jefferson davis to be free to give speeches of how right he was. an impulse out there that i love the alexander stevens to become a governor of the state of georgia again, free of all penalties and --. -- aient out there reconciliation up there too denies about -- that denies a vote to anybody. untill number are denied congress or moves its abilities and most of them will have those disabilities removed within a decade. we had better see that. we had better understand the society. like wade hampton and confederate general can end up being a governor and then a senator. it is where confederate senator of mississippi can end at they on the united states supreme court. white is at the republicans didn't try to block his the fact of the matter is, that was the reality out there. and already, this process is going on within a few months of the war. pardons by the thousands are issued by the president in washington to just about anyone who asks for them. that pardoning process may have alarmed much of the north, but there was no attempt to try to alter i

and jefferson davis thinks and cal hoon think they are the embodiment of the founder's intentions. so we are dealing with an element in the present day that didn't exist in 1850. but the challenge of compromise, the challenge of compromise was the same then and now.

davis so while we are approaching the civil war we have jefferson davis helping our country helping to build the capital building to serve and then later we know he became the president of the confederacy's a that is a book i'm hoping to get through i have started in need to finish also destiny and power which is the book on george h. w. bush of a bike to get that done this summer and every summer i try to read a book i have read before last summer i read to kill a mockingbird before that i read all the king's men which is one of my favorite this summer i will read the tale of two cities senate have a bigger stack then i have time that the right brothers which is a wonderful american story of ingenuity and creativity in the library of congress brings in an author's they interview them and talk about the most recent books had the opportunity to see david talking about this book and then they give less each a copy if we come to the event. it is a wonderful story. >> the first the best book ever read last year was poetry night at the ballpark which had nothing to do with poetry but min

jeffersonned a long davis highway monday. the victim suffered serious injuries. tim barber has a look at the search for the suspect happening now. tim, what's the latest? this is a busy area over here, but here's the problem -- we are on a hillside you do not have a good vantage point of the road. businessesth the down the street who are down low in none of them saw the attack. detectives say that a man viciously attacked a bike or long jefferson davis highway in broad daylight. the assault happened at 4 p.m. sunday come in between mount pleasant drive and prince william parkway. in the back of the head and knocked off his bike. >> i cannot believe it. i'm in shock now. tim: it did not stop. theattacker kept hitting man until he was unconscious, then drove away with his wallet. ae suspect is described as 165 pound black male standing about five feet tall come in his early to mid 20's. he was last seen with short black hair, a black shirt, and blue jeans. >> i cannot believe somebody did that to that person. tim: a description of his getaway car was not provided.

and jefferson davis thinks -- and calhoun think they are the embodiment of the founder's intentions. so we are dealing with an element in the present day that is -- that didn't exist in 1850. but the challenge of compromise was the same then and now. to somehow or other find some meeting ground between people who are violently opposed to each other's views that's nothing new in this country. that's nothing new at all now and the challenge of finding that meeting ground with people you basically abhor in the name of a larger -- a greater public intere interest. i think there are people who are chiseling on the other side of the fence -- the anti-government side of the fence -- who are chiseling away at the hostility to compromise because they see the consequences for the united states as potentially dire. why did that compromise happen in 1850? because people were afraid of civil war. they were afraid. it wasn't -- compromise isn't pretty, it's a mess. it makes everybody unhappy. there's a rather naive notion abroad about compromises at people getting together and being nice to each o

mississippi rival, jefferson davis at one point. why? because clay needed to bring somebody on board from the deep south who could bring other -- he hoped, other senators belonging to the deep south slave owning states and foote was an ardent defender of slavery and at the same time, an ardent unionist. i mean, these men existed at that moment. in the end, foote really -- he's such a contentious, irritating individual. he's -- his personalities are -- like i said, an apoplectic elf. sort of imagine david sedaris in 1850 wearing black broad cloth with a horse pistol. but anyway, it doesn't work. yes, he's saddled with foote's omnibus bill. the first use incidentally or at least popularization of the term omnibus to apply to legislation is this bill. so finally, as david just observed, the omnibus crashes and newspapers reported it as the wreck of the omnibus. >> lots is going on outside the senate chamber actually. and you retrieve some historical doings that i think really arcane these days be to read them is to say my goodness, gracious

and i think that's one of the great ironies of american history, that later jefferson davis of course left and became president of the confederacy. >> before we go in this suite, it's actually been named after one of your predecessors, howard baker. >> before i got here, when howard baker left in 1984, he was very popular with both sides of the aisle, both republicans and the democrats. that was sort of a parting gesture to an outstanding republican leader. >> let's walk in. as we are walking in, i've been doing this for a long time. and it seems as though you're one of -- fair to say -- declining number of senators who really care about the history of the senate? i'm thinking about senator bird before you who spent so much time. do you find that your interest in history is not as shared among newer members as it was in the old days? >> well, i don't really know. but i know there are a few who read a lot of american history. i've always been interested in it. in fact, i did my senior thesis in college on henry clay and the compromise of 1850 and i have a depiction of that which i'll s

today, i have stood where once jefferson davis stood and took an oath to my people. it is very appropriate that from the cradle of the confederacy, this very heart of the great anglo-saxon southland, that today we sound the drums of freedom as the generations before us have done time and again. let us rise to the cause of freedom and send our answer in the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth. i draw a line in the dust and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> dan carper, the power of those words. >> pretty amazing. it really got him the first serious national attention. his aides worked very hard to make sure all the networks were there. it was the first stage in think took him out of a position of being a narrow, parochial, southern politician and put him on the national stage. asa carter, one of his unofficial a-6 had been a -- one of this artificial aids had been and became the writer of a number of best- selling novels under the name forrest carter. >> danny in mississippi, you are on the contenders. >> th

davis highway. they tasked the group at looking for confederate memorialize and street names. they are considering new individual names as it is brought up. >>> with just the push of a button from mayor mural bowser. the latest bridge is now glowing. $2 million was spent to light up the francis case memorial bridge. developers say it will enhance the area. it is the southeast-southwest freeway, southwest side of it, i think, named for a former senator. the project was done by the same company that lit up the eiffel tower and london bridge. >>> without the proper ts to class on tuesday. clinics will be held saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at iverson mall, beltway plaza and prince george's plaza. we have a full list on our nbc washington app. >>> your first chance to see the redskins at home in months. the first preseason game is at 7:30 tonight. if you are going to watch them take on the new york jets, remember there are a lot of rules of what you can and can't bring. seat cushions and umbrella

some thought it was great, the idea that you would still hold jefferson davis accountable was great, and others thought that blaine was waving the bloody shirt again and the nation was moving away from the war and reconciliation seemed to be moving forward and why was he provoking this dispute again. >> we have five minutes left. independence, iowa, this is joe. >> caller: unlike joshua chamberlain, william mckinley, blaine had no military record in the civil war but his running mate general john a. logan had one and was the first president of the grand army of the republic, that great republican organization throughout the states, and logan gave us memorial day declaration day. can you speak to the fact, was that a ticket balancing move in some sense or did it in part cover the fact that blaine had not served? >> i think there's no question but that what is a political balance on the ticket. logan was very well known. the veterans' vote was a very powerful force in the post-civil war period in america. blaine, because he was very much involved in an emerging political career, when t

should the name of jefferson davis highway be changed? yes, is the recommendation from a commission that spent the past year examining the role of confederate memorials in alexandria. other recommendations include considering request to rename real estates -- rename streets named for confederate figures but they don't remember removing the appomattox statue. the group will consider the recommend next month. coming up at 6:00, the new problem facing thousands amid historic floods in louisiana. and the local efforts to send help. plus, an image spreading around the globe. a child sitting stoically in the midst of war. what we know about him ahead. first, though, there was no robbery. what police say really happened the night four american swimmers say are learning breaking news in this case. doug: a beautiful thursday evening. sunshine, blue skies, clouds and no thunderstorms out there. we will tell you when they are coming back. they are coming back. that is in the forecast still to come at "abc7 news at 6:00". maureen: breaking news in th

one of the main proponents of that is jefferson davis. so while we are approaching the civil war, we have a jefferson davis really helping our country, up until the capitol building which would serve our entire country, and the window later that he became the president of the confederacy. so that's a book that i'm hoping to get through. i started it and they need to finish it. i also want to read about "destiny and power," which is the book by jon meacham on george h. w. bush. i would like to get that done this summer. and then every summer i tried to read a book that i've read before. last summer i read "to kill a mockingbird." the summer before that i read all the king kings men, which ie of my favorite books, and this summer i'm going to reread dickens tale of two cities. >> booktv wants to know what you reading this summer. tweet us your answer @booktv or you can post it on our facebook page. >> this is a booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here's our primetime lineup. >> that all happened tonight on c-span2's booktv. >

jefferson davis highway, that two miles it will take you 14 minutes to get through there. in d.c., we have a gas line repair going on on v street in northeast. it's at south dakota avenue. that is closed down right now. we are getting word of an accident on 29 close to 17 as well. we will get you more information on that accident coming up. mike and jan. >> that. >>, ellen. >>> breaking overnight, two people are in the hospital with accident near the national gallery of art in northwest, d.c. >> this happened at 4th street and pennsylvania avenue. a driver lost control of the vehicle, jumped a curb and hit a security guard driving a cart for the museum. the driver's vehicle caught on fire. both the driver and the security guard were taken to george washington university hospital. we are waiting to get an update on their condition. >>> new documents show a problem for the man at the center of the popular serial podcast. a maryland judge is ordering a new trial forsey idea who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend years ago. the pot cast raised questions about his guilt.

and jefferson davis. swimmer dies - while at a water park in washington state. "we saw him jump off but we didn't see him come up and i went underwater to see it a little and he was just laying there. " the wild waves theme park says lifeguards pulled the man out of one of the activity pools saturday night. c-p-r from first responder teams - and later - firefighters - failed to revive him. guests at the park noticed some changes the next day. "a lot more higher security in the waters... the ride that the accident happened on is completely closed down and roped off and extra employees making sure nobody goes around that area." the drowning comes after a 10- year-old boy was killed on a huge slide at a kansas water park earlier this month. a final report has been released - after a chiild was attacked and killed by an alligator at a disney park in florida. and wildlife comission says little could be done to prevent what happened. the report says the gator acted in a "predatory manner" - and that 2-year old lane thomas graves did nothing to provoke the reptile. the

davis accountable was great. others thought blaine was doing what they called waving the bloody shirt again and here the nation was moving away from the war and reconciliation seemed to be moving forward and why was he provoking this dispute again? >> we have about five minutes left. independence, iowa, this is joe. hi, joe. >> caller: hi. unlike joshua chamberlain, ulysses s. grant, william mckinley, blaine had no military record in the civil war but his running mate general john a. logan had one and was the first president of the grand army of the republic, that great republican organization throughout the states and logan gave us memorial day, decoration day. can you speak to the fact was thaw a ticket-balancing move in some sense or did it cover the fact that blaine had not served? >> i think there's no question but what that was a political

also acadia parish, and down in jefferson davis parish. we are working again today to formulate a more complete plan for transitioning out of response to recovery, and what that means with respect to the housing options that we will pick from, there nothing easy about this because we have folks from all demographics, some of which had flood insurance and some did not. some had the ability to read our -- to rent or stay in a hotel, others do not. we have some places where there is capacity with rental units in hotels and other places where there are not. every home that has been damaged is not damage to the same extent. it may be easy to get some people in but difficult for others. you have to find the right mix of options and that takes some time. we been working is sensibly, not -- extensively, not just here in this building, but going out and meeting to find out what the mix is so that we bring the resources necessary. we will have another meeting this afternoon to try to make some final decisions and we will be communicating those decis

some people thought it was great because of this idea that you could still hold jefferson davis accountable was great and others thought that blaine was waving the bloody shirt again and the nation was moving away from the war and reconciliation seemed to be moving forward and why was he provoking this dispute again. >> we have five minutes left. independence, iowa, this is joe. >> caller: unlike joshua chamberlain, ulysses s. grant, william mckinley, blaine had no military record in the civil war but his running mate general john a. logan had one and was the first president of the grand army of the republic, that great republican organization throughout the states and logan gave us memorial day declaration day. can you speak to the fact, was that a ticket balancing move in some sense or did it in part cover the fact that blaine had not served? >> i think there's no question but that what is a political balance on the ticket. logan was very well known. the veterans vote was a very powerful force in the post-civil war period in america. blaine, because he was very much involved in an emergin

davis which was interesting. >> how have the politics of that resounded with the nation? >> well, it's provoked a great fight in congress and people felt -- some people thought it was great because they believed that he should in fact -- this idea that you would still hold jefferson davis accountable was really great and others thought that blaine was doing what they called waving the bloody shirt again and here the nation was moving away from the war and reconciliation seemed to be moving forward and why was he provoking this kind of dispute again? >> we have about five minutes left. independen independence, iowa. this is joe. hi, joe. >> caller: hi. unlike joshua chamberlain, ely'ses s. grant, william mckinley, blaine had no military record in the civil war but his running mate, general john a. logan, had one and army of the republic, that great republican organization throughout the states and logan gave us memorial day declaration -- decoration day. can you speak to the fact, was that a ticket balancing move in some sense or did it in part cover the fact that blaine h

one of the main proponents of that is jefferson davis. so while we're approaching the civil war, we have jefferson davis really helping our country helping build a capitol building which would serve our entire company and then we know later he became later the president of the confederacy. that is a book i'm hoping to get through. i started it and i need to finish it. i also want to read about destiny and power, which is the book by john meacham on george h.w. bush. i would like to get that done this summer. and then every summer i try to read a book that i have read before. last summer i read "to kill a mockingbird.." the summer before that, i read, "all the king's men," which is one of my favorite books. this summer i'm going to reread dickens, "tale of two cities." >> well, i have a bigger stack than i've got time i fear but right now, i'm reading the wright brothers, david mccullough's book, wonderful american story of ingenuity and creativity. the library of congress does a great series for members of congress and they bring in autho

. >>> an advisory group in alexandria recommends changing the name of jefferson davis highway. they task the group at looking at confederate memorialize and street names. this group is recommending that the appamatox statue remains in place. >>> the transit agency has launched a criminal investigation into employee conduct that may have played a role in the east derailment. general manager says a recent review raised questions about whether tracks are being properly installed. the national transportation safety board says metro's routine inspections have been infrequent. metro will continue its track work through this weekend. that means expect some delays and shuttle buses. they will be doing work like replacing track ties and other upgrades. >>> it's finally that time again. nfl football is back at fedex field. the redskins are taking on the new york jets at 7:30 tonight. this is only a preseason game. give yourself extra time to deal with any safe trax delays. there are restrictions on what you can be bring into the stadium. >>> th panda is turning 1 and what better way to c

so, while we are approaching the civil war we haven't jefferson davis really helping our country, helping build a capital building, which would serve our entire country and then we know later he became the president of the confederacy, so that they book i am hoping to get through. i started it and i need to finish it. i also want to read about destiny and power, which is the book by john meacham on george hw bush. i would like to get that done this summer. then, every summer i try to read a book that i have read before. last summer i read "to kill a mockingbird" in the summer before i read "all the kings men, which is one of my favorite men and this summer i will reread dickens "tale of two cities". >> well, i have a bigger stack that i have time, i fear, but right now i'm reading the wright brothers. wonderful american story of ingenuity and creativity and the library of congress does a great series for members of congress where they bring in authors and date interview them. they talk about their most recent books and i had the opportunity to see david mccall and talking about this book

jefferson davis was a good man. this city holds up high and mighty statues of the confederacy. those are people who wanted to keep black people in low-wage status. people who are racist and they did not want freedom, justice, and equality for everybody. we want. we want more. we want more in our neighborhood. so i joined the fight for $15 and i am so excited to be part of it because i know for me and myself as well as my family and help others to get the same thing so they can help their families as well. this community is suffering. not only this community in richmond, virginia but all over the united states. these big corporations are taking advantage of the communities. we communities. we are tired and we are fighting by. we are not going to let go and we are not going to let down. >> welcome fight for $15. [applause]. welcome to bismarck! i am a fast food worker at mcdonald's. i have seen economic changes in our city. my dad, herman, may he rest in peace, he did not even have a high school education. he was able to afford to take care of me and my whole family. all by his s

. >>> an advisory group in alexandria recommends changing the name of jefferson davis highway. the city council tasked that group with looking at confederate memorials and street names. it's not calling for an all-out blanket change to all streets honoring confederate figures. rather considering individual requests for new names as they are brought up. the group is also recommending that the apamattod statue remain in place. >>> outrage at prince george's county schools. head start program was kept a secret from board members. they just found out that the program is set to lose its $6 million grant because of this investigation. there are two incidents in the reports. one where a three-year-old was forced to mop up his own urine after an another after a five-year-old wondered away and crossing at least one street. >> i understand the public mistrust. i have the same mistrust and i'm on the school board. >> the federal grant funded more than 900 children who used the program. >>> metro launch a criminal probe into last month's train derailment. questions were raised whether trac

davis parish and cameron parish, as well. so i'm happy to talk about the recovery, but i want everyone in the country to know that even though the rain started a week ago, we are still very much in the search and rescue and the response mode, as we speak. >> do you have the resources that you need for the rescue and response mode? we've seen a lot of heart-warming is stories about civilians, regular citizens, getting in john boats and getting together what they need to rescue their fellow citizens in need. do you have the government resources you need in order to rescue people who need help? >> well, what we do best in louisiana is take care of one another. and i'm heart warmed and gratified that the people in louisiana have had with respect to doing that. but i've also been gratified by the partnership we've had with the federal government, with the folks from fema, who have been embedded with us in baton rouge since last thursday. and since that time, we've had every thing that we needed in terms of assets and resources, we

. >> today i have stood where once jefferson davis stood and took an oath to my people. it is very appropriate that from this cradle of the confederacy, this very heart of the great anglo-saxon southland that today we sound the drum for freedom as have our generation of forbearers before us done time and again down through history. let us rise to the cry of freedom loving blood that is in us and send our answer to the tyranny that clanks its chains in the south in the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, i draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever. >> dan carter, the power of those words from january 14, 1963. >> pretty amazing. and it really got him the first serious national attention. he -- his aides worked very hard to make sure that all the networks were there. and it transformed -- it was the first stage along with the stand at the school house door that i think took him out of the position of being a narrow parochial southern politician a

the jefferson davis white house from the confederacy is here. rosa parks began her bus boycott here as well. dr. martin luther king jr. preached at the dexter avenue king memory it will baptist church which is one block from the state capitol where george wallace announced on january 14th in 1964, segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever. it is laid out. you can see a lot of the different exhibits here in the city as well. next call for our two guests, dan carter and joe reed. new york, nick, you are on the contenders. okay. we're going to move on from nick. we'll move south to kennesaw, georgia. john, you're on "the contenders." please go ahead. >> caller: my question is for mr. carter getting back to the '72 election and his choice of curtis lemay, i am curious of what motivated him to make that selection, what their relationship was. thank you very much. >> that was in '68, right? >> well, he thought that general lemay would bring in a lot of veteran voters. remember now, in the 1960s, there were still a huge number of ve

one of the main proponents of that is jefferson davis. so while we are approaching the civil war, we have jefferson davis really hoping our country, helping build a capitol building which would serve our entire country, then we know later that he became the president of the confederacy. so that's a book that i'm hoping to get through. i started it and they need to finish it. i also want to read about destiny and power, which is the book by jon meacham on george h. w. bush. i would like to get that done this summer. and then every summer i tried to read a book that i've read before. last summer i read "to kill a mockingbird." the summer before that i read all the kings men which is one of my favorite books. and this summer i'm going to reread dickens, a tale of two cities. >> i have a bigger stack that i've got time i fear, provide i reading the wright brothers which is david mccallum's book. a wonderful american story of ingenuity and creativity. a library of congress does a great series for most of congress with a bring and authors and t

the jefferson davis white house from the confederacy is here. row ca parks began her bus boycott here, as well. dr. martin luther king jr. preached at the dexter avenue king memory it will baptist church which is one block from the state capitol where george wallace announced in 1963 segregation now, seg gagration tomorrow and segregation forever. it is laid out. you can see a lot of the different exhibits here in the city as well. next call for our two guests, dan carter and joe reed. new york, nick, you are on the contenders. nick you're on "the contenders." we're going to move on from nick. we're going to get rid of nick and move south to dmaenon to kennesaw, georgia. john you're on the contenders. please go ahead. >> caller: my question is for mr. carter getting back to the '72 election and his choice of curtis lemay, i am curious of what motivated him to make that selection, what their relationship was. thank you very much. >> that was in '68, right? >> well, he thought that general lemay would bring in a lot of veteran voters. remember now

davis parish and cameron parish, as well. so i'm happy to talk about the recovery, but i want everyone in the country to know that even though the rain started a week ago, we are still very much in the search and rescue and the response mode, as we speak. >> do you have the resources thatou need for the rescue and response mode? we've seen a lot of heart-warming is stories about civilians, regular citizens, getting in john boats and getting together what they need to rescue their fellow citizens in need. do you have the government resources you need in order to rescue people who need help? >> well, what we do best in louisiana is take care of one another. and i'm heart warmed and gratified that the people in louisiana have had with respect to doing that. but i've also been gratified by the partnership we've had with the federal government, with the folks from fema, who have been embedded with us in baton rouge since last thursday. and since that time, we've had every thing that we needed in terms of assets and resources, we'v

jefferson davis is the big man. this city holds up high and mighty statues of the confederacy. those are people who wanted to keep black people in low-wage status. people who are racist and they did not want freedom, justice, and equality for everybody. we want more. we want more in our neighborhood. so i joined the fight for $15 and i am so excited to be part of the fight for 15 because i know for me and myself as well as my family and help others to get the same thing so they can help their families as well. this community is suffering. not only this community in richmond, virginia but all over the united states. these big corporations are taking advantage of the communities. we are tired and we are fighting it. we are not going to let go and we are not going to let down. down. >> welcome fight for $15. [cheers and applause] welcome to bismarck! i am a fast food worker at mcdonald's here in richmond, v.a.. i have seen economic changes in our city. herman, may my dad he rest in peace did not even have a high school education. he was able to afford to take care of me and my who

jefferson davis. he was the big man. this city holds up high and mighty statutes of the confederacy and those are people who wanted to keep black people in low-wage status, people who were racist and they didn't want, you know, equality for everybody. we want more. we want more in our neighborhoods. i am so excited to be part of the "fight for $15" because i know that i am helping me, myself, as well as my family and helping others get the same thing so they can help their families as well because this community is suffering. not only this community here in richmond, virginia but all over the united states. these big corporations are taking advantage of the communities and we are tired of it. we are fighting back and we are not going to let it go and back down. [applause] >> fight for $15! >> welcome to richmond. [applause] >> i am velanda. a fast food worker at mcdonald's here in richmond, pa! i have seen economic changes in our city. for example, my dad herman, may he rest in peace, didn't even have a high school educa

when i was growing up, in this city, which is the state where jefferson davis took the oath of office as president of the conservancy. in the west side of town, the town that nothing good could come out of. the getaway area of montgomery. two basic that young african-american males would be considered well respected, one is a preacher. two is a teacher. and you did both of them on the segregated basis. i had gone where i was quite early, they say, baptized cats and dogs so i was sent to a school, i was in tennessee when i was 12 to larn how to bam preacher and i did all the high schoolwork after going to elementary school in montgomery. i went to high school in nashville, to the nashville christian institute, and the president of that crew who was one of our preachers, he decided he needed to do two things for the school. one it was private school, so you had money. two, you had to produce students. i was connected by him to be one of the boy preachers who would travel with him all over the southeast and the southwest, raise aring and recruiting students. i knew, i knew something abou

the two largest high schools are jefferson davis high. confederate days a state holiday. it's martin luther king day. we are preoccupied with the history, but we won't talk about slavery. and that creates a problem. so this project is aimed at trying to change that. we have to resurrect this history and talk about the challenges created we have to talk about the challenges created by lynching. people don't understand that was terrorism. we menaced and traumatized millions of african-americans in this country. at the beginning of the 20th century, the black population lived in the south. they fled by the millions. the black people in milwaukee and chicago and new york and los angeles didn't come to those communities as immigrants looking for economic if it we don't talk about that history, we're not going to understand the challenges that have been created and so we want to give name to this history. we want to name the victims of lynching. we want to talk about people like elizabeth lawrence who was lynched because she scolded children for throwing stones at her. we want

today, i have stood where once jefferson davis stood and took an oath to my people. it is very appropriate that from the cradle of the confederacy, this very heart of the great anglo-saxon southland, that today we sound the drums of freedom as the generations before us have done time and again. let us rise to the cause of freedom and send our answer in the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth. i draw a line in the dust and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> dan carper, the power of those words. >> pretty amazing. it really got him the first serious national attention. his aides worked very hard to make sure all the networks were there. it was the first stage in think took him out of a position of being a narrow, parochial, southern politician and put him on the national stage. asa carter, one of his unofficial a-6 had been a -- one of this artificial aids had been and became the writer of a number of best- selling novels under the name forrest carter. >> danny in mississippi, you are on the contenders. >> th