Louisiana hurricane laura, rather, in louisiana and texas, and will be receiving a briefing in lake charles. We will have live coverage of that briefing when that happens. He will also be in orange, texas, near the louisiana border, participating with local responders in a roundtable. That is live at 4 35 p. M. The president is making the trip two days after the category 4 slammed into the gulf coast, leaving at least 14 dead and wreaking havoc, with severe winds and flooding. Storm surge has receded and the cleanup effort has begun, hundreds of thousands remain without power or water, and they could be there for weeks or months, as the hot summer stretches on. Tripage of the president s to louisiana on cspan. We are moving toward our next but now. Spot now. [indistinct conversations] thats ok, i got it. Later, as we said before, the president will meet with Emergency Responders and local officials in orange, texas, near the louisiana border. That should happen around 4 35 p. M. Eastern. While we are waiting for that briefing to start, here is a segment from this mornings washington journal. Continues. Host we are back and we are joined by Ohio State University professor hasan kwame jeffries, who is here to give us some Historical Perspective on the march on washington and the rights in the united states. Professor jeffries, good morning. Guest good morning. You. To be with host thank you so much for being with us. First, lets get your impressions of yesterdays march on washington and how it original. O the guest it was very interesting, because there are certainly a lot of parallels. Certainly in terms of what was being asked of the nation as a whole, what was being asked of the government. The march on washington that we saw yesterday was essentially organized around this idea of a justice,t to racial specifically focusing on ending Police Violence. Think abouten we the original march on washington in 1963, we only focus on that portion of dr. Kings speech that focuses on his imagining a different future, a different america, in the second half of the speech, and we dont Pay Attention to the first half of the speech in which he called for an and to Police Violence, and and and police brutality. Cannot bet we patient and we cannot rest until Police Violence comes to an end. In that sense, there were parallels. There were parallels in terms of demand for legislation, in this iteration on the march of washington, demanding the Voting Rights reforms, the john lewis act, police reforms, federal inislation, and of course, 1963, those 200,000 plus came to marshal support for what would become the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Difference, and notable improvement, i would say, would be the presence of women. Women speakers from the podium. Versus inin 2020, 1963, where you did not have that representation. But unfortunately, one of the reason why you had so many women who were speaking is that so many of the women were mothers and sisters of those who had fallen victim to Police Violence, who had been murdered by police. So it is important to put at least that aspect of the difference into perspective. Host . Is a little bit of what you wrote a few years ago about the march on washington. I want to read that to you and then well talk a little bit about it. You wrote leading the march was a call for meaningful civil rights laws. At the time, federal civil rights measures lacked teeth, prosecutorial power was limited, and punishments for racial discriminations were light, if they existed at all. Major civil rights legislation was passed before the Civil Rights Act. But many complained that it too lacked teeth. Today, it remains externally difficult to bring to justice or potatoes of crimes where racial bias and discrimination work bring to justice perpetrators are crimes where racial bias and discrimination were clearly at play. March . Ust an anniversary guest it is certainly more than a anniversary march. It is important to point out, there is already before the senate, major legislation to deal with the kind of policy issues that people on the ground are being animated by, the George Floyd Justice and policing act, the john lewis Voting Rights act. These are two pieces of legislation that those who much on washington yesterday were calling for. It remains to be seen that if, certainly this legislation is being held up by a republicancontrolled senate, and Mitch Mcconnell will not even bring it up for a vote, it remains to be seen that even if they were, what it would look like in its final iteration. Certainly, under the present administration, and the present republicancontrolled senate, whatever would come out of it would be less than satisfactory in terms of what people are animated for and are demanding. That is partly Politics Party politics. But i dont doubt that those who marched yesterday would not be content or satisfied with anything less than measures that fully address the issues that people are demanding. At the same time, it is important to note that even during the original iteration of the march on washington in 1963, there were those who felt that whatever would come out of washington in terms of legislation in the Civil Rights Act and eventually the Voting Rights act, would be insufficient to deal with the weres luck black folk facing. We saw that yesterday. Many were like, this is more than a reform issue. We need to fully defined, to defund. To reimagine what america looks like. So it is a spectrum of demands and concerns. But there are real parallels in terms of what people are asking for. And although this certainly will not be the end of it, rest assured that people will continue to fight afterwards. Host we want to let our viewers join in the conversation. We will open up regional lines for this segment. That means that if you are in the eastern or central time zones, we want to hear from you 2027488000. If you are in the mountain and pacific time zones, you can call in at 2027488001. Google open up a special line for those who remember the 1963 march on washington. We want to know what you remember and what your impressions were of the 1963 march on washington. The line for those who remember the 2027488002. March, keep in mind, you can always text us at 2027488003, and we always reading on social media on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook. At facebook. Com cspan. Professor jeffreys, one thing we havent talked about yet this morning is the racial unrest going on around the country right now because of the Police Shooting of africanamerican men and women. Tell us what you think about what is going on in kenosha, for example, and the unrest going on in this country, and how it 1960s. To the guest just like the march of washington between 1963 and today, there are parallels. There is a through line. When people are angry and upset and frustrated with the slow progressa, when they feel unheard, they will protest and demand change. What we are seeing whether in kenosha or minneapolis is not different than what we saw when people were demonstrating in the 1960s. It is important that we be clear that the vast majority of people who are taken to the streets are doing so in nonviolent ways. We cannot allow those who want asspin what they are seeing being a function of anarchy and violence and domestic terrorism, because that is certainly not the case. At the same time, we ought not whoiss out of hand those are choosing to express themselves politically by targeting property, specific kinds of property such as those elements that are connected to the state federal buildings or police cars and the like. But too is political expression of frustration and rage in and that of change. I dont think we should be cavalier about dismissing that were lumping it together. We should look at the full spectrum and take people seriously and listen to what they are saying and what they want. Host do you think protesting is still effective in this day and age . We have a lot of people who talk about moving from protesting to politics. But is protesting even effective anymore . Guest absolutely. We have already seen some of that effectiveness already just within the last couple of months. From memorial day to the present, we have actually seen, if you go by the crowdcounters of the new york times, they produced a nice piece in july, you are talking about 25 million americans have taken to the streets in just a couple of days in june. With this being the largest protest in american history, they are occurring right now. As a result of that, we have democrats in congress, in control of the house of representatives, putting Forward Police reform legislation. It is important as well not just to look at what is happening at the federal level but also look at the local level, the ways in which cities have already reimagined and begun to at least talk about reallocating resources away from overlyfunded Police Departments and disturbing that the social services and schools and the like. You have the president is meeting with Emergency Responders and local officials in orange, texas, near the louisiana border. That happens later this afternoon. Right now, he is talking with officials in lake charles, louisiana. [indistinct conversations]