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What do you feel about the Current Supreme Court . Julian bond they are awful. They are not all awful but the majority is awful. I cant quote this exactly so i hope youll understand. You read the decision in the almart case. Justice scalia writes that business is always hire the very best people. [laughter] there is no reason they would not hire the very best people. Therefore the argument the other people are making is nonsense. If you have that kind of reasoning, how can you expect anything but garbage to come out . And garbage came out of him this time and in other decisions they made. It is a bad court. Warren olney they are going to be there for a long time. Julian bond yes they are, they are, unless someone intervenes. [laughter] warren olney you are not talking about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . Julian bond no, we are gone. Warren olney what happened to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . It became a Different Organization after you found it and no
security concerns. u2 paid respects to the 130 killed in paris and the victims of san bernardino. the kennedy center honors five amazing americans, the eagles upset the pats, and much more on a busy monday. first look starts right now. good morning to you. thanks for being with us. president obama addressed the nation in only his third primetime address. speaking from the oval service office the president said although the threat of terror is real we should rely on our american values to overcome it. the threat from terrorism is real. but we will overcome it. we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. our success won t depend on tough talk nor abandoning our values nor giving in to fear. that s what groups like isil are hoping for. instead we will prevail by being strong and smart. resilient and relentless. and by drawing upon every aspect of american power. the president didn t offer new strategies but went on to talk about what is being