students because we can find out what is going on, who is doing it. because terrorism and racism have no place on college campus. education is a it s a powerful thing. our students need to be educated. and it s unfair that their education is disrupted in this way, and that s exactly what is happening. i think we are doing what we need to do, we are pulling together and being a support that we make sure we put it into this. congresswoman alma adams as the founder and co-chair of the hbcu caucus in congress. congresswoman, thank you so much for a time tonight. i am sorry that this is happening. i m glad to hear you i m glad to hear that you feel the resources are in the right place ending going in the right directions. let s hope for arrests soon. thank you. thank you rachel, thank, you thank you for having me. have a good night. we will be right back, stay with us. have a good night.
more than 20 historically black universities and colleges have received threats in less than a month. including more than a dozen today. following the latest threats today, the house speaker, nancy pelosi, the chair of the congressional black caucus, joyce baytieh, and the founder of the hbcu caucus in congress, congresswoman elmer adams issued the statement. quote, the continued bomb threats against hbcus are hate crimes that must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. this third round of bumper it s on historically black college and university campuses demands a swift response from federal and state law enforcement agencies. it s especially jarring that these threats come during black history month, when we not only celebrate the immense contributions of black americans, but also remember the violence so many had to endure to secure civil rights and voting rights. we know from history that in spite of cohn external threats, hbcus are resilient institutions that will persist
issued the statement. quote, the continued bomb threats against hbcus are hate crimes that must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. this third round of bumper bomb threats on historically black college and university campuses demands a swift response from federal and state law enforcement agencies. it s especially jarring that these threats come during black history month, when we not only celebrate the immense contributions of black americans, but also remember the violence so many had to endure to secure civil rights and voting rights. we know from history that in spite of external threats, hbcus are resilient institutions that will persist through all forms and adversity. we are closely monitoring the situation in doing everything we can to bring an end to these threats. terrorism and racism have no place on college campuses or anywhere in our nation. joining us now is congresswoman alma adams, she s founder and co-chair of the hbcu caucus in congress. congresswoman adam
year that he was there, that was really an eventful tenure for gregory jacob. especially during the last few months of his time serving as vice president pence chief counsel. on january 4th, 2021, two days before the attack on the capitol, two days before the gregory jacobs attended a meeting in the oval office. and there in the room for the meeting was the president, donald trump, the vice president, gregory jacobs boss, mike pence. also, the vice presidents chief of staff. and president trump had someone with him there to, a lawyer friendly to him and to his overturn the election cause. a lawyer named john eastman. john eastman was apparently there at that january 4th meeting to tell vice president pence that he had to act, he had to do something on january six when congress was said to me to certify the election. eastman reportedly at that meeting told by vice president pence and his staff that the vice president should refuse to
investigators in congress. we he testified to investigators for almost nine hours today. really? it is a very long time. part of the reason we know that, part of the reason that was confirmed tonight, is because of comments from the chairman of the january 6th investigation, congressman benny thompson of mississippi. just gonna play you this conversation between benny thompson and a reporter. this is my favorite piece of tape so far from the january six investigation. and you are about to see why. this is chairman thompson tonight talking to a reporter and confirming that yeah, gregory jacob did come in and testify and it turned out to be a long day and a big deal. listen to how he sort of spills it out, this is excellent, this is from today. how was your weekend, first of all? it was the end of deer season. really? . and i went deer hunting. did you get anything? i absolutely did. you need some meat? i don t know, i don t really eat deer meat you ve never had venison?