Well during the rican struction period following the civil war, Congress Investigated a sharp rise in violence against freed black slaves and their supporters. It was violence committed by a new Organization Called the ku klux klan. In 1871, hearings were held in congress, heard gripping testimony from victims about what they had suffered. These congressional hearings helped lead to new laws and the creation of a new department of justice. They had a major impact on our country for decades. Well, as part of our series Congress Investigates, we hear the story from professor sean Lee Alexander of the university of kansas. Hes the author of the book reconstruction violence and the ku klux klan hearings. Professor alexander, following the civil war, were freed. Black slaves starting to make progress and changes in their lives. Absolutely. In the immediate years of the emancipation, africanamericans organized in tremendous ways and and began to build build wealth, own property. They began t
Hello again im peter w. Watching the news live from the sixty minutes of news and comment today. A bomb and gun attack kills eighty five people at a mosque in egypts sinai peninsula. We ask those who are primaries in the past to reconsider that they cannot meet in a political sense or you can is that zimbabwes new president reaches out to the world saying he is ready and willing to reengage after his historic inauguration. Of course in pakistan orders the release of the man accused of planning the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks a move thats outraged india plus. Accusations today of beatings as the Police Forcibly remove refugees from a former australian run prison camp in papua new guinea. Top story at least eighty five people have been killed and dozens more. Have been injured after fights as target a mosque in egypts north sinai now the attack took place during prayers at a mosque in bed local sources say the attackers planted explosives and then opened fire on the worshippers
America. Everybody. But today i want to focus on one aspect of American Life that remains particularly skewed by race and by health, a source of in equity that has ripple effects on families and communities and ultimately on our nation and that is our criminal Justice System. Now, this is not this is not a new topic. I know sometimes folks discover these things like they just happen. There is a long history of in equity in the criminal Justice System in america. When i was in the state legislature in illinois, we worked to make sure that we had video taping the interrogations because there were some problems there. We set up racial profiling laws to prevent the kind of bias in traffic stops that too many people experience. Since my First Campaign ive talked about how in too many cases our criminal Justice System ends up being a pipeline from underfunded inadequate schools to overcrowded jails. What has changed though is that in recent years, the eyes of more americans have been opened
Of a plevo site is created at that point. I realize im posing something to you that is hypothetical. In light of the officials in the Russian Federation, i think its something to be concerned about. Brezinski spoke to this Committee Earlier this year and said we need to create a trip wire in the baltics and that this trip wire should communicate clearly to russia that nato will not tolerate violation of the territorial integrity of our allies. What do you think of this idea and can you, the steps the dod needs to take under your leadership to send a credible message that this sort of pretext by the Russian Federation would not be tolerated be i the United States and our nato allies . Senator, i think our experience in ukraine and in the other examples that you use highlights the fact that we need to update our deterrence and response model to deal with the kind of threat we had today, which has been described as a hieber threat from russia, which combines Unconventional Warfare as well
In the south bay, you can see it is headed through palo alto with some showers and it will be raining a little bit down there, as well. It will be pretty much on and off all day with a cloudy start and light showers and more showers later today. Dont put your umbrellas away and keep your rain boots out. Rain off and on this week. You might as well keep them out all week. Jaclyn . Slowdowns for drivers along the east shore freeway. This is a motorcycle crash that just came in a couple of minutes ago and quickly backed up traffic almost two highway 37. You are in for a slow ride and we are looking at delays of about 11 minutes from the parkway to the cartagenes bridge , a 17 minute ride with emergency crews on the bridge. East bound, if you are going that way, be prepared. When you get past that on the east for on the east shore freeway, you are in the green to the bay bridge toll plaza. Quite the backup is developing due to the shift change with cash lanes backed up. In the green to San