Framers of the 14th amendment were actually taking about, you cant get to a lot of these decisions. That is not the way the court has determined to construe the 14th amendment. Thank you for another important episode. I wonder if the timing and the nature of tonights case and others related to it, if it really isnt kind of representing the cleaning up of the failed postcivil war reconstruction business. Im wondering how much time was wasted between then and these cases which occurred. Douglas it is a great question. I think certainly we continue to grapple with these issues today. Certainly, it is a neverending process, one we have to continue to keep working at to figure out how to make our democracy real. Ted it is not just our democracy, but the principles of the declaration of independence, the gettysburg address, the 14th amendment, the concept of equality. We have never been a very perfect country with respect to living up to those ideals, and i think a lot of it is that the just
How does he navigate between the broader electorate and the democratic base, which still reveres the president. It is going to be one of the most fascinating things to watch. I also think that this could help, what has happened in california and paris, t it is a reminder that this is a serious time and she is some of you has experience on these issues. That could help her in a primary against Bernie Sanders and martin omalley. On the republican side, i think the only question is how aggressively can the candidates criticize president obama . The action is. None of them are going to say it was a great speech last night, im all for him. It is a matter of degree. I was really struck over the weekend by ted cruz in iowa, this is somebody who is a harford and princeton trained lawyer, a u. S. Senator and , a person who argued before the Supreme Court. He said i do not know if sand can glow, but we are going to lighten up so hard we are going to see, talking about bombing isis in the middle
Caused about one third by export to america and to western europe. So this pollution is our pollution and i think we have an ethical obligation to reduce it. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill americans today weighed the president s sunday night address on terror, abroad and at home. At the same time, investigators in Southern California sought to shed new light on the attack by a husband and wife who turned to militant islam. San Bernardino County leaders called for unity this morning, as thousands of employees returned to work for the First Time Since
New technology to track drones after a White House Security scare we begin with a new threat from i. S. I. L. To the government of jordan. The group is threatening to kill a jordanian pilot held captive if the country does not release a riseninger. Prisoner. In an audio recording the joys of kenji goto jogo says jordan has until sunset to release an iraqi prisoner at the Turkish Border if not set free the kidnappers say a jordanian pilot will be executed. Residents in jordan are demanding the government do all it can to win the pilots release. Reporter anger inside the pals of king abdullah. Moments later the sister of the captured jordanian pilot breaks down. Family and friends demand their Government Act faster to secure the release of the pilot whose plane crashed during a bombing mission, as part of a Coalition Fighting i. S. I. L. Leaders in jordan say they have heard nothing from i. S. I. L. As to whether he is safe. The foreign minister saying that the request for proof of life
Orders a retraining of the citys police force, we will speak to a former new York City Police to take to Graham Weatherspoon. When a Police Officer gets to the point where he is crossing from the actions of a Police Officer to the actions of the criminal, something has to be done. The grand jury decision was announced in Staten Island, a fruit roll was were wrapping up in cleveland for tamir rice, a 12yearold africanamerican boy who was shot dead by police while holding a toy gun at a park. Wherel go to cleveland the Justice Department just wrapped up a probe of the city police force. We have determined there was thatnable cause to believe the police force engages in a pattern of using Excessive Force. We will speak to ohio senator nina carter. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Thousands of protesters have swarmed the streets of new york city for a second night to protest the grand jury decision not to indict the white Police Office