course, happy father s day to all the fathers out there and happy juneteenth. hi, arthel. arthel: happy father s day to you, eric, happy juneteenth to everyone. i m arthel neville. two other big stories we are watching this hour. president biden under mounting pressure to act as american families struggle with high prices on everything from gas to groceries, top white house economic adviser on fox news sunday trying to put the best face on it. look, we get it, when you drive up to the pump and you see prices, it creates uncertainty and real economic hardship but at the same time it is important as americans that we recognize the unique strengths in the economy. the president has made clear fighting inflation and bringing down prices is top priority. arthel: agents at the border border tell us they are understaffed as migrants keep flooding around the clock. live team coverage right now bill melugin in devaldo, texas but first jonathan in jackson international airport in atl
to end the war. president jefferson davis knew the confederate army was defeated and lives would be changed forever. but proved much easier than ending peace. emancipation meant that formerly ebb slaved persons were free and not bondage to other persons. it said nothing about status in the community. lauren: one of the disagreements they have is over reparations, paying descend antidepressants for someone who never owned slave to pay for someone who doesn t a slave. my good friend alex, hey, i wasn t and owner of slaves. when i go back and say we can t move past it, we can t go around it, let s move through it together and move through it together in a way we can
understand. the two agree when people do the right thing momentum builds quickly and they are working together to do their part. both say juneteenth is the day all americans should celebrate because slavery is an evil. eric: such a deeply meaningful an important commemoration. lauren, thank you. arthel. arthel: eric and lauren, for more on the celebrations let s bring in the extraordinary woman known as the godmother of juneteenth, ms. opal lee, retired teacher, counselor who paveed the way to make juneteenth a federalized holiday. ms. lee, it s a pleasure to have you. when you were working tirelessly and fiercely to get juneteenth declared as federal holiday, what fueled your fire, why did you believe this had to be a national holiday? well, first, i m going to tell you that they say i m the
asking to be served. today the counter is still here, the building now the international civil rights museum. we came here so many times when i was a child. i ve eaten right along the seats. i wasn t allow today eat at the counter. when we talk about juneteenth and moving forward and where we go to, you and i can sit down and eat together. we can break bread together. alex and odel formed friendship. believing that their shared faith is strong enough to bridge the cultures. we don t want to offend but we want to make people comfortably uncomfortable. following the union army s capture of richmond, virginia the confederate president and cabinet members fled south stopping in this hamlet where they held a series of secret meetings. lauren: it s believed near the spot a decision was made in 1965
slavery across the country. june 19, 1865 when the union army general announced freedom for the enslaved people in texas. to mark this day lauren green sat down with two pastors for important conversation on race in america. hi, lauren. hey, eric. juneteenth commemorates when they reached the state, the last ones to hear the news that they were free. however, some feel in the country there s grappling with the reality of what it means to be truly free and equal. two christian ministers are working to find common ground at the birthplace of civil rights movement. do i think he s a racist? both pastors and sons of the south who grew up during violent years that brought integration. it was here in greensbrorough, north carolina that 4 black college students defied segregation laws and sat down