I would like to specially thank the society for its efforts to assist my predecessor and the Curators Office of obtaining the portraits of all 19 of the prior courts which have now been obtained. On behalf of all the officers of the court here, i would like to thank the society for the all the efforts they give to all of us. We are joined by three distinguished scholars for discussion of the civil war and its impact on Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. The moderator of the program will be professor brad snyder. He is an assistant professor of law at the university of Wisconsin Law school. He is the author of wellpaid slave. He is currently at work on the society of truth and other progressives that lived in the Dupont Circle rowhouse and formed a political salon in the 1910s. He has written extensive articles about justice holmes. Tonights analysts are James Mcpherson and g. Edward white. James mcpherson is the George Henry Davis Professor Emeritus of United States history at princeton un
The protests much Michael Brown. Iisrael has carried out 100 airstrikes. Today there has been an outpouring of support for james foley and widespread condemnation from the Islamic Group who murdered him. Foley was abducted 15 months ago while working in syria. Since then his family has been waiting and hoping for his return. The Islamic State group claimed in reaction to american air attacks they beheaded foley. He was strong, courageous, loving to the end. We just hardly recognize our little boy. He justhe was just a hero. You know from the videos his last wor last words were i wish i could see my family. So jim had a big heart. Just, i just, thats what we shared with president obama. You know, we pray that jims death can bring our country together in a stronger way, and the values that jim hold dear. Held dear. Jim would never want us to hate or be bitter, and we cannot do that. So we are just very proud of jimmy. President obama spoke earlier today about foleys death. He was forcefu
Headquarters in new york this is the daily show with jon stewart. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] jon were back. Welcome to the daily show. So nice to see you. My name is jon stewart. My guest tonight david rose author of enchanted objects. The emmys. Colbert report. Congratulations, great job. First big news the last few weeks, ferguson, missouri. A series of protests sparking in term a stern response which police who appear to be auditioning for robo cop. Its a story that has a lot of people outraged up and set. I came back from vacation because im furious. Of course you are. A 18yearold black teenager gunned down in the streets. Who wouldnt cut their vacation short to register the furry. You have to be a monster or in my case enjoying a particularly nice vacation. But good on you, mr. Oreilly, for coming back. Unless of course youre furious about Something Else. Furious go how the shooting death of 18yearold Michael Brown is being reported, and how various people are rea
Stephen back to the report, everybody good night captioning sponsored by Comedy Central captioning sponsored by captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org captioning sponsored by Comedy Central whats up. Jon stewart, were back. Im nominated to do the ferguson challenge. Not sure if its raising money for anything. Here we go. The ferguson challenge. Im excited and nervous. [beep] [beep] [beep] oh, is that mace oh, son of a bitch jon i dont nominate anyone. Can i do the ice bucket one now. August 26th, 2014. From Comedy Central world news headquarters in new york this is the daily show with jon stewart. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] jon were back. Welcome to the daily show. So nice to see you. My name is jon stewart. My guest tonight david rose author of enchanted objects. The emmys. Colbert report. Congratulations, great job. First big news the last few weeks, ferguson, missouri. A series of protests sparking in term a stern response which police who appear
So nice to see you. My name is jon stewart. My guest tonight david rose author of enchanted objects. The emmys. Colbert report. Congratulations, great job. First big news the last few weeks, ferguson, missouri. A series of protests sparking in term a stern response which police who appear to be auditioning for robo cop. Its a story that has a lot of people outraged up and set. I came back from vacation because im furious. Of course you are. A 18yearold black teenager gunned down in the streets. Who wouldnt cut their vacation short to register the furry. You have to be a monster or in my case enjoying a particularly nice vacation. But good on you, mr. Oreilly, for coming back. Unless of course youre furious about Something Else. Furious go how the shooting death of 18yearold Michael Brown is being reported, and how various people are reacting to it. Jon yes that is the outrage. The shooting of Michael Brown and any lack of transparency from the Police Department responsible for said inc