This is part of a symposium on reconstruction, hosted by the u. S. Capital historical society. For those of you who were not here at the beginning today, my name is paul finkelman. Im a historian and i also have the honor of being the president of Gratz College in greater philadelphia and i am the symposium organizer for this symposium on reconstruction. Were about to begin our next session, and our next session deals with issues of public understanding in the modern period in reconstruction, and we have two speakers this morning. We have Vernon Burton whos from clemson university, and we have brook thomas who is from the university of california at irvine. Both of them are stunningly important scholars in this world. Vernon burton is the judge matthew j. Perry distinguished chair of history and a professor of pan african studying, sociology and anthropology and Computer Science at clemson university, which is to say hes mostly the entire university at this point. His i could read all
Obviously im happy but really because what they did and they put it out there against a really good team. Im proud of this group and im really happy for them. Todd its hard to know what youre going to get from a quarterback who hasnt really played and started a game since 2011 i think it was and first collegiate start to come out in this environment. What did you see in bart houston . He was bart. Hes going to compete and theres going to be a couple plays were going to want to learn from but he competed and i was just proud of the way everyone played together. We had that spurt where we gave them some momentum. The fumble and the pick six. Guys just stayed with it and hats off to the team. They came through in a big way. This was fun because it took everyone. Todd i know you have a whole season to play and this is one game but watching your players and how excited and emotional they were yesterday to walk through on this field, to get this win against an lsu team could be a national ch
Might be a little bit aggressive. But that this has been going on for at least a few days. We do know the chief of staff john kelly has been reviewing, evaluating a lot of the positions at the west wing. Steve bannons was among them. Im also told by an Administration Official that the interview that bannon did with the american prospect, quote, didnt help his case, in terms of staying on at the white house. While bannon was definitely a darling of many conservative, he was also seen in the white house as something of a divisive figure. Though it was also said to be aoeud logically very much along the same lines as the president. Heres official statement from the white house saying, quote, white house chief of staff john kelly and steve bannon have mutually agreed today would be steves last day. We are grateful for his service and we wish him the best. You can tell as early as tuesday of this week that the writing really was on the wall for bannon. After months of speculation. When the
States Supreme Court, judge Brett Kavanaugh. He has suffered the meanness, the anger. Molly we have kevin cork reporting from the white house on all this. Reporter as you heard judge kavanaugh say emphatically, i will never quit, never. Its that resolve the white house is banging on in the face of continuing allegations from the democrats. But those allegations frankly has opened the door for supplemental Background Investigation as mike pointed out just a moment ago. The latest news includes the fbi reaching out to the attorney of the accuser debra re mires. Its even indication the probe will go further than the allegations made by dr. Christine blasey ford saying that Brett Kavanaugh as a High School Boy tried to rape her. President trump the vote for judge kavanaugh is a vote to reject the ruthless and outrageous tactics of the democrat party. Mean obstructionists, mean resistors. Democrats have spent every minute trying to overturn the results of the last election. Reporter the pre
To have documents. Speak of the senate should conduct a fair trial. A fair trial involves witnesses and documents. What is the president hiding from the American People . When you have witnesses and you have documents, you have a full and fair trial. When you dont, you have a cover up. Dana republicans think democrats should be careful what they wish for. It harms every senator running for president with iowa being february 3rd and benefits joe biden. Joe biden should actually make a pledge not to campaign on impeachment. If the prosecution gets to call a witness, the defense should as well. If the prosecution gets to call john bolton, the president should be able to call hunter biden. Dana i was trying to think of a metaphor and i couldnt think of one, maybe you can. Permission to make an analogy granted to you right now. What is it like when youve had a month away from talking about impeachment and now you have to gear back up for next tuesday and remember all those names and all of