The first march on washington was planned during the Second World War. It was called off at the last minute. So the organizers of the 1963 march had it in mind during that entire period they would need to revive this idea of the march and they talked about it pretty constantly for that period and then starting in 1962 they thought that for a number of reasons this was the time to actually put it on. It was a march that was very long in the planning and well thought out and finally carried forward. Why was that first march canceled . What was the focus of the first march . It is important to understanding the march that happened to know what that was about. This is a time when roosevelt called to be the arsenal of democracy and support it by building airplanes, tanks, weapons to support the allies in europe and asia. This is the Central Point to a whole array of injustice that africanamericans were facing from being shut out of the armed forces when they could be in the armed forces. Th
Documents and protestors being go dragged out of the chamber while republicans defended the nominee. I welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of mr. Chairman. Brett kavanaugh to serve as associate justice. Mr. Chairman, i would like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. Youre out of order, ill proceed. We cannot possibly move forward. We believe this hearing should be postponed. I move to adjourn. We will continue as planned. We arent in executive session. I ask to be recognized. Here are the facts. Judge kavanaugh is one of the most distinguished judges. Mr. Chairman, we ought to have this loudmouth removed. We shouldnt have to put up with this kind of stuff. And on it went from there. Senator john kennedy is getting set to question judge kavanaugh and well talk to him coming up here. First lets begin with Shannon Bream live inside the hearing room. Shannon, what do we expect today . Good morning there. Good morning. Substantive today. This is whe
About to begin. What are we expecting tonight from the president . And from Brett Kavanaugh . I think the big question for whats going to happen here is whether or not were going to see fence spending or more fire and fury. We expect the president to speak for about 20 minutes or so. Were expecting Brett Kavanaugh to speak. After we heard the president earlier today talk about the Democratic Forces aligned against kavanaugh as being evil, whether or not hes going to dial down that rhetoric. We know that Brett Kavanaugh put that op ed in the wall street journal, you can see people coming into the room right now. Supreme Court Justices okayingen, sotomayor, ginsburg, roberts, breyer and so on. Kavanaugh seemed to dial back a lot of that rhetoric that we saw during his hearing. Some of the other notables we should mention in the room right now is Justice Kavanaughs wife and children. Also one thing i want to note, Mitch Mcconnell came into the room, i thought that was interesting because
Anthony kennedy on the Supreme Court. That was underlined of of julye ninth. Now he will introduce the nation to associate Justice Kavanaugh who will be sworn in by Justice Kennedy. Justice kennedy also a year ago april swore in judge neil gorsuch. Some interesting color in the room. We have all the room numbers mike members of the Supreme Court here, and when Mitch Mcconnell walked into the east room, martha, i received a standing ovation because this was a long and rocky road that at some points looked like it was going to and at the edge of a cliff. But the president tonight with a victory lap. As we listen to the applause for the justices who have taken their seats to watch the newest member of that is a very elite club be sworn in. As you said by Justice Kennedy, this has been an incredible process to watch. Bret baier joins me as we watched this get underway. And here comes the kavanaugh family. An extraordinary experience this has been for them. Think about how hard that had to
Just 29 days and counting until the midterm elections, voters will get a chance soon to make their voices heard at the ballot box. Im joined by neera tanden, president and ceo for the center for american progress. Eugene and National Political reporter for the washington post. Robert, how does trump gin jin this righteous indignation . Republicans were worried if this whole kavanaugh election process was going to alarm suburban voters. Theyre running on grievance. Theyre looking at the process and the protests outside the capitol as the confirmation vote went down and they think they can run against what Mitch Mcconnell is calling the mob. Its something going back to Richard Nixon in 68, running on this law and order message. Right. Against the trump resistance movement. Were looking at Ruth Bader Ginsburg there, the justice of the Supreme Court. John roberts, of course, there and a couple of other justices. Theyre all coming in now to join in the celebration. They look very happy, gen