Interview with Joan Trumpauer mulholland. She recalls taking part in the 1961 freedom rides, attending tougaloo college, and serving at the Mississippi State penitentiary with other activists. This interview is part of a project on the Civil Rights Movement initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture, the american full like american folklife center. Joan i was born in washington, d. C. And raised in arlington, virginia, basically a mile down the road in apartments, which at that point was the only place in Northern Virginia that would rent to jews. This was the early 1940s, folks had come from new york, looking for government jobs. They wanted out of the boarding houses and they can move to buckingham and that was about it. What did your dad do . Joan they had those government jobs. My father came from southwest iowa, during the depression. My folks met at the midnight shift at the post Office Building in the elevat
Have official relations and theres not an embassy, the swedes look after u. S. Interests there, if there are interests of u. S. Citizens. If the u. S. Needs to pass messages to the north koreans, sometimes they do that through the swedes. And the swedish ambassador has been visiting these american detainees over the years to make sure theyre getting everything they need and theyre treated very well. The swedish ambassador has been a key player in all of this. All right. Im going to turn to erin mcpike. A very busy day at the white house. Whats the reaction on the detainees release . The white house has been tightlipped about this. They are focused on the nomination of Loretta Lynch. But also, president obama is actually heading to asia, much later tonight. But he was asked about the release of these two this morning in that nominating ceremony for Loretta Lynch. Take a listen to what he said there. Well, i think its a wonderful day for them and the families, obviously. Were very blissf
Baghdadi, but there is no word if he was present. Well have more in a moment. Also, two american citizens are on their way home. One of them held in north korea for two years. Kenneth bae. Also Matthew Todd Miller held there for seven months. They are free today. Until a few hours ago, they were the only Americans Still being detained by the north korean government. Miller was charged with committing hostile acts against north korea earlier this year. Bae faced those same charges two years ago. And he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. One man has negotiated with north korea since the 1990s to help free americans. Im talking about former new mexico governor, Bill Richardson, who also served as u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations. He went to north korea just last year to try to get kenneth bae released. Five years ago, considered a potential envoy for the release of two americans. That role ultimately went to former president bill clinton. Governor richardson joins me on the ph
Have been musing about this possibility for months, yesterday they declared that they had reached their break glass in case of emergency moment. And so that put their long developed plan into action for today. Under the banner protect mueller, which is the number one trending on twitter tonight, and has been all night, and under the additional banner, nobody is above the law. At 5 00 p. M. Local time all over the country tonight, people showed up. In new york city, it was thousands of people in times square. Ultimately they marched as a Group Downtown towards union square. Its a distance of 25, 30 city blocks. The marchers apparently stretched for about a dozen of those blocks as they marched downtown. In virginia, state route 7 in virginia. Talk about contrast with times square. Look at this. Rural state route 7 looked like this. The sign saying truth and protect mueller. In roanoke, virginia, people marched with big banners that read no one is above the law. Protect the investigation
General and installed a handpicked replacement to oversee the entire Justice Department, including the Mueller Investigation, those groups that have been musing about this possibility for months, yesterday they declared that they had reach their break glass in case of emergency moment. And so that put their longdeveloped plan into action for today. Under the banner, protect mueller, which is the number one trending hashtag on twitter tonight and has been all night, and under the additional banner, nobody is above the law, at 5 00 p. M. Local time all over the country tonight, people showed up. In new york city it was thousands of people in times square. Ultimately, they marched as a Group Downtown towards union square. A distance of 25, 30 city blocks. The marchers apparently stretched for a dozen of hose blocks as they marched downtown. In virginia, state route 7 in virginia, talk about contrast with times square. Look at this. Rural state route 7 looked like this. The sign saying tru