Not even past. And in this way we, as a nation, who we are because of who we were. Hidess not a nation that from its history or hides its history from its history books. And indeed one reason why we can are is, in of who we part, because of who we once were, a nation that divided its own citizens by race. Root and branch Charles Hamilton houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the struggle to a storyegation tells of how two men, two lawyers, take this country from where we were to where they knew one day could be. Thexplores how the moment, brown v. Board of education about. Came brown is not the miracle it is often purported to be. Unanimoushat it was a decision still stands as judicial miracle but the Supreme Courts decision in brown v. Board of education was the result of careful planning and a careful strategy by Charles Hamilton houston and enacted by houston marshall. Od in 1935, walter white, who was secretary of the naacp, and truly an extraordinary character in his right, an extraordi
Tshirts. Horn stands out above all other western characters, his controversial by hanging. Thomas h. Horn jr. Was born in scotland county, missouri, in 1860. Er, his early years coincided with the civil war and turbulent which hection era recalled were very difficult times. His parents, who were devout followers of the disciples of christ, imposed a strict code in home, prompting young tom to 18 70s. E in the mid he struck westward working at became aand eventually cow puncher on texas cattle trifs to dodge city, kansas. In 1879, he sought his fortune silver camp of leadville, colorado. When he failed to prosper, he reportedly hired out his gun during a dispute between two forroad companies vying control of the best route into leadville. While there, or from there, he to arizonay territory in 1881, arriving just outbreak of apache disturbances was occurring. In desperate need of employment, on with the u. S. Army as a civilian employee. Next five years he served as a teamster, packer a
This is the administration that promised transparency. Whats going on here . Yeah. Gerri, thanks for having me. They appeared to double count the number of people who had dental coverage. Those people were counted as those who had Health Insurance and dental coverage. Its a big problem. It speaks to the level of misleading approaches that the administration is taking. We saw recently in grubergate, that they were willing to tell not full truths when came to getting the law passed. In trying to promote the law and make it look good, theyre relying on misleading approaches. Gerri well get to gruber in a second. I want to hang with the story. It came out just moments ago. Darrell issa saying, the claim this was only an accident strains credulity. Do you agree . Again, i hate to go back to gruber, theyve lost a lot of credibility because of gruber. I think the gruber thing makes the credibility problem more acute. I was talking to a former government economist this week, he said maybe ther
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Today we will answer the ageold question thats stumped people for generations, what does the fox say . And well answer the question how long will it be before you get that song out of your head . Two to three days. Sunday. Exactly. Well get to that later on. We want to get right to todays top story. Theres controversy around the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and not to a 16yearold girl named Malala Yousufzai. Andrea mitchell has more on that. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. It is surprising and controversial. The decision seems to reflect both politics and the committees concern that malala was too young to be awarded the worlds most prestigious prize. She migh
Reopen the government, and to start the deal with americas pressing problems. In exchange, according to majority leader eric cantor, a real commitment in the president to talk. But as of this hour, no repeal of obama care. Indeed, no mention of the thing that got the Republican Party into this whale of a fight. And as for the u. S. Government, House Republicans would like to keep it shuttered until well, possibly forever. Thats a conversation were going to have with the president today. And i dont want to put anything on the table. I dont want to take anything off the table. Thats why we want to have this conversation. The white house, however, is pushing back. In a Statement Released an hour ago, the administration are announced that while we are willing to look at any proposal Congress Puts forward to end these manufactured crises. We will not allow a faction of the republicans in the house to hold the economy hostage to its extraneous and extreme political demands. Congress needs to