Have two speakers this morning. We have Vernon Burton whos from clemson university, and we have Brooke Thomas who is from the university of california at irving. 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 panafrican studies, 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 of his distinguished awards and honors, and then he wouldnt have time to talk. I can only say that he has written a number of very important books. He has given major lectures at many institutions, most recently the annual lecture in southern history at the university of arkansas, and he his books have been in the book of the month club, the history book club, and other clubs. I have always hoped that i could be in a club that vernon was a member of, and im delighted to introduce him to start this mor
Act. This is just under two hours. The committee on the judiciary subcommittee on the constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will come to order. Welcome everyone in attendance. Normally what we would do if i could give an Opening Statementt and the Ranking Member would give one a. Ms. Clark one of the witnesses has a 3 40 train which would have been easy to accomplish if it werent for the house of representatives schedule and with the permission of the member we are going straight to the statement and back to the traditional i talk, he talks, somebody else talks. Ms. Clark and thank you for being here. President and executivpresident r of the civil rights law under the civil rights organizations. Previously worked for seven years at the naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund where she helped lead the Organization Work in the voters rights across the country and worked on cases defending the constitutionality of the Voting Rights act. Prior to joining the Legal Defense fund she w
it that is the weird thing about the american economy. you can look at the macroeconomics but it feels different to be in it. in the broad aggregate sense, it is way better than i feared it would be. we ll take that statement and run with it. thanks for joining us. one of the many revelations to come out of the january 6 committee hearings was bill barr describing how he pushed back against the election fraud claims. he called them complete b.s. despite the heroic headlines generated by barr s testimony, it is a good point to remember that barr did not say anything publicly debunking those same claims of election fraud until december 1, which was nearly a month after the 2020 election. in fact, before his post-trump rehabilitation tour, this was the bill barr we knew. what happened to the president in the 2016 election and throughout the first two years of his administration was abhorrent. it was a grave injustice and it was unprecedented in american history. the la
Why they rejected his insanity defense. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, good morning, im jonathan martin. This morning federal investigators are starting to dig into every detail of the life of a young tennessee man that they say unleashed a hail of bullets at two military sites in that the puga. Officials believe he acted alone. The f. B. I. Is leading a National Security investigation and late yesterday, president obama spoke about the shootings from the oval office. Lets go live to Mike Viqueira in washington. Whats been the reaction from the administration . A full court press from Law Enforcement, the president speaking about it. He was abreast with a constant briefing of aids. He was in oklahoma talking about criminal Justice Reform but as soon as he got back to the oval office, they were waiting for him where the f. B. I. Director, his white hows advisor on Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security filled him in on the latest and then the president invited the p
Play. You are watching al jazeera america, thanks so much for joining us this morning. Live from new york city im Morgan Radford. Federal authorities are searching the computer of the gunmen who opened fire in chattanooga, killing four marines. Officials say as of now they have not found an extensive Online Presence for the man gunman. They do believe, however, that he acted alone. We have Mike Viqueira live for us in washington with more on the federal investigation, but first we go to Jonathan Betz who is live in chattanooga. Jonathan what are investigators saying this morning . Reporter the big focus this morning is what could have sparked this attack. Investigators still unclear what motivated this gunman to open fire. But they do add there is nothing at this point that indicates he was tied to any International Terror organizations. The major described the community as heart broken. Many have said the suspect targeted members of the u. S. Military. We have no idea at this point wh