c-span2. i m eric foner, professor emeritus of history at columbia university coming to you from the study in my apartment opposite columbia university in new york city i m here to talk about the second founding , my book about the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments of the u.s. constitution which were were ratified during the period of reconstruction immediately after the american civil war. the title of the book actually explains the argument the second founding. my argument is that these three amendments created a new constitution, they were not just additions to an existing structure. the 15th amendment tried to guarantee the right of african-american men to vote throughout the entire country. all three of these amendments have ãbthere were compromises it was the 15th amendment that expanded the right to vote to african-american men. they created the constitution we are living with today, the 14th amendment has been the 21st century where through which the courts have tremen
but not before another high- profile witness, former trump fixer, michael cohen. we saw dramatic witness testimony from stormy daniels who would not be intimidated by lawyers out of telling her account of the allegedly counter encounter with trump. today s testimony did not include any star witnesses, but it was important in setting the stage for next week. the trump lawyer turned enemy, michael cohen, will take the witness stand monday. he was the fixer of the $130,000 cash money payment to stormy daniels before the presidential election of 2016. we began the trial today and continued testimony from trump s former director of oval office operations. she remains loyal to trump despite being fired in 2019 after she reportedly told reporters she did not want to be photographed with trump s daughter, tiffany, because of her weight and used her testimony to paint donald trump as a hard-working, family man. a picture that was unrecognizable to pretty much anyone else who has eve
hot water. possibly tomorrow because there be happy to do without the hot water. he was one of the hostages who when there wished stronger action had been taken but when they got back realize that very strict economic sanctions had been made on iran and no concessions would be made to get them back and that they all can back alive. what we found over the years is that the hostages come to appreciate the approach that was taken and president carter was very thankful they all got out alive. next, hostage: the abridgment of international law. . this program examines the united nations response to the crisis in the history of laws pertaining to diplomatic immunity. [chanting] iran, 1979. demonstrators invaded the american embassy in iran. they took hostages in violation of international law. treaties signed by the country s states that both countries will observe the principle of diplomatic immunity. a principle which protects foreign representatives and embassy property. d
for republicans, (202) 748-8001. which they have been used has broad. ro for independence and others, (202) 748-8002. senator rubio has said the executive orders on immigration we have set aside a line for iowa voters. that is (202) 748-8003. that the president has issued, that he will undo immediately. you can join the conversation online as well. i think all of those executive orders will be re-examined. our twitter handle, send us a cspanwj. i think you are on target on that. we will get to your calls there is a place for executive shortly. we will first talk about presidential candidate hillary orders, but they can be abuse, and i think they have been. brother, former clinton with news made out of washington yesterday at a state arkansas governor, supporting mike huckabee. department briefing. here is the newspaper version. is there any family friction going on at family gatherings over that? guest: i respect him for his a headline online. we will reach some of that. loya
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