Hughes is what we claim we want. In both a president ial candidate and a president. A man who did get it. A man called Charles Evans hughes as a Supreme Court justice. All but when the election. In 1916 when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the Election Night, he thought he was beaten. He had been elected, how American History goes in several Different Directions on suffrage, civil rights. What does he do on Foreign Policy . Germany baited us into war. Wilson would hughes have avoided it . Hes the one you could write novels about. He had Charles Evans hughes who would later the he was on the Supreme Court. He left the Supreme Court when he ran for president. He went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. A fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes, the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like a god. And
Chad williams is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era. Next, he talks about the postwar activism of the soldiers, explaining how after fighting with the idea of democracy abroad, many return to join movements to secure more rights and better social standing for African American here at home. National world War One Museum, in kansas missouri of 2019. Now id like to introduce our first speaker for this morning. Doctor chad williams, he is a agus this professor and history at african and African American studies at brandon university. He specializes in African American and modern United States history, world war i and African American intellectual history. He is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era, which received the 2011 liberty, legacy, Foundation Awards from the organization of american historian and the 2011 distinguish book of war society of military history. He is also a part o
President trump thank you very much. Hoping the hurricane may be makes a right and goes up north but that is about a 5 chance. It is one of the biggest hurricanes we have seen in a long time. It could be very devastating. I just spoke to rick scott. We have a lot of people we are speaking to. I spoke to marco rubio. Doinga and florida are really well, they are working hard. Florida seems to be the main target at this moment. I think a lot of good things are happening. Tremendous work is going on. Guests are coming in from louisiana and all over. We dont know about evacuation. Locally, we will see where it is coming in. We just dont know exactly where it will be coming and how far it is coming. I am going to camp david. We have a lot of experts with us. E have a lot of fema people a sunday at 12 30 we have meeting at fema headquarters. That will be about the time that we will know where everything is going. A lot of decisions will be made. A little bit less than a day before it hits. We
New survey looking at School Safety issues. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Next. This good morning on friday, august 30. We will begin with the Justice Department watchdogs latest report that found former fbi director james comey violated Agency Policy by releasing official memos. Your reaction to the reports findings in our first hour. Republicans, 2027488001. If you are a democrat, dial in at 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. You can also join the conversation if you go to twitter at cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in a minute. Lets begin with june 2017. James comey had been fired a month earlier by President Trump. He is summoned to capitol hill to testify and asked by senator Susan Collins about memos and releasing them. [video clip] did you show copies of your of theo anyone outside department of justice . Yes. And to whom did you show copies . The president tweeted on friday after
Police now saying david ortiz was the target of an 800 hit. This morning the video of the shooting and the overnight arrest connected to the case. And a stanford coach avoids prison time in the collegeio admissns scam. My actions were wrong. I see that now. Will it iact the case of lo Lori Loughlin. A knox back t, ama in italy. Why she returned to the place she vowed the never woulsp and the irit of st. Louis. The st. Louis blues win stanley cup. The first team in history. And it sets off one of the biggest parties that city has seen. 2019. Y, june 13th, announcer this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a thursday morning. Its a first fort. Louis bringing home the stanley cup. They are bleeding blue down in st. Louis this morning. Again, halfway through theas se, the blues last in their division. Cinderella story, indeed. More on that in a bit. Hats history now. Lets get to this breaking