Cspan2. Im 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 im 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 africanamerican men to vote throughout the entire country. All three of these amendments have abthere were compromises it was the 15th amendment that expanded the right to vote to africanamerican men. They created the constitution we are living with today, the 14th amendment has been the 21st century where through which the courts have tremendously expanded t
I cant imagine losing twins. Both coming at the same time. Reporter at soccer practiced this night, friends of the Twin Brothers and the third young man killed talked about their loss. At the scene, people brought flowers, prayers for the family, and memories. Many fond memories. Karen chamberlain is the Dublin High School counselor and said she was talking with one of the twins before the holiday. Fun, loveable, very caring individual. Very close. Reporter the chp says the hyundai sedan was going south and the driver lost control for some reason. The car with five teens inside crashed into a power pole and ended up wrapped around a tree. Three were killed. The other two taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Its terrible. Pretty much your worst nightmare. This will certainly rock our community. Here is a map of where that shooting took place. It took place on durant, not far from telegraph avenue. New video tonight of a thief burglarizing a bakery in the south bay early this mor
Thats whats been really painful. Its just continuing to watch people think its okay to bomb a hospital where children you know, whats so hard sometimes is watching and people telling the kids dont cry. President biden not all of america is with you on this one and you need to understand that. We are literally watching people perform genocide and killing like this and we still stand by and say nothing. Maria shes firing up the crowd. Tiana, i know youre out with a new piece for the Washington Examiner titled if you ran with hamas hospital lie, never again complain about fake news. Tell us more. I mean, for the entire Trump Administration we were told that a dangerous thing in society was disinformation, Corporate Media outlets developed disinformation, the fbi countered the hunter biden laptop story in the name of disinformation, dhs opened up about disinformation. The idea that israel would wait more than 10 days before launching a ground assault into gaza, just so that way innocent Pa
And these cases and looks like theyre go to be digging in on it. News on the Stormy Daniels testimony in the former trial against former President Trump. Stormy daniels went overboard and the judge rejected the trump teams demand for the mistrial and they were saying did prejudice employees on the jury and Stormy Daniels signed two statements that trump had nothing to do with the socalled hush money payments. Lets get right to nate foy with the update outside of the new york supreme court. Nate, its quite a day. Reporter oh, it certainly was. As he was leaving the courthouse just moments ago, former President Donald Trump said today was very revealing and that the case is falling apart for prosecutor after adult film actress Stormy Daniels took the witness stand and striking a 130,000 deal with michael c ohen, but she denied extorting former President Donald Trump. She did say during her testimony that she hates trump and admit that had she previously said she would dance down the stre
Politicians nation. Tonights lead, order in the court. The third week of Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial here in manhattan ended with one of his closest former president ial aides on the stand tearfully recounting her memories of the alleged payout to Stormy Daniels and how trumps comments about groping women sent his 2016 campaign into the kind of panic mode. Also tonight, many of americas colleges and universities are grappling with how to move forward with commencements as Campus Demonstrations continue over the war in gaza and u. S. Involvement in the conflict. President biden has called for restraint from all sides as interactions between protesters, counterprotesters, and Police Forces have grown violent in some places. And arrests now number in the thousands. We start with the epicenter of the unrest just a few miles from here at Columbia University in new york city with one of the schools most prominent graduates joining me now in studio, congressman gerald, democrat of new york