look up to a lot. he s a south carolina senator. i m a north carolina boy. and senator scott is somebody who in his initial primary, he defeated strom thurmond s son in that primary. we realized taking out in a primary the son of a longtime leader is something that s quite remarkable. i don t care if you re white, black or purple. but senator scott is a black man and only the fourth black man to serve as a u.s. senator since reconstruction along with the great edward brook, barack obama, and my law school buddy cory booker. they ve worked together in a number of efforts. part of the area where senator scott has really reached across the aisle is the area we re talking about today, criminal justice reform. and the senator opened some ears and minds in conservative circles where he talking about his experiences with the police, being stopped disproportionately, even in the capitol building where he serves as a senator. let s lead off with that. it s an important topic. how is y
for a few minutes tonight, i want to talk about that tragedy and i want to talk about the deeper questions that it raises for us all. i am tonight appointing a special advisory commission on civil disorders. the governor of illinois has agreed to serve as chairman. mayor john lindsey of new york will serve as the vice chairman. it s other members will include fred harris, the senator from oklahoma, edward brook, united states editor from massachusetts, james from california, the 22nd district, los angeles. william mccaul of, the u.s. representative from the state of ohio, the fourth district. able, the president of the night steel workers, charles b thornton, the president director and chairman of the board of lippman embassies incorporated. roy will, cans the executive director of the naacp. catherine graham, the commissioner of commerce in the state of kentucky. herbert jenkins, the chief of police in atlanta, georgia. the commission will investigate the origins of the rece
story. it is coming up. we want to begin though, with those new comments following the surprise visit to ukraine by house speaker nancy pelosi. and the small congressional delegation as well to meet with president zelenskyy in the capital city of kyiv. pelosi speaking after traveling to poland from ukraine. take a look at this. do not be bullied by police. if they are making threats, you could not back down. that is my view of it. that you were there for the fight. and you cannot fold to a bully. nbc s perry is in the capital of kyiv following the story. bring us up today. we know that this was a surprise visit due to security reasons, as we ve seen in other instances as well. what are we learning about this exchange? about this meeting? yeah, in this visit, the security the surprise of it came through. we have that comment by zelenskyy, which blew the lid off of this but we did not hear about pelosi s visit until she had left. we heard about it this morning and t
good evening, and welcome to politics nation. tonight s leaned, to the bottom. race to the bottom. as expected, donald trump extended his winning streak in the republican primaries last night in south carolina. but as he closes in on the gop s coronation, the former president is revealing more about his state of mind as he contemplates a second term as president, promising more vengeance and retribution to his enemies at a major meeting of conservatives. and the night before, saying his strongest appeal to black voters is a shared cultural comfort with criminality as he faces down four indictments, 91 felony charges. the racist remarks were met with thunderous applause from a gathering of black conservatives. tonight, i ll talk to the author of a new bestselling book on black republicans about how the gop went from the party of lincoln to the cult of trump. meanwhile, the next primary contest is just two days away in the swing state of michigan, where president biden is
c-span.org sla c-span.org/history. each week american history tv s real america brings you archival films that provides context for today s public affairs issues. next, the time has gone. a 1977 u.s. agency film documenting the progress of african-americans by profiling several newly elected black public officials. narrated by james earl jones, the film includes interviews with edward brook of massachusetts, pennsylvania secretary of state, delores tucker, john lewis and representative barbara john car, the 1976 democratic convention keynote speaker. the 30-minute film was originally created for overseas audiences and was recently restored by the national archives. participation in a new cutting edge of the civil rights movement. and what black hip is trying to do toads is to get black americans who is 10% of the total electorate as zel rouse and committed and active and as sophisticated in politics as they were during the protest movement in the 1960s. we also serve no