Between them becomes that of employer and hired labor, unquote. That was general order number 3, read in galveston, texas, on june 19th, 1856, and with that, the last state to learn of abolition got the news. That general order is the reason for juneteenth celebrations across the country days after it was made a federal holiday. On thursday, president biden signed the federal designation into law. By making juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple with the distance we ve come. But the distance we have to travel. If you re not familiar with juneteenth, don t panic, we ll explain it further to you in a minute. But the bill to make it a federal holiday passed with overwhelming support. 14 republican lawmakers voted against it in the house. The signing caps off a busy week in congress, a compromise from senator joe manchin to protect voting rights gained the support of stacey abrams, but now it
We ll discuss it with their new pastor, ed litton. From nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. Quote, the people of texas are informed that in accordance with a proclamation of the executive of the united states, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves and the connection heretofore between them becomes that of employer and hired labor, unquote. That was general order number 3, read in galveston, texas, on june 19th, 1856, and with that, the last state to learn of abolition got the news. That general order is the reason for juneteenth celebrations across the country days after it was made a federal holiday. On thursday, president biden signed the federal designation into law. By making juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple with the distance we ve come. But
now. jedediah said you are in the zone. no, i m so tired that everything is operating in slow motion. but that means i just see the game coming to me, man. i have got this. i m two steps ahead. [laughter] pete: yeah, when you are reacting to things in realtime, you are always two steps ahead. that s exactly right. did you like how the cowboys did in the draft by the way? will: no, i was tweeting about it all night long. very upset. you said expectations in life they fall short. jedediah: you know, i watched your twitter feed sometimes, will, i don t understand any of it, but it s fascinating nonetheless. at love names i don t recognize and a lot of moves i don t recognize but a lot of passion. we appreciate it here on fox & friends. welcome, everyone. we will have janice dean who is our derby specialists. she has the best hats and info on the derby. she will be joining us all morning long. it s exciting. pete: absolutely. there is news this morning let s get to it as well t
risk. nothing less. it does much more. under their unsupported theory, every civil officer is at risk of impeachment if any given group elected to the house decides what was thought to be important service to the country when they served now deserves to be cancelled. they have made clear in public statements that what they want to accomplish is bar donald trump from running from political office again. this is an affront to the constitution no matter who they target today. it means nothing less than a denial of the right to vote and the independence right for a candidate to run for elected political office guaranteed by the first and 14th amendments to the united states constitution. under the guise of impeachment as a tool to disenfranchise. perhaps my friends put the situation simply and sharply last week on his radio show. my friend is a lawyer that serves as an ambassador to former president obama and has friends among you. he described himselves a died in the wolf life-l
directly at risk. nothing less. and it does much more. under their unsupportable constitutional theory and tortured reading of the text, every civil officer who has served is at risk of impeachment if any given group elected to the house decides that what was thought to be important service to the country when they served now deserves to be canceled. they made clear in public statements that what they really want to accomplish here in the name of the constitution is to bar donald trump from ever running for political office again. but this is an affront to the constitution, no matter who they target today. it means nothing less than the denial of the right to vote and independent right for a candidate to run for elected political office guaranteed by the first and 14th amendments to the united states constitution under the guise of impeachment as a tool to disenfranchise. perhaps my friend put the situation simply and sharply into focus last week on his radio show. my friend