Travel to and live in free territory for a time, then ultimately they move back to Slave State missouri. All right. When white men died, the african american man who had been enslaved to him, he tried to buy his own freedom from the dead mans family, from the dead mens widow. The family refused to allow him to buy his freedom. The enslaved man then decided that he would sue for his freedom, he would turn to the courts, and the basis for him suing for his freedom was that time in the free territory of risk consonant the free state of illinois. If an enslaved person was moved into free territory, into a free state, they are freed from enslavement. That is something that cannot be reversed, even if you go back to missouri. Once free, always free. So, he sued on that basis in 1846. It took forever, but finally, 13 years later, in 1859, the case was the subject of a ruling in the United States Supreme Court. It was a decision that hands down, no argument, is considered to this day to be the
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We are going to begin this morning with efforts in the u. S. House today to remove President Trump from office with only nine days left in his term. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is giving an ultimatum to Vice President mike pence. The house will seek a vote today on a measure calling on pence and cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment to remove mr. Trump from office. Pence and the cabinet would have 24 hours to act before the house would move toward impeachment. The action comes after last weeks attack on the capitol following a speech from President Trump. At least five people died including a Capitol Police officer. At least 25 people are under investigation for terrorism in connection with the riot. We have more from washington. Debra, even more republicans want to see the president leave, but the big question is will he . Reporter as of now, annemarie, it doesnt look like President Trump is going to willingly resign. In fac
Reporter and liter, double standards. Reaction to the capitol chaos draws new scrutiny. This is the cbs overnight news. Good evening. Tonight President Trump faces a harsh reckoning with history. In the wake of the assault on the u. S. Capitol that he incited, mr. Trump faces a second impeachment, perhaps even criminal charges. Today we learned another Capitol Police officer was lost. Hes identified as 51yearold howard liebengood. Among the officers responding to the rioting. He died off duty. This weekend the president stayed out of sight and silent but thats expected to change. Reporter at the white house the flag was lowered to half staff after the death of a second Capitol Police officer. Id like to begin by addressing the heinous attack. Reporter as he enters his final full week in office, hell try to shore up his legacy. Hes expected to deliver remarks monday and make a trip to the boarder tuesday. But calls for the president to resign now are growing from within his own party. T
But she was wrong. The growing backlash over another confrontation caught on camera. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Lets not mistake donald trump as the guy who is fighting for 2,000 check. The only thing hes fighting for right now is a good round of golf. The house passed a measure to increase stimulus checks to 2,000. The increase was one of the president s demands. I worried this whopping 463 billion wont do whats needed. The house also voted to override President Trumps veto of the defense policy bill. The senate also has to vote to override. We need the defense bill. We need to give our military a pay raise. We need the cybersecurity funding in that bill. Dramatic Police Body Camera video shows the moments before, during and after a bomb deton e detonated in downtown nashville. President elect joe biden says his Incoming Administration is dealing with obstruction from current Political Leadership. Right now, we just arent getting all the information
interest to, to violent domestic it insurgent groups. proud boys stand back and stand by. plus why joe biden s executive order on abortion today could have a retractable effect at the supreme court overturned roe, and why an earth is trump tv trying to take out another trump candidate for office? is it true for that jury lake wasn t she an obama appointee? she donated first obama, she endorsed obama. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. don t pat supplement, donald trump s white house counsel just wrapped up seven hours of testimony to the january six committee. that interview took place on capitol hill behind closed doors. it was recorded of course on video. they said pat cipollone was cooperating revealed new information that we will hear in upcoming hearings. mr. cipollone did appear voluntarily and as are the whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few thi