Keep it from being too strong, but keep it from being weakened on the floor, and because they conducted debate in whats known as the committee of the whole, votes were not recorded by and large, and the only way to know how someone voted was to be there physically and watch, and except for reporters, no one could take notes on paper in the house gallery so the forces led by Clarence Mitchell and others devised a system of gallery watchers, the segregationists called them vultures, but they had to sit there and keep notes in their head who was voting how, what amendment, and in the precell phone era, had to round up family members to make sure enough were on the floor at any one time to defeat hostile legislative mischief, so a bunch of young activists led by a Woman Working for the textiles who is still alive fighting all the fights, would sit in a telephone tree and they heard something was happening on the floor, they would physically go run office to office, going come on, and after
Armies whose idea time has come. It was. The chamber was absolutely jammed. The gallery filled, standing room only, no staff allowed on the floor. Just 100 senators. As the vote proceeded, it was silent like a tomb, and when John Williams of delaware cast the deciding vote, everyone, there was a corporate exhaling of breath. It was so tense that everybody literally held their breath until that last vote was counted, and in a blink, Richard Russell was on his feet demanding to know what the hell wed do next. Just to think about it, you know how hard it is to get 60 for todays senate, this was 67, which was a much higher bar, and there was clearly a block of people who were against it, and it was one by one, president Lyndon Johnson got a few, and one i remember writing about was jack miller, the other senator from iowa, i think it was dubuque, and there was an archbishop who called him saying if you dont vote for cloture, well excommunicate you. I mean this was really today, Martin Luth
Dealt with that advocates and legislators talk about ats major things . Well, basic reality was that a hundred years after the civil war and the war was unfulfilled and equality in the eyes of the law was not a reality in large parts of the country, and it was awkward for john kennedy even has the 6162 went on, there were commemorations of thissing act and anniversary of that, and when it came around, he was very stymied on what to do because he didnt want to do because he didnt want ignore it or make a big deal because it was too clear the promise of emancipation was not vicinindic, and what happened is court ruled in the brown case. Deliberate was a word, slow. But, of course, it was not honored in large parts of the country and had not addressed the question of segregation and public accommodations, lunch counters, hotels, and so on, and it began to seem to a generations of ampbs who served in world war ii, in europe, other places, they did not experience that jim crow discriminatio
Comes to a possible trade war with china, that the president says you cant lose, were going to have to see if millions of voters in the heartland agree, they dont really seem to. So with us this morning on this very warm balmy friday morning across the northeast, i may even go swimming after wards. Opening day, joe. Thursday. Its opening day though. It is opening day at fenway so were excited about that, but its also about 15 degrees across the northeast. So we have political reporter for nbc news carol lee. Also White House Reporter if the Associated Press, washington anchor for bbc world knews america. Out with the new book, the confidence code for girls. I read it too along with willie trying to get that extra boost of confidence thats been so sadly lacking throughout my life. You need it, joe, clearly. I know, why do you think im reading the confidence code . Its an incredible book and mika and well be talking about it to audiences. Weve got winning historian john meacham. I think
Good morning, everybody. It is friday, june 29th. em Yasmin Vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. Were going to begin with that deadly shooting that happened at the Capital Gazette. Three senior Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news the suspect has been identified add jared ramos. He was charged with five counts of first degree murder. A bail hearing has been set for later this morning. Ramos sued the Capital Gazette for defamation. A court ruled in the Capital Gazettes favor and an Appeals Court upheld that ruling. Police were note fided about an active shooter yesterday. Phil davis who was inside of the building tweeted this. A gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire and on multiple employees. In a later interview davis said it was quote, like a war zone inside the newspapers offices. He said he and others were hiding under their desks when the gunman stopped firing. Authorities took a suspect into custody without exchange of fire. Editors at the Capital Ga