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Reaction from political leaders because you see evidence of the effect on people, even in your own city. >> well, andrea, i mean, first and foremost, i have to again commend president obama with the significance of the 13th amendment, the ending of slavery. this unique time in america right now with so many different things going on. the president was just brilliant today. and i dont think he was particularly subtle in his message. his message was very clear and straight-forward. we must fight d...

Trying to consolidate his appears and perhaps have some money available for his mother to take care of his child. its not believed that that was the source of money for the attack. the attack was not very expensive to carry out, unfortunately. >> thank you very much, pete. up next, protesters at the city hall in chicago as mayor emanuel addresses the claims of misconduct within his police department. the heated scene playing out in the nations third-largest city. the mayor now saying hes sorry...

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Fought. they fought for a country that had denied them their freedom. they fought for all of us. and so when we read those 43 short and simple words, we should remember these men and what they did. we should realize those words like their acts were gallant, were noble, profound. we have witnessed true greatness in this country. and when we ratified the 13th amendment, we committed to ourselves to build a country just as great. thats what those 43 words mean. this is what they represent. and that...

Restricted for african-american. >> were now talking about a proposal that would make it worse than in a pre-selma context. i just have to point out that today is the 150th anniversary of the passage of the 13th amendment that ends slavery in this country and begins the pathway to the 14th and 15th. we expect to find ourselves in a different place. thank you to janay nelson and ari berman. still to come this morning, chicago braces for another police shooting video release and im going to talk t...

How close are we to making change there? >> in terms of the structure of policing in america, we have only just begun to sniff at what a beginning would look like. so i appreciate that were honoring the one-year anniversary and the 50-year anniversary. i want to go back a little bit further and make sure we have the 150th in place. at the 150th anniversary of the civil war ending and almost in december the 13th amendment. so immediately after emancipation what happens? we have people who are put...

By violating the 14 th amendment. the women who requested birth certificates for their children were turned away because of insufficient proof of identity. state law allows the use of a foreign id if the mother lacks a texas drivers license or u.s. passport, that form of id was no longer acceptable. the lawyers for this case tie this discrimination to the influx of central american families that crossed the border this summer. lawyers said they had been inundated with calls who refused birth cer...

President abraham lincoln was shot by john wilkes both in fords theatre in downtown washington. his assassination came days but the next crucial challenge of reconstructing the union would be left to lincolns successors. a column in "the wall street journal" pointed out it is obvious but too often overlooked that lincoln died a martyr for civil rights through the emancipation proclamation and 13th amendment he masterfully maneuvered through congress lincoln called for voting rights for black ame...

Negotiate with, who knew what they wanted and went for it. lyndon johnson comes to mind. >> yeah. >> certainly he had that reputation in congress. i think that once he became president, one of the things that was impressive about his presidency, despite all of the, i think, proper criticism he took over the vietnam war, was that he saw the presidency as a place where you could actually get something done, where it was the time to step forward. even if you were doing something that was against ma...

Lyndon johnson comes to mind. >> yeah. >> certainly he had that reputation in congress. i think that once he became president, one of the things that was impressive about his presidency despite all of the, i think, proper criticism he took over the vietnam war, was that he saw the presidency as a place where you could actually get something done, where it was the time to step forward. even if you were doing something that was against maybe a stance you had had for many many years as a congressma...