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Is up why wasnt your party represented yesterday there is all kinds of excuses. woody allen once said something really brilliant. he said 80% of life is showing up. and your guys. >> they didnt show up. and quite frankly, chris, everything else you said notwithstanding not showing up to that event yesterday to me was abhorrent. it was a slap in the face of everett dirksen and all the republicans who fought to bring civil rights legislation to the table to work with dr. king and to really push fo...

Table to work with dr. king and to really push forward the agenda that had been so much a part of the history of our party. going back to the 13th amendment, the 14th amendment, when they were originally written by republicans post reconstruction. so to not be there in that moment to look america in the eye and complete that leap, that forward progress for the american people, and to say that the african-american community, that we have made missteps in the last 50 years, but we stand here unite...

It calls on the president to deny the permit for keystone just as abraham lincoln, quote, made one of the most important decisions on of his presidency and for the nation when he decided he would fight the 13th amendment. your decision on keystone may be so weighty but we believe it holds urgency and importance. >> soda machines are gone and bake sales are taboo but now there is another product blacklisted from new york city schools. butter. >> cafeterias has been out to stay away from butter. t...

Plan is the voting rights act is outdated. i dont think you get to say whats outdated when youre a small council of old people in robes who decide our laws and cant be fired. thats like guy fieri telling people whats tacky. also, you cant argue that racism isnt is problem anymore just because we have a black president. really, if it was up to some people in the south, we wouldnt have a black president, we would have separate presidents. >> you know you would. you still got the -- from last time....

People in the south, we wouldnt have a black president, we would have separate presidents. >> you know you would. you still got the from last time. really? >> really. >> we dont mend to be hard on you mississippi but us just ratified the amendment abolishing slavery two weeks ago. not only did mississippi wait 150 years after lincoln, they waited six months after "lincoln" the movie. i mean really. >> hes not kidding about mississippi and ratifying the 13th amendment. their first attempt to do i...

How much longer are you going to wait? 148 years, that would be ridiculous, wouldnt it? >> after 148 years the state of mississippi has finally ratified the 13th amendment. >> so, mississippi, two things on the recent ratification. first, better late than never. and, second, this is pretty [ bleep ] late. >> hes unbelievable. a late start and a very late finish, but at least it got done. next, conan obrien will be hosting this years white house correspondents dinner in d.c. in late april. he h...

Adopted and slavery is abolished in these united states. there remains a few stragglers. im looking at you magnolia state. how much longer are you going to wait? 148 years, that would be ridiculous, wouldnt it? >> after 148 years the state of mississippi has finally ratified the 13th amendment. >> so, mississippi, two things on the recent ratification. first, better late than never. and, second, this is pretty [ bleep ] late. >> hes unbelievable. a late start and a very late finish, but at least...

The state of mississippi only just got around to officially ratifying the 13th amendment to the constitution which bans slavery. well, a professor went to see the movie "lincoln" and did the research afterwards, and it was discovered even though lawmakers voted to ratify in 1995, the paperwork was never filed. well, jon stewart went back to where it all began, 1865. ♪ >> hello. greetings and salutations. my name is jon stewart, and given the times, im obviously neither jewish nor on television...

Back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." early this week i told you that the state of mississippi only just got around to officially ratifying the 13th amendment to the constitution which bans slavery. well, a professor went to see the movie "lincoln" and did the research afterwards, and it was discovered even though lawmakers voted to ratify in 1995, the paperwork was never filed. well, jon stewart went back to where it all began, 1865. ♪ >> hello. greetings and salutations. my name is jon ...

There remains a few stragglers. im looking at you magnolia state. how much longer are you going to wait? 148 years, that would be ridiculous, wouldnt it? >> after 148 years the state of mississippi has finally ratified the 13th amendment. >> so, mississippi, two things on the recent ratification. first, better late than never. and, second, this is pretty [ bleep ] late. >> hes unbelievable. a late start and a very late finish but at least it got done. next, conan obrien will be hosting this ye...