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Of juneteenth because she has been advocating for over 40 years for juneteenth to become a federal holiday. >> you are incredible woman, ms. opal. you really are. as a child growing up in texas, she and her family would celebrate juneteenth. and juneteenth 1939 when she was 12 years old, a white mob torched her family home. but such hate never stopped her. >> joining us now, weve got professor at harvard university, pulitzer prize winning author, her acclaimed book is titled "on juneteenth." whe...

Persons stormed the resident of otis flake. violence climaxed observance of negro emancipation. what that awkward language, this happened specifically on june 19th 1939, during the observance of the emancipation of african-americans in the united states. it was june 19th, 1865 when general gordon granger and his union troops rode into galveston, texas, after the end of the civil war, and they issued, he issued general order number three, for the first time bringing news to the 250,000 enslaved b...

Difficulties in terms of the technical aspects of getting things on the show so if anything looks unlike it usually does, dont worry, nothing is wrong, at least nothing wrong that you need to worry about. plenty is wrong. trust me. all right, we start tonight in marshall, texas, in east texas, really, really east texas, it is close to the louisiana state line, not far from shreveport, louisiana. and she was born there. in 1926. in marshall, texas. far east texas. but after being born in marshall...

Her. i had the honor of meeting her more than a year ago. she told me she loved me and i believed it. i wanted to believe it. miss opal, you are incredible. a daughter of texas. grandmother of the movement to make june teenth a federal holiday. miss opal, it is -- you wont believe it. she is 49 years old. or 94. you are incredible woman, miss opal. you are. as a child growing up in texas, she and her family would celebrate juneteenth. and juneteenth, 1939, when she was 12 years old the white mob...

[ applause ] >> i had the honor of meeting her in nevada more than a year ago. she told me she loved me, and i believed it. i wanted to believe it. opal, youre incredible. a daughter of texas. grandmother of the movement to make juneteenth a federal holiday. ms. opal, you wont believe it, shes 49 years old. or 94 years old. you are an incredible woman. you really are. as a child growing up in texas, she and her family would celebrate juneteenth. juneteenth, 1939 when she was 12 years old, a whit...

Presence of opal lee. as my mother would say, god love her. [applause] have the honor of meeting her a year ago. she told me she loved me. i believed it. i wanted to believe it. opal, youre incredible. a daughter of texas. grandmother of the movement to make juneteenth a federal holiday. mrs. opal, you wont believe it, shes 49 years old. [laughter] our 94 years old. you are an incredible woman, miss opal. you are. as a child growing up in texas, she and her family would celebrate juneteenth. jun...

Chief master sergeants. i just want you to know we know, okay? thank you for your incredible dedication and service. and, you know, i want to thank all of you, all your families for the sacrifices theyve made. and congratulations to having just a wonderful child. theres an awful lot of history at this base. a proud history for the british people. the brave and heroism of the royal air force pilots, fighting to defend their nation. im sure everyone here knows the history. with just six hours afte...

Military. chief master sergeants. so i want you to know we know. [applause] thank you for incredible dedication and service. you know, i want to thank you all, all of your families for the sacrifices that they have made. congratulations to having just a wonderful child. theres a lot of history on this base. a proud history for the british people. the bravery and heroism of the royal air force, pilots, fighting to defend their nation. im sure every one here knows the history. just six hours after...

Ijust want you to know, we know. applause-— applause. thank you for the incredible _ applause. thank you for the incredible dedication - applause. thank you for the incredible dedication and - applause. thank you for the - incredible dedication and service, and i want to thank you all and all yourfamilies for the and i want to thank you all and all your families for the sacrifices they have made and congratulations to just a wonderful child. it was awful lot of history at the space. a proud hi...

Enough to control a congressman, and i saw three of them in his room the day i went up to see them. no, sir, i will not yield. lets talk more about the filibuster with the former deputy chief of staff to senator harry reid. he is the author of "kill switch: the rise of the modern senate." im so happy to have you on. its so important what you write about. can you please tell us about the filibuster, how its being used today. >> yeah. so the thing about the filibuster is it has a very sordid histo...