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Know, in the past, they were never shy about invading, right? 1956 in hungary, 1968 in czechoslovakia. and on and on and on. and this fear of influence. i mean, if were going to go back to this fear of influence soviet union, ukraine is probably not the only place that should be worried. >> looking at the baltic states, we should remember, they were the members of the nato. and putin recognizes that crossing nato members, that should be a different ball game. but we should not forget in 1994, uk...

King stood on the balcony of a motel in memphis, the lorraine motel. and for much of america, it must have seemed like time stopped in that moment. part of our history absolutely did stop in that moment. but it didnt end for james earl ray. because after james earl ray shot martin luther king on that balcony in memphis in 1968, he got away. he got in his car, drive away. drove back to atlanta. spent three more days driving north. he crossed the u.s. border into canada. he stayed in canada for a ...

Social media and i thought, how is people not getting arrested? it means that the border patrol is looking from a distance and saying, let it be. its art. >> its a fantastic piece of work. its wonderful to have you here. "paper & glue" this friday, on 10:00 p.m. on msnbc. "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good ghevening, rachel. >> that was excellent. thank you for joining us this hour. happy to have you here.yo in april 1968, in memphis, tennessee, the reverend, dr. martin luther king jr...

Missouri, in 1967, the year before he killed king. he spent time in mexico. spent time in california. by 1968, he was reportedly intoxicated with the reactionary campaign of george wallace, the segregationist alabama governor, who ran for president in 1968 on an anti-civil rights, pro-segregation, white supremacist platform. james earl ray volunteered on the wallace for president campaign. even beyond that, he was just increasingly committed to the racist cause more broadly. and in the spring of...

Pro-segregation, white supremacist platform. james earl ray volunteered on the wallace for president campaign. even beyond that, he was just increasingly committed to the racist cause more broadly. and in the spring of 1968, james earl ray moved to atlanta. he had been living on the west coast. moved across the country to atlanta, where martin luther king lived and where he preached at ebenezer baptist church. james earl ray appears to have gone to atlanta, specifically in pursuit of dr. king. a...

We have right now on russia and the sanctions on iran. so we can remove russia from the international banking system, we can sanction more oligarchs, so they cannot fly to the european union. obviously, we would have to do that with the europeans. we also need to make sure that we deter russia militarily, so they know that ukraine will have weapons, that they will have the manpower, they will have the ability to cause loss of russian lives, because that is something that should give vladimir put...

>> my father had a grocery store in washington, d.c. in 1968. i was about 12. my father was working his store, and they were expecting a riot. about 10:00 that night, we get a phone call the store burned to the ground. ill never forget this. my father stood in front of the store and cried. my father was huge man. and in the meantime, i saw black people lining up over here. dad, these guys, all these people are lining up. and he was i know them people. the first one walked up to my dad and said i...

To an american hero, bob dole, today, and his extraordinary life of public service, more than seven decades. first elected to congress in 1960, then to the senate in 1968 where he spent nearly three decades carrying with him the resolve of a world war ii veteran critically wounded in the line of duty during a 1945 german offensive, losing a kidney and the use of his right arm after seven separate operations. finally recovering well enough to pick up his life again and change directions from his ...

Know, holding china to account on these issues have that really long sort of, you know, confused and befuddled and flummoxed. >> they are calling for a full-out boycott of athletes also. this predates the issue with peng shuai. >> yes. >> the tennis player who disappeared and then appeared in a video maybe under duress. and with the uighers, people are calling a genocide. >> they are incredibly significant. sit important for them to be addressed. it is nice to see the united states take that pla...

Division. >> reporter: elected to the senate in 1968, rising to republican leader for a dozen years. father to daughter robin from his first marriage. in 1975, he married elizabeth, his partner in life and politics. on the ticket as gerald fords running mate in 76, dole sought the office of president himself three times and faced incumbent bill clinton in 1996, describing himself then as a fighter again at age 73. >> tonight i stand before you, tested by adversity, made sensitive by hardship, a ...