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Politically for a republican party that has chosen to redraw district lines, make it harder for all the votes to count and get voiced representation from that state, is also the one waging a war on whether or not there is a recognition and acknowledgment about kids who are black, about kids who are latino, about kids who may be the children of immigrants, about kids who are lesbian or transgender because sexuality is also threatening folks but it is all because were becoming more diverse and dem...

Work to go capture people who messed with the national archives and steal stuff from the national archives. so theyve got like a cold case squad on the heist of harry trumans bedazzled sword and dagger collection. its also the same entity thats on the hunt to this day for a ring that looks just like this one. a ring, which appears to be be lifted from the lbj collection of the national archives. its a costar academy ring given as a gift in 1964 the jam it is a yellow sapphire and its got -- as y...

In new york and far beyond need to hear from the president, do you think? >> well, they need to hear support. i think that kaitlan laid it out very well toward the end of her comments there. the real challenge, most officers realize theres a need for reform, not only in policing but the entire criminal justice system but at the same time, they have to be able to address the rising violent crime thats occurring in our country. very, very real. and they want to hear something that really gives the...

This? >> absolutely. thats their number one goal and has been since richard nixon had the southern strategy. lbj predicted when he signed the laws, he underestimated the problem. shame to see them abandon lincolns principles. >> republicans have other issues going into this election beyond redistricting. jim tester just told the axe files, i dont think until we appeal to middle america. the area between the two mountain ranges. the appalachians and the rocky mountains. and if were able to do tha...

Thinks there needs to be strong federal rights voting legislation. >> reverend taylor, i interviewed the congressman yesterday from tennessee who, by the way, is not going to run again because hes been redistricted out of his seat and he said something particularly about new redistricting maps by gop legislatures, what the intention is, i want to play his answer and get your response, have a listen in. is the republican party or republican-led state legislature deliberately targeting race with t...

This presidents day weekend cnn is premiering a new original series focused on the life and presidency of lyndon banes johnson. hes the president who passed the civil rights act and voting rights act. but his decision to escalate the war in vietnam overshadowed his legacy. see how it all plays out. it premieres sunday at 9:00 p.m. right here on cnn. heres a preview. >> lbj was intensely aware he came into the office under the cloak of tragedy. >> it drove him to try to do things no one else had ...

The show, we are going to go in-depth on both of tonights big foreign policy issues with a pair of experts, both with a wealth of experience on the world stage, brett bruen and fred fleitz. ♪ ♪ for step in tonights real news roundup, senate majority leader chuck schumer getting called out for claiming on the senate floor thursday that the supreme court was made up of all white men until the early 1980s. which of course would leave out the late justice thurgood marshall thurgood marshall. app...

The state laws are too high and they disqualify a bunch of them maybe we can go into the supreme court and get them held unconstitutional. >> its a problem, yes, sir. >> i know that. see what you can do and do that pretty quick. >> i wish i had known that. that was before we got there. >> my god. i mean, its unbelievable. if there ever was an exhibit a of being a masterful politician, that was it. >> johnson is not taking anything for granted. he knows he may not be able to get a law through con...

Things that could be explored with the attorney general, and one is letting them march part of the way or agreeing in some way where it did not endanger lives. >> johnson and his administration were actively brokering between the two sides to try and make sure that the horror that had taken place would not be repeated. >> lbj is over every single details, getting reports of every minute of the date about the negotiations back and forth. >> there could be the possibility of letting them march par...

Mexican-american school. a few of them could speak english, and i couldnt speak much spanish. >> its an interesting thing to me that lyndon johnson left college and went to teach at a schoolhouse in cotulla, texas. that shows something about him as a human being, which i dont think anybody talks about very much. >> he had the personal experience of seeing and teaching the young suffering students of cotulla, texas. >> my students were poor and they often came to class without breakfast, hungry, ...