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Sense of humor, to do that is really astonishing and it really shows you what an amazing person she was. and to do so many different things in television. there you see her with a snake. she was an avid animal lover as he heard in that report. she didnt have children, so she considered her animals her children and devoted time to the care of animals. as we watch the report, so many things she did. hosting game shows, parts in some of the biggest series on television. "the mary tyler moore show."...

So it is normally a holiday of tribute and reflection is raw this year. martin luther king iii says hes tired of those who claim to honor his father but refuse to do what is necessary to advance his cause and king but one of many civil rights leaders who say president biden waited far too long to make this issue number one. with me to share their reporting and their insights margaret at alliev and a member of the "new york times" and what makes this day so interesting is the rawness. normally re...

You have the vice president as we mentioned, the president speaking one hour from now. then at noon, there will be a moment of silence on the house floor. at 2:30, lawmakers will share their reflections of the day. that will be presided over by congressman jason crow. and at 5:30, there will be a prayer vigil on the capitol steps. all the while a federal law enforcement official telling cnn there has been a recent uptick in violent rhetoric on extremist forums. cnns whitney wild joins us now. pe...

Unanimously supported voting rights in the voting rights act. people like john thurman, had an extended -- anti-civil rights icon. who in the end, supported the voting rights act. and this is something that republicans needed to do in massive margins in the past. both an indictment of republicans and also of democrats who might need to do it is to be done, to get things passed. i want to put your reflections on how the partisanship around this issue has calcified in a way that we might have neve...

Board. another four on to the library board. these changes in enid, oklahoma, are representative of a national pattern that has emerged during the pandemic where science and facts and safety are viewed as antithetical to a persons constitutional rights for people actively rebel against measures to protect them and treatments that have ended this pandemic, perhaps before omicron got here. where misinformation and disinformation about the virus spreads like wildfire and where tensions have reached...

They grew up if they were big fans of tanner and "full house" to see oh, hes really salty but he had such an incredible following in both worlds, and it would seem to me that, again, from the outside, he wasnt really trying to play one or the other. he was just being who he was and it seemed like fans should take from that whatever worked for them. >> yeah. im sure a lot of people who went to see his shows were like expecting danny tanner and were quite shocked at he gave them. but, yeah. no. he...

Presidential debate, joe biden went back out on the debate stage and said this -- >> and we talked about the supreme court, im looking forward to making sure that there is a black woman on the supreme court to make sure that in fact [inaudible] >> and the rest is on its way to becoming history. joining us now is caroline randall williams, poet, essayist, and educator. she is writer in residence at vanderbilt university. caroline, thank you very much for joining us tonight. and this tv drama call...

I couldnt open the packaging, the sound of the doors closing and being locked, introducing myself to my colleagues as we were hiding under the chairs. grabbing my hand. fashioning weapons out of stanchions and pens and my high heels. ready to take on the rioters who were banging on the doors behind us. >> that was california representative sara jacobs. last january jacobs was just one of the 64 house freshmen who arrived in washington, d.c. for the first time eager to serve their country and con...

Republicans until quite recently, all but unanimously supported voting rights, people like george w. bush and strom thurmond. he talked about thurmond, the anti-civil rights icon, who in the end supported the voting rights act. this is something that even republicans found necessary to do by massive margins in the past. that is both an indictment of republicans but also of democrats who wont do what needs to be done in order to get it passed. i wonder about what your reflections were about these...

We are a week away from the anniversary of the 1kwr5january attack on the capitol. whitney wild joins us live from washington. whitney, what are we expecting a week from today? >> reporter: we are still waiting for the exact details. what house speaker nancy pelosi says is this will be a day of reflection. heres what she told her colleagues in a dear colleagues letter. our nation will soon mark one year since the deadly aing ta on the united states capitol. preparations are under way for a full ...