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Ideology and that is white supremacy which we live with today. the other reason he is wrong is did you know that for example, in 1862 the u.s. actually pass add bill that paid slave holders in washington, d.c. repairations for having freed slaves. and each person was given -- worth the value of $300 which today when i looked it up is about $7,000 per person. that money came from the federal government and paid out to each slave holder. so we have seen moments where repairations were given except it always goes the other direction. >> cam he'll. >> we're talk about a kemp rather context that wa...

People would stay 10 to 20 years, see that neighborhood uplift. >> all worthy of more discussion. by the way, i may have said he signed that homestead act in 1968, that was a test to see if my parents were watching, which they are. obviously he did not sign anything in 1968, i believe he signed it in 1862. thank you for joining me. appreciate the conversation. >> thank you so much. coming up next, honoring brave men and women that sacrificed it all for our freedom. you're watching msnbc. freedom. you're watching msnbc. [ "done melody" plays ] ♪ ♪ in big ways and in small,

Think the starkest example was abraham lincoln, who at the beginning of the civil war said, we are not fighting this civil war for slavery. i am fighting this civil war to preserve the union. and there was this letter that lincoln wrote. even though he knew where he was going to go, that it was, for lincoln, about slavery, he said, if keeping the country half slave, half free gets us to preserving the union, i will do that. and he went through all of these other steps, because he was dealing in 1861, at the beginning of 1862, with a country, who had riots in new york city, that didn't want to ...

And it is not new to new york. >> it has been around since 1862 and we close our doors in 2015 and excited to be back here today at rockefeller center. and iconic force in new york city and so many memories people have of our history and new memories we are waiting to create with the kids. >> we won't use that one. look at it, shows everybody else where you got it. >> plastic beach here. >> you got here. >> always fun at the grocery store. >> carly is having the time of her life.

Jillian: i will make something for you. rob: please do. this store is new to rockefeller center but not in new york. >> fao schwartz has been around since 1862 closed our doors in 2015. so excited to be back here today at rockefeller center. we are iconic store to new york city and beloved. some memories that people have of our history and new memories that we are waiting to, you know, create with the kids. >> take the card, remember it, show it to everybody else, remember it and put it right back. did you pick the 3 of clubs? that's weird, right? >> plastic here. jillian: what are you doing h...