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The final ajude kaytors of one who sits in those bodies. we haven't had it come up, after president obama left the senate, burris was appointed, by rod blagojevich, he was under criminal charges, there was a question whether this was a taint on the appointment. it came close as to whether or not democratic leadership in the senate would seat roland burris. they did and he served out the rest of president obama's term in the senate. on the they are options in article 1 section 5 is you could expel hill. they have not expelled anyone from the united states senate since 1862. jesse bright, the se...

Ago? >> absolutely. first and foremost, we want to thank and show love to all the volunteers and the dnc staff and everyone across the country that worked so hard, that continue to hear that we wouldn't be competitive in these races. you look at states all across the country. for example, in oklahoma, where we had three special election victories earlier this year. you look at what happened in hempstead where a democrat was elected as a supervisor for the first time since 1862. when you think about alabama and states all across the country, we should be excited and we will be investing. that's...

Commercial relationship. >> he may be right. in fact, the possibility is that he is right. the question is, on a grander scheme of ethics, is it right that this is the behavior that continues to go on? eamon, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate t. . in light of confederate monuments in this country, we want to do a segment called monumental americans, those who might be deserving of a statue. >> today it's ida b. wells, a subject of lynching in the united states. she was born in 1862 to the daughter of slaves. she began to write about race and politics in the south after she was ask...

To see if the comments were unprecedented or something else was like this in u.s. history to remember at time like this, talking about what president trump did that upset so many people. in response to query he sent us this letter. he told us about the long history of presidents sending letters and making sympathy phone calls and visiting with families of fallen soldiers and how profoundly that responsibility has affected presidents over the year. but said this handwritten letter from lincoln, what i think is the most eloquent such letter. most eloquent condolence letter that president has sen...

Their first one. lost both little boys in childhood. and lincolns had this to deal with on top of everything else that was upon them. with country being in grips of civil war. and in that dark year, in 1862, with everything else that was going on with the country and for the white house and for the lincoln family, that winter in 1862, after his second son had died, president lincoln got word that an old friend of his from illinois, william mccullough, had been killed fighting for union army in battle of mississippi. and you know one thing that's a blessing working in this building under the au...