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The evacuation of local villages. let me bring you some spectacular pictures from the spanish island of la palma, in the canaries. where a volcano erupted on sunday, spewing out lava, ash and a huge column of smoke. it followed warnings from scientists of the rising risk of an eruption after days of tremors, sparking the evacuation of thousands of people living nearby. a two—kilometre exclusion zone has been put in place around the lava flow. the cumbre vieja volcano last erupted 50 years ago. within the past hour, spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has given a press conference alongside l...

Thomas university, and the author of "rethinking the black freedom movement," so good to see you. my goodness. so the nra is a powerful force. that, everyone knows. but how did it become such an influential political player? >> well, it's actually a fascinating story, fredricka, because people think of the nra in terms of its modern incarnation, but in reality, the organization was formed in 1871, and for most of its history was really concerned with responsible gun ownership. it was founded by two union war veterans who in the aftermath of the war recognized the need for americans to be more ...

Established in the constitution back in 1871, a battle that had been won and then lost and then won again. and yet no victory in this ongoing struggle about the nature of this country is ever final. which is why there was such vicious folly and hubris and cynicism even in the words of chief justice john roberts in 2013 when he declared the south has changed. roberts wrote in the majority opinion in shelby v. holder, the case that gutted a major provision of the voting rights act that basically racism may still exist but the system that creates inequality does not not and you certainly can't ma...

In 1925, in a unanimous decision, that the attorney general of the united states, even without a statute, has authority to go to court, to represent the united states against any state, which interferes with interstate commerce, or in this case, international commerce, to mexico, or to new mexico within the country. or that violates human rights pursuant to a treaty. in order to get injunctive relief. and i know, the attorney general is looking closely at all of those options. he also has options under the ku klux klan act, to bring criminal proceedings, against bounty hunters who are basicall...

The law -- the primary law we're using is the ku klux klan of 1871. that act is designed to protect federal officials in terms of doing their jobs. if somebody is going to intimidate, coerce, attack those federal officials in terms of doing their jobs, they are to be held accountable. you think that back then the ku klux klan act was passed in order to prevent groups like the klan from preventing federal officers from doing their job in the south, which at that time was to have a multi racial democracy. there are echoes of that in terms of what happened on january 6th, where there was an attac...