the university of alabama or do i want to go to a historically black college and university? it may be that way today, but not when they began. they were established because you know what the university of alabama said to african-american students? you can't come here. you are not welcome. you are not allowed to darken our doors. there was no choice. this was the the jim crowe era of racism and segregation. in 1862, president lincoln signed the act to provide for colleges in each state. in 17 of those states mainly in the south, black students were prohibited by law from attending these land grant colleges. the second moral act required a separate land grant college for blacks if they were excluded from existing colleges. many of our great hbcus like alabama a&m, florida a&m and lincoln university and my home state of missouri became public land grant colleges after the second morel act. not because someone thought they needed school choice but because racism left blacks without any choice. when blacks tried to attend schools like the university of alabama and mississippi, th

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in alabama, i would like to talk about what we really do. since i've been governor we've gone from 6% enrollment to 25 and as we reached 50% level than any parent that wants their child to go to a first-class pre- k. program will have that opportunity. we have worked on the quality and not quantity and that's why we are one of only two states that has for the last ten years met this first-class level award given to the institute for early education research. we have put a special emphasis on the quality of our programs. these are grant programs that do not always do what they should do a. they are expected to do what they are supposed to do and we are seeing results. as i say in alabama if you can't prove it, we don't pay for it and i think we need to take money away from programs that don't work. if you can show statistically, and we can show statistically that it works and we are proud of our program, i have a great commissioner who deals with this and has done a fantastic job and we are going to continue to work hard in alabama to reach t

the courts of alabama -- that is their approach. but you did not say that it is essential to show a conflict. >> exactly. then it has the two paragraph i talked about which are meant to illustrate what that predominance means. they are pretty much what i think what you said. mr. gornstein: yes. >> what is it that you said? [laughter] mr. gornstein: what we said are two things -- one, simply target you use a racial -- a conflict is not essential to prove the claim. three, there has to be strong evidence besides just the use of the racial target to put you in scrutiny. and so, that's -- and so -- >> if we should vacate this on the grounds that that is the correct standard and that is not the standard that the district court used, would you think what happened if the standard that you just stated was fairly applied? would anything change? mr. gornstein: we have only done a close analysis of three districts as you can see from our brief. two of those three districts we thought there was a strong case, but not one where we could say it w

the gentleman from alabama. mr. byrne: i would like to reed briefly a quote from the court's decision. quote, we find this statute to be clear and the agency's interpretation unreasonable in any event, in any event. there is no way to rewrite this regulation to comply with a law that is clear. there's no way for the agency's interpretation to become reasonable. it is unreasonable, according to the court, in any event. my friend from virginia talked about the fact that the osha just updated the regulation to impose a continuing obligation, osha does not have that authority. only this congress has that authority. no agency can unilaterally decide to change a statutory provision that the court has said is clear. this applies to nearly -- to only a few cat goifers employers. it applies to nearly every category of employers. that has 10 employees or more. so you could have an employer with 15 employees and they are subject to this regulation. this applies to virtually any employer. osha has six months to enforce this law

and so that's how we approached it in the state of alabama. so now i would like to kick off our discussion by asking some of other governors. we will open this up, governor wo wolf. >> thank you very much. [ no audio ] >> closer. >> i'm trying to be heard here. i want to say something then ask a question. in pennsylvania we take this really seriously, getting our youngest citizens off to the right start in life is really important, as you point out. i proposed a 40% increase between head start and early childhood education. the goal is to get to 44,000 new pre-k seats by the year 2020. and this is a good investment. mark, you are talking 13 to $17,000 depends on the area. they could do a good job in early childhood education. it costs over $40,000 to enca encars -- incarcerate somebody. there are other factors if a child gets off to a good start we avoid paying a lot of other social costs. in a year when pennsylvania has a very stressed budget i am proposing a big increase because i think it is a smart investment. as you pointed out, jennifer,

and so that's how we approached it in the state of alabama. so now i would like to kick off our discussion by asking some of the other governors to ask questions of mark and jennifer, so we will open this up. governor wolf. >> yeah, i have a question. thank you very much, miss garner, and mr. shriver and also governor inslee and governor bentley for your championing -- i'm trying to be heard here. the -- i want to say something and then ask a question. in pennsylvania, we take this really seriously, getting our youngest citizens off to the right start in life is really important as you point out. in my 17, 18 budget i proposed a 40% increase in early childhood education with head start and early childhood education, getting to new pre-k seats by the year 2020. this is a good investment. mark, you said, you talked to 13 to $17,000 for student, depends on the area, maybe $8,000 in some cases can do a good job in early childhood education. by contrast, it costs over $40,000 a year to incarcerate somebody. $40,000 a year. this is a good investment

the march from selma to montgomery took place after the of murder in merry in alabama the youngest letter a in his church and was trying to protect his mother and grandfather from being brutalized by policemen on this particular night in which shot by a state trooper twice in the abdomen point-blank. he died eight days later so some of the friends in sncc were angry he was murdered for nothing so with the adb should march with his body all the way from selma to montgomery to dump his body at the foot of the capital so governor wallace can see what his brutality has created. but that was metaphorical as somebody said that is a good idea. symbolically we will carry him so that is how the idea of the march was born. so when the marchers came face-to-face with the state troopers that were ordered by governor wallace and jim clark of dallas county you know, the rest of the story. anybody here has not seen the footage? i will share something with you now that you have not seen the issue probably don't know about it because there is a concerted attempt to cover it up. many people believe the bea

she is from mobile, alabama. staunch republican. staunch republican. and when sonny was given to congress, and we came almost at the same time, you have to look after sonny and he looked after me and we were very dear friends, even though an opposite sides of the aisle. very dear friends. again, godmother to my daughter. staunch republicans. and we have very good dinner conversations. >> he speaks very kindly of you,

>> i thank my friend from alabama for yielding. i wish to speak in favor of the amendment. my name is on the amend the. if there is one nature that has lit up my phones in regards to this repeal attempt it's from rural providers in my congressional district. they are scared to death, the spike in charitable and uncompensated care due to the fact that under this legislation, you are proposing tax increases on working families, making it harder for them to afford their premium tax obligations as well as significant cut-back in medicaid funding which disproportionately affects rural providers. because we never had one hearing on this, i want to at least ask unanimous consent to have included in the record at this time an article that appeared in "newsweek" dated january 22nd, 2017 written by two emergency medical physicians titled "rural america could be the hardest hit by repeal of obamacare." i think -- >> i would ask unanimous consent. >> i think they set forth in clear terms what the devastating consequences could be to rural providers with what's before us today. also, th

down a dirt road in alabama. blessed hope boys' academy. ♪ a place where the christian pastor in charge told our abc news undercover investigators that with a bible, and some times a belt, he know house to deal with teenagers who consider themselves gay. >> it's going against the word of god. it is not bib lickly right. >> calling himself, brother gary, he has an 80% success rate. >> you know this boy here claims to be homosexual. >> requires parents to give written permission so he can strike their children if they act up because, for one just because the he says he is queer, i'm not going to do that. >> reporter: under the religious freedom law there is no requirement to be licensed or supervietzed because it is considered part of a christian ministry. >> for every camp like this, there are 100 more nobody knows about. that nobody is exposing on tv. >> including another place we discovered in alabama, outside mobile. unlicensed, and surrounded by barbed wire. run by this man, william knot, who also calls hims

us to talkis joining about a camp in alabama. tell us a little bit about what you're going to see tonight. brian: it is a place of horrors, a cap the charges21 for parents to bring their teenagers who are troubled or day, and they would use a bible or a belt to try to get rid of their gay tendencies. jummy: i understand tonight's episode centers around a boy named lucas. can you tell us about his story? brian: we met lucas more than a year ago when he arrived on a late-night bus after he said he just escaped from one of the caps where he had been brutalized. he took us through one can't after another where so-called christian pastors told him they would find one way or another to make him straight. along the way he found friends who had also been abused. nobody had done anything about this and local police had not moved in. he pushed hard with one local officer in alabama, and went to trial. child against one of the most brutal christian pastors, and this man was convicted of child abuse and sentenced to 20 years in prison, a har

the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from alabama, mr. byrne, is recognized for one minute. mr. byrne: thank you, mr. speaker. be written in 4:6 do not anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and is up i willcation, with thanksgiving let your request be made known to god. as this body debates important issues, it is critical we begin with prayer. and i'm honored my constituent, pastor chris bell, was able to lead today's prayer. he studied theology and communications at the university of mobile and luther rice seminary and he has over 20 years of ministry experience. pastor bell is currently the lead pastor at 3 circle church in southwest alabama. 3 circle church has five campuses with weekly attendance reaching over 2,000 people. in addition to their regular services, pastor bell and 3 circle church have a focus on mission and serving others locally, regionally and around the world. these missions make a real difference. so on behalf of alabama's first congressional district, it is an honor to welcome chris and his wife, nan,

it wasn't a big deal in alabama. i thought it was an effective plan and i would like to see that kind of policy enhanced and moved forward. and restore that. i believe there's nothing wrong legally, morally or intellectually with a lawful system of immigration. it serves the national interest. what's wrong with that? that ouldn't we aspire to good goal? and the president has made clear his view on it. it's been mine for some time. and we're going to make progress about that. and in particular people who come here unlawfully who commit crimes are going to be out of here. the law says they have to be deported. we're going to insist that that appen. to confront them and take action against them if they don't take them back. we're housing a lot of people who committed serious crimes, who entered the country unlawfully, who have long since due to be deported. we're holding them because these countries won't take them back. there's just a lot of things that we can do in that regard. maybe we could -- i'd love to have any q

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york, hakeem jeffries of new york, william keating of of achusetts, ed perlmutter colorado, terri of alabama, dina titus of nevada. signed sincerely, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i send to the

i have lived in alabama and you jeff sessions for years. [indiscernible] that was just to that was just about gentlemen, but i would like to sit couple things. and i to be a democrat left them when they started losing their [indiscernible] twice, not once, and they tried to cover it up, they had turned to nothing but people [indiscernible] and they are trying their best to tear the country down. they think they are the only ones capable of choosing supreme court justice or anything. they just make me so angry. they are going so far to the left. [indiscernible] mr. trump, bless him. [indiscernible] he is talking about all these things been made in america and that is what will make america great again. hermine 10 years to be one of the biggest basis for workers -- birmingham used to be one of the biggest places for workers. democrats, i am telling you for the next one, you better start changing ways and stop worrying about the left-wing crazies and go back to the middle where real people are or you will go to nothing. thank you. i'm sorry. s

. >> we'll take to you selma, alabama where thousands march in montgomery just as marchers did 52 years ago. >> hotel guesses are sent running after multi alarm fire broke out. we will tell you what's being blamed for causing this fire. we're back at the top of the hour.

knew firsthand what it meant in selma, alabama. and she would tell me how she couldn't vote in her home state. i was born and raised in brooklyn, new york. i learned the direct impact of being denied the right to vote from my own mother, not from history books, which is why many years later, as i had come into my own adulthood, one of the proudest moments of my life was on the 50th anniversary of that march across the edmund pettus bridge, i marched over the shoulder of the first african-american president of the united states as he stood next to john lewis, who was beaten on the bridge that day my mother talked to me about, and holding hands with the woman who was tear-gassed there. and as i marched across that bridge, i thought about my mother and the millions of other mothers who were denied the right to vote, who were now protected by the voting rights act. that brings me to attorney general jeff sessions, who, ironically, was born in selma, alabama. he's meeting with civil rights leaders, including me, this week. and front and

>> living across the bay from mobile, alabama. >> in this district? >> no. >> right, right. >> no wonder i couldn't find protesters being brought in. the supporters took all the seats on the bus. >> desi lydic, everybody. we'll be right back! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ you guys ever try one of these bars made over at right twix? why? our special cookie is cascaded with caramel and cloaked in chocolate. you never wondered? [ whoosh! zap! ] [ glass breaks ] aah! [ male announcer ] try both. pick a side. twix. wthey're about to slow down my data. simple rest easy, fellow streamers, simple mobile gives you truly unlimited high-speed data on a blazing fast 4g lte network. your data will move as fast as a lightning cheetah! haha that was weird. no, that was simple. good day! get truly unlimited high-speed data for 60 bucks a month and the latest smartphones. want better wireless? the answer is simple. um, i can't have happen what happened (♪)t time... ahem... here's my card. i'm sure you know your profits are down 8%. so, just let me know if you want to

but one alabama official spoke out about a controversial voting issue. the service was held this morning at brown chapel where guests spoke about the history of voting rights. alabama secretary of state john merrill spoke in support of a controversial state law that requires people to have a state or federal i.d. in order to vote. some people in opposition to the photo i.d. law walked out of the service. >> it is just like the pole tax that's being proven in court unconstitutional in texas and north carolina. >> the ncaap president went on to say it's just wrong for the secretary of state to speak out in support of the voter i.d. law. >>> a roller coaster day of weather across the bay area. >> let's take you out live right now. a look at the san mateo bridge. rob mayeda is back here with a look a that forecast coming up right after the break. - everything we stock at grocery outlet has crazy low prices. do you know how we do it? - how? - bargainomics! say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. or a winemaker in sonoma suddenly ha

sule of alabama. -- ms. sewell of alabama. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 198, the gentlewoman from alabama, ms. sewell, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from alabama. ms. sewell: i rise in support to enhance recruitment and retainment strategies at the v.a. medical centers. while we focus on strengthening the v.a. work force, we must also focus on making sure geographical diversity of our v.a. work force is reflective of the veteran patient population and that rural populations are adequately represented. i would like to thank chairman roe and ranking member walz for working with me on this critically important amendment and for your dedication to our nation's veterans. my amendment is simple. it allows the secretary to select eligible employees for the fellowship program who represent or serve rural communities in order to alleviate the systematic burdens of rural health care work force shortages for our nation's veterans. in order to best serve our nation's

>> living across the bay from mobile, alabama. >> in this district? >> no. >> right, right. >> no wonder i couldn't find protesters being brought in. the supporters took all the seats on the bus. >> desi lydic, everybody. we'll be right back! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® lines?an develop fine lines what lines? the chapstick total hydration collection. our advanced skin care formulas instantly smooth and transform your lips. chapstick. put your lips first. classic hershey's outside. with a new creamy, crunchy inside. new hershey's cookie layer crunch. classic reimagined. ♪i'm mor♪made of shrimpch ♪i believe in myself ♪i'm not afraid ♪i'm not a wimp ♪to be like you ♪mail boy ♪dressed like you ♪mail boy ♪and one day i know i'll become ♪mailshrimp ♪mailshrimp ♪mailshrimp ♪mailshrimp america's favorite cookie delicious european chocolate candy introducing new oreo chocolate candy bars look for them wherever you

we are going to move ahead to jerry calling in from alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to talk about the house of representatives and the senate. i've called in on this several times. i am going to see if i clarify it today. maybe i am stating it wrong. since 1930 teen, the house of representatives has the same amount of members as it did over 100 years ago. we have increased our population at least three times. our congress needs to be unfrozen. 1400ed to have at least members in the house of representatives and are senate two-yearbe reduced to terms so they will be accountable for what they do when they do it and avoid the monopoly they have in government. that's all i want to say. i hope it gets through to some folks and they understand what i am talking about. we need representation in the congress and the senate are in this is one way -- senate. this is one way we could do it. host: let's go to 10 in california. ken in california. caller: that place in southern california they were talking about was the canyon refinery that leaked into the air for months.

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reporter: and that severe thunderstorm watch that adrienne is in goes all the way south into parts of alabama. you can see it there on the map, david. also into even mississippi. this is all through tonight, most of them go as late as 11:00 p.m. but the storms don't stop then. watch that line, damaging wind the main threat, as this comes together in eastern tennessee, northern alabama, through the after midnight hours. then we look at a new storm. this is really primetime for severe weather. a lot of moisture, a lot of dry air behind that low. and it is classic. there's a dry line that sets up tomorrow. we could see damaging winds, big hail and a few tornadoes in the region you see highlighted there. that slides east as we go through wednesday. it is going to be day after day of severe storms. it will certainly feel like we're almost in april. >> could be a difficult week ahead. i'll see you in the morning on "gma," ginger. >>> as you know, we're also watching that massive cyclone. it is spinning towards australia tonight. the winds the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane here, reaching 115

reportera: alabama se ha convertido en presa constante de las autoridades migratorias. en la calle o esquina menos esperada, los habitantes encuentran autos al acecho del prÓximo inmigrante indocumentado. esta semana unas 40 personas sin documento, fueron arrestadas. >> nada mÁs entrÓ. reportera: se encontrÓ en la puerta de su casa a los agentes de migraciÓn esperÁndola sin una orden. las siglas de la parte de atrÁs de sus uniformes, no se identifican como en otras ocasiones. esta vez traÍan el logo de ice en pequeÑas letras en su brazo. >> estaban buscando a una persona y nosotros le dijimos: a esa persona no la conocemos. reportera: aÚn asÍ, amalia garcÍa, madre de una niÑa de tres aÑos, tambiÉn le arrestaron a su esposo y su primo de 19 aÑos. las edades migratorias dijeron que se estÁn enfocando en expulsar a individuos que representan una amenaza para la seguridad pÚblica. aquellos que enfrentan cargos por ofensas o que han sido deportados. sin embargo, este abogado asegura que la mayorÍa de sus clientes no cumplen con esa descripciÓn. >> ellos e

watch that line, damaging wind the main threat as he comes together in eastern tennessee, northern alabama, through the after midnight hours. then we look at a new storm. this is really prime time for severe weather. a lot of moisture, a lot of dry air behind that low. and it is classic. there's a dry line that sets up tomorrow. we could see a few tornadoes in the region highlighted there. that slides east through wednesday. it is going to be day after day of severe storms. it will certainly feel like we're almost in april. >> could be a difficult week ahead. we'll see you in the morning on "gma." >>> as you know, we are watching that massive cyclone. it is spinning towards australia tonight. the winds the e give leapt of a category 3 hurricane here, reaching 115 miles an hour. 20-foot wachs are expected. strong winds reaching store. thousands of people have been evacuated ahead of the storm. it is expected to make landfall tonight. >>> back here at home, and the bombshell headline from washington at this hour. the republican congressman who is now leading a congressional investigation int

some pinned under an suv in gulf shores, alabama. abc's steve osunsami is in alabama tonight. ♪ >> reporter: families of the students who were hurt were lined up along sidewalks, watching this happen. we won't show you the actual crash, but here are the moments before. driving directly behind the gulf shores high school marching band is this white suv, that was part of the parade, and is about to lose control. >> unknown number of victims. elderly male. ran into the parade. >> reporter: alabama police say they're certain this was an accident, caused by the 73-year-old driver in the suv, who was here for the american legion. witnesses didn't want to believe their eyes. >> i looked back and seen kids screaming. and running. and i turned and a van was running over them. >> reporter: some of them were hit so hard, their instruments flew across the street. 12 were loaded onto stretchers and hospitalized. tonight three of them are in critical but stable condition. >> these are our children, this is our community, these are our friends. t

. >>> back here at home, and the mystery behind a deadly small plane crash in alabama. witnesses said the wings were torn off in the flight. the parents and two children flying from florida to tennessee after a family vacation. here's maggie rulli. >> reporter: an investigation into what caused a tragedy. and a mayday call. >> spun around, then took a nosedive down. the wing came down over us, and the wind carried it into the field. >> reporter: debris scattering over a mile. >> it's a mess. i mean, it's just a rubble of tin, you can't tell it's a plane. >> reporter: at the time of the crash, authorities say wind and rain came over the area. >> it does seem to be a contributing factor in some way. >> reporter: family members telling abc news the couple were experienced fliers, and it was a trip home from disney land. on friday night, a cessna spiralled out of control in georgia, slamming into this home. killing the 78-year-old pilot. authorities still looking into what caused both crashes. in alabama, there are five different debris sites, so this will take several days

. >> powerful storms are moving through georgia, alabama and the carolinas. >> and here's what these storms are producing. damaging winds and hail. this video from northeast alabama, relentless pounding of hail on that deck. >> tennessee the storms are responsible for this damage as well. the strong winds flipped over a truck and even split trees in half. the system will also trigger more severe weather today. accuweather's paul williams is tracking it all for us. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kendis, diane. looking out for another round of severe storms to rumble its way throughout portions of texas and into oklahoma. we're expecting damaging winds up to 50 to 60-mile-per-hour winds, hail, between an inch in diameter or even bigger, flash flooding likely along i-20 as well as i-10 and even along i-35 and watching out for the potential of tornadoes tuesday during the day towards oklahoma city and tuesday dallas towards san antonio. kendis, diane. >> now to the major developments overnight including new presidential tweets and a top congressman under fire. >> the head of the ho

quieren quitar temor para que logren lo que lograron en alabama. no nos vamos. nos vamos a quedar en este paÍs. las leyes de alabama las derrotamos en la corte. marÍa elena: tengo una pregunta. esta semana, el presidente trump dijo ante el congreso que cree que debe haber una reforma migratoria y pidiÓ a demócratas y republicanos que trabajaban en eso. quÉ tan comprometido estÁ el presidente? ya que estÁn trabajando en un proyecto? >> la prioridad nuestra, y trabajamos juntos al final del Último congreso, fue proteger a los dreamers. vimos que este gobierno parece que va a dejar todas las protecciones para los dreamers vigentes. esas una buena noticia. creo que lo que nos gustarÍa hacer es encontrar una soluciÓn permanente para esos 770,000 jÓvenes y luego, mÁs tarde, buscar esa reforma migratoria. yo pienso que este presidente lo que quisiera lograr es la reforma migratoria. estoy de acuerdo en lo que ha utilizado, que escuchamos durante la campaÑa. ha sembrado mucho miedo. sin embargo, creo que es importante que las personas estÉn al tanto de lo

what led to a wild scene in alabama. what is worse than standing outside in the cold waiting for a train? probably this. now a check on our traffic with angela foster. angela: thank you so much and good afternoon. we have a run of midday road maintenance operations going on a long account of dutch capital yellow line is single tracking between pentagon city and l'enfant plaza. butave got a lot of green we have some work zones set up and forced phil and annandale near braddock road. our cameras are showing the work zone delays on interstate 95 traveling through dumfries on the right side. you can see the southbound slowing. the maintenance vehicle takes away one of your travel lanes, the same thing on the capital beltway. as you pass new hampshire avenue the roadway is blocked due to maintenance. as you pass through chantilly on virginia 28 you will see the work zone blocking the left lane as you pass the air and space museum parkway. >> you are watching abc seven news at new, on your side -- at noon, on your side. jummy:

host: okay, let's go to paul in northport, alabama. independent, paul, good morning. an attorney. i'm in my 60s. 've seen many judges over the years. that only -- ieve limit hould be a 10-year to serve state and federal appointed and elected. smart re many, many attorneys who can step in to really don't need judgeships to be political ootballs and cutting number of years would help. host: paul, if you go with the appointment, or president consist serve eight years at most, do you think that a justice too much to the political state and of certain ims administration? because 10 years, you're going to have high in judges and so assuming you have high turnover administrations, it it out.m to even "u.s.a. es tish in today" is proposing 18-year term for supreme court justices. appointments e would require new constitutional sxhaement it has been 25 years recent amendment was ratified. he said no less figure than roberts tice john supported 15-year terms for all federal judges, writing it would judges would not lose all touch with reality hrough decade of ivory tower existence and provi

back to you, francis. >> thank you for that report out of alabama. now we want to bring in rosen burg, codirector of the voting rights project. i appreciate your being with me here as we pose this to our viewers right now. do you believe that the voting principals are being threatened and in any way could they be sue pressed or even survive the trump administration? >> there is an early indication that the rights of voters around the country are being threatened by this administration. >> how so? >> well, just this week in texas there was an attempt by the united states to withdraw a claim that it has prosecuted for over five years. and i think it would be helpful to put it into perspecte. >> so a reversal here. >> even more so, this is a claim dealing with the texas photo id law, which is the most stringent foe photo id in the country. judges appointed by democrat presidents and republican presidents have found to be discriminatory. >> where is that coming from? >> well, the source of the resistance in terms of the change in position is coming from

chuck, coming from scenic city, alabama. former senator, chuck, what was your former senator, chuck. what is your reaction? caller: it's surprising how much they are attacking jeff sessions. they never once went after eric holder with all of his lies, fast and furious. the situation with obama. selling cellaring -- influence. jeff sessions should open this hillary thing again. it would go back to loretta lynch. it would tie into possibly eric holder committing crimes. this is ridiculous. al franken, it's a known fact, that he probably stole the election to become senator when he went for office and everything. the news media, you guys are very quick to go out here and quote everything that is anti-republican. you will take three calls from a democrat versus one from a republican. i don't know what your agenda is, but it's quite obvious. you are very biased. host: you can respond. we have absolutely no agenda. we take calls on the democratic, republican, and independent lines, being very fair this morning, reading you the hea

well i had just got elected and then a few days later i'm taking my walk back home in alabama the schedule passed and says run now while they still like you. it's a tough job you have. you do your duty everyday and some people don't like it and some people like it and there's no choice to do the right thing and do the best he can to try to make the legal system work. we have the most reluctant markable markable legal system in the world has ever known. i truly believe that. i had the opportunity to practice before federal judges more than state when i was attorney general for only two years. i just came to value it. somehow, somewhere we muddle through the disagreements, the disputes in cases we handle and the system stand strong. i do believe strongly that words have meaning in law should be in force and we should try to be consistent and application of law and that equal justice in the law is a critical thing for this country. we need need to maintain that ideal. having traveled around the world as part of the armed services committee and seen the attempt to help of their countries have

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. >>> plus, selma, alabama, 52 years after bloody sunday. today a re-enactment symbolic for the fight of voting rights in the 1960s and again today. >>> the white house is now asking congress to widen its probe into russian interference in the 2016 election. their logic? they want to include the potential abuse of executive branch powers. the move comes after president trump accused former president obama of wiretapping trump tower in the week before the election. spokesperson for former president obama denied obama or any white house official ever ordered surveillance on a u.s. citizen. former director of national intelligence, james clapper, also refutes the president's -- president trump's claims here. in an exclusive interview on nbc's "meet the press." take a listen here. >> for the part of the national security apparatus that i oversaw as dni, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time, as a candidate or against his campaign. >> if the fbi, for instance, had a court order, that would be informati