chicago, washington, dc, baltimore, and right here in philadelphia. we are invested -- investing in our infrastructure. we are making strides up and down the northeast corridor and projects like our gateway program and the baltimore potomac tunnel. planned infrastructure projects will improve quality, and offer greater reliability. all of these projects and investments in our future but they're also investment in our planet. amtrak provides a more sustainable mode of travel and demands of rail travel will continue to grow. in fact, traveling on amtrak emits 83% fewer gatt -- green -- greenhouse emissions. we have a truly dedicated workforce that carries on the legacy of the railroaders preserved before them and who take great pride in connecting america. it is because of our employees that amtrak serves a vital role in the countries mobility started. we continue to see their conservations play out in real time as we navigate through the pandemic. when the world stopped in many ways, due to the still -- spread of the coronavirus. our employees made sur

the criminals know there are no real consequences in philadelphia. my husband's had -- my husband's murderers had rap sheets that could go on for days, including probation, drug charges and they all had reduced bail and cases dropped. the man who pulled the actual trigger had five murders, including my husband, and those were the only ones they learned about so far. one of the other males in the room was one of the two prior murders in the others had previous gun charges. they were hold up in a tiny one-bedroom apartment with nine guns lined up in multiple places . who should be responsible for going into the room and responding in cases like this -- mental health workers? this is the job my husband and coworkers signed up for. there are split-second decisions that need to be made. nobody hates a bad cop more than a good cop, but the movement to defund the police is now about demonizing every officer and taking our country into anarchy by abolishing the police altogether. every officer is given at least nine months training before graduating the acad

criminals know there's never a consequences here in philadelphia. my husband for murders had rap sheets that could go on for days include multiple violations of probation, drug charges and gun charges. the al had reduced balin cases dropped. the man who pulled the actual trigger has five murders under him including my husband. those are only ones they learned about so far. one of the other males in the room was wanted for two prior murders or the males had previous gun charges. there were holed up in a tiny rinse at one bedroom apartment nine guns lined up with multiple drugs out the room. how you think should be responsible mental health workers may be a negotiator, this is the job my husband and his coworker signed up for. their split-second decisions that needed to be made. nobody hates a bad cop more than a good cop. but the movement is about demonizing every officer in taking our country into anarchy by abolishing the police altogether. every officer is given at least nine months of training before graduating the academy. they then have to cont

tens of thousands of people in the philadelphia area. all of this in addition to the initiative we have shared with you in the past, the digital and tv campaigns we have gotten out and are moving to get to local communities to support local organizations and their efforts to get people vaccinated. i know covid has separated many of us physically. what is encouraging to me is how many people despite that separation have stepped up to help one another. it is what we need now to bring this pandemic to any and. we also share with you with the government is doing to sure -- to share during the pandemic. this requires more than government action, it requires each of us to protect ourselves and other people in our lives. i believe this is one of those moments where we have to decide who we are as a country. are we 300 million people who happen to live in the same place? or are we fellow americans who decide we are stronger when we care for one another? my family and other immigrants came to this country recently or several generations ago becau

one was in boston, and one in philadelphia. i think it would be a great idea if it is mostly spanish or black or white, i don't care. or if it is a mixed neighborhood, have the same. i think it would bring down tensions. this way the black people would feel they were more recognized because of the race and same thing. i think this is a way, >> was defund the police, cities that followed that advice saw a rapid spike in violent crime. many reports to a refund the police. this happened in minneapolis and portland, many other cities as well. statistics show the murder rate in 2020 increased most significantly in june when there were marches and policymakers forced police into retreat. evidence strongly suggests that a 2020 spike in homicides and other gun related crimes is related to less policing. this progressive goal may have translated to over 1200 additional deaths in 2020. on the other hand efforts to combat violent crime like operation legend resulted in an additional 6000 arrests nationwide including nearly 500 for homicid

the original capital was in philadelphia. that is my comment. guest: i'm glad you brought that up. the land was donated by virginia and maryland. virginia took back the land. the constitution -- the supreme court refused to take it up. marilyn land is the land that remains that now forms the district of columbia. every single member of the maryland delegation supports statehood except the one republican member. one of the strongest supporters for statehood in the congress is a geordie leader -- majority leader from maryland. host: ron in wilson, north carolina on the democrats line. caller: d.c. statehood is long overdue and i want to thank ms. norton for her hard work. what were the republicans talking about regarding the election? host: regarding the election? caller: yes. they were saying they were not going to be any elections in the new state? guest: i am not sure what the caller means. host: let me ask you about the timing. i have read that the bill is likely to come up in the house next week. guest: that is right. we expected near the middle of the week. -- we expect it to t

-- i'm glad remember history -- when the seat of the federal government was in new york city and in philadelphia, the birthplace of america, they didn't want it in control of a state. therefore, the district of columbia was created. the district of columbia, under the control of the united states congress, because that is -- who should be determining what happens for the 50 states. our colleagues on the other side want to change an amendment to the constitution with law. what about other amendments to the constitution and how they read those? will they try to change those with law? this is not taxation without representation. this is about a democrat power grab. let's call it what it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, congresswoman jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished chairwoman, and i thank distinguished me

senator cruz: so if there is a police officer in philadelphia or new jersey watching this hearing, how are they supposed to react to your nomination is one of the distinguished members of the apartment of justice knowing that as a student you -- of the up -- of the department of justice knowing that as a student you supported cop killers? how can a cop watching ms. react to that news? ms. clarke: -- how can a cop watching this react to that news? ms. clarke: i have never celebrated the loss-of-life. >> thank you, senator cruz. >> a couple of topics i want to cover quickly but let me begin with a question for ms. clark. the op-ed from news like reference -- newsweek referenced repeatedly throughout this hearing with reference to the title, i want to be specific. did you pick the title? was it your choice? ms. clarke: it was not. i often defer to the editors i work with on choosing titles. they often have good judgment about a title that will help ensure your thoughts and ideas get read. it is not a title that aligns well with the piece. i do not support defunding the police. >> thank yo

covid-19 contortion, -- consortium spoke with me about vaccinating tens of thousands of people in the philadelphia area. the digital, radio, and tv campaigns we have to get information out. more than $3 billion we are moving to local communities to up support our local organizations in their efforts to people vaccinated. i know that covid has separated many of us physically. what is encouraging and inspiring to me is how we people , despite that separation, have stepped up to help one another. that is what we need now to bring the pandemic to an end. i know that with these briefings we show what the government is doing to address the pandemic. there's a lot happening in that department. but to truly trying to pandemic around requires more. it requires each of us to take action to protect ourselves and other people in our lives. ultimately, i believe this is one of those moments where we have to decide who we are as a country. are we 300 million people live you live in the same place? or are we funnel americans who recognize we are stronger when we care for and protect -- all or are we fellow ameri

the second capital was philadelphia. and there was a lot of back and forth about where would it finally be. it ended up here. let's right this wrong after 200 years and give our fellow americans voting representation here in the united states congress by granting statehood. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. speaker, if this bill is about race i wonder why your majority leader, steny hoyer, voted against this very bill in 1993. but with that, mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. jordan: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, democrats started last week with one of their members saying we should get rid of the police all together. they ended last week with another one of their members being admonished by the trial judge in minneapolis for sayin

one was in boston, and one in philadelphia. i think it would be a great idea if it is mostly spanish or black or white, i don't care. or if it is a mixed neighborhood, have the same. i think it would bring down tensions. this way the black people would feel they were more recognized because of the race and same thing. i think this is a way, i -- i'm not sure -- it would solve a lot of problems about police. i just to get would be a great idea. host: janice there with her ideas as far as ways of reducing tensions amongst police and the communities they serve. she is in colorado springs, colorado. you can add onto that or bring your own ideas to the table for the next 15 minutes or so. we will show you a little bit from a senate hearing that took place earlier this year. the topic was crime and violent crime. senator chuck grassley, republican of iowa, talked about this idea of defending the police and how it fits into the larger picture. here is some of it. [video clip] >> we cannot reduce violence in our communities without a p

the president is in atlanta tomorrow and philadelphia on friday. kamala harris is in baltimore tomorrow and cincinnati friday. and doug emhoff will be in raleigh, north carolina on friday. according to their plans, they are expected to travel to about a dozen states by the end of next week. >> more reaction to the speech. this notable, this is from democratic senator mark kelly. the new senator from arizona. quote, while i share president biden's urgency in fixing our broken immigration system, what i did not hear tonight was a plan to address the immediate crisis at the border, and i will continue holding this administration accountable. from our viewers, chelsea and new haven, i am looking forward to seeing more of tim scott's presence in the gop. i hope he becomes the new face of the party as they move away from trump. appealing to a wide array of voters and bring moderates back to the party. another one here from roger in illinois, if senator tim scott does not rise to be a republican presidential front runner, they are foolish. and finally, au

lots of cities, minneapolis included, philadelphia, baltimore, new york city, reporting significant recruitment challenges. this is a problem because it is compounding an issue that predated 2000 20, predating everything that happened with george floyd, building up the anti-police rhetoric that defined the more recent difficulties. 2019 a research firm published a report in september of that year on what they called a workforce crisis. just 12% of responding departments surveyed for the research conducted found that they hadn't had any trouble with recruitment or retention in the five years prior. a plurality said that the problem had gotten worse over the previous five years and nationally we have seen a decline in the number of officers on the beat and that is going to continue as a trend in part because of police rhetoric and one of the things that the biden administration forgets is that president biden was involved in the 1994 crime bill and use to tout that as a success and i think it was in many ways and one of the things that it did was it gave money for the hiring of 100,000 new police

he made these remarks at 30th street station in philadelphia. >> good afternoon. i am bill flynn, ceo of and track.

caller: i am an insurance broker who works in the philadelphia area, the delaware valley, and i am astounded at the number of people who do not have good professional advice right now. what people are saying, a lot of it is wrong. if they got professional advice, the aca would work well for each and every one of them. i wanted to put it out there that if people got advice from professional insurance brokers, a lot of the confusion would probably go away. host: can you give us an example from what you heard from one of our viewers? caller: the woman that said she had to pay for part a, then she chooses part b, that is not true. you get part a because you pay social security taxes, so she has been paying for that all of her working life. b, you buy from the government, and on top of that you choose to either purchase a supplement or a medicare advantage plan. if she had a professional to guide her, she would understand this completely and it would make it easier to navigate the nuances of the system. host: how much does it cost for a professional to guide you? caller: nothing, because professi

this stems largely from an event that happened in 1783 while the cottonelle congress was residing in philadelphia. basically, a group of disgruntled continental soldiers stormed the capital, demanding backpay, some other things, and the framers asked the governor of pennsylvania to send out a militia to stop the rebellion and the governor would not do it. so congress members had to flee and basically became -- for the next several years. so the framers wanted to make sure that they never again would have to depend on state or local government for their own safety and security. and they also wanted to make sure that no one state had an outside influence on the arbitration of the federal government. basically, james madison described that they wanted to make sure no state would exercise influence over the operations of the federal government that the other states would fine unsatisfactory. and so again, this has to be a very real concern because the residence of d.c. are able to participate in the democratic process. they are able to lobby, personally meet with essentially all the members of congre

born in west oak layne in philadelphia, barbara worked tirelessly as a lab technician for many years and had the spirit that warmed and welcomed all lucky enough to cross her path. you didn't have to know her well to see and understand how deeply she valued generosity and compassion. not a day went by when barbara did not exemplify these traits. she instilled these qualities and so much more in her family and the many lives she touched, including her son-in-law, peter. barbara and her husband of over 45 years, steven, raised two incredible daughters. family was everything to barbara. and what barbara loved most about life was being a mother and most recently a grandmother to her two grandsons, ethan and benjamin. they say that the best measure in life well lived has less to do with the number of our accomplishments but more to do with the number of lives we have touched. madam speaker, it is clear that barbara's was a life well lived and one that will be greatly missed by all. madam speaker, i rise today to recognize the tremendous work and ingenuity of a group of students at council

on friday he will be in philadelphia to talk about his infrastructure proposal. vice president harris will also be out on the road. tomorrow she is in baltimore, friday in cincinnati, to talk about the infrastructure and family benefits proposals. and second gentleman doug emhoff also travels to raleigh, north carolina friday. all told, the four primary members of the administration are expected to travel to about a dozen states by the end of next week. coming up in just a minute is senator tim scott with the gop response to the president's address. first, what did you find out about the speech? >> it was a lot of rare moments, a lot of first two nights. -- firsts tonights. this shot over the shoulder, this is a rare angle, one you do not get to see a lot. you can see for the first time two women on the dais sitting behind the president. look how few members of congress are in the room. carl from the new york times, longtime reporter noting joe biden sat through 36 of these as a senator and eight as vp. now he is finally getting one himself in very different surr

president biden was in philadelphia to honor amtrak. and then a look at president biden's first 100 days in office. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more. >> the greatest town on earth is the place you call home. at spark light it's our home too right now we're all facing our greatest challenge, that's why sparklight is doing our part to keep you kecked. >> sparklight supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. give jug a front row seat to democracy. >> the u.s. has fully vaccinated 100 million americans according to white house coronavirus response director jeff zeinst. the covid-19 task force spoke about the importance of decreasing vaccine hesitancy.

reporter: one thing related to this is the supreme court upcoming decision in a case against philadelphia on first amendment rights on child placements same-sex couples. is the administration doing any contingency planning on that decision and the equality act? ms. psaki: you mean if there is a different outcome than we would like from the supreme court ruling? reporter: based on the outcome and how it squares with the legislation. some observers say when decision or another might let the air out. ms. psaki: i would probably have to talk to our legislative team. we typically don't get ahead of supreme court rulings, but i will talk to them and see if there's anything i can convey to you. reporter: i have a question on immigration. [indiscernible] what is the bided administration's plan to mitigate migration at the u.s.-mexico border? ms. psaki: part of our effort in working with these countries is the recognition that regular migration is a hemisphere issue that wears all countries in the region to play the part. part of our effort was to work with mexico and northern triangle government

in the city of philadelphia where union officials have been offered a conference room, where before the trump administration they had multiple offices to do their work. we strive union organizing officials whose job it is to represent workers doing their representation on their own child at a cost to themselves, not even for free, because their representation time as not been restored yet by the local v.a., so the impression that are left with is the v.a. on the ground is dragging their feet in implementing president biden's order. if this was some sort of new right or new set of working conditions you might be able to understand why two months would be needed, but i think the frustration i get from v.a. employees is this has been outright for a long time. we bargained office space a long time ago. we bargained official time a long time ago. we just want to restore it to what it was before trump, so why is that taken so long? what is being done to implement the executive order, why it is taking so long and give us your commitment that you will try to speed these up and show employees th

host: let's hear from mark in philadelphia. caller: i do not think it should be more difficult. i want to bring up the point about h.r. 1 and how important passing those bills will be come 2024. right now, the pennsylvania governor is term limited in 2022. same with gretchen whitmer. governor evers in wisconsin. here is the nightmare scenario. we get three republican governors with republican state legislatures. the bills that passed in georgia will pass in those three states. biden will not be president without pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan. the dems have to get rid of the filibuster and get those bills passed. host: appreciate that. the counting is over. it is still an issue in arizona. the story from arizona central. the election audit -- you are seeing that counting continues on saturday. someone is handling your presidential ballots. the recounting of maricopa county ballots continues saturday and here's a breakdown of what the cameras might see. neither the arizona senate nor cyber ninjas has agreed to allow journalists inside. there are nine cameras set up inside

the second capital was philadelphia. and there was a lot of back and forth about where would it finally be. it ended up here. let's right this wrong after 200 years and give our fellow americans voting representation here in the united states congress by granting statehood. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. speaker, if this bill is about race i wonder why your majority leader, steny hoyer, voted against this very bill in 1993. but with that, mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. jordan: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, democrats started last week with one of their members saying we should get rid of the police all together. they ended last week with another one of their members being admonished by the trial judge in minneapolis for sayin

we are joined from philadelphia. caller: the democrats have to do what they want to do, we want to privatize the schools, the charter schools aren't doing any better than the rest. now you are going to privatize the water system. texas privatized the electric system and you see what happened. they always want more money. you will be conned again. you can go out in the streets of philadelphia and run into a con man. but they are conning from the capitol. host: on the republican line, will, you are next. caller: the american people are just sick and tired of these bills being put out for where 75% is not infrastructure and 25% is and they call it an infrastructure bill. the american people are sick of it. and they want the government to stop that and start taking one bill at a time, so we know what we are paying for. host: thank you. the independent line, massachusetts. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. from what i understand, the plan, only 5% of it is actually going to infrastructure. to build 500 m

a major lawsuit against -- alleging systemic real estate sales discrimination in philadelphia, kansas city, baltimore, chicago, milwaukee, louisville, memphis, long island, and essex county, new jersey. members are addressing discrimination manifests in technology used in the housing and financial services space, including the use of tenant screening, risk-based pricing, credit scoring, digital marketing, and automated assistance. thinking about solutions to housing and lending discrimination, we must consider the extensive resources invested in in creating a deeply inequitable society. thousands of laws and policies have been passed either explicitly or race-based, such as the indian removal act, the chinese exclusion act, and jim crow laws. or laws implemented with racialized policies, such as the federal highway administration act and homeowners loan preparation act. this nation has spent hundreds of trillions of dollars implementing unfair policies, which created deep-seated racial inequality that we see today. it is therefore imperative the federal government now support equitabl

when i was commissioner for behavioral health in philadelphia, i funded programs specifically for women who were going through their pregnancies. as you noted, postpartum depression is the most common complication within childbirth. one of the other distinguishing aspects of postpartum depression is that many of the woman who are experiencing postpartum depression are experiencing it for the first time during childbirth, which means that they are not typically already connected to services. one of the things that i think is really important is that we have a multi-systemic approach to this issue. for one thing, we need to make sure we have integrated services, mental health treatment. particular, identifying women who might be at greater risk or in the early stages of showing signs of depression. i think we have to make sure that our practitioners, both physical health, ob/gyn's and pediatricians are aware of the prevalence of postpartum depression, and understand how to make connections to the mental health system. we need to make sure that mental health providers understand the unique

host: bob from philadelphia, pennsylvania on the republican line. caller: good morning c-span. thank you for taking my call. amen to that gentleman. he spoke some great words. unfortunately we have race baiting from our president all the way down through the media. i have to put you out jesse. if this was a white man, white supremacist, some of the you could identify with qanon who killed a black officer, that would be the first thing you would have led with. instead you avoided the obvious facts, it was a black man that killed a white man. he was a black racist. host: let me stop you there. you will not hear me say anything like that, because we would not report race unless race was involved. we were not report religion unless religion was involved. i doubt the people invest getting have any answers. i think you are wrong. i am not going to argue with you. i am the journalist here. caller: stop interrupting me. host: let's go to brian from virginia beach, virginia. good morning. caller: jesse? host: go ahead. caller: easy one. i am trying to get a congressional guide for two w

the original capital was in philadelphia. that is my comment. guest: the land was donated by virginia and maryland, virginia took back his land -- its land and the constitution of the supreme court refused to take it up. the maryland land remains and now forms the district of columbia. it is important to note that every single member of the maryland delegation supports statehood, except the one republican member. one of the strongest supporters for statehood, in the congress, as majority leader -- is majority leader horner. host: north carolina, democrats line, go ahead. caller: i wanted to say that d.c. statehood is long overdue and i want to thank ms. norton four her hard work on d.c. statehood. my question regarding yesterday, what would the republicans -- what were the republicans talking about regarding the legislation? caller: regarding the elections. host: regarding the election? caller: they said there would not be any elections in the new state. host: do you know anything about that? guest: i am not sure what the caller means. host: let

host: let's go to milton calling from philadelphia, pennsylvania on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. the last two callers, i want to talk about the hypocrisy. this investigation of him having sex with a 17-year-old girl, a minor, and paying her for sex, this started under who? under barr doj. it did not start the democrats. i find it hypocritical. fox news and these other right wing medias were all over cuomo but they would cover the story. let's look at the hypocrisy with these evangelical christian ministers. when this thing happened with bill clinton they got fire and brimstone bringing down. where are they? pat robinson, you hear nothing but hypocritical. [indiscernible] where the rest of them at? host: we go to stan calling from silver bay, minnesota. caller: thank you. i think it is important you bring out all you can about somebody who is possibly committing crimes that are representing people in the government. i think tomorrow should have a full story about hunter biden and the graph his dad and him were ta

on to marvin in philadelphia. marvin, you are calling on the bad line, the line that thinks it is a bad decision. tell us why, marvin. caller: because you get business involved in government, then that means that it will be more geared to the business. that means more tax breaks to companies and things like that. as well as the civil part of it, that is one thing. it all comes down to the money. millionaires becoming billionaires and the minimum wage is still the same. it can't be geared to a certain group of people because they put so much money to get people elected and stuff like that. i think there should be an even plan going out where businesses not get involved with the government. because, it is going to make it uneven because they have a lot more money and they have a lot more people backing them than the regular person. host: marvin, it does not matter what type of business, big or small, just a bad idea overall? caller: is a bad idea across the board. it can protect my interests. big business comes in a

i was born and raised in philadelphia. i live in california now. i have driven all over this country. i have dealt with police here and there, some good and some bad. a lot of the police came from a program where they did not have any training whatsoever. a lot of the kids that i was in class with, i would not have hired them at kmart. training is the thing. it is friends and family, even firemen, same thing. they are not trained, a lot of people. it would be curious to see who is and is not trained. also, that police officer -- that was horrible. >> this facebook post from greg who says indian qualified immunity would be a disaster, in his view and disproportionately affect poor people. he says this officer should not have his life financially ruined because of one incident. anthony says, no they should have qualified immunity. a text from gresham, oregon. they need qualified immunity. they do not approach to enforce someone to die. it is when people break the law and resist is when things go the wrong way. here is a novel idea. require officers t

enough to meet a number of people affiliated with the group witnessed the innocence, a group located in philadelphia. i believe it was formed in 2003, by the 100th person exonerated from death row just to hear the story of these people. many of them served our country in uniform only to be falsely accused and convicted of crimes they did not commit. and then to get the harshest sentence estate could ever deliver -- sentence a state could ever deliver. to hear their grief, sorrow and desperation as they try to put their lives together. it shows that this nation, is taking a look at whether or not capital punishment is moral. increasingly, polling shows more and more americans are saying no. the fact that one innocent person could be put to death makes the practice tomorrow-- immoral. one of the people you feature is kwame, tell us what you learned about him. guest: he is an extraordinary man, deeply spiritual, in spite of the fact that he was arrested at the age of 17 for he murder -- for a murder he did not commit, incarcerated on death row at the age of 18, served more than 35 years in prison befor

they are police officers in the city of philadelphia. those people are, with the national guard, so afraid of what is going to happen if this trial does not, -- does not come to a happy verdict. host: what is a happy verdict? caller: officer chauvin should be held responsible for his lack of medical attention, if nothing less. host: rebecca out of burlington, vermont. she says not guilty. caller: good morning. i say not guilty. officer chauvin, how long was he police officer, 19 years? a spotless record. chauvin is not a medical doctor. the last seconds before he supposedly lost unconsciousness, he gave one heck of a back kick. the other officer said, i won't use the lord's name in vain because they couldn't believe, wow. officer chauvin i don't think would have any way of knowing that was some type of seizure, and probably he was very much alive still. i do not think he had intention to kill mr. floyd or anyone. i do not think he had ever been accused of anything remotely close to this in his 19 years of being a police officer. i feel t

i had the great pleasure of meeting john mcardle input -- in philadelphia pennsylvania. i am really surprised to see -- i never cared for john boehner in the past. host: thanks very much for the call. let's go to ken, from california. good morning. caller: good morning. just wanted to make a quick comment. i have not read the book yet, i am looking forward to that. i really believe the part of the problem with the republican party is that for years, people listened to paul harvey throughout the united states, that were republicans and they believed what the man had to say, and then the religosity of the man. he had a lot of faithful followers, and when he left the scene, all they were left with was lumbar and -- limbaugh and hannity and these clowns and they have not been a service to the republican party from any aspect. that is kind of where i think these people went off track, with the advice and the consultation they were receiving. other than that, i am looking forward to reading the book. host: thanks for the call. this is from kurt on our facebook page, saying the

when our founders met in philadelphia to break away to create a new nation, they had powerful revolutionary ideals and perhaps the most revolutionary ideal of all, as thomas jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence, was that all of us are created equal and deserving of the same rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. america from an imperfect beginning has thrived toward that vision generation after generation. to reach toward those goals of freedom, equality, opportunity for all. when you look at where we started from and where we are now, it is clear we have made significant progress toward achieving that vision. we are not there yet. president lyndon johnson once said that freedom is the right to share fully and equally in american society. it is the right to be treated in every part of our national life as a person equal of dignity and promise to all others. too many of our fellow americans are not treated as people equal in dignity and promise. too many cannot share fully and equally in society because each and every day, they are submitted to discrimination, d

was created as a capital city and look at the reason they moved it several times from philadelphia, which was original when they did the constitution. they did not want any one to have an influence or power over the federal government, so that was the reasoning, to make it its own state -- i mean, its own district. so a couple options are moving back to pennsylvania or to a different state that might be more accommodating and not have the problem of all the extra votes. another option is move it to the central area in the united states where it will be centrally located, and i know it is going to be expensive to build a new city and the middle of the country, but it will open up a lot of commerce in that area. and if we can spend billion's of dollars and trillions of dollars, then why not do it, take a look at it? host: what about this solution, we cut out the places where people live and work and you keep the u.s. capitol, the white house, the national mall, the monuments, you keep that as the federal city, and the rest of d.c. then becomes its own state? caller: if you use the argument

i saw manila envelopes, once you got below the i don't speak english, dallas was on one, philadelphia was on one, new jersey was on one. i don't know what's going to happen to them when they land in new jersey. if they can't speak english. if these kids -- what school system are they going to be placed in? who is then going to be responsible for this breakdown at our southern border which was created by president biden which he can fix today? i've urged president biden to go to the border and see this for himself. in violation of his own c.d.c. guidelines which dr. fauci yesterday verified. if you reach the child abuse and neglect laws of the state of texas where this facility is, this is a violation of the child abuse and neglect laws at the president biden-run facility. again, president trump went and negotiated with mexico. went and negotiated with those northern triangle countries to resolve the surge. this could be resolved as well. you don't need to reinvent the wheel because there was a method for how to resolve it legally. using the legal system that america has. sure, i would

. >> the maps were made hundreds of cities including brooklyn, los angeles, philadelphia, san francisco and many, many more. our hometown was also red lined. the railroad signifies the separation between north and south tulsa runs along this line. >> the black population is 2.4 times more likely to be denied a loan than white population. as a result many of our neighborhoods were separated based on race and income. because red line areas have no access to affordable loan it was hard not impossible for families to buy new homes. property values dropped. city managers deemed the areas unfit for investment. >> the act of 1958 outlined red lightning on a federal level. its effects continued long after. >> what happened over time, communities that had high property value, in nice neighborhoods, they could purchase their property, they were able to generate more funding. >> by 1970 there was a 27 percentage point gap between home values not between a and d but between c and d neighborhoods. >> low income children who grow up in a middle class neighborhood are much more likely to be middle cla

the red line holc maps were made for hundreds of cities including brooklyn, new orleans, los angeles, philadelphia, san francisco, and many, many more. tulsa, our hometown, was also redlined under the holc. the railroad that now signifies the separation between north and south tulsa runs along this line. >> during the period when red lining was legal, the black population of tulsa was 2.4 times more likely to be denied a loan than white population. as a result, many of our neighborhoods were separated based on race and income. >> because redlined areas had little access to affordable loans, it was hard, not impossible for families to buy new homes. property values dropped. the wealth gap widened and city planners deemed areas unfit for investment. this meant fewer resources and opportunities were available for families in redlined areas. >> although the fair housing act of 1968 outlawed redlining on a federal level, its effects continued long after. >> what happened over time is that communities that had high er property values, in nice neighborhoods, they could purchase their property, they were