it is same america that elected barack obama twice, you have donald trump right after that. how do we process all of this? >> yes, this is a question i all-important get from students, i try to remind them that i think we are part of a very long story. and so this story of bright spots followed by darkness, or bright spots together with darkness, are part of our long history, in addition to the things he talked about in politics we can think about slavery in reconstruction. so these things tend to go together, but i think it's important for us to do use those bright spots, to take them and find joy in them as we continue the work. it's important that we don't get bogged down and start to celebrate the price phosphine they happen, because it's necessary to hold on to that kind of thing, when we need to continue to work and we do those work from residents ration and the turnout, when we're fighting against redistricting we were just hurting about. and battle in against covid, we can do those things with a smile on our faces we remember the good times. >> i just want to end on

president barack obama appointed jerome powell to the federal reserve board of governors in 2011, and in 2017, donald trump appointed jerome powell to be the chair of the federal reserve. president biden announced that he will renominate jerome powell to serve a second four-year term as chair of the federal reserve. >> some will no doubt question why i'm renominating joy when he was choice of a republican predecessor. why am i not picking a democrat? why am i not picking fresh blood or taking the fed in a different direction? put directly, at this moment both of both enormous potential and enormous uncertainty for our economy, we need stability and independence at the federal reserve. >> at least three democratic senators, including elizabeth warren have announce they'd will vote against the powell nomination, but that is unlikely to change the outcome in the senate since a majority of democrats and almost every republican senator voted to confirm powell four years ago when the senate vote was 84-13. today jerome powell became president biden's field general in the fight against infla

barack obama and nancy pelosi also back then passed an awful lot of legislation that quite frankly save the country from disaster. and certainly from going off an economic cliff. and then we turn around and got dragged into those midterms as well. democrats have to do a much better job of connecting their legislation to the real world and realize, to the aspirations and concerns of americans. they've been good at passing legislation. democrats have historically not been very good at selling that legislation, not good at the politics of that legislation. although i will say, lawrence, and i will say that biden has taken a lot of hits, as have democrats, about this -- but even if they had passed build back better and the infrastructure bill, i don't know that it would have made that much of a difference, quite frankly, in those results you just saw. in virginia. and history says that it may not have made that much of a difference, because the base of the party just is not energized. as well as the base of the republican parties. >> it seems that infrastructure is especially challenging fo

obama was elected where people felt we were on the right track. this has become almost an american condition. it's a little more serious right now. but, you know, we've had this. i think political dysfunction is a big parts of this, at least on the part of democrats feeling that we're not on the right track. republicans feel that way because there's a democrat who's. . in terms of getting democrats more confident, i think if this legislation can start to move so that we have science working, the economy working, and finally politics working, then people can start to sense that maybe we're headed into sunnier days. one report i was worried about the '70s, there was horrible inflation in energy prices. the arab countries, opec had us literally over a barrel. they sometimes spike now but we don't have the structural, super high energy prices that were driving inflation at that time. >> gentleman, thank you for your per suspect. >> if i might. >> go ahead. >> there's one other factor we haven't mentioned. and that is that as i have lived through the l

obama once said everybody who speaks after michael eric dyson pales in comparison, and that is why i am speaking before michael eric dyson, his new book is titled "entertaining race," professor dyson, thank you very much for joining us tonight. let's begin with your title, please explain the title. >> well, thank you for your graciousness, and your wonderful spirit of openness. entertaining in three ways, first of all, black people from the very beginning of our so journ in america have had to entertain the dominant white culture from the slave ship to the plantation to the stage of performance. number two, we have had to entertain the idea of race, constantly we are negotiating between and betwist segments of our society that mandate that we address rather explicitly or implicitly the race, and we have to be entertaining while talking about race, how do we think about race in ways that are those old phrases that seem to be ruthlessly cliched for some people. we have to find new and inventive ways to try to speak new realities to old truths. >> the range in this book is really amazin

my friend and the man about whom, president barack obama once said, everybody who speaks after michael eric dyson, pales in comparison. that is why i am speaking before michael eric dyson, his new book is titled, entertaining race. professor dyson. thank you very much for joining us tonight. let's begin with your title. please explain the title. >> thank you for your graciousness in your wonderful spirit of openness. entertaining in three ways. first of all black people from the very beginning of soldiering america has had entertained the dominant white culture. from the slave ship to the plantation. to the stage of performance. number two we've had to entertain the idea of race. constantly we are negotiating between him betwixt. segments of our society, that mandate that we address explicitly or implicitly, the issue of, race and thirdly we have had to find ways to be entertaining while talking about race. how do we think about race in ways that are not those old freezes that seemed to be ruthlessly clichÉd for some people. we have to find new and inventive ways to try to speak, new

. >> joining us now is david plouffe, former adviser to president barack obama. he's an msnbc political analysts. we are at an interesting stage in the infrastructure bill that has already become law. that is, i am fine to get much easier to describe it now that it has passed and become law. and we actually have practical applications of it out there. >> no question, lawrence. the language that president biden used today, about the types of trucks that went over the bridge, why it was important, the more real and granular it is, the more i think -- until there are shovels in the ground -- it will not be -- it was great to see american flags and bridges and a really vivid description of who would benefit from this. this is important for the country importantly, but also important politically. the most important for democrats to hold on to congress, -- if people feel better about the economy, this infrastructure bill will be a piece of that, as well as the build back better bill as well. that and getting covid in our we're view mirror will give us confidence about

president barack obama, appointed general powell, to the federal reserve in 20 2011. and in 2017, donald trump appointed him to be the chair of the federal reserve. president biden announced that he will anomaly him to serve a second for your term as chair as the federal reserve. >> someone no doubt questioned why i'm renominating jay. when he was a choice of a republican president. i'm not picking a democrat. why i'm not picking fresh blood? or taking a fed in the different direction. directly, at this moment both of the enormous potential an enormous uncertainty for a comedy. we need stability, and independents at the federal reserve. >> if these three democratic senators, including elizabeth warren, announced they will vote against the paul nomination. but that is unlikely to change the outcome in the senate and the majority of democrats, and almost every republican senator voted to come from paul four years ago. when the senate vote was 84, to 13. today he became president biden's fuel general in the fight between inflation. >> we know that high inflation takes a

you know, barack obama and nancy pelosi also back then passed an awful lot of legislation that, quite frankly, saved this country from disaster, certainly from going off the economic cliff, and then we turn around and got drubbed in the midterms as well. i think democrats have to do a much better job of connecting their legislation to the real world and real lives and aspirations and concerns of americans. they've been very good at passing legislation. democrats historically have not been very good at selling that legislation. they've not been very good at the politics of the legislation, although i will say, lawrence, and i know biden has taken a lots of hits about this and democrats took a lot of hits about this, but even if they passed the build back better and the infrastructure bill, i don't think it would have made much difference in the election results you just saw in virginia, and history says that. it probably wouldn't make that much difference because the base of the party just isn't energized as well as the base of the republican party is. >> it seems infrastructure is esp

. >>> joining us now is david fluff, former campaign manager to president obama barack obama. we are at an interesting stage at the infrastructure bill that has become law. i am finding it much easier to describe it now that it has passed and become law, and we actually have practical applications of it out there. >> no question. the language president biden used today about the types of trucks that went over that bridge and why it was important, the more real it is, the more granular, the more i think until there is shovels in the ground, it will matter to people. and so it was great to see american flags and bridges and really vivid descriptions of who would benefit. this is important for the country, most importantly, but also politically. the most important thing for democrats next year in their battle to save democracy and hold on to control in congress will be president biden's approval ratings growing. if people feel better with the economy and this infrastructure bill will be a big piece of that as will the build back better plan bill as well, you know, that and gettin

obama twice, you had donald trump right after that. how do we process all of this? >> yeah, this is a question i often get from students and try to remind them that i think we are part of a very long story and so this story of bright spots followed by darkness or bright spots together with darkness are a part of our long history in addition to the things you talked about in politics we could think about slavery and reconstruction and so these things tend to go together but i think it's important for us to use those bright spots to take them into find joy in them as we continue the work. it's important we don't get bogged down in the dark spots we celebrate the bright spots when they happen because it's necessary to hold on to that kind of thing when we need to continue to work and doing the voter registration and turnout and fighting against the redistricting we were just hearing about or figuring out how not to get covid and can remember those good times. >> i just want to end on a positive note. what does it mean for a howard alumni