we know members spoke with the doj and the white house office while they were crafting the letters. were you involved in any of these conversations? >> out be happy to have our staff follow-up with you on that. >> when the secretary testified before this can -- committee, i asked him about schoolteachers and whether they could be charged with harassment if they say there are only two genders, male and female. i asked the secretary how many genders there are and he could not answer. can you tell me how many genders there are? >> i would rather talk about the vigor value around our students -- >> you are saying that teachers could be investigated for harassment if they state the biological sex as two genders. are you saying that teachers could lose their jobs over this? you cannot say how many genders there are? >> we don't make decisions at the local level about teachers. >> this came from the department of education. this is not local. if it was local, i assure you regular americans are furious that the department of education is promoting the teaching of gender identity in school.

once again, former white house advisor steve bannon was charged on friday with two contempt of congress counts. what are your most important political issues? let us start with ava from columbia, mississippi on the republican line. good morning. caller: yes, i heard that about steve bannon. how come it is only republicans get held up when do stuff, like hillary clinton with emails and all of that, whatever she did? how come they ever go up? we need an attorney general for the people and not for himself. the fbi has been used to do the dirty work for different parties, i think we need a justice department that is fair. thank you. host: charlie calling from roslyn heights, new york on the independent line. good morning. guest: hat -- caller: hello everybody, i am on the independent line but i consider myself a progressive because that benefits the freedoms of the american people today. i do not support you distinguishing between progressives and identity politics and cancel culture and all the other baloney. the mainstream media to puts that -- seems to put that into the progressive camp

the white house covid-19 response gordon nader -- coordinator talked about that. [video clip] >> on osha, the team has been working to >> we'll leave this program here. you can watch the rest of it on our website c-span.org.

the white house covid-19 response gordon nader -- coordinator talked about that. [video clip] >> on osha, the team has been working to develop the emergency temporary standard that covers employees with over 100 employees -- employers with over 100 employees to ensure workers are fully vaccinated or undergoing testing on at least a one time per week basis to stop the spread in the workplace. the agency has submitted the text of the emergency temporary standards to the office of management and budget. while we do not have a specific time to provide today, the rule will be finalized soon. we know businesses are already acting. we have seen major companies and small businesses and other organizations step up every day with vaccination requirements. host: daniel suhr on that osha rule and what you're looking for when it does come out. guest: as soon the osha rule is published, we will see the biden administration in court. it is illegal and unconstitutional. the act is meant to protect people in their workplace against toxic substances. these emergency rules are only

i was proud to re-establish the white house council on native american affairs. and to issue a memorandum, my first week in office, instructing my entire administration to engage in a regular, meaningful consultation with tribal nations. i was kidding to my wife jill, who will be out here shortly. she visited the navajo nation so many times that i am worried she won't come home. i'm proud -- i'm proud to name native american leaders in our administration, not only the first native american cabinet secretary and it won't be the last in history. but more than 50 native americans now serving in significant roles in my administration. i've also taken action to protect tribal lands. revoking the pyramid for the keystone x.l. pipeline. preserving and protecting sacred homeland, including bears ears and the grand staircase escalan tefshgs -- escalan tefshgs. i'm proud of the tribes. there's still so much more to do. today i'm announcing five new initiatives. first, a new initiative involving 17 departments and agencies to protect tribal treaty rights and the work of the

i applaud the idea of having a second white house conference on nutrition. together, more community based input regarding the potential solutions and to develop action items. we also need a comprehensive policy approach that's well coordinated and we need to understand the nuances of engaging tribes in these areas . ideally, we will include stakeholders with lived experience as part of these important discussions moving forward. finally, please know that i am deeply honored to be here. indigenous voices are not always at the table and i really appreciate this opportunity to address each of you and i look forward to further discussions and questions. thank you so much. >> thank you, dr. warren, for your compelling testimony. i'd like to now recognize dr. stover for five minute remarks. >> chairman booker, ranking member braun and members of the subcommittee thank you for the , opportunity to testify before you today. my name is patrick stover and i serve as vice chancellor, dean and director of research for the texas and i'm -- a and on university system and

but if we believe with the white house has been telling us, th ey will make a decision. host: it is hard to read what the fed will do sometimes. any indication if he does pick brainard, how the fed would operate differently in terms of policy? guest: it is a real question about monetary policy. the general consensus among the democrats pushing for brainard is, you can have the interest rate and other monetary policy policies that you like from jay powell, she will continue those, but you can also get more aggressive with financial regulation. that is the argument from the democrats who support her. one of the arguments from liberals i talked to that support jay powell is she is a question mark, we do not know how fast she will raise interest rates. and she might have a different thought about things than chair powell does. the wildcard in this is inflation is currently running at a much higher pace than the fed thought it would, largely because of the delta variant, resurges that nobody in the federal world would have that would affect the economy as it has. that's a hea

in 1969, the year i was born naturally, president nixon convened the white house conference on food, nutrition and how to address the urgent national concern of widespread hunger in the united states. what resulted was an unprecedented expansion in creation of vital programs dealing with that hunger crisis. programs that went on to tackle access to food. but fast forward 52 years and while we have made progress addressing hunger in america we are still grappling with food insecurity but now we face that second food crisis, one of nutrition insecurity were too many americans are overfed but undernourished and are seeing these staggering rates of disease and early death. despite being the wealthiest nation in the world we've crated a food system that relentlessly encourages the overeating of empty calories, literally making us sick and causing us to spend an ever-increasing amount of our taxpayer dollars literally trillions of dollars a year on health care costs to treat diet-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, certain types of cancer and chronic kidney disease th

listen to q and a on our c-span now at. >> president biden held a cabinet meeting, at the white house, where he talked about plans to sign the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and appoint someone to oversee the new law's implementation and spending. president biden: i want to thank you

the white house announced their veterans month commemorations. they made sure to say veterans and military families month. it is not just one person's accra vice. it is really the whole family -- sacrifice. it is really the whole family. host: and we will be speaking >> later today, the nasa -- crew arrives at the space station. it is expected at 710 eastern, and finally, the crew welcoming. we will have it live on c-span.org, or you could watchful coverage at c-span now, our new video app. here is the nasa space x launch on the kennedy space center in florida last night. just 40 seconds to go.

this added diversity, the growth is not made it more favorable to democrats they won the white house in 2020 that they did in 2012. the more important part of this is how lines are drawn from state to state. republicans get to draw the map in 20 states totaling 187 districts that's because state legislatures for the most part bear responsibility for this compared to 75 districts and eight states. there also tend states that he is independent or bipartisan commissions the total one or 21 districts are six states with control split between the legislature of one party and a governor of the other. that adds up to 46 a districts. then there are six states that only have one district in the upcoming decade and do not need to divide their states into multiple seats. well, six states texas florida north carolina montana and colorado seven states are losing a member of congress new york, pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, illinois, and west virginia. when people move out of a state like illinois or west virginia, two states that lost population each are you losing a seat as well do they take the

guest: there was an announcement this morning from the white house that they are going to radically rethink about how they reward benefits related to classic exposure issues, some of the other war zones of the last 20 years. in the past, this has been a process where they get scientific studies, they take a long time, they connect things and award benefits based on some of those we're connections. but especially with burn pits, that has been a real problem. there were not air monitoring stations going in a lot of these bases overseas. we know it was toxic smoke, but all sorts of waste was being thrown in there. the smoke was going across bases, getting into troops' lung s and giving them respiratory illnesses and cancer. the biden administration says they will take a look at a range of respiratory illnesses, a range of cancers, and take a more generous look at whether or not they should be giving financial benefits to these veterans for injuries that they believe are connected. host: we are talking with leo shane about the veterans issues and the biden administration, how they are respondin

. ♪ announcer: now today's white house briefing with secretary jean-pierre and pete buttigieg, who answered questions about the infrastructure legislation that was signed into law on saturday. >> hi, everybody. this is all for pete, i know. secretary pete. good afternoon, everyone. good to see everybody. joining us today as a set -- is the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, who is here to talk about the president's bipartisan infrastructure deal. i don't want to steal his tundra, but as you all know, the once in a generation bill is the largest ever federal investment in public transit, clean energy transmission, and electric vehicle infrastructure and clean drinking water. it delivers for the american people i rebuilding our roads, railroads, and railcars, bridges, buses, ports, and airports, all while creating good paying union jobs. with that, we'll will turn it over to secretary buttigieg. this isn't his first time at the podium, i think this might be his third time. but it's his first time joining us as a father. so on a personal note, congratulations to you on the birth of gus

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host: jim tankersley covers of the white house, specifically on economic policy. we'll look for your reporting this week on the president's fed pick. thanks for being with us. >> c-span's washington journal. everyday, we are taking your calls live on the air on the needs of the day and we will discuss policy issues that impact you. president biden's economic agenda and next year's midterm election. the president of the center for american progress action fund and then kevin coleman, vice president of the national federation of independent business on the impact of biden administration policies on small businesses. watch washington journal at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span or on c-span now, our new mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> sunday, december 5, on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us to talk about war, politics, and citizenship in the united states . his book titles include the father of us all, the case for trump and his latest, which he sa

from the house to the white house. two, people like jamie and frank fonseca who live in inner city san antonio that go out and door knock and help candidates win at all different levels. we need more people, the republican party needs more people like jeannie and frank if we're going to take back the house. now i'd like to it turn it over to my good friend, julia letlow, from louisiana. ms. letlow: thank you. as a single mom of two, a former educator, and a concerned american, education is a topic that's near and dear to my heart. it is no secret that our nation faces tremendous challenges in education, and during the pandemic this last year, many of us joined our children in the virtual classroom and found ourselves concerned with the curriculum we witnessed. the other side's proposed solutions to nationalize the curriculum and push a one-size-fits-all approach to education has proven to fail time and time again and is clearly not the answer. as republicans, we believe that education is a true partnership between pare

house counsel don mcgahn and senators tom cotton and ben sasse. quite a group. that brings us to today's lecture, which could not be more appropriate. the series has been remarkably successful for 20 years. years before that, ted and barbara held a barbecue for our student chapter presidents, which drew hundreds of prominent attorneys in addition to the students and helped encouraged presidents to build our chapters and through that build a society and encourage many more to be involved. i am sure some of those chapter presidents are probably in the audience today. then there is also ted's strong and consistent defense of free speech, including explaining to reporters doing national stories on the federal society that the federal society, unlike the american bar association, never told ted what to think. i could give you a lot of ted's bio, but i think we want to hear from ted. i simply want to say you have done a great deal for us and having this lecture in barbara's honor has been a highlight. we are so honored to have you deliver the lecture. t

. >> up next, the white house covid-19 response team gives an update on vaccinating adults and young children to combat the virus. dr. fauci, cdc director rochelle walensky and other officials take part in this briefing.

with those rising prices, questions in the white house briefing room about what the biden administration is going to do about it. here's a clip with jen psaki from yesterday. [video clip] >> republicans criticizing the administrations big picture. can't claim the keystone pipeline, neutral leases on federal land, saying that the administration writ large has increased gas prices. what's your response? 3 one, -- >> one, we haven't canceled existing. i know that you know that. not new leases. to be clear, i know it has been a criticism, that's why i said that, not an accurate one. rising prices over the long-term makes it a stronger case for doubling down the investment and focus on clean energy options so that we are not lying on the fluctuations of opec and their willingness to put more supply and meet the demand of the market. that's our view. but we also feel there are a number of actors here, including price gouging, where we have concerns and we have asked the fcc to look into the need for opec to release more that is a larger issue here and that is why we have been focused on those

the white house says better days are coming out of that the infrastructure bill has passed, but is it too late? how has inflation affected -- impacted your finances? we will open up regional lines. in the eastern or central time zone, you can call (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, your number is (202) 748-8001. you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media on facebook, at facebook.com/c-span, on twitter, @cspanwj, and you can always follow us on instagram, @cspanwj . inflation is surging. let's start our conversation by seeing what is going on with the inflation rate. we will have a story from usa today that tells you about what the numbers are now. their story says this. "inflation over the past 12 months surged to a high as rising prices undercut president joe biden and hurt consumers despite evidence the u.s. economy is rebounding from the pandemic. the consumer price index increased by 2.09% in october, the u.s. bureau of labor statistics reported, leaving inflation 6.2% higher than a year earlier, the largest 12 mo

addicts -- block pages of white house records sought to buy a house committee investing the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. lawmakers met to certify the two thousand 20 presidential election. polling, campaign communication -- -- 2020 presidential election. privilege claimed by trump would hold the records from congress ultimately rests with the current president, joe biden. when a former and current president disagree, courts ought to defer to the incumbent, she suggested. bob, chicago, democrat, good morning. what you want to talk about? caller: i love c-span. i had to last. -- i had to laugh. biden, you are doing a good job. just be honest with the american people. at first i was with the progressives and -- progressives, wanted to block this first infrastructure bill. after they passed that after they passed, i'm going along with it how they feel about it. and then bite on the other with until they pass. they are more smarter than me, senators and congressmen. i am just a lay member. if you don't mind, it made me laugh talk about go to rusher -- go to russia, saudi arabia. t

i then worked at the white house council on environmental quality where my purview included supporting the resilience of alaska native villages on the front lines of climate change. i visited a village that is experiencing storm surge. through this work i gained a deep appreciation for how traditional ecological knowledge can complement climate science and reveal social insights about the impact of climate change. for the last five years, i have led new york city's multihazard resilience strategy which encompasses projects city-wide. one aspect of my portfolio is protecting waterfront neighborhoods from devastating storm surge and regular tidal flooding. these complex subjects require coordination with all levels of government and private partners and robust engagement with communities. these experiences have provided me with invaluable insight into effective leadership and management especially with diversity. i believe these experiences have prepared me well to advance noaa's mission. never has that mission been more critical to the future of our nation. just in the last summer alone

president, for inviting us to the white house. thank you to vice president harris, my colleagues in attendance, all of you, and senator sinema and speaker pelosi. for years, americans were promised that an infrastructure bill was coming. today, we're telling the american people that an infrastructure bill is finally here. thank you, president biden! [applause] at the start of this year we told american families we'd meet our challenges, the challenges of our time with boldness and with courage. now they're getting one of the largest infrastructure bills ever. to paraphrase one of my favorite former vice presidents, it's a big f'in deal. [laughter] there isn't a community in america, not a city, not a town or rural hub that doesn't have some glaring infrastructure problem requiring immediate intent, immediate attention. busted roads make it harder for people to get to work. dilapidated schools make it harder for kids to learn. overtaxed sea ports and railways makes it harder for goods to get to market, raising prices for consumers

from the house the white house. number two, those that live in san antonio go out and knock on doors and help candidates when all the different levels. we need more people, the republican party needs more people like cheney and frank, if we are going to take back the house. now turning it over to my good friend from louisiana. >> thank you, congressman. as a single mother of two, former educator and a concerned american, education is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. it is no secret that we have faced challenges in education and many of us join children and found ourselves concerned with the curriculum that we witnessed. the proposed solutions to nationalize the curriculum and a one-size-fits-all approach to education has failed time and time again and it's not the answer. as republicans, we believe that education is a true partnership between parents and the learning environment that works best for their children. we don't think that the relationship between the family and educators needs to be adversarial

the white house says better days are coming out of that the infrastructure bill has passed, but is it too late? how has inflation affected -- impacted your finances? we will open up regional lines. in the eastern or central time zone, you can call (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, your number is (202) 748-8001. you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media on facebook, at facebook.com/c-span, on twitter, @cspanwj, and you can always follow us on instagram, @cspanwj . inflation is surging. let's start our conversation by seeing what is going on with the inflation rate. we will have a story from usa today that tells you about what the numbers are now. their story says this. "inflation over the past 12 months surged to a high as rising prices undercut president joe biden and hurt consumers despite evidence the u.s. economy is rebounding from the pandemic. the consumer price index increased by 2.09% in october, the u.s. bureau of labor statistics reported, leaving inflation 6.2% higher than a year earlier, the largest 12 mo

he said they came from the white house. that indicates to me that the white house preparation of a document only went to that point, to identify essentially half of what the money is being spent on. host: ok. there is details there too, but i don't want to belabor the point. guest: i think i understand what you're guest is getting at. right before i came on the show i was looking at headlines and trying to get more background info on the infrastructure bill and its passage, because i knew we would be discussing it. most of the headlines said $1.2 trillion bill passes and so forth, there were a couple of headlines that said $550 billion infrastructure bill passed. i ran out of time, but i think what you're guest is getting at the math is not getting up -- adding up. if it is $1.2 trillion, where's the rest going? that is something we will have to listen to joe biden and go through the work ourselves and see how this coverage lays out. host: akron, ohio, mike, independent line. morning. caller: yes, thank you for c-span. i am

he lives in the white house. i said the other day he is my president, your president come our president. we have to deal with the fact it was an election like we have never seen before. it does not mean joe biden is not president. it does not mean people like me should be suppressed from explaining the fact that i do not know the level of illegal voting because we have not put the hood up on the car and walked through in every state why the results should not have been the result. that is what we need to do. host: kentucky, go ahead. caller: good morning. it is regina. i am good. i was a trump supporter. i supported his policies. i even like his style in fighting new, holding the media accountable i should say. i am a black woman, a woman of color, and i wanted to help the republicans to continue on this path of having these policies across the country, starting with my own state, so i reached out to our state to see how i could help with outreach to communities of color in kentucky. i was given a contact to a re

the white house last week hosted the first tribal nations conference at the white house since 2016. were you part of that? guest: i was part of the opening. i was invited by the biden administration, the white house, to provide opening remarks. it was exciting. i spent the week prior in scotland working on climate policy, so i was still somewhat jetlagged but happy to join everyone and be part of the opening. host: what were some of the key issues discussed at the conference? guest: improving the relationship between tribal nations and the united states. the biden administration has responded to that. through the eight years of the white house conference, we are able to meet with the president of the united states during the obama years. they renamed this from the white house conference to the summit to recognize the nation status of tribal nations. one of the policies we worked on was strengthening the government to government relationship. i was reflective of their commitment to continue to improve that relationship. we also made an announcement around treaty rights, around recogn

and, of course, if the party and the president in the white house is not popular, they can be quite bad, some simple notes from the past, really only three times since the civil war where the party in the white house has gained seats. that was in 1934 before we had polling, 1998 and 2002. there in those races president clinton, president bush, 60% or over approval rating, very, very popular, gained a handful of indications, in the other cases, something like 34, they have lost seats and sometimes very large margins when you have lost many, many seats. it's true also in the state legislatures where that pattern falls almost exactly, two of those elections have gone for the president in the white house. so i think the obvious point is, with close margin, it's hard to see midterm elections going well for democrats. if the word terrifying is used. what does joe biden look like next year in 2022, that's what i say about the governors and michael about the senate, certainly about the races where if joe biden is where he was today or last week where democrats had a roughly 12% move against

he said they came from the white house. that indicates to me that the white house preparation of a document only went to that point, to identify essentially half of what the money is being spent on. host: ok. there is details there too, but i don't want to belabor the point. guest: i think i understand what you're guest is getting at. right before i came on the show i was looking at headlines and trying to get more background info on the infrastructure bill and its passage, because i knew we would be discussing it. most of the headlines said $1.2 trillion bill passes and so forth, there were a couple of headlines that said $550 billion infrastructure bill passed. i ran out of time, but i think what you're guest is getting at the math is not getting up -- adding up. if it is $1.2 trillion, where's the rest going? that is something we will have to listen to joe biden and go through the work ourselves and see how this coverage lays out. host: akron, ohio, mike, independent line. morning. caller: yes, thank you for c-span. i am

that's according to the white house. among the reaction to minority leader mccarthy's speech, representative grace meng said, "i delivered a baby less time. step aside and let us deliver real change to american families." "it is 1:25 in the morning. our colleagues have gone home and we are just getting started. the american people will know what is and bill back broke. keep it up, minority leader." that full speech available on a website and the c-span now video app. robin in alabama, independently. -- independent line. caller: i love this show. i have a couple of comments into question. the comments are one party, when one year. the republican be two-part -- the republic can be two parties, three parties. why can't we spend some of the money we have already signed into law and see if there is any left over and put it toward some of these things everybody is worried about? the children and stuff like that? my question is, pedro, how long were those stilettos that nancy hello seek -- nancy pelosi wore? host: i don't know.

the biden white house is still insisting. so join with us, accept this motion and stop it right now once and for all. i ask unanimous consent that the text of the amendment be included in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. brady: you know, americans need to know what's in this bill. and under this $4 trillion biden-pelosi scheme, let's look at a day in your life. so you wake up in the morning and pay a heat your home tax. you shower and get ready and pay consumer products tax. drop your kids off at childcare and pay a toddler tax. drive to work, paying a higher gas prices. take a break and pay a bigger nicotine tax. and work at a company and pay a made why america tax, a tax on your retirement plan. and the way -- on the way home, you swing through your pharmacy and pay a no generics tax. stop for grocery store. pay a biden inflation tax. you get your mail and you get a letter from the i.r.s. you're being audited. then, you're getting your kids ready to bed. democrats are forcing you to send $12,500 o

house tribal nations conference. watch washington journal at 7:00 eastern sunday morning -- monday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. >> axios jose discussion with tim scott on financial inclusion and what steps the public and private sectors are taking to expand access to capital and services for those who have been excluded from the financial system. watch live coverage monday at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or watch full coverage on c-span now, our new video at. -- cap. >> the chair of the national committee took questions from reporters on the 2022 and 2024 election cycles at an event hosted by the christian science monitor. she was asked about the role of former president donald trump within the gop and upcoming elections, as well as the party 's strategy to bring back which arteries in the house and senate. this is just under an hour. an [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> all right. good m

and long time republican communication strategist in the white house and congress. let's start first with a little bit from your perspective. we spoke a lot with the earlier panel about virginia and new jersey, i would want to get your thoughts first of all on what happened. did we see a playbook of how republicans are going to run in the future? or was this specifically tailored to this moment in time and this kind of governors race. mr. chairman, let me start with you. >> it is great to be back here with the nyu family. i looked at this race for a while now. and certainly, knowing terry personally, i did not know glenn youngkin, but understood his background. he was tailor-made for that race. on a number of levels. and he very early came out and did the one thing that every candidate should do. he did it unobstructed. that was to find himself. he had the family thing, people liked the vibe, it worked. terry mcauliffe, who i've known for a long time, who surprised me by not responding to that and getting in front. the narrative of november of this election was set

she was iconic in her leadership, from the white house to the speaker, working both sides of the aisle. and, yes, $150 billion. when i think of congressman bobby scott, i think of education and labor. there has not been a stronger voice in the congress than bobby scott in the congressional black caucus. you heard earlier from congresswoman sheila jackson lee. pell grants. h.b.c. historically black colleges and universities. billions of dollars going into our universities. and madam speaker, let me take a point of personal privilege, because i am a proud graduate of a hbcu. so i know what this means to young girls and boys and men and women who are me trick lating in our metriculating in our hbcu's. when we talk about the child tax credit, when we talk about universal childcare, this is so critical. breaking news, congresswoman -- $400 -- i want to say that again $400 billion into childcare. taking some 40% of our children out of poverty. we know how important our climate is to us. if we didn't, if you were out on that south lawn today, you clearly understood climate change. madam speak

the average midterm loss for the party in the white house in the post-world war ii era has been 26 house seats and two senate seats. republicans only need five and one to retake the majority. it is a really uphill climb for democrats. another factor here is the retirements that we are seeing. so far there are 13 democrats who have announced they are not seeking re-election compared to 10 republicans. which may not sound like a large disparity, except it's the kinds of seats where we are seeing democrats leave. out of those 13 seats, there are eight democratic seats that are potentially vulnerable either as currently drawn or in the redistricting process, which is a factor in why you are seeing members like connor lamb in pennsylvania or tim ryan in ohio decide to run for statewide office instead. or perhaps why john yarmuth in kentucky or ron kind in wisconsin are retiring. and on the republican side of the 10 retireees, there are only two districts that are potentially vulnerable in redistricting in new york. when you add all of that together, kevin mccarthy looks like a formidable favo

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but he was convinced, as was the federal housing administration that white people would never accept black people as neighbors. i think he had the perfect opportunity to disprove that because the desire for housing was so great, i think having neighbors of a different race race who could afford the same house that you could afford, that is crucial, that is the secret to successful racial integration. and it would've happened. over time it has happened in modest ways, but not at the start, and i was a terrible mistake by the builders. susan: we found a documentary in 1957 is about the pennsylvania levittown and it speaks to what you described. [video clip] >> 1957, levittown, pennsylvania, attracted international attention when violence erupted when william and his family moved into a three-bedroom house. an almost all respects, they are close to that levittown norm. they have three small children. he served in the army. he was discharged as a staff sergeant. he works as a lab technician and is studying for a degree as an electrical engineer. their home is modestly furnished. their ca

for a while, the white house tried to downplay the problem. president biden and his team told american families that the costs were not revising as much as it seems. or that, ok, costs are rising, but it would only last a few months. for some liberals argued, to remove food, housing and transportation costs, inflation wasn't all that bad. some have tried to argument rapid inflation is actually a high-class problem to have because at least we are not in a recession. i'm not kidding. i guess they think working americans should be grateful things aren't even worse. but the sad irony is that inflation is just the opposite of a high-class problem. inflation is likely a huge regressive tax that hits the middle class, the working class, and the poor far more than it hurts wealthy people. the three biggest drivers of the inflection plate -- inflation rate last month warehousing, transportation and food. these are not luxuries, they are essentials. and they take up a much bigger share of family budgets than the middle class. host: mitch mcconnell yeste

they then went down to the white house, talked to the white house, and the president worked with them. and they agreed so this is a bill that the president, 19 republican senators, 50 democratic senator, agreed was good for america. that's what we are enabling tonight. the nation unfortunately has long underestimated -- underinvested in the infrastructure and social needs and been slow to the re-- slow to respond to the threat posed by climate change. our national security apparatus, including the four-star generals who lead our various service arm, have said the most existential threat to the security of the united states of america is climate change. global warming. this bill deals with that existential threat. it also -- the policies being considered would direct the benefits of the stronger growth to lower income americans. that may be why it's sort of not what my republican friends think ought to be done. although the whip talked about that somewhat. that's not what their bill did. it addresses the long-running skewing of the income and wealth distribution in america. the richest

the white house said sunday evening, appearing on a talk shows, dr. francis collins questioned the americans on the emergence of omicron and a reminder that the pandemic is far from over. live coverage on the c-span networks this morning at 11:45 eastern. dr. fauci was asked yesterday about potential shutdowns and lockdowns. this is from abc's this week george: should we be expecting more mandates? dr. fauci i do not know. it is too early to say. we need to prepare for the worst. it may not be that we will have to go to the root that people are saying. we do not know a lot about this virus. we want to prepare, but it may turn out that this preparation may not wish us to the next level -- people talking about lockdowns let us see what the information tells us. we will make decisions based on the science and evidence. but you want to be prepared to do anything and everything. that is the reason why we are paying such close attention. host: georgia, independent line. caller: how much do i love c-span? happy thanksgiving. omicron, i saw the news yesterday