my deepest gratitude to my good friend congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. it's a privilege to work with you and stand shoulder to shoulder with you, to rattle cages with you and to fight together for the future of the people of this country and the planet and i could not be prouder to be working with you on this issue and so many others. as my colleague alex padilla from california, congressman jared huffman, congresswoman corey busch of missouri, we thank you for your leadership and coming here today to speak. i also want to recognize our allies speaking today. ellen seamus of sunrise movement. kerry faulted of climate justice alliance and you how 32 bj sei you, your organizations are an inspiration and the heart of this movement for the past two years it has been proven that the green new deal is it justa resolution . it is a revolution. since then, every day revolutionaries have taken to the streets and the ballot box to make jobs, justice and climate action central to our politicalsystem . there is now a diverse, organized army of activists, leaders and

they don't get far for your listeners and viewers who are familiar with alexandria you'll know what is 12 miles or something like that give or take and that's as far as they get before the first of many occasions in which washington along his way and i promise not to do this every step but if you do not mind i would like to convey something of what goes down in alexandria at the tavern as a representative is to transpire from the next week or so. alexandria isn't just along the way it's as close to his heart and this is just a paragraph, if you do not mind some speeches by local worthies and as you might guess and then washington, here's how he concludes his comments. all that remains for me too commit myself and you to the protection of the minister sent being on a former occasion has happily brought us together after a long distressing separation, perhaps the same providence will indulge us with the same heartfelt, but words, my fellow citizens fail me a notable sensation must be left to more expressive silence but from an aching heart i bid you all my affectionate friends and kind n

so we get a rehearsal of what we saw in alexandria. it's more complicated and less intimate perhaps. but still the same sort of offering up of language befitting a republican city. it is philadelphia after all, you've got to play this right. this is philadelphia. and after words, the second part of the dance is then washington will deliver a statement of his own. so, philadelphia is big. it is just a big party. if you have ever been to philadelphia they do love a party. we've got to get going he is a military man and he's getting a little restless here. off you go. well of course you just can't it be like that. they've got to send the militia and everybody piled around him. after a few miles sis you guys just go home, take care of the household i am okay. it is all good. we have got it. so off he goes, right? now he's in philadelphia, i'm sorry into new jersey. what is coming up across the river but trenton. maybe if we could see that, this is perhaps the most well widely circulated 19th century print of washington's entry into trenton

as you know and as your exhibits have these great sort of trails along the way, first alexandria and then stops along the way. he will hit baltimore and of course there's also celebrations and the rituals of power that i mentioned into delaware and wilmington. a look at the commentary from the day and even some scholarly coverage of that and sometimes estimates are around 10,000 people turning out. certainly at the most 30,000, and that would mean the entire city turned out. it seems like a lot, but there we have several of these sort of what would you call them, the architecture and s celebration where you have the arch and the bridge and the music and sometimes you would see an attachment from the local. so this is a depiction of washington crossing into philadelphia for thosehi familir with that so this would be characteristic. that is theater in the best sense and we can talk about that later. but what is going on to me it seems in this occasion is a kind of interpretive on my part for sure but it isn't together all clear because nothing is but what all this should look like. fas

first of all i grew up in alexandria in the same house i came home from the hospital and i never moved until i moved into the white house. i already had secret service protection back and be cut is of the sla i did and my mother didn't which was a strange phenomenon. but the most exciting part of it was moving into a place i had male bathroom and did not have to share with my brothers. [laughter] >> the secret service protection must of been a real shock to your everyday life. >> it was. but i grew up with three older brothers it's like having your brothers around nonstop. we worked with the secret service and i was had a good relationship with them. yes i did disappear once on them that everyone needs to do it to see if you can. it was fine. i still stay in touch with my secret service agents. they were great friends and they know a lot of secrets i don't want out. >> we are recording this at the presidential site summit by the white house historical association. how much of your life is devoted to your family experience. >> not as much as most people would think so having three broth

but of course alexandria isn't just the only stop along the way, as we all know. it is close to his heart. this is just a paragraph, if you don't mind. they have a big meal for him and some speeches by locals, as you might guess, and they're quite good. and then washington. here's how concludes his comments. "all that remains for me is to commit myself and you to the protection of that [inaudible] being who on a former occasion that happily brought us together after a long and distressing separation. perhaps the same gracious providence will again indulge us with the same heart felt felicity, but words, my fellow citizens, fail me. they must then be left to more expressive silence, while from an aching heart, i bid you all, my affectionate friends and kind neighbors. fare well." >> that's pretty good >> that's pretty good, you know. i wish i could tell from the evidence on what occasions he actually stood up and delivered these himself. it's unclear to me times, more careful searchers amongst us here this evening, might straighten me out on this, but it is unclear

lee was born in virginia in 1907, he had grown up in alexandria, which was then head of the district of columbia, alexandria and virginia with a fully be preceded to the commonwealth of virginia 1930, long after lee. [inaudible]. and then he went into other places, georgia st. louis baltimore and new york city every year. as father, harry, had been politically a federalist and - politically and he and mary one of the former families of virginia but also of arlington and arlington in the potomac facing the national capitol ♪ ♪ virginia and his in-laws were . [inaudible]. and the state law was afterwords but you could not ignore 1961, two factors first, harry lee, and father and he left his family for the west indies when robert was only six years old. in the shadow that the white horse harry cast over the lee name is really roberts to redeem and hence that broad streak in fhis behavior and he also where to be free of his father's reputation in many ways, here is dennis and he wanted to be his own man and one since his marriage did to mary was having him stakeout a room for himself

of course alexandria isn't just a stop along the way as we all know, it goes to his heart so this is just a paragraph, they go for him and some speeches by local worthies as you might guess they are quite good and then washington. here's how he concludes his comments. all that remains for me is for me to commit myself and you to the protection of that magnificent being, and from occasion happily brought us together after a long and distressing situation, perhaps the same will again indulge us with the same heartfelt listening. what works my fellow citizens fail me. another sensation must be left to more expressive ways. from an aching heart, i bid you all my friends, kind neighbors a farewell. >> that's good. i wish i could tell from the evidence on what locations he actually stood up delivered these himself. it's unclear to me amongst us here this evening, it's unclear whether sometimes he's delivering these as a speech or deliver written form but either way, it's exquisite. it's quite a journey, it's not all that long. easy for me to say but as you know as your exhibits have these

off they go but they don't get far for the listeners and viewers who are familiar with alexandria i think it's 12 miles or something like that, give or take so it is the first of many occasions in which washington is on his way. i promise not to do this every step but if you don't mind, i would like to convey something of what goes down in alexandria at the tavern as a sort of representative of what's to transpire for the next week or so. of course it isn't just any step along the way as we all know. it's close to his heart so this is just a paragraph if you don't mind. they have a big meal for him and there are speeches by locals as you might guess they are quite good, and there's washington. here's how he concludes his comments. all that remains is for me to commit myself m and you to the protection of that magnificent that happily broughtas us togetr after a long and a distressing separation. perhaps the same providence will again indulge us with the same heartfelt. but words my fellow citizens the sensations mustbl be left to moe silence all from an aching heart. farewell. i wish i co

there were at least six slaves in the lee household in alexandria. when and carter dies in 29, part of her estate is the disposition of the slavesin that estate . some slaves are appointed towards her two daughters. in this case and marshall lee . i'm sorry, and kim lally. she becomes an lee marshall and her sistermildred lee . but one slave family is willed to robert, or at least in the terms of the disposition of the state winds up being an enslaved family that robert owns. it is as it turns out the only slave family he ever owns in his own name. that doesn't mean he didn't benefit from slavery as a system. simply by being a white southerner there were benefits in terms of the system and in arlington when he marries into the cusp of his property at arlington there's two other customers properties along the river and all told there's something like 190 slaves who are part of those properties. robert lee benefits from that. when he marries into that he and ifit's . he has a valley who is one of the slaves. his wife has a slave who will wait on her an

i promise not to do this but you don'tte mind, i would like to convey something of what goes down alexandria at the tavern as a representative of what is to transpire for the next week or so but of course alexandra isn't just a stop along the way as we all know, it's close to his heart so i paragraph if you don't mind, some speeches as you might guess they are quite good and then washington. here's how he concludes his comments. all that remains for me is to commit myself and you to the protection of that magnificent being that happily brought us together after a long and distressing separation. perhaps it will again indulge us with the same heartfelt way. but words fail me. other sensations must be left to more expressive times. from an aching heart, i bid you all kind neighbors farewell. >> that was good. >> i wish i could tell from the evidence what occasions he actually stood up and delivered these himself. it's unclear to me sometimes amongst us here this evening, it's unclear whether sometimes he's delivering fees as a speech in written form but either way that's exquisite so off they

fact alexandria spent 12 hours in the confederacy before was occupied by the united states army. they were named in the fifties and sixties as a reaction to interrogation. - - integration. semi ten revered him he was born only 2 miles from where i was born he lived there most of his life and was the great hero in my life. i was wrong about this but he was a hero to me growing up. >> so that your elementary school you went to high school in monroe georgia. you write about the long history of racial violence so i did you include the story of lynching more often about confederate memorialization? >> this is another part of my life another big confederate monuments the same time most of them went up but when i was there i went to a segregation academy so georgia in the seventies finally forced integration in georgia and overnight these academies popped up so i wrote about this because but the other reason was a graduated and moved on that i didn't know anything i didn't know until decades later that my hometown was the site of the last mass lynching in american history where for blac

were severely reduced, still at least six slaves in the lee household in alexandria. when can we carter dies in 1829, part of her estate is the disposition opera slaves not estate. some slaves are pointed toward her two daughters, in this case, and marshall week -- i'm sorry, and can make -- i set marshall because she marries a lark marshall, she becomes amply marshall and her sister mildred lee. one slave family is welcome to robert or at least in terms of the estate, winds up being a slave family robber owns. as it turns out though, the only slave family he ever owned in his own name. that doesn't mean he didn't benefit from slavery as a system. simply by being right there were but if it's being part of the slave system was. even more, he marries into the custis, the main property at arlington but also to other custis properties among the river. all told, something like 190 slaves part of the properties. robert lee benefits when he marries and to it from their work and labor, he has a valet who is one of the slaves, his wife has slaves who will wait on her and they

reduced circumstances in the lee household in alexandria. so when he dies in 1829 part of her s estate is the disposition of the slaves. and to her two daughters in marshall lee i said marshall because she marries a marshall she becomes and the marshall. and one slave family is will to robert to make disposition of the estate winds up being a slave family that robert owens. so the only slave family he only ever owns in his own name but that doesn't mean he did not benefit from slavery. and then to be part of that system and even more so in arlington with the main testis property at arlington and those others at the monkey river. and all told there is 190 slaves who are a part of those properties. robert lee benefits from that. and benefits from their work and their labor and is one of the custis slaves, his wife has slaves. and they will assist with the children and go on vacation in the slaves go with them. so lee certainly benefits from the slave system even if he doesn't himself have personal title to large numbers of slaves which he does

they brought their bed from alexandria because they liked that bed. so, you can make that house your owno shall we say. >> susan i want to ask about something i did not know existed until two months ago. the last 151st ladies had had orchids designed and named in their honor, i did not know this. i have got to tell you if you have never seen it, the betty ford orchid is extraordinary, earlier in this program showed it and explained that it took seven generations of the breeding to get exactly the style. and i understand from the grower who does this, he even gave one to jill biden while she was the vice president's wife and now she's the first lady. it's a beautiful yellow one. your mother's orchid is absolutely the fanciest and most beautiful of them all. but her favorite flower? >> her favorite flower is a rose. she loved pinks, pastels, corals, pale yellows. when we designed the cover for her casket, the floral covering, if you go back and look at those pictures they were all done in roses of those shades. she picked out those colors herself. it wa

is is all that productive and why i write in the book about some of my friendships with people like alexandria ocasio-cortez and katie hill because i think at times you need to listen to one another and there may be many things you disagree on, but if there are some things you agree on you ought to put those at the front of the list. >> congressman, in a minute, i want to ask you about aoc and katie hill and you cover them both in the book very well. are you a natural-born politician? i know your dad was a terrific politician. are you a natural-born politician who's figured out how to achieve celebrity status in this social media age? or maybe it's the converse. you're a natural-born like ronald reagan, like a great actor who's figured out how to make it work in politics? >> well, you know, i started in the state legislature. i write about being a idea list listic in the 20's and my first passion is policy. ensuring that we actually put the policies in place that can lift up all americans and i do believe that you have to animate those with a certain panache, person showmanship. to convince me

. -- alexandria, virginia. we hadn't moved in. but the one that stands out to me the most was the one that was done for president sadat9. and he was a big fan of western art. and so mother had remingtons and other western sculptures as the centerpieces. some tables just had flowers and some had sculptures. but she did that with other heads of state. she found out what they were interested in and what kind of art they were interested in, and then from there they would choose sculptures to be in the centerpieces and the flowers. and, i mean, the social office did an amazing job of coordinating table cloths with sculptures, with flowers and that sort of thing and the china, and choosing which china. my mother, i know, made the difference and they went away from longhand tables to round tables because she felt they were much easier for people to have conversations. >> susan, you're so right about that. and in the white house state dining room, there's room with round tables for about 130 guests. and those were the years when i first s

if you go to the next slide, this is alexandria, home, this is family. the kids are born, mike the oldest in 1952 the youngest 1957. and there's jackson and steve in between. the hard work that he did on capitol hill often known as having the all american family. he does what we all know all american families have problems, challenges. mrs. ford was raising four kids in the middle of the 1960s a turbulent 1960s. and yet her husband is gone so much. and earns the minority leader's in 1960 he could be gone over 200 days of the year promoting the republican agenda and campaigning for the message of congress. when she began to speak in the larger platform as the second lady to talk to newspaper reporter she was open about the psychiatric help there are challenges we go to the next slide board still seeking the speakership. by 1964 covid 19662 years into his minority leadership to make great strides in recovering those numbers. the party secures the presidency in a razor thin election. richard nixon is elected to the presidency campaigning alongside nixon. in

his delegation is rewarding him at every turn in alexandria, home dining room they're born in 1950 susan the youngest 1957 dear jack and steve m between the hard work he did on capitol hill had a toll. he was known as him the all american family. we all know all american families turbulent 1960s and yet her husband is gone so much bowtie moves into leadership in 1964 he could be gone over 200 days that was hard on her first lady she talk she was open about the psychiatric help to help restore a sense of self-worth. in how effective that was. it's not easy there are challenges the tackle them seeking that speakership they have made great strides in recovering those numbers secures the presidency and a razor's thin election his friend, richard nixonon is elected to the presidency. there he is campaigning alongside candidate nixon. it's in his own district. once nixon begins his administration, gerald ford rc minority leader works closely with the white house to advance the next agenda on capitol hill to help them shape that agenda. nixon wins a historic landslide election but that needle b

first of all i grew up in alexandria in the same house i came home from the hospital and i never moved until i moved into the white house. i already had secret service protection back and be cut is

the next ten days, the army advances 350 miles on the coast, 60 miles outside of alexandria. let's stop for a second and talk about this. the most famous of german generals, he wrote a memoir called driving in the millions name, representing the summer of 1940, let's look at the map, the people trying to flee to jerusalem, through some was uncertain jerusalem was barely more. the expectation, ronald is coming. this is frightening, especially the jewish population and the meaning was unclear. and the one hand, there is a news report from london the end of june that secret information world, 700,000 jews murdered by the nazis and some of them carried on. a couple of days after this the jewish congress published report saying altogether, this was a because editors think it was important, it's because they couldn't be sure if it was true. they were not alone in this. in a newspaper editorial plan to be published in the we have no idea whether or not they are true. for the 75000 jews in egypt and have milling in palestine, it's not actually as great because they don't know they ar

sharing unspeakable things about you know, alexandria cortez. the question that i think is fascinating is what enables people to sustain these different identities online and off and what consequence does that have for the rest. >> so you are a sociologist and i'm a social psychologist. the idea that people look one way in public and then another way when they have anonymity it makes a lot of sense and of course if you are freudian that is obvious. he's largely passÉ but i think we share social psychology and sociology really shares order of the median approach. you had a great quote. now we live in mark zuckerberg's world. can you explain that and assume that the audience doesn't know who that is? >> so, he was way ahead of his timeof in the 1960s he was a sociologist t who really wantedo understand why we do this weird thing where we all care so much about creating identity and we care compared to and each day he discovered in this kind of rich ethnic work each day we are experimenting and looking at how other people react to that and cultiva

the problem is the alexandria ocasio-cortezs over the world are not going away. that creates a problem for how you get all of these things you want to get passed, done. how you get joe manchin and kristin sinema to go along or how you get the 13 republicans? john: the democratic caucus is not like the republican caucus. it does not look like a country club board of directors. we have an incredibly diverse, ideologically, demographically, gender, etc. the process is pretty messy and it has hurt us. i will be the first to say that. we are going to get some stuff done. that is important. it will be impact. as well. you have to deal with that, not now, not in the first quarter or the second quarter, you guys would have to deal with the effect that you do not have anything to run on. i hope you have plans of what you are going to do about the border and what you are going to do about how we perceive the broad or what you want to do about voters who have lost confidence in biden's ability to govern. not his ability to understand government. john: let us challenge. i do

very first "cosmos" exactly 40 years ago, carl sagan and stevens odor and i celebrated the library of alexandria. the library of congress means so very much to me because of the democratic idea of the world's knowledge to all of us so it is my honor to be here. to talk about possible worlds, the book i have written and the television series i had the pleasure of producing, writing and directing with my collaborator. why "cosmos: possible worlds," why a third "cosmos" after 30 years? the first "cosmos" was an effort to give the broadest possible public, a global public its coordinates in space and time. it was carl sagan's dream, one that i completely share, that how we find our way in the cosmos, the great story of 40,000 generations of human beings who in one way or another added to our current understanding, the wonderful inspiring stories to a global audience so as many of us as possible could have a cosmic perspective for space and time and in that original series there was the cosmic calendar in which we compressed what was then thought to be something like 18 billion year of cosmic evoluti

alexandria conseil cortez addressing generational disparities as well as increasing worker power. so it's she and sharon jacobs focusing on the future of work with both a family and global perspective. i take the time to say that because that embraces many of the challenges we face. all of it to set a higher standard for how we pass our legislation. it's not a legislative committee that makes recommendations to the committee standing jurisdiction. as we talk about such actions , as we talk about juneteenth , we talked with sadness and pride passing the legislation to designate the national pulsememorial . that site a national memorial . we did that yesterday. parts break thinking about that hate or the young people of pulse where young lgbtq who enjoy dancing were violated by an act of bigotry . i met with the survivors and later when they came to dc to make their case, it was all about stop the gun violence. stop the gun violence. we were there to console them but they were using their pain to prevent other people from joining that horrible club. of losing a loved one. today agai

and the very first cosmos 40 years ago charles fagan and steven and i celebrated the great library of alexandria in the library of congress we so very much to me because of a democratic idea of the world's knowledge, belonging to all of us it is my great honor to be here and i'm here to talk about possible worlds which is the book i written but also a television series that i had the pleasure of producing, writing and directing with my collaborator. why possible world, why a third cosmo after 40 years. the first cosmos was an effort to give the broadest possible public, a global public and coordinates, and space and in time, it was carl fagan's dream, one that i completely share that how we find our way in the cosmo, the great story of 40000 generations of human being in one way or another added to our current understanding of nature that we could tell these wonderful inspiring stories to a global audience. so as many of us as possible can have a cosmic perspective on both space and time in my original series, there was the cosmic calendar in which we compressed what was then thought to be somet

hyde otransformation, trying unspeakable things about alexandria art nancy pelosi or barack obama. so the question that i thank you so really fascinating is like what enables people to do these attribute these profoundly different identities what consequences does that have for the rest of us. jonathan: your sociologist, social psychologist and you do the people you one way in public and that t another way when they have an amenity, it makes a lot of sense and of course if you sort of a largely passÉ come i think that we both share common social psychology and social sociology is about median approach. that is great quote. recently been golf world but now we live in market doctor brooks world. if the audience doesn't know who kaufman is. chris: he was way ahead of his timeas in 1960s, is a sociologist who really wanted to understand why we do this weird human thing, like we all care so much about creating identity. we cared compared so say to a dog. in each day, dogs discovers kind of rich graphic. each day experimenting with her identities and trying on a different version of our

i was born in alexandria virginia. the first place i lived was silver spring, maryland where i was raised by my parents and i had an older sister who was 3 year's older than me. we moved from part of the city that was closer to washington, d.c. when i was 6 out a little butt further in the suburbs to very sort of americana cul-de-sac, you know, single-family home neighborhood and that's where i lived until i was 18. i went to college in at will nota, georgia. i'm sorry, the purpose of each of the stops, in alexandria the purpose was to make it out of the hospital alive. in silver spring the purpose was to, man, as a kid, i don't know what the -- -- felt like every day, every moment had a different purpose. i had very regimented and structured parents in terms of the way they parented us and so there was sort of an urgency of each hour of each day it seems sometimes. sometimes it would be practicing the piano, sometimes practicing basketball and sometimes cub scouts and studying for school, reading, we were generally gi

i was in the chamber unlike aoc, representative alexandria ocasio-cortez that faked her outrage with another hoax and just another hoax to get shared everywhere. you see, those kinds of fake lies like aoc, representative cory bush telling people i attacked her when, in fact it was on video that she attacked me and this is the kind of fake outrage that is dividing our congress along with the fake outrage on the news every single day that is dividing our people. you know what the media does? you are great at it. i'm telling you this because i want to like you but you are doing a really good job at addicting our nation to hate. you are teaching people to hate people like me, president trump and then on the right it is the same way. teaching people to hate aoc, omar, nancy pelosi and it goes both ways. doesn't it? but teaching people to hate and addicting them to it is killing our country. this causing people to no longer be friends and families to no longer talk to each other and even husband and wife getting divorced and parents not talking to their children and the other way around an

so there have been many stops, i was born in alexandria, virginia. my first place i lived was in yanked raised by my parents i had an older sister who was three years older than me. we moved from -- part of the city that was close er to washington, d.c. when i was six a little bit out in the suburbs to very sort of americana cul-de-sac single family home neighborhood. and that's where i lived until i was 18. i went to college down in atlanta, georgia, i'm sorry the purpose of each of the stops well in alexandria purpose was to make it out of the hospital alive. in silver spring the purpose was to -- man, as a kid -- i don't know what the -- felt like every day every moment had a different purpose. i had very regimed and structured parents in terms of the way that they parented us and so -- there was sort of and urgency each hour of each day it seem sometimes sometimes it would be practicing piano sometimes practicing basketball steams it would be, you know, cub scouts. studying for school, reading, we were generally given about 30 minutes of tv a nig

i live in alexandria, close to the river. i look out my window each day and see the woodrow wilson bridge, which was for those of us who live in this region was a big bottleneck and decay. how john warner got $1.2 billion for that bridge when it was way down the list in terms of getting reif you refurbished isa story that can't be told on the senate floor. but as john got older, i tried my one hiem against him, if he wanted to stay in this seat, i think he could stay as long as he wanted. in if -- in 2008 he decided he would go out at the top of his game. i would go see him. i know senator kaine would as well. always ask his advice and counsel. tell two more quick stories and then eel yield -- i'll yield to my friend senator kaine and we can go back and forth a little bit. in 2014 i was so extraordinarily honored when john warner, republican senior senator john warner endorsed mark warner for the u.s. senate. that kind of thing doesn't happen in politics too much these days. and i can remember up and down through the shenando

first of all i grew up in alexandria in the same house i came home from

like katie hill and alexandria cortez. if i think that they are engaged in what we ought to do for america and i think that we need more of that in politics. more of an ability. we can have different ideas but at the end of the day we've got to get the country in the end zone. >> the plan of the political spectrum is it fair to say that you both have read the same playbook and have similar operating styles and she is just as effective as you are on the right? >> not only do i recognize the star power but i write about how the president does as well. remember donald trump judged his own competitions and he knows a star when he sees one which is why he engages with her at times. i know she is a socialist but i also know she isn't a sellout. there are far too many who believe in nothing they are just vessels which the special-interest operates and if someone is sincere in their beliefs even, i can usually find a way to work with someone on a policy issue that will help people. we worked together on veteran legislation and res

example is that if you take for example alexandria ocasio-cortez has been open that she had her differences but she said if i was in europe i might not even be in the same party is this person and they get to the end of the primary jawline within his rights to say i don't want to have anything to do with you but he said i'd like you to come in and write my climate policy so that's how you ended up with alexandria ocasio-cortez andjohn kerry in the room with voices representing different interests . after that perception of power politics and all of them were given a chance to speak and i talked to a progressive activist later who said i was seized by how much they weresurprised by how much they were interested in hearing . and i think that's the tenor, that's the tone and if people know anything about politics if the reallydoes matter . >> that's definitely his instinct . i think of moments where if you are a sitting or a former vice president of the united states and some dude like a 30 something-year-old mayor shows up challenging you in a contest and at one point is actuallyahead , i wou

that oversight committee several members in the conference and in the evening had an interaction and alexandria ocasio-cortez went after. [inaudible] started berating her. i wonder generally is there a sense that the members are off-base of the capitol? do you have concerns about the relationships here on the hill? it feels more pretentious. >> i think what was reported to our office that habit is members relieving the floor yesterday the verbal assault and abuse of our colleague congresswoman aoc it is so beyond the pale of anything that is in keeping with bringing honor to the house or not bringing dishonor to the house. it is so be on the pale that you wonder it probably is a matter for the ethics committee. but that is up to someone. i've always kept the leadership offices separate from any motions or take anything to ethics. but as one who serves on the ethics committee for seven years, six years is the maximum, they asked me to it serve another year, that is how i paid my dues to the caucus. [laughter] this is beneath the dignity of a person serving in the congress of the united states. i

welcome to the 21st lecture sponsored by the james madison memorial foundation here in alexandria. we see a lot of our friends attending the summer institute of these four weeks

the congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez got into a fight with me on twitter, and i don't have republicans thought being to shoot me i have democrats threatening to shoot me. it's dangerous and it's unsafe. went all of our questions answered i try to be part of that process. they did a much better job communicating with us. for the freest country in the world have all this razor wire and fencing upper people cannot come. and so i don't have any fear right now personally in d.c. it is safe now. there's copycats going to go out there we should all be aware of that information operate accordingly, we are doing that this week. they made us aware of a possible situation a threat for acting accordingly the next couple of days. you cannot argue with me, you cannot have open borders and close schools. i'm trying to be pragmatic and have some common sense about a lot of these issues. we are continuing to divide our country some of this behavior. were doing in politics and it seems like not much else. there many of us appear republican or democrat who are done with that and try to figure how we navi

let's go to sugarland texas and hear from alexandria on the democrats line. >> caller: hi there. thanks for taking my call. i just like to say from what i saw the republicans arguments is that it's apparently contradict eerie to say that trump is a private citizen and therefore shouldn't be tried but also trying him in an impeachment trial is an act of political warfare. it's either one or the other and you can't have it both ways. the other thing is i would really like to request some english subtitles for bruce castor's speaking if he resumes because he was as long-winded and nonsensical and that's pretty much what i have to say about today. >> host: you were talking about the first attorney you wanted subtitles for him? >> caller: something that makes sense because just repeating words and anecdotes and stories isn't a legal argument. >> host: fischer bill virginia's up next on the independent line. call -- >> caller: the president shall be removed on impeachment for conviction of treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. which means half of the houses guilty to

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a special note jonas joined this evening by his daughter alexandria so welcome to both of you. john's new book "the last liberal republican" an insider's perspective on nixon's surprising social policy" reveals the influence of those of moynihan and ehrlichman and the broader demonstrations very at ease. these men who surrounded the president impacted american social policy for decades much of which we are only realizing now. richard nixon shocked democrats the extent of his -- he proposed a guaranteed family income and almost achieved a national health insurance program as a republican but i will save the rest of the conversations for these two gentlemen so pleased turn me in welcoming john roy price in frank gannon. [applause] b at the division of labor. it's a pleasure to be here with an old friend and not actually a former colleague to does you were gone by the time i arrived. john has written a very important book combining several things. he has led a very interesting life and in many ways you are there every major event and you worked for some of them. then he presents a