businesses from overseas here. i remember i was at a school one day talking about the competitiveness and america how it s been more competitive by other countries when we are trying to do the tax code. one student raised his hand and said how did america fall behind? i asked him if he played any sports. he said he was a swimmer. i said let me give you an analogy based upon swimming. picture america after world war ii and we are at a swim meet competing with every other country. we jump in the pool not only do we win, we dry off before second and third arrives. when the next year comes we think a lot of countries got damaged more than we did during world war ii so we should probably raise the taxes on america or provide greater foreign aid and put a weight belt on for five pounds and every year we add another weight belt so pretty soon we have a 50 pound weight belt on and you know what? we no longer win.
watching this live together, the national cathedral in washington, d.c. a lot has been said about the former joint chief staff chairman first and then his service to the country as secretary under george w. bush and his presidency. but what many people may not know is his personal story. of course, since we learned of his death a short time ago, his family reported complications of the coronavirus, we do know he had battled mightily cancer and that makes the body weaker in every sense. so his last days were quite the fight but he was quite the fighter. while the nation may know those public things about him but privately his family was jamaican immigrants and the epitome of the american story where you have a dream and
can you imagine how it pierces the hearts of the ones who lost the 13. harris: many have stayed behind is their take. i talk with lawmakers all the times and offices are trying to get people off. you said a key word brian, hustle. hustle. show you care. they say i don t agree with the president s policy. what is your policy? that s the problem. it is a good problem to have because we re ordering too much. lower our standards and stop ordering things is the way to get the economy to grow and that s the theme and what people spoke about on tuesday. i was struck really not only what happened with the virginia governor s race but seats flipped to republicans in new york city and long island. peter king for the longest time was the only republican on long island. now they have kicked so many to the curb. a lot has to do with crime. you can t diminish that. harris: the crime we haven t
leaned in on but we don t have a lot of time to spend but we talk about it every day. if you don t feel it where you are now, it s coming unfortunately potentially to a blue city near you. no question. also bail reform that allows people to get out almost every offense in the same day. guy that came up with it lost his election to a relatively unknown republican in new york. harris: i hate it for the people in those cities. i used to live in minneapolis and kansas city. i want life to be better for them. what about here in new york in we ll move on. you have a brand-new book that s out. the president and the freedom fighter, abraham lincoln, frederic douglas and their battle to save america s soul available online and in stores now. what do you want the american people to get out of this book? a couple of things. they ve been kind enough to allow me to put together a special that airs sunday at 10:00. what i want people to do when they talk about race today
happened on long island. others said without salt tax i m not voting for it. a lot of moderates don t want to say goodbye to their career. harris: did you see the video of harassing joe manchin. anything can happen in those instances. they had to get security with these guys. harris: look how close these people are. the vehicle is moving. you are trying to slow it down and trying to stop it and anything can happen here. this is a toxic mix of desperation and disrespect. yeah. number one, that will make him dig in more. a tough guy. former governor. he was standing in front of a mine, a mine collapse and governor of west virginia and he has been attorney general and very calm under pressure. he won t break. kyrsten sinema. it makes you dig in more. people have pride. people screaming at you through your window won t get you to