on cspan2. joining us this morning is ben, the former naacp president and now the current president of people for the american way. you just took over as president for this group. remind our viewers what is the group? how are they funded and what are you priorities for it? thank you. so, we were started 40 years ago by norman leer and congresswoman barbara jordan, as a multiracial group to really make sure your country stays on a course towards freedom and justice and equality and opportunity for all of us. we organized across the country. in this moment, we have folks who are deeply involved in their cities and their counties on the issue of public safety. on the response to covid and who are fighting to make sure that our supreme court quite frankly hears back to the values we hold dear. it doesn t keep lurnching towars being the institution that could end health care as we know it since obama passed the aca. we re funded primarily by people. some support from foundatio
override trump s veto of a resolution that would override the student loan forgiveness rule. charles hanley is joining us. he is a former peak correspondent out with a new planes, life and death in a hidden war. we thank you for being with us on c-span. thank you. host: the historical significance of the korean war what is it 70 years later? guest: we can see it simply and the tension that still exists on the peninsula with the. nuclear crisis. . it is sometimes called the forgotten war. it was an indecisive conflict in a far-off place. it came just five years after world war ii. eventually, it was overshadowed by the vietnam war. but when we look back, we would can see we can see it is a watershed moment in 20th-century history. it militarized the cold war between the communist and capitalist worlds. it was the first undeclared war by the united states and its history. conflicts the last between great powers, in this case, american china with soviet with america and
democratic republic. two years ago, a united nations commission supervised free elections south of the 30th parallel and the republic of korea, a sovereign, democratic nation, was born. in may 1950, the citizens of this young republic went to the polls again to exercise their democratic rights to choose their government under their democratic constitution. even as the citizens of the korean republic voted in free the north korean communist leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. and this was the target, they partly mountainous peninsula and the 20 million peaceloving citizens of the republic of korea. the attack by the north korean communists came suddenly and without warning. the heroic republican army rallied to the defense of the republic, improvising quickly to meet the unprovoked aggression, korean republican troops were thrown against the invaders south of the 38th parallel, against a prepared army armed with tanks and guns, they were
you re an independent, 202-748-8002. good sunday morning, the first official start of summer and we wish you a happy fathered to the dads and grandfathers. we ll get to your calls in a moment but the president taking aim at former vice president joe biden. the speech lasting one hour and 15 minutes with the president s remarks alone. here s part of what he had to say. president trump: when biden first ran for president over 33 years ago, remember, i used to call him 1% joe, he never got more than 1% until obama took him off the trash heap but he blatantly copied the speech of a british politician, even ripping off the man s personal biography and family history and claiming it as his own. he forgot to say he was born in america. joe biden is a shameless hypocrite. nce 2003, he has delivered fanning eulogying to the funerals and the funerals three leading supporters of segregation, including a former member of the kkk and yet biden is now smearing his racist, tens of millions
elections held at the 38th parallel. the republic of korea, a sovereign democratic nation was born. his president . in may 1950, the citizens of this young republican went to the polls again to exercise their democratic rights. to choose their government under their democratic constitution. even as the citizens of the korean republic voted in free elections, the north korean communist leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. and this was their target, a partly mountainous but peninsula and the 20 million peace-loving citizens of the republic of korea. the attack by the north korean communist came suddenly and without warning. the heroic republican army faced superior forces with all the advantages of deception and surprised, rally to the defensive of the public. improvising quickly to react to the unprovoked aggression. against a prepared enemy armed with modern tanks, planes and guns, the republican troops were ill equipped to meet the onslau