Opposite of donald trump, its barack obama. Part two of a special twopart series. Obama came on the mandate of changing washington. By his very presence, he forced more polarization and gridlock than we had seen in the eight years prior. Divided states of america frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. cheers and applause the president elect of the United States of america, donald trump
Opposite of donald trump, its barack obama. Part two of a special twopart series. Obama came on the mandate of changing washington. By his very presence, he forced more polarization and gridlock than we had seen in the eight years prior. Divided states of america frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. cheers and applause the president elect of the United States of america, donald trump
Anniversary on the steps of the lincoln memorial, id been in this job for about a month, and i remember those days. And he said for the men and women who gathered 50 years ago whether not in search of some abstract ideal. They were there seeking jobs as well as justice, not just the absence of oppression, but the presence of economic opportunity. And the passage of the Civil Rights Act less than a year later was truly historic triumph. And as somebody who has had the privilege of enforcing that law, i took it as a solemn obligation because i am acutely aware of the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to insure passage of that law. And so, you know, its really time today to make sure that we note our progress but also discuss the Unfinished Business. And, indeed, you know, tremendous progress has been made. And i think some of the best examples are Kamala Harris as one of our speakers. Another example, senator padilla himself. Its a remarkable nation that allows the son of
And so we continue to move to make progress, but we have a lot of Unfinished Business. We have a lot of Unfinished Business in the area of Economic Justice as well. And it starts with the minimum wage. Nobody who works a fulltime job in this country should have to live in poverty. [applause] and what we see all too frequently are people working hard and falling further behind, people who have to make choices between do i pay the mortgage, do i pay the rent, or do i pay for my daughters medicine . Those are choices that we should never have to make here in america. I applaud the san diego city council, i applaud other local councils who are tackling this issue. Thirteen states in the last year have raised the minimum wage. Business openers across Business Owners across this country tell me, tom, this is a consumptiondeprived economy, and the way to get more customers is to put more money in their pockets. Thats why we need to raise the minimum wage. And if we want to expand opportunity
Of that this morning. Republicans, 202 7370002. Emocrats, 202 7370001 independence and all others, 202 6280205. Send us your thoughts via toast social media, http twitter. Com cspanwj, and email us, journal cspan. Org. First i want to begin with David Drucker joining us on the phone this morning. Lets begin with what we heard on the sunday talk shows yesterday from House Speaker john boehner. What did he have to say . Well, friday afternoon, evening, he said he did not expect a clean debt ceiling bill to be brought, that there were not enough republican votes to get through. Senate republicans are not going to provide the votes that will be necessary for a 60 vote bill to get the clean debt ceiling through the senate, that is what they are telling me. Given all the speculation over the last week that this was something he would do, it is possible he felt that he needed that he will do something on the debt and the deficit. Whatts show our viewers he had to say when he was on abc this w