People who are potentially mega donors to their campaigns, or to their future campaigns. This is why voter apathy is so upsetting to me. Because we do show people like governor perry that acting in ways like that will go unaccounted theyre not held to account for it. And i think that we all ought to own our responsibility to make sure were using our voices in a way that show that we are as powerful as some of these folks that can write the big checks. Right. Because ultimately politics is powerful, but we also need to change culture, and we need to change the way that we see these issues through a moral justice lens. Maybe thats the direction we need to go. So how do you determine your political platform and agenda . Who educates you on the issues that you champion . It really comes from in here. And as an elected official, i try very hard to keep an open door for people to come in and talk about things that matter to them. My work on testing the backlog on rape kits in texas came from
Continues [ chanting ] all shame, shame, shame. Will it stall in the senate . We talked to one senator who could block the bill. From abc news. Its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning. Back in march, the gop effort to repeal obamacare seemed to end with more whimper than bang. After seven years of debate, dozens of symbolic votes, republicans couldnt rally behind a bill that actually could become law. Obamacare appeared too popular to kill. The benefits too meaningful for too many. Its almost an iron law in politics. Once the government provides a benefit, its almost impossible to take it back. We have seen it with Social Security and medicare. Now the law is being put to the biggest test in generations. Cut to the rose garden this week. President trump and speaker ryan savoring a victory. Backed by dozens of cheering house members who cobbled together a compromise that passed with a single vote to spare. And this is a great plan. I actually think it w
Continues. [ chanting ] all shame, shame, shame. Will it stall in the senate . We talked to one senator who could block the bill. From abc news. Its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning. Back in march, the gop effort to repeal obamacare seemed to end with more whimper than bang. After seven years of debate, dozens of symbolling vote, republicans couldnt rally behind a bill that could become law. Abo ma kair appeared too popular to kill. Once the government provides a benefit, its almost impossible to take it back. We have seen it with Social Security and medicare. Now the law is being put to the biggest test in generations. Cut to the rose guard thn week. President trump and speaker ryan savoring a victory. Backed by members that passed a bill with a single vote to spare. I actually think it will get even better. And this is make no mistake. This is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. Make no mistake about it. Make no mistake. Heres the surprising thin
The most votes. [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] newly elected french president emmanuel macron, will be frances youngest president ever, big deal. Call us when your president s baby. [ laughter and applause ] this next joke requires a real understanding of french politics, so if it goes over your head i would just encourage you to educate yourself. [ light laughter ] this is very, very, smart joke. About french politics. And dont beat yourself up if you dont get it. According to reports, a Record Number of french voters turned in blank ballots for the election yesterday, apparently they couldnt find le pen. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] eh. [ light laughter ] according to reports, former president obama warned President Trump against hiring mike flynn as his National Security adviser because obama knew that flynn had some dirty dealing with the russians. Of course, he also had to know that if he gave trump advice, trump would do the exact opposite. So why would he oh,
And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 671, guam steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, hello hello welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show baby, this is it [ cheers and applause ] welcome. Im so happy youre here. Thank you for being here, thank you for watching. Heres what people are talking about. Of course, its the Senate Hearings on russia. And i saw that yesterday President Trump tweeted that the investigation into ties between his campaign and russia is a taxpayer funded charade. [ light laughter ] and he said he would be even angrier about it if he were a a taxpayer. [ laughter and applause ] steve that would get him. Jimmy that would make him really mad. Steve that would make him mad. Jimmy and this is interesting here. Its rumored that trump regrets picking h. R. Mcmaster as National Security adviser. He said, ill be honest, when they asked if i wanted a a mcmas