to prove that he was he fought for the u.s. in order to come here. there were a lot of young farmers who didn t fight and they say, i can just say i was in the army, you know, and fought for the americans. it s way harder than your average citizenship test. who was the first president? exactly. what was the tree that george washington chopped down? he was about 12 when he joined and he was 14 when they took that photo of him. you look like a man. war will do that to you. yeah. the irony is, that s your identification to show to prove to others, i served in the military, but it was also your death warrant too. if you were caught with it by the enemy, you could be killed. the communists identify you as an american. they re going to kill some americans.
once the american military pulled out of vietnam for the united states the war was effectively over, but for the hmong, a people who had turned on their own government, a new fight has begun a fight to survive. the laotian government set to the task of hunting down the hmong. many escaped into the jungle. many went to refugee camps in thailand many with the u.s. in their sites. some ended up in what could be the most unlikely place to imagine, minnesota. if you think i made that sound easy i certainly did. i m going to sit down and eat and eat at the hmong town marketplace in st. paul. this is the owner of the marketplace. and, boy, he s got a story to tell. that s why we ll sit down. i ll be more like a regular human size. so we are going to be eating some hmong food. okay. there is an unbelievable amount of food here.
there are mistakes that the democratic party does seem to make? i want to play for you, we put this together, just some of the questionable calls over the course of just the trump era and the question being for your consideration, do you really think the same people should be back in charge after the elections, especially if they take back the house? take a look. all right, ari. the government this morning is back at work, and boy, is there a lot to do. democrats are divided with some upset chuck schumer didn t fight longer to protect dreamers. democrats raised the prospect, raised hopes by sticking together through the shutdown and sticking to their principles they could somehow get protection for the dreamers passed into law. that obviously didn t happen. well, look, we have advanced the cause. joe manchin is speaking. he just announced his support for brett kavanaugh. i gave my reasons for my decision. i had to deal with the facts in front of me. chuck schumer somewhat
who served from 1923 to 1971. he was known for his strong support of the military. he supported to get the country out of the great depression. he was flown as the master of the senate s rules and procedures. russell was a segregationist. he had a deep opposition and was against the civil rights act. he difsimply didn t believe in equality. he said we will resist to the bitter end any movement which would have a tendency to bring about social equality and of race ns our southern states. so should the building used on capitol hill be used in honor of someone who didn t fight for all americans or should it be named after john mccain? joining me now is a professor
after senator richard russell who served from 1923 to 1971. he was known for his strong support of the military. he supported to get the country out of the great depression. he was flown as the master of the senate s rules and procedures. russell was a segregationist. he had a deep opposition and was against the civil rights act. he simply didn t believe in equality. in his own words he sate. he said we will resist to the bitter end any movement which would have a tendency to bring about social equality and of race ns our southern states. so should the building used on capitol hill be used in honor of someone who didn t fight for all americans or should it be named after john mccain? joining me now is a professor