Reporter anderson, it is the biggest decision that joe biden has made in his political career and certainly in his president ial campaign. By choosing Kamala Harris, he sets his campaign off from the next 85 days or so here into the general election race. We do know that he was choosing between 11 potential candidates, all women. When you talk to friends of the former Vice President , they say he was consistently looking for someone who could be a governing partner. Also taking into account the moment that this country has been going through the last several months, and certainly senator harris record on justice, record on reform, and showing that she is indeed a trailmaking figure in her own right, certainly led to this decision. But they have also had conversations of course throughout the president ial campaign. They were rivals which we all remember very well. But that quickly was said in the past. There is no one that Vice President joe biden, he knew he needed someone who had cam
And top Homeland Security senator gary peters is calling for a hearing immediately. Hes going to join me live. And coming up at 8 00, we count down to the conventions. Now less than 24 hours away. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins me in our second hour along with Steve Kornacki and so much more. We want to start with that breaking news. House speaker n eer nancy pelos announcing shes calling the full house to return to session later this week to vote on legislation to reverse changes put in place by new postmaster general and trump ally lewis dejoy earlier this year. The House Oversight committee is calling on dejoy to testify a week from tomorrow after the Postal Service warned all but a few states this week that it cant guarantee all mailin ballots will be received in time to be counted in the election. One example of just how urgent democrats feel it is to address this crisis, congressman jim cooper, a moderate from the red state of tennessee, says if dejoy fails to appear, t
One was establishment and one was grass roots and one was mobile and the other came from the background filled with such deprivation and describing it as dirt poor seems too grand. One was an obvious leader in routiness and one was unlike lie ily late in life luminaries and neither one has been given their due. Hopefully the two bog fio biographies will change that and make ago run is a dean at harvard rat cliff institute at the law professor and history professor and her earlier book is counselor to dissent. Atlanta and long history of the Civil Rights Movement and book well be talking about today is civil rights queen, con stance and rosemary and the hidden daughter and walk with me, a biography of standing haimer. Maybe youve heard a little about him and maybe heard nothing. Im hoping youll introduce us to the soucts of these books she was a legendary civil rights lawyer who in her time was very well known. I seat out to write about her because its the case that people today dont kn
Your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. Indepth with larry elder, live sunday noon eastern, on cspan two. We are moving into the post war as you know, period. Than, well be there for the rest of the class. Were going to start in 1945 and go all the way into the end of the 20th century. As you know, this is the u. S. Survey so its the greatest hits, thats my job. Todays lecture is a lecture that you get because it is what i am a specialist in, it is a lecture that you would not get from another professor in this Department Teaching this class. So this lecture is going to situate us in the 1950s and really talk about gender and families in that era. And you know, as all lectures, you should feel free to ask questions in the middle if you want, and at the end also. Presumed people, the questions will be in the chat. Of all the nations in the world at the end of world war ii. Only the United States emerged stronger and more prosperous than it had began. The farm and than it
In a sense it could become even more damaging. At the same time they were incredibly inspirational and uplifting for those that were being held in the gulag. That when he was in the gulag his captors said look. Here is your reagan. Cowboy comedy and a fall. And as soon as they left he could not contain his glee. He was jumping up and down and tapping in morse code Ronald Reagan called this the evil empire the next guy says start stepping we were called the evil empire than the gulag is coming now with the words evil empire. So the president had finally spoken the truth. With a follow up what it you think the Ronald Reagan approach to syria and iran . Great question. I am always larry to apply reagan also with the iraq war. What he had invaded . Iran as a really good example june 2009 and the iranian streets first erupted and abominate merely week carter like statements even the democrats were astounded. He could have made stronger statements but reagan probably would have treated i rea