Gaveltogavel coverage of the u. S. House. Members will begin work on an bill. R trading live now to coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father con rye. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of wisdom, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Prior to the great compromise, Benjamin Franklin addressed the constitutional convention. Quote, we indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom since we have been running about in search of it. This situation of this assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, have we now forgotten our powerful friend . Lord, you are the powerful friend referred to by franklin and we turn again to you to ask that your wisdom might break through the political discussions of these days. Bless the members of the peoples house and all of congress with the insight and foresight to
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Republican level wyk lowell wyker. He was a United Church of christ minister. It looks good. This is joe duffey. He is a minister and running for the democratic nomination. Duffey is one of several contenders, the only liberal. Why are these people trying to subvert our country . I am proud to say i am american and this is my flag. I will die for it. [sounds of motorcycles] [band music playing] freedom [applause] joe duffey has come out of nowhere. We are in good shape. It will be a whole new game. Later against enormous odds, he will win a place in the primary, win the primary, and then lose in the general election. I think there is a reaction. Joe duffey is one of my oldest and closest friends. We have worked together on a lot of things. After the 1968 Democratic Convention in chicago, we talked about trying to turn politics back to the people. Whether it was possible any longer, whether the established parties would ever get around to ending the vietnam war and then we talked about
[band music playing] freedom [applause] joe duffey has come out of nowhere. We are in good shape. It will be a whole new game. Later against enormous odds, he will win a place in the primary, win the primary, and then lose in the general election. I think there will be a reaction. He is one of my oldest and closest friends. We have worked together on a lot of things. After the 1968 Democratic Convention in chicago, we talked about trying to turn politics back to the people. Whether it was possible any longer, whether the established parties would ever get around to ending the vietnam war and then we talked about the redistribution of wealth in the would we right now, ever have the sense that the government really represents us . This is what joe and i were talking about in 1968 and 1969 and joe talked to other people, too. Like the people who had worked with him in the Mccarthy Campaign, those that were still disturbed about the war. I suppose it was against this background that he dec
I found the ok on you in the stream today a british actress playing an iconic american abolitionist while people saying hash tag not my how it dont forget to tweet us and send us your comments on you tube during the live conversation but before we get started take a look at this. Stuff. Was. Easy. For you. Thats part of the trailer for how yet an upcoming biographical film about american abolitionist how it helped him and cynthia evo landed the title pop but many people are now upset that a revote who is a british nigerian was casting stead of an African American actress theyve been voicing their opinions online using the hash tags not my how it how it deserves better and adolf short for american descendants of slavery so why was this particular casting decision so controversial and what does the debate say about black identity in the u. S. But joining us to discuss these questions in Los Angeles Antonio moore is a cofounder of american descendants of slavery in Johannesburg South Afri