Mr. Jon meacham, this book came out in august, congressman lewis passed in july, how long have you been working on this . Is a tricky question to answer, on one level it was 28 years, another level it was about six months. I met congressman lewis in 1992 during a Senate Runoff down in georgia, i was a reporter for the chattanooga times. Began kind of a running episodic about running conversation that we had over the ensuing three decades. I really decided to do it when i was standing with my family and Speaker Pelosi and congressman lewis and about a thousand other people on the pettus bridge in march and i realized watching the congressman that this was almost certainly his last trip there. I very much wanted to pay tribute to him but also wanted to hang a lantern on what had driven him to that bridge as a young man. As an example, and exemplum of how religious faith can be essential to political activists. Did he know you are working on this entity sit down with you . We talked a lot
Voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice. He made a decision to wait until President Trump hopes this after close to an election, abraham will up end a race hes losing, lincoln was president and he made a decision to wait until after the election, and you have but is there any evidence it the fact that the people are voting right now, and i think that creates pressure on my is will ill talk to former democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton. Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar about. They dont want to have the of the Judiciary Committee and Affordable Care act thrown out the third ranking republican in the senate, john barrasso. Plus an administration at war when you colleagues, honestly, thats what a democracy is about. With itself. Covid deaths hit 200,000 and they dont want the Affordable Care act thrown out when you have hundreds of millions of americans with preexisting President Trump fighting his own conditions are you kidding me thats in f
Chris wallace. And the stakes, well, theyre high. The presidency and the future direction of the country on the line tonight, lester. Theres a lot of ground to cover, savannah, over the next 90 minutes. The candidates records, including President Trumps tax returns, the Supreme Court vacancy, the pandemic, the economy, racism, and civil unrest, and the integrity of the election itself. We may need a little longer than an hour and a half. The Debate Commission has set the rules and has determined, by the way, that the moderator is not responsible for factchecking the candidates tonight. But our team is standing by to do just that and to offer expert insight and analysis. And for live Fact Checking during the debate, go to nbcnews. Com. Well go first to correspondent Hallie Jackson inside the debate hall. Hall hallie, what are you hearing from both camps . Two different candidates and two different kinds of debate prep thats been happening. Sources close to President Trump, for example,
Prof. Garcia hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing to europe at this very moment. Can anyone tell me from what countries they are fleeing . Leighton. Ok, syria. Any other countries . Tess . Im sorry . Kosovo. Prof. Garcia sarah . Russia. Prof. Garcia any other countries . Stephen . Eritrea, thats correct. Patrizio. [inaudible] prof. Garcia thats correct. Thank you. So they are traveling very long distances to find refuge in europe, and this map gives you an idea of the routes and distances they are traveling in order to reach safety. Some are traveling alone, others are traveling as part of family units. Some are traveling in search of economic opportunity. Others are literally fleeing for their lives to escape war, devastation, rape, and forced conscription into armies. The vast majority of the refugees are syrian. Can anyone tell me why the syrians are fleeing . Ok, thank you. Albert. Civil war. Prof. Garcia civil war, absolutely. Would anyone else like to venture talk . Meredi
Thousands of people are fleeing to europe at this very moment. Can anyone tell me from what countries they are fleeing . Leighton. Ok, syria. Any other countries . Tess . Kosovo. Sarah . Russia. Any other countries . Stephen . Eritrea, thats correct. Patrizio. [inaudible] prof. Garcia thats correct. So they are traveling very long distances to find refuge in europe, and this map gives you an idea of the routes and distances they are traveling in order to reach safety. Some are traveling alone, others are traveling as part of family units. Some are traveling in search of economic opportunity. Others are literally fleeing for their literally fleeing for their lives to escape war, devastation, rape, and forced conscription into armies. The vast majority of the refugees are syrian. Can anyone tell me why the syrians are fleeing . Ok, thank you. Albert. Civil war, absolutely. Would anyone else like to venture talk . Meredith. War is very violent. People are getting killed ritualistically. [