job, but i thought by the end of that decade we really needed attention to give power back to the people to deal with the rising inequality. we have been seeing with the globalization of the employment marketplace downward pressure on wages, and the capture of policy by elites who give so much money to campaigns and spend so much money lobbying, even giving cut rent to the head of a regulatory agency, and there are many other stories like that. we have seen a shift in power. now, i had always been hopeful that the internet-based immediate y., including social media, would have a healing effect, but then the russians took it over and the hackers and the robots and all of that. who is out there that you think might be able to accomplish some of this? you re talking about power to the people. that sounds a little like bernie
they write this in part this is a moment of reckoning for members of the party of lincoln. do they want to stand up for american values or do they want to keep enabling a president whose understanding of right and wrong has slipped dangerously off the rails? bring in democratic congressman denny hack for more on the conversation. congressman, appreciate you coming in. thank you, kate. of course. do you agree with usa today that the president should face censure over his response to charlottesville? wholeheartedly. i have a counterintuitive view which i believe if congress were to take up and enact the censure resolution, which i will support, it actually would have a healing effect on all of this. it would enable us to hit the reset button and start over with respect to this conversation and with respect to the ability of congress actually to assert its coequal branch responsibility for checks and balances. i think it would enable congress
it s strange. i m aware of that it s remaining who you are. idea logically. it s all culturally. is there a reallying effect of hamilton? there is a healing effect to theater. lo at where we are. everyone being in the same room and having the same experience that is powerful and increasingly rare. we curator reality and block that friend on face box that posts too much and we can get a different set of facts from a different network. i think the power is everyone being in a room and putting down the phones and theater is one of the left ones as well. and having the same experience. coming up from beijing to
of nobility the way pope francis did today. and we have to hope that that has, you know, a healing effect in our politics. i think it s important to recognize that this is a man who s not reluctant to make judgments. we sometimes say he s not judgmental. well, he s making lots of judgments. he made judgments about religious freedom in washington by visiting the little sisters of the poor last night, who were of course in a contest with the obama administration over the hhs contraceptive mandate. he s making recommendations over the quality of our lives. he talked about in his homily tonight. so there s edge here. this is not just simply warm fuzzies. this is a man of conviction, a man of catholic conviction, and it s going to be a very interesting ride for the next three days here in the united states with pope francis. well, i think, george, to
everyone to think again. i said earlier to brian williams, 31 years in washington, i haven t heard anyone speak as eloquently about politics as a vocation, not just a career, and a vocation capable of nobility the way pope francis did today. and we have to hope that that has, you know, a healing effect in our politics. i think it s important to recognize that this is a man who s not reluctant to make judgments. we sometimes say he s not judgmental. well, he s making lots of judgments. he made judgments about religious freedom in washington by visiting the little sisters of the poor last night, who were of course in a contest with the obama administration over the hhs contraceptive mandate. he s making recommendations over the quality of our lives. he talked about in his homily