maintaining the filibuster for at least voting rights and maybe quite a bit beyond that maybe for abortion rights and other constitutional rights. and i think this process is very clearly demonstrating how isolated they are in the party. you saw today ten former centrists and even central right senate democrats people like mary landrew and blanch lincolns and doug jones came out to fill in the process on the filibuster for establishing voting rights. stewart, i want to hear from you and know do you think democrats are going to end up being happy the filibuster was preserved if the house and the senate end up in republican hands, which is a very strong possibility. no. i think ron s analysis is pretty dead on about the historic moment where we are in the relationship to voting rights.
i don t agree with everything these two congresswomen have said, and i have made that very clear as have others. but it is a much bigger step to suddenly say you are not going to allow these elected members of congress to visit your country. and the fact that the prime minister did it immediately after our president sent out his hateful tweet and then just reacted, i don t see this as a sign of strength on either of their part. and as far as president trump, you know, i still remember when john mccain was banned by vladimir putin to go to russia. that happened. or senator mary landrew of louisiana, that happened. and so why he would encourage an ally, a friend in israel to do the same is just beyond belief. and as i said earlier this afternoon, it is not a sign of strength. exporting intolerance that is a sign of weakness and our country
happened. i don t agree with everything these two congresswomen have said, and i have made that very clear as have others. but it is a much bigger step to suddenly say you are not going to allow these elected members of congress to visit your country. and the fact that the prime minister did it immediately after our president sent out his hateful tweet and then just reacted, i don t see this as a sign of strength on either of their part. and as far as president trump, you know, i still remember when john mccain was banned by vladimir putin to go to russia. that happened. or senator mary landrew of louisiana, that happened. and so why he would encourage an ally, a friend in israel to do the same is just beyond belief. and as i said earlier this afternoon, it is not a sign of strength. exporting intolerance that is a
his life. it was as if he stepped fully fledged out of st. mary s industrial school into an orioles uniform in 1914. when something is missing like that from everywhere, as a reporter, you know there s a story that hasn t been told that needs to be told. to understand the big fella what was the eureka moment? probably when his daughter, julia ruth stevens who s now 102 told me that of course nobody knew, and babe ruth had good reason for hiding it. his parents were divorced and it was an ugly divorce, and the reason he was sent to st. mary s had nothing to do with him being
threatened our foundations, it has been the senate that has stood in defense of our democracy. today is once again such a time. among the signers, my next guest, mary landrew, was the democratic senator from the great state of louisiana from 1997 to 2015 and joins me now. senator, what worries you most? well, there s so many things but i want to begin by saying that this was a respectful letter to our faormer colleague signed by democrats and republicans just urging them to keep their eyes on the fact that we all swear an oath to the constitution, to the united states, and while we re all excited at times and passionate about our parties and our politics, that this is a time to really keep your eyes on the constitution. so these investigations are coming to a head. the house is flipped now into democratic control. it s going to take the senate, republicans and democrats, keeping their eyes on the law,